At St James’ Park, Newcastle
The Tyne–Wear Derby
Newcastle United v Sunderland, played on Tyneside. This page covers every one of the 80 competitive meetings hosted at Newcastle since the rivalry began in 1888, in full, with a dated result for each. For the reverse fixture — hosted at Sunderland — see the Wear–Tyne Derby page.
Two derbies are played most seasons — one at each ground — and this site names them the way the fixture is usually described on each side of the divide: the home team’s river comes first. Tyne–Wear Derby is the match at Newcastle (Tyne is home); Wear–Tyne Derby is the match at Sunderland (Wear is home). Same rivalry, two grounds, two full and separate records.
Newcastle East End, West End, and the birth of Newcastle United
Newcastle United did not exist for the first four years of this rivalry. When Sunderland travelled to Tyneside for the very first competitive meeting between the cities, in 1888, their opponents were Newcastle East End — one of two separate football clubs then competing for the city's support.
East End had been founded in 1881 (initially as Stanley F.C.), and played in Byker before settling at Chillingham Road in Heaton. Across town, West End, founded in 1882, played at a ground called St James' Park. Both clubs turned out well-known local players and jostled for crowds through the 1880s, but it was West End that held the more prestigious ground.
West End's finances collapsed in 1892. Rather than let a going concern's home fall dark, East End agreed to take over the lease at St James' Park, absorbing some of West End's players and staff in the process. East End played their first match at the new ground on 3 September 1892, and that December formally changed their name to Newcastle United. Every Tyne–Wear derby played at St James' Park since has been played on the same patch of ground West End first occupied in 1880.
A rivalry that predates both clubs' modern names
Newcastle and Sunderland have been rivals for as long as organised football has existed on this stretch of coast — two cities eleven miles apart, each built on coal and shipbuilding, each convinced it was the true capital of the North East. The first meeting under the "Newcastle United" name did not come until 1898; before that, the East End side had already met Sunderland once, in the FA Cup, in 1888.
For most of the 20th century the derby was a fixture of Division One (and, when either club dropped out of the top flight, Division Two), interrupted only when the sides found themselves in different divisions at the same time. The Premier League era, since 1996–97 for this fixture specifically, has produced some of its most dramatic instalments, including a run of six consecutive Sunderland wins between 2013 and 2015 and, most recently, Sunderland's return to top-flight derby football in the 2025–26 season.
Notable meetings at St James' Park
Landmark matches
Newcastle 1-9 Sunderland
Sunderland's record win in the fixture. Newcastle, the reigning league champions, were thrashed 9-1 at home — yet still won the title that season, nine points clear of third-placed Sunderland.
Newcastle 6-1 Sunderland
Newcastle's first 6-1 derby win, at home.
Newcastle 6-2 Sunderland
Newcastle's biggest home league win in the fixture.
Newcastle 1-4 Sunderland
Gary Rowell scored a hat-trick as Sunderland won 4-1 at St James' Park.
Newcastle 3-1 Sunderland
Peter Beardsley, born in Newcastle, scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 New Year's Day win.
Newcastle 0-2 Sunderland
Dubbed “the biggest Tyne-Wear derby in history” — a Second Division play-off semi-final. Sunderland won the tie 2-0 on aggregate; Newcastle fans invaded the pitch late on in a failed attempt to get the match abandoned. Sunderland lost the final to Swindon Town, but were promoted anyway after Swindon were found guilty of financial irregularities.
Newcastle 1-2 Sunderland
Newcastle manager Ruud Gullit dropped both Alan Shearer and Duncan Ferguson; Sunderland won 2-1 and Gullit resigned within days.
Newcastle 5-1 Sunderland
Kevin Nolan scored a hat-trick as Newcastle won 5-1; Sunderland played over half the match with ten men after Titus Bramble was sent off.
Newcastle 0-3 Sunderland
Paolo Di Canio's second match in charge of Sunderland ended in a 3-0 win at St James' Park — and a riot on the streets of Newcastle afterwards, including an attack on a police horse that made international news.
Newcastle 1-2 Sunderland
Sunderland completed the league double over Newcastle for the first time since 2013–14.
The full record
Every Tyne–Wear Derby, 22 Apr 1899 – 22 Mar 2026
All 80 competitive fixtures Newcastle United (and, for the first meeting, Newcastle East End) have hosted against Sunderland, in date order.
| Date | Season | Score | Competition | Res. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | ||||
| 22 Apr 1899 | 1898–99 | 0-1 | Division One | L |
| 23 Dec 1899 | 1899–00 | 2-4 | Division One | L |
| 1900s | ||||
| 24 Apr 1901 | 1900–01 | 0-2 | Division One | L |
| 28 Sep 1901 | 1901–02 | 0-1 | Division One | L |
| 12 Feb 1902 | 1901–02 | 1-0 | FA Cup | W |
| 25 Apr 1903 | 1902–03 | 1-0 | Division One | W |
| 26 Dec 1903 | 1903–04 | 1-3 | Division One | L |
| 22 Apr 1905 | 1904–05 | 1-3 | Division One | L |
| 30 Dec 1905 | 1905–06 | 1-1 | Division One | D |
| 01 Sep 1906 | 1906–07 | 4-2 | Division One | W |
| 18 Apr 1908 | 1907–08 | 1-3 | Division One | L |
| 05 Dec 1908 | 1908–09 | 1-9 | Division One | L |
| 06 Mar 1909 | 1908–09 | 2-2 | FA Cup | D |
| 1910s | ||||
| 13 Apr 1910 | 1909–10 | 1-0 | Division One | W |
| 19 Nov 1910 | 1910–11 | 1-1 | Division One | D |
| 17 Feb 1912 | 1911–12 | 3-1 | Division One | W |
| 07 Sep 1912 | 1912–13 | 1-1 | Division One | D |
| 12 Mar 1913 | 1912–13 | 2-2 | FA Cup | D |
| 17 Mar 1913 | 1912–13 | 0-3 | FA Cup | L |
| 27 Dec 1913 | 1913–14 | 2-1 | Division One | W |
| 25 Dec 1914 | 1914–15 | 2-5 | Division One | L |
| 29 Nov 1919 | 1919–20 | 2-3 | Division One | L |
| 1920s | ||||
| 09 Oct 1920 | 1920–21 | 6-1 | Division One | W |
| 19 Nov 1921 | 1921–22 | 2-2 | Division One | D |
| 04 Nov 1922 | 1922–23 | 2-1 | Division One | W |
| 22 Dec 1923 | 1923–24 | 0-2 | Division One | L |
| 21 Feb 1925 | 1924–25 | 2-0 | Division One | W |
| 17 Oct 1925 | 1925–26 | 0-0 | Division One | D |
| 19 Mar 1927 | 1926–27 | 1-0 | Division One | W |
| 05 Nov 1927 | 1927–28 | 3-1 | Division One | W |
| 09 Mar 1929 | 1928–29 | 4-3 | Division One | W |
| 1930s | ||||
| 22 Feb 1930 | 1929–30 | 3-0 | Division One | W |
| 28 Mar 1931 | 1930–31 | 2-0 | Division One | W |
| 09 Apr 1932 | 1931–32 | 1-2 | Division One | L |
| 08 Apr 1933 | 1932–33 | 0-1 | Division One | L |
| 21 Oct 1933 | 1933–34 | 2-1 | Division One | W |
| 1940s | ||||
| 05 Mar 1949 | 1948–49 | 2-1 | Division One | W |
| 15 Oct 1949 | 1949–50 | 2-2 | Division One | D |
| 1950s | ||||
| 23 Mar 1951 | 1950–51 | 2-2 | Division One | D |
| 26 Dec 1951 | 1951–52 | 2-2 | Division One | D |
| 10 Sep 1952 | 1952–53 | 2-2 | Division One | D |
| 22 Aug 1953 | 1953–54 | 2-1 | Division One | W |
| 26 Feb 1955 | 1954–55 | 1-2 | Division One | L |
| 27 Dec 1955 | 1955–56 | 3-1 | Division One | W |
| 03 Mar 1956 | 1955–56 | 0-2 | FA Cup | L |
| 22 Dec 1956 | 1956–57 | 6-2 | Division One | W |
| 01 Feb 1958 | 1957–58 | 2-2 | Division One | D |
| 1960s | ||||
| 02 Dec 1961 | 1961–62 | 2-2 | Division Two | D |
| 13 Oct 1962 | 1962–63 | 1-1 | Division Two | D |
| 14 Mar 1964 | 1963–64 | 1-0 | Division Two | W |
| 05 Mar 1966 | 1965–66 | 2-0 | Division One | W |
| 29 Oct 1966 | 1966–67 | 0-3 | Division One | L |
| 26 Dec 1967 | 1967–68 | 2-1 | Division One | W |
| 22 Mar 1969 | 1968–69 | 1-1 | Division One | D |
| 08 Nov 1969 | 1969–70 | 3-0 | Division One | W |
| 1970s | ||||
| 06 Aug 1975 | 1975–76 | 0-2 | Anglo-Scottish Cup | L |
| 27 Dec 1976 | 1976–77 | 2-0 | Division One | W |
| 24 Feb 1979 | 1978–79 | 1-4 | Division Two | L |
| 05 Sep 1979 | 1979–80 | 2-2 | League Cup | D |
| 1980s | ||||
| 01 Jan 1980 | 1979–80 | 3-1 | Division Two | W |
| 01 Jan 1985 | 1984–85 | 3-1 | Division One | W |
| 1990s | ||||
| 04 Feb 1990 | 1989–90 | 1-1 | Division Two | D |
| 16 May 1990 | 1989–90 | 0-2 | Division Two Play-Off SF (2nd leg) | L |
| 29 Mar 1992 | 1991–92 | 1-0 | Division Two | W |
| 25 Apr 1993 | 1992–93 | 1-0 | Division One | W |
| 05 Apr 1997 | 1996–97 | 1-1 | Premier League | D |
| 25 Aug 1999 | 1999–00 | 1-2 | Premier League | L |
| 2000s | ||||
| 18 Nov 2000 | 2000–01 | 1-2 | Premier League | L |
| 26 Aug 2001 | 2001–02 | 1-1 | Premier League | D |
| 21 Sep 2002 | 2002–03 | 2-0 | Premier League | W |
| 23 Oct 2005 | 2005–06 | 3-2 | Premier League | W |
| 20 Apr 2008 | 2007–08 | 2-0 | Premier League | W |
| 01 Feb 2009 | 2008–09 | 1-1 | Premier League | D |
| 2010s | ||||
| 31 Oct 2010 | 2010–11 | 5-1 | Premier League | W |
| 04 Mar 2012 | 2011–12 | 1-1 | Premier League | D |
| 14 Apr 2013 | 2012–13 | 0-3 | Premier League | L |
| 01 Feb 2014 | 2013–14 | 0-3 | Premier League | L |
| 21 Dec 2014 | 2014–15 | 0-1 | Premier League | L |
| 20 Mar 2016 | 2015–16 | 1-1 | Premier League | D |
| 2020s | ||||
| 22 Mar 2026 | 2025–26 | 1-2 | Premier League | L |
| Newcastle's record at St James' Park, Newcastle: 32W 22D 26L · Goals 127–123 · Result letters are from Newcastle's point of view. | ||||
Scores are always Newcastle–Sunderland. Highlighted rows are landmark meetings — hover or tap for context. Compiled from Wikipedia, 11v11.com (Association of Football Statisticians) and nufc.com; competitive first-team matches only (league and cup). Friendlies, wartime regional football and reserve/academy fixtures are excluded, matching the standard published head-to-head record.
The other half of the rivalry
See the record at Sunderland
The Wear–Tyne Derby page covers every meeting hosted at Sunderland, plus the story of Sunderland AFC's own formation and its fierce, short-lived war with a rival club, Sunderland Albion.