However, there is one group of Magpie fans who not only have to hide their allegiance in their home city but also have to deny where they live once they reach Newcastle.
Some classic moments in these matches, the one at Elland Road perhaps my personal favourite as Newcastle came back to win and ensured they were top of the Premier League for Christmas, happy days!
The 2012/13 fixtures have our first match against the mackems on October 20th (subject to SKY/BT!) and it instantly brought back memories of a very special October day less than two years ago.
We all know their fans will have an open top bus on very odd occasion they finish one step above us in the gutter, a bit like our relegation season when there was a whole two points difference.
Taking a short break from jumping up and down on innocent people’s cars in Newcastle city centre, the sunderland captain has unfortunately(?) appeared to have fallen off one of them…
United went 2 down to their local rivals only for Dennis Knight to pull one back from the penalty spot. Things looked bleak when Knight was given his marching orders with 20 minutes left, only for Lewis Gibbons to grab an unlikely equaliser for ten man Newcastle.