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newcastle Owner eddie howe getting my first taste of Premier League The Wear-Tyne derby after establishing itself in the “hotbed” of north-east football.
Howe leads Magpies to 3–0 win over arch rivals SunderlandThen a championship side, FA Cup third round in January 2024But he will take his team to the Stadium of Light on Sunday for their first top-flight clash since March 2016.
He would do so with the Black Cats three places up and then one point better than their neighbors getting back to a good start in life Among the big boys after an eight-season absence, and expect a white-hot atmosphere.
Head coach Howe said: “It’s our first league experience, so I’ll get a better gauge after this, but I think this is probably the most intense derby game we’ve had.
“The North-East is the epicenter of football, it is absolutely passionate about the game. It is an intense rivalry which we respect and my main focus now is to make sure the players understand the importance of the game. I can assure everyone that they will.”
“I look at these games in a positive light. I want to experience the biggest games possible.
“You want to throw yourself into the biggest challenges, and I think this game will be one we always remember, hopefully for the right reasons, hopefully someone made a difference and created a memorable moment for our supporters.
“That’s what we’re after, that’s what we want. We want to make them proud and make sure we represent them the right way.”
Howe arrived on Tyneside in November 2021 and has since written himself into Geordie folklore by guiding Club wins first domestic trophy in 70 years and entered the Champions League for the second time in three seasons.
The derby victory over Sunderland would be celebrated almost wildly and he admits that he did not fully understand the intensity of the rivalry until he attended the event.
He said: “I was already aware of it, but I think it’s very different when you’re watching it from a distance and actually living it and experiencing it yourself.
“I’ve watched a lot of derbies on TV and you can sense there’s an intense rivalry there. It’s a great thing for the game, I love it and I think it’s one of the things that makes football so special.
“But then when you’re here, you realize it’s even more than you thought from the outside. It will be great to experience that in a league game.”
Newcastle will arrive on Wearside having not won any of the previous nine league derbies, a run that has included six consecutive defeats, and this is a source of immense satisfaction for Sunderland fans, some of whom made an impression on Howe when he was the official starter for the 2023 Great North run.
He said, smiling: “The biggest stick I ever had was the Great North Run. I got abused by 50 per cent of the people there.”
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