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Newcastle United’s captain Fabricio Coloccini, second right, is given a red card by referee Robert Madley, right, during their English Premier League soccer match between Sunderland and Newcastle United at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England, Sunday, October 25, 2015. However, if this season’s form is anything to go by, we could be seeing a completely different derby than in the recent past.
Defoe blasted himself into the affections of the Black Cats faithful in April when his stunning volley handed the club a 1-0 derby victory over Newcastle, but while he may find himself outside the starting XI once again as the Magpies return to Wearside on Sunday, Allardyce has told him he could still have a major role to play.
Writing in new book Big Sam he said: “I was on the way to getting Luka Modric from Dinamo Zagreb but, by then, Mike saw the scale of the full debt and put the clamps on, so I had to make do with Geremi from Chelsea”. Referees are part and parcel of the game and you control your performance – you can’t control the opponent or the referee and they can affect the result.
The 61-year-old had been approached by Newcastle on a couple of occasions during his tenure as Bolton manager before he finally took charge at St James’s Park in the summer of 2007.
A review of Sunday’s action so far in the Barclays Premier League as Sunderland claimed their first win of the season. In the first half the team were excellent.
After Paolo Di Canio, Gus Poyet and Dick Advocaat, Allardyce – who coached Newcastle for less than a year between 2007 and 2008 – is now the fourth consecutive Sunderland boss to record their maiden victory in the role against the club’s local rivals. Sunderland has finished no higher than 10th since they returned to the Premier League in 2007 and relegation battles are now the norm.
Simply put, Newcastle, despite their man disadvantage, might have made the short trip home with a result had Mitrovic equalised early in the second half. And just to rub a bit of salt in those gaping derby wounds, Sunderland leapfrogged Newcastle with the win thanks to their better goal difference.
