Tyne–Wear derby

Tyne-Wear derby

Newcastle United vs. Sunderland
Other names	Wear–Tyne derby, North East derby
Locale	Tyne and Wear
Teams	Sunderland and Newcastle United
First meeting	1883
Latest meeting	Newcastle United 1–1 Sunderland 20th March 2016 (Premier League)
Next meeting	TBD
Stadiums	Newcastle: St James' Park Sunderland: Stadium of Light (1997–present) Roker Park (1897–1997)
Statistics
Meetings total	155
Most wins	Newcastle: 53 Sunderland: 53
Most player appearances	Jimmy Lawrence (27)
Top scorer	George Holley, Sunderland (15)
All-time series	Newcastle: 53 Draws: 49 Sunderland: 53
Largest victory	Newcastle United 1–9 Sunderland 5 December 1908 (1908–09 First Division)

Newcastle: 53

The Tyne-Wear derby, also known as the North East derby and the Wear-Tyne derby is a local derby between the association football clubs Sunderland and Newcastle United. The derby is an inter-city rivalry in North East England with the two cities of Sunderland and Newcastle just twelve miles apart. Sunderland play their home matches at the Stadium of Light whilst Newcastle play their home matches at St. James' Park. The first meeting of the two sides took place in 1883, with the first competitive fixture being an 1888 FA Cup tie, which Sunderland won 2–1. To date, both teams have won the fixture 53 times, whilst sharing 49 draws – one of which Sunderland went on to win via a penalty shootout. Sunderland have dominated the Tyne–Wear derby in recent seasons. They are currently undefeated in the last nine matches between the local rivals, including six consecutive victories from 14 April 2013 to 25 October 2015. The most recent meeting of the two sides, on the 20th March 2016, was a Premier League match at the St James' Park and ended in a 1–1 draw, with Jermain Defoe opening the scoring for Sunderland before Aleksandar Mitrovic equalised for Newcastle. Yann M'Vila, who has played in both games, describes it as bigger than the Milan derby.

The history of the Tyne-Wear derby is a modern-day extension of a rivalry between Sunderland and Newcastle that dates back to the English Civil War when protestations over advantages that merchants in Royalist Newcastle had over their Wearside counterparts led to Sunderland becoming a Parliamentarian stronghold.