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Football
The game that runs through every North East town.
From the terraces of St James' Park to Roker Roar and the Riverside, football is the North East's heartbeat. Programmes, tickets, magazines and matchday memories from the region's clubs and the wider English game.
Teams & organisations
Notable memories
May 1973
1973 FA Cup Final
Sunderland's Wembley miracle — Second Division against mighty Leeds.
2005–06
Boro's UEFA Cup Run
Steaua, Basel and Eindhoven — European nights on Teesside.
Moments in the archive
- 1955 FA Cup win — Newcastle 3-1 Manchester City
- 1969 Fairs Cup — Newcastle United champions of Europe
- 1973 FA Cup — Sunderland 1-0 Leeds
- 1996 title race — Newcastle chase Man Utd
- 2004 League Cup — Middlesbrough 2-1 Bolton
- 2023 Carabao Cup Final — Newcastle return to Wembley
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Est. 1979 · Presented annually at Ramside Hall
North East Football Writers’ Player of the Year
Voted every year by the region’s football journalists — the trophy has passed between Tyne, Wear and Tees for more than four decades.
Recent Senior winners
2025
SunderlandDan Ballard
2024
NewcastleAlexander Isak
2023
NewcastleKieran Trippier
2022
NewcastleBruno Guimarães
Young Player of the Year
2024
SunderlandChris Rigg
2022
SunderlandAnthony Patterson
2019
NewcastleSean Longstaff