What’s silverware got to do with a derby though?I’ll start with when one of the clubs involved hasn’t won anything for 50 years…..
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It’s a myth though they don’t hate Newcastle as they need them to feel relevant they are two cheeks of the same ****.Every time the game comes round Ready to Go has a multiple page thread debating it. They might not have the same illogical hatred for Boro as they do Newcastle, but there is no doubt it’s a rivalry. Those saying it just another game are idiots.
I've often wondered if it started during that period when we were in the Championship, and Newcastle/Sunderland were both in the Premier League.When I was growing up there was never any talk of ‘is it or is it not a derby’, is this a new thing that younger Sunderland fans have came up with?
Just like Newcastle, it was always referred to as the Tyne-Tees derby, as was Wear-Tees.