Middlesbrough and Sunderland play-off final would be biggest NE game

11-May-2023 09:50:44 | Northern Echo

WHAT has been the biggest North-East football game of the last 30 years? Middlesbrough’s Carling Cup final, perhaps, resulting in the club’s first major trophy, or the Teessiders’ appearance in the UEFA Cup final in Eindhoven? Newcastle United’s Champions League nights or Wembley outings in the FA Cup and League Cup finals? Sunderland have also played in a League Cup final as well as play-off finals under the Arch. Regrettably, all three clubs have also featured in massive matches that h