Wednesday, November 07, 2007
The Derby match is nearly upon us once more, come Saturday (ko 12.45) are we going to be celebrating our first win against the Mags at home for the first time in 27 years? (Stan Cummins 1-0 Roker Park).
The Mags enter the game following their first home defeat of the season to Portsmouth and we enter following our defeat away to Sven's Man City, this has absolutely no bearing on the match that will ensue.
The whole of the seasons bragging rights at work and schools depends on the outcome of this one and be under no illusion it is one of the biggest derby games on the planet, to the neutral it means nothing but Mackems and Mags it is much bigger than any Man ure v Man City or Celtic v Rangers or those petty little London derbies, like Spurs v Arsenal or any other of the six thousand clubs in the capital.
The north-east derby between Sunderland and Newcastle has developed over generations, our first meeting back in the FA Challenge Cup in 1888 ended with a 2 0 win for the lads thanks to goals from Davison and Jopling.
The first league meeting however ended in defeat on Christmas eve where we lost 2-3 at Roker Park during the 1898/99 season in front of approximately 30,000.
Our biggest recorded win over the Mags was during the 1908/09 season when we gave them a 9-1 hiding at Sid James's Park in front of an estimated 60,000 fans. The biggest win they have managed over us was during SAFC's dismal run in the twenties where they managed to put 6 past us and thanks to legend Charlie Buchan it ended 6-1 at their place.
In all of our 140 meetings so far there have only ever been 7 '0-0' draws and the record to date shows W46 D44 L50 F210 A208.
(Source: TheStatCat.co.uk)
The Mags enter the game following their first home defeat of the season to Portsmouth and we enter following our defeat away to Sven's Man City, this has absolutely no bearing on the match that will ensue.
The whole of the seasons bragging rights at work and schools depends on the outcome of this one and be under no illusion it is one of the biggest derby games on the planet, to the neutral it means nothing but Mackems and Mags it is much bigger than any Man ure v Man City or Celtic v Rangers or those petty little London derbies, like Spurs v Arsenal or any other of the six thousand clubs in the capital.
The north-east derby between Sunderland and Newcastle has developed over generations, our first meeting back in the FA Challenge Cup in 1888 ended with a 2 0 win for the lads thanks to goals from Davison and Jopling.
The first league meeting however ended in defeat on Christmas eve where we lost 2-3 at Roker Park during the 1898/99 season in front of approximately 30,000.
Our biggest recorded win over the Mags was during the 1908/09 season when we gave them a 9-1 hiding at Sid James's Park in front of an estimated 60,000 fans. The biggest win they have managed over us was during SAFC's dismal run in the twenties where they managed to put 6 past us and thanks to legend Charlie Buchan it ended 6-1 at their place.
In all of our 140 meetings so far there have only ever been 7 '0-0' draws and the record to date shows W46 D44 L50 F210 A208.
(Source: TheStatCat.co.uk)
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