A Great North Eastern Rivalry

Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland, lying less than 20km apart, are the 2 major settlements in the North East of England , an industrialised area that is traditionally passionate about football.

Sunderland FC began life as Sunderland and District Teachers in 1879.  The name was changed to Sunderland AFC in 1881 and the club turned professional in 1885. They first entered the FA Cup in the 1884-85 season.
Sunderland joined the Football League in 1890.
Newcastle United was formed by the merger of Newcastle East End (1881) and Newcastle West End (1882) in 1892. It was effectively a take over of a financially weak West End by the professional East End (already a limited company). One way in which West End had outdone their rivals was in the quality of their base- St James'Park, and it was there that the 'new' club settled.
 Refused entry to the Football League's First Division at the start of the 1892–93 season, they were invited to play in the newly founded Second Division. However, this was not seen as a lucrative proposition, so  Newcastle United decided to  remain in the Northern League.
The following year they joined Division 2 of the Football League. 

 Both clubs enjoyed Golden Eras: in the 1890s Sunderland were League Champions 3 times in 4 seasons. Between 1904 and 1911 Newcastle United reached 5 FA Cup finals and won 3 League titles. 

	Newcastle United		Sunderland
season	League	FA Cup	League	FA Cup
1884-85				QR
1885-86				QR
1886-87				QR
1887-88				Disqualified
1888-89				QR
1889-90				R1
1890-91			Div 1.  7th	Semi final
1891-92			Div 1.  Champions	Semi final
1892-93	Northern League 2nd	R1	Div 1.  Champions	Q ¼ final
1893-94	Div 2. 4th	R2	Div 1.  2nd	R2
1894-95	Div 2. 10th	R2	Div 1.  Champions	Semi final
1895-96	Div 2. 5th	R2	Div 1.  5th
1896-97	Div 2. 5th	R1	Div 1.  15th
1897-98	Div 2. 2nd (P)	R2	Div 1.  2nd
1898-99	Div 1.  13th	R2	Div 1.  7th
1899-00	Div 1.  5th	R2	Div 1.  3rd
1900-01	Div 1.  6th	R1	Div 1.  2nd
1901-02	Div 1.  3rd	Q ¼ final	Div 1.  Champions
1902-03	Div 1.  14th	R1	Div 1.  3rd
1903-04	Div 1.  4th	R1	Div 1.  6th
1904-05	Div 1.  Champions	Runners up	Div 1.  5th
1905-06	Div 1.  4th	Runners up	Div 1.  14th
1906-07	Div 1.  Champions	R1	Div 1.  10th
1907-08	Div 1.  4th	Runners up	Div 1.  16th
1908-09	Div 1.  Champions	Semi final	Div 1.  3rd
1909-10	Div 1.  4th	Winners	Div 1.  8th
1910-11	Div 1.  8th	Runners up	Div 1.  3rd
1911-12	Div 1.  3rd	R1	Div 1.  8th
1912-13	Div 1.  14th	Q ¼ final	Div 1.  Champions
1913-14	Div 1.  11th	R1	Div 1.  7th
1914-15	Div 1.  15th	Q ¼ final	Div 1.  8th
1919-20	Div 1.  8th	R2	Div 1.  5th
1920-21	Div 1.  5th	R3	Div 1.  12th
1921-22	Div 1.  7th	R2	Div 1.  12th
1922-23	Div 1.  4th	R1	Div 1.  2nd
1923-24	Div 1.  9th	Winners	Div 1.  3rd
1924-25	Div 1.  6th	R2	Div 1.  7th
1925-26	Div 1.  10th	R5	Div 1.  3rd
1926-27	Div 1.  Champions	R5	Div 1.  3rd
1927-28	Div 1.  9th	R3	Div 1.  15th
1928-29	Div 1.  10th	R3	Div 1.  4th
1929-30	Div 1.  19th	Q ¼ final	Div 1.  9th
1930-31	Div 1.  17th	R4	Div 1.  11th
1931-32	Div 1.  11th	Winners	Div 1.  13th
1932-33	Div 1.  5th	R3	Div 1.  12th
1933-34	Div 1.  21st (R)	R3	Div 1.  6th
1934-35	Div 2. 4th	R4	Div 1.  2nd
1935-36	Div 2. 8th	R5	Div 1.  Champions
1936-37	Div 2. 6th	R3	Div 1.  8th	Winners

Head to head:

League (Division One)
24.12.98	Sunderland	2	3	Newcastle United
22.04.99	Newcastle United	0	1	Sunderland
23.12.99	Newcastle United	2	4	Sunderland
28.04.00	Sunderland	1	2	Newcastle United
06.10.00	Sunderland	1	1	Newcastle United
24.04.01	Newcastle United	0	2	Sunderland
28.09.01	Newcastle United	0	1	Sunderland
31.03.02	Sunderland	0	0	Newcastle United
27.12.02	Sunderland	0	0	Newcastle United
25.04.03	Newcastle United	1	0	Sunderland
26.10.03	Newcastle United	1	3	Sunderland
01.01.04	Sunderland	1	1	Newcastle United
24.12.04	Sunderland	3	1	Newcastle United
22.04.05	Newcastle United	1	3	Sunderland
02.09.05	Sunderland	3	2	Newcastle United
30.12.05	Newcastle United	1	1	Sunderland
01.09.06	Newcastle United	4	2	Sunderland
20.03.07	Sunderland	2	0	Newcastle United
24.12.07	Sunderland	2	4	Newcastle United
18.04.08	Newcastle United	1	3	Sunderland
05.12.08	Newcastle United	1	9	Sunderland
10.04.09	Sunderland	3	1	Newcastle United
18.09.09	Sunderland	0	2	Newcastle United
13.04.10	Newcastle United	1	0	Sunderland
01.09.10	Sunderland	2	1	Newcastle United
19.11.10	Newcastle United	1	1	Sunderland
14.10.11	Sunderland	1	2	Newcastle United
17.02.12	Newcastle United	3	1	Sunderland
07.09.12	Newcastle United	1	1	Sunderland
28.12.12	Sunderland	2	0	Newcastle United
06.09.13	Sunderland	1	2	Newcastle United
27.12.13	Newcastle United	2	1	Sunderland
25.12.14	Newcastle United	2	5	Sunderland
26.12.14	Sunderland	2	4	Newcastle United
22.11.19	Sunderland	2	0	Newcastle United
29.11.19	Newcastle United	2	3	Sunderland
09.10.20	Newcastle United	6	1	Sunderland
16.10.20	Sunderland	0	2	Newcastle United
19.11.21	Newcastle United	0	0	Sunderland
26.11.21	Sunderland	2	2	Newcastle United
04.11.22	Newcastle United	2	1	Sunderland
11.11.22	Sunderland	2	0	Newcastle United
15.12.23	Sunderland	3	2	Newcastle United
22.12.23	Newcastle United	0	2	Sunderland
18.10.24	Sunderland	1	1	Newcastle United
21.02.25	Newcastle United	2	0	Sunderland
17.10.25	Newcastle United	0	0	Sunderland
27.02.26	Sunderland	2	2	Newcastle United
30.10.26	Sunderland	2	0	Newcastle United
19.03.27	Newcastle United	1	0	Sunderland
05.11.27	Newcastle United	3	1	Sunderland
17.03.28	Sunderland	1	1	Newcastle United
27.10.28	Sunderland	5	2	Newcastle United
09.03.29	Newcastle United	4	3	Sunderland
19.10.29	Sunderland	1	0	Newcastle United
22.02.30	Newcastle United	3	0	Sunderland
22.11.30	Sunderland	5	0	Newcastle United
28.03.31	Newcastle United	2	0	Sunderland
28.11.31	Sunderland	1	4	Newcastle United
09.04.32	Newcastle United	1	2	Sunderland
26.11.32	Sunderland	0	2	Newcastle United
08.04.33	Newcastle United	0	1	Sunderland
21.10.33	Newcastle United	2	1	Sunderland
03.03.34	Sunderland	2	0	Newcastle United