Prior to the beginning of the twentieth century, the main rivalries in Newcastle and Sunderland were cross-town affairs. In Newcastle, a rivalry existed during the 1880s between Newcastle East End (later to become Newcastle United) and Newcastle West End, which was ended with West Ends bankruptcy in 1892. Meanwhile on Wearside, a group of players broke away from Sunderland, and formed the rival Sunderland Albion in 1888, though Albion was forced to fold four years later. The first meeting between the two took place in 1883, with the first competitive fixture, an FA Cup tie in 1888. Sunderland won the game 2–0.Around the turn of the 20th century, the rivalry began to emerge. The 1901 Good Fridayencounter, late in the 1900–01 season at St James Park had to be abandoned as up to 120,000 fans made their way into a ground which then had a capacity of 30,000. The news was met with anger, and rioting followed, with a number of fans injured. However, in general, although the derby attracted big crowds – with fans often climbing trees and buildings for views of the game – there is little evidence to suggest any animosity between the two sets of supporters in the pre-war and immediate post-war period.[citation needed] On 5 December 1908, Sunderland beat Newcastle 9–1 at St James Park, depite this Newcastle still won the league title that season finishing 9 points ahead of their local rivals who finished 3rd.[4][5] The result remains the biggest ever win in a Tyne–Wear derby, as well as the Wearsiders biggest ever win away from home[6] and Newcastles biggest ever home league defeat. Newcastles largest victory margin in a derby is 6–1, which they have achieved twice – at home in 1920 and away in 1955.[4]In 1979, Sunderland won 4–1 at Newcastle, with Gary Rowell (who was born in Seaham, just outside of Sunderland) scoring a hat-trick.[7] On New Years Day 1985, Newcastle-born Peter Beardsley scored a hat trick in Newcastles 3–1 victory in the fixture.[8] Both players remain cult figures to their respective clubs fans.In 1990, the sides met in a Second Division play off semi final dubbed the biggest Tyne–Wear derby in history.[5] The first leg, at Roker Park, ended goalless after Sunderland missed a penalty, who then won the second leg 2–0 at St James Park. Towards the end of the second leg, some Newcastle fans invaded the pitch in the hope of forcing an abandonment.[9] However, the game was resumed and Sunderland completed the win.[10] Sunderland went on lose the final toSwindon Town, but were still promoted due to financial irregularities at Swindon.In a memorable derby on 25 August 1999, Newcastle manager Ruud Gullit dropped leading scorers Alan Shearer and Duncan Ferguson to the bench. Sunderland went on to win the game 2–1 at St. James Park thanks to goals from Kevin Phillips and Niall Quinn, and in the face of outrage from Newcastle fans, Gullit quit before their next match.[5][11] Sunderland repeated the feat a year later, in a match remembered for Sunderland goalkeeper Thomas Sørensensaving a Shearer penalty. Another eventful derby on 17 April 2006, Newcastle came from one nill down at half time to beat Sunderland 4–1 at the Stadium of Light.[12] One of Newcastles scorers that day, Michael Chopra, later joined Sunderland and played in 3 derbies against Newcastle. On 28 October 2008, Sunderland beat Newcastle 2–1 at the Stadium of Light, their first home win in a derby for 28 years.[13]On 31 October 2010, Newcastle beat Sunderland 5–1 at home,[14] with their captain Kevin Nolan scoring a hat-trick in the match, while Sunderlands former Newcastle defender Titus Bramble was sent off. Newcastle led the return fixture in January 2011 1–0 thanks to another Nolan goal, only for Sunderlands Asamoah Gyan to equalise in injury time.[15] The next derby took place in August 2011 at the Stadium of Light, where Newcastle won 1-0 thanks to a Ryan Taylor free kick. The return fixture at St. James Park ended 1-1. Both sides were charged by the FA for failing to keep their players under control, charges which they both accepted.[citation needed]On 14 April 2013, Sunderland defeated Newcastle 3-0 at St James Park in managerPaolo Di Canios second game in charge, their first away win in the fixture in 13 years. The attendance for the game was 52,355 with 2,000 Sunderland fans, this included the suspended Black cats midfielder Craig Gardner. The Sunderland goalscorers were Stéphane Sessègnon in the 27th minute, Adam Johnson in the 74th minute and David Vaughan in the 82nd minute.[16]
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