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Is Boro a derby?


When I look at the all time stats we must’ve smashed them for years because in my
Lifetime we hardly beat them down there.

For the record I can’t stand them .


But I detest the mags.

Different level.
 
seahamstar said:
My take on it (said on here a few times) is I'd say SOME Boro fans think of it as a 'derby' because you're the nearest club to us (on a similar level), but obviously you're closer to Newcastle than us - a lot of your respective fans will work together, drink in same pubs and in some cases be in the same families, so your matches against them are bound to mean a LOT more.
Personally, I'm not bothered either way - it's a match that I'd like 3 points from - I'm too long in the tooth and with real stuff going on in my life to be concerned with who hates who the most.

I would say though, that this idea that we get more 'up for the game' than you is an odd take on it - surely people can't really believe that as a reason why you have a bad record on Teesside.
It's almost saying your players don't try cos it's not a 'big enough game'.
I'd also say that it being our 'cup final' is a load of tosh.
It's quite conceited and disrespectful imo.

Just my views.
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Agree with a lot of that, particularly the bit in bold.
 
Become a bit of a joke among Boro fans how adamant Sunderland fans are that it isn't a derby......

Fuelled twice yearly by this place no doubt

Boro derby bingo:

North Yorkshire
30 miles
We're their biggest game of the season
Didn't realise we were playing them
No history to the fixture as it's only been played since the 80s

Etc
 
Their derby, not our derby - a game against a time quite near by but in another county - only connected by where they drew the lines for ITV telly generations ago.
 
In strictest terms a derby is in the same city but it’s been more generalised over the years as neighbouring cities.

For me it’s neighbourly rivalry and there fire it is a derby. It’s also closer than Norwich v Ipswich, which is also Norfolk v Suffolk so dispels the Yorkshire thing.
 
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