RIVALS: CLASSIC TYNE & WEAR DERBY GAMES

Rivals: Classic Tyne and Wear Derby Games features titanic games football legends and social disorder. This fixture has it all and can trace its sporting roots way back to the 19th Century and the formation by Teachers of a famous Wearside club whilst its legendary Tyneside neighbours owe their existence to Cricket. A story unfolds that is not for the faint hearted. The distance from Newcastle to Sunderland is 12 miles it might as well be a million such is the disparity in views. This is the most thorough and unbiased account of this unending rivalry ever written. Quirky stories hard hitting script pointed views and some wonderful images from the archives of The Daily Mirror.