seahamstar
Striker
Sounds good.
Hartlepool, Darlo and Boro
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Hartlepool, Darlo and Boro
Congrats on an excellent start!
Be Here Now
Striker
Original post was about north east teams in the Premier League not Yorkshire
Honest question from me non-UK: is northern Yorkshire considered part of the NE?
If you are a Sunderland fan then no, let me explain……
When the county of Cleveland existed, Sunderland fans all saw Boro as a NE team.
However, when Cleveland was abolished, and Middlesbrough went back into the County of North Yorkshire, the Town actually moved 40 miles further South rendering it’s NE claims redundant. It was a most unusual turn of events.
seahamstar
Striker
Take a look at a map.
Middlesbrough is to the NORTH and to the EAST of Darlington
rupert rigsby
Midfield
I drive through boro every week day from Darlington it is north and east i can confirm
seahamstar
Striker
Not doing so bad yourselves.
Not seen any of your game yesterday, but you must have shown some character after going a goal down pretty late on and getting the 3 points
Boro_Fan
Central Defender
I don’t get it
seahamstar
Striker
To be honest, I couldn't care less whether Boro is seen as the 'North east' or not.
My parents, my siblings and me were all born south of the Tees so have/had North Riding on our birth certificates.
Suppose it comes down to how you define 'north east'.
Being silly, I suppose people from the Berwick area could say that Newcastle/ Sunderland isn't North east.
Cleveland was never popular with most folk from the likes of Stockton - as it's very much a Yorkshire thing (land of cliffs),
Referring to the north Yorkshire coast (Boulby area).
Should have put your hand out (flagged it down)
Blind Joe Death
Midfield
Cracking start for them. I hope we stay up and they come up.
seahamstar
Striker
I reckon I could live with that.
BigPete
Striker
Hopefully
rupert rigsby
Midfield
ask your other head
Wow, there's a Cleveland in the UK (should have guessed). City in Ohio is named after the founder.
Looked up Cleveland (County) in Wikipedia and it concludes while abolished it is "wholly contained in north east England".
Just found out this meaning of "Cleveland" today in Wikipedia, thanks to this thread.
Which explains the falling price of the American steel company Cleveland-Cliffs
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PallionLad
Full Back
Haway lads. You can get from Sunderland to Boro via A19 in 45 minutes traffic permitting. 45 mins North is Morpeth and 45 nins West is Consett. All on boundaries of North East imo.
seahamstar
Striker
Another bit of (useless) information - Ian Hunter (ex Mott the Hoople), recorded a song with 2 slight 'variants'.
England rocks and Cleveland rocks.
As a teenager, I was under the impression he was on about the Cleveland in NORTH EAST England, but it's actually about Cleveland Ohio.
And another useless information: rock-and-roll hall of fame is located in Cleveland, OH.
Exapno Mapcase
Striker
Lonnie Donegan's No. 1 hit Cumberland Gap turned out, disappointingly, to not be anything to do with Carlisle and its environs, but even more confusingly , the Middlesbrough in the song isn't inbthe North East either
Cumberland gap ain't nowhere
Fifteen miles from Middlesbrough
Cumberland gap ain't nowhere
Fifteen miles from Middlesbrough
seahamstar
Striker
I know there's a Middlesboro in Kentucky.
Quite coincidentally, I was in a churchyard somewhere in County Durham a few months ago photographing war graves (can't remember quite where), and there was an American family there looking for a grave.
I got talking to them and it turned out they were from Middlesboro in Kentucky.
