North East Sporting Memories

A living archive of North East sport — and beyond · Est. 2026
Newcastle · Sunderland · Middlesbrough
Editorial paper cut-out collage of vintage North East sporting memorabilia — Newcastle United, Sunderland AFC and Middlesbrough FC matchday programmes with a boxing title poster and cricket Test scorecard, arranged on aged newsprint

The North East’s sporting story, kept alive.

From packed terraces to historic triumphs, from local heroes to global legends, we collect, preserve and share the keepsakes of the moments that made us. Programmes, magazines, videos, shirts, tickets, posters, badges, photographs and all manner of memorabilia — an ever-growing archive celebrating the passion, pride and people of North East sport.

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Thursday, 30th July 1996Late Football EditionPrice 30p
Evening
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World-record transfer · £15 million

Shearer
Comes Home

‘I could have gone anywhere — I chose the Toon’
By our Chief Football Writer · St James’ Park

AAN SHEARER last night ended weeks of fevered speculation on Tyneside by putting pen to paper on a world-record £15 million transfer from Blackburn Rovers to Newcastle United.

The Gosforth-born striker, 25, chose his boyhood club ahead of Manchester United, telling reporters at a packed St James’ Park: ‘I could have gone anywhere. I chose to come home.’

Manager Kevin Keegan hailed the deal as ‘the signing of the century’ and promised the Geordie faithful a title challenge to remember.

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