We take on Sunderland on Sunday knowing we are officially the "Cock Of The North". 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 Premiership
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