Since the dawn of the Premiership, Newcastle United have collected more points from Middlesbrough and Sunderland than the pair have collected in Northe-East derbies - put together!
If there was a North-East league table - this is how it would look:-
1 NEWCASTLE UNITED ........ 81pts
2 MIDDLESBROUGH ............ 40pts
3 SUNDERLAND .................... 38pts
NEWCASTLE v SUNDERLAND Newcastle Utd 46pts - Sunderland 17pts 2011/2012 Sun 04 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sunderland Premier League Sat 20 Aug Sunderland 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League 2010/2011 Sun 16 Jan Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League Sun 31 Oct Newcastle Utd. 5 - 1 Sunderland Premier League 2008/2009 Sun 01 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sunderland Premier League Sat 25 Oct Sunderland 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League 2007/2008 Sun 20 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Sunderland Premier League Sat 10 Nov Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League 2005/2006 Mon 17 Apr Sunderland 1 - 4 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Sun 23 Oct Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Sunderland Premiership 2002/2003 Sat 26 Apr Sunderland 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Sat 21 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Sunderland Premiership 2001/2002 Sun 24 Feb Sunderland 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Sun 26 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sunderland Premiership 2000/2001 Sat 21 Apr Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Sat 18 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Sunderland Premiership 1999/2000 Sat 05 Feb Sunderland 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Wed 25 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Sunderland Premiership 1996/1997 Sat 05 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sunderland Premiership Wed 04 Sep Sunderland 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership NEWCASTLE v MIDDLESBROUGH Newcastle Utd 46pts - Middlesbrough 19pts 2008/2009 Mon 11 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Middlesbrough Premier League Sat 29 Nov Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premier League 2007/2008 Sun 03 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Middlesbrough Premier League Sun 26 Aug Middlesbrough 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premier League 2006/2007 Sat 03 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Middlesbrough Premiership Sun 22 Oct Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership 2005/2006 Sun 09 Apr Middlesbrough 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Mon 02 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Middlesbrough Premiership 2004/2005 Wed 27 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Middlesbrough Premiership Sat 14 Aug Middlesbrough 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership 2003/2004 Sat 21 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Middlesbrough Premiership Sat 18 Oct Middlesbrough 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership 2002/2003 Wed 05 Mar Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Mon 04 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Middlesbrough Premiership 2001/2002 Wed 26 Dec Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Middlesbrough Premiership Sat 08 Sep Middlesbrough 1 - 4 Newcastle Utd. Premiership 2000/2001 Sat 17 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Middlesbrough Premiership Mon 16 Oct Middlesbrough 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Premiership 1999/2000 Tue 02 May Middlesbrough 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Sun 03 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Middlesbrough Premiership 1998/1999 Sat 01 May Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Middlesbrough Premiership Sun 06 Dec Middlesbrough 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership 1996/1997 Sat 22 Feb Middlesbrough 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Sun 03 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Middlesbrough Premiership 1995/1996 Sat 10 Feb Middlesbrough 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Wed 30 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Middlesbrough Premiership MIDDLESBROUGH v SUNDERLAND Middlesbrough 21pts - Sunderland 21pts 2008/2009 Sat 10 Jan Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Sunderland Premier League Sat 20 Sep Sunderland 2 - 0 Middlesbrough Premier League 2007/2008 Sat 26 Apr Sunderland 3 - 2 Middlesbrough Premier League Sat 22 Sep Middlesbrough 2 - 2 Sunderland Premier League 2005/2006 Tue 31 Jan Sunderland 0 - 3 Middlesbrough Premiership Sun 25 Sep Middlesbrough 0 - 2 Sunderland Premiership 2002/2003 Sat 22 Feb Sunderland 1 - 3 Middlesbrough Premiership Tue 10 Sep Middlesbrough 3 - 0 Sunderland Premiership 2001/2002 Tue 29 Jan Sunderland 0 - 1 Middlesbrough Premiership Mon 22 Oct Middlesbrough 2 - 0 Sunderland Premiership 2000/2001 Mon 09 Apr Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Sunderland Premiership Sat 09 Dec Sunderland 1 - 0 Middlesbrough Premiership 1999/2000 Sat 18 Mar Sunderland 1 - 1 Middlesbrough Premiership Sat 06 Nov Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Sunderland Premiership 1996/1997 Sat 19 Apr Middlesbrough 0 - 1 Sunderland Premiership Mon 14 Oct Sunderland 2 - 2 Middlesbrough PremiershipSource: FOOTYMAD