Sunderland 1 Newcastle United 0
No more need be said.
Haway.
EDIT 25/12: But of course, I'm going to say more anyway. Newcastle fans will often claim their team's superiority over their neighbour's up the road in Wearside. But the statistical evidence has not been with them for an awfully long time. At the time of writing, Sunderland have beaten Newcastle six times in a row*. This one was number five and one of the less spectacular victories of recent times. But it was settled by a goal worthy of winning any match. A long clearance from Costel Pantimon was met by Steven Fletcher who headed the ball into the path of Jermain Defoe. Defoe hit a first time volley on an absolutely flawless trajectory into the top corner, with precious little that Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul could really do about it.
I believe this was the same weekend that Charlie Adam scored from his own half at Stamford Bridge in Stoke's match against Chelsea, so it was a bit overlooked. But nonetheless a ray of sunlight in what was an otherwise gloomy season. Unfortunately Defoe hasn't produced the goods on such a frequent basis since and it's looking like this season will finally be the one where the Black Cats use up their nine lives. But I've said that so many times before that it's lost all meaning.
*One of the few high spots of last week's defeat to Chelsea was the fans in the away end repeatedly singing this particularly fact. Along with "Shearer is a wanker".
Haway.
EDIT 25/12: But of course, I'm going to say more anyway. Newcastle fans will often claim their team's superiority over their neighbour's up the road in Wearside. But the statistical evidence has not been with them for an awfully long time. At the time of writing, Sunderland have beaten Newcastle six times in a row*. This one was number five and one of the less spectacular victories of recent times. But it was settled by a goal worthy of winning any match. A long clearance from Costel Pantimon was met by Steven Fletcher who headed the ball into the path of Jermain Defoe. Defoe hit a first time volley on an absolutely flawless trajectory into the top corner, with precious little that Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul could really do about it.
I believe this was the same weekend that Charlie Adam scored from his own half at Stamford Bridge in Stoke's match against Chelsea, so it was a bit overlooked. But nonetheless a ray of sunlight in what was an otherwise gloomy season. Unfortunately Defoe hasn't produced the goods on such a frequent basis since and it's looking like this season will finally be the one where the Black Cats use up their nine lives. But I've said that so many times before that it's lost all meaning.
*One of the few high spots of last week's defeat to Chelsea was the fans in the away end repeatedly singing this particularly fact. Along with "Shearer is a wanker".
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