are running a competition to find a worthy name for the Tyne Wear derby. I generally don't approve of manufactured names for things ( as you end up with frankly risible names like "Stadium of Light" and "Black cats") but I thought it would make an amusing little thread on here. Any thoughts?

-- Anonymous, September 13, 2000

Answers

How about "The Tyne - Wear Derby"?

-- Anonymous, September 13, 2000

What's all the fuss about its only a regional thing, not like in Milan for example :-)

-- Anonymous, September 13, 2000

I second gus

-- Anonymous, September 13, 2000

Gus,

......or when its played at the SOL we could be original and call it "The Wear - Tyne Derby"

Fog on the Wear is mine all mine. Fog on the Wear's all mine.

-- Anonymous, September 13, 2000

What really wound the Mackems (ptuh!) up last season was someone on the BBC calling it the Tyne-Tees derby

-- Anonymous, September 13, 2000

The Wear-Tees derby: The Smoggies versus the Moggies.

-- Anonymous, September 13, 2000

Or the Tyne-Where? derby.

-- Anonymous, September 13, 2000

Sorry Dougal I did not mean to hijack your thread, I was just stating the obvious.

To all you other heathens, you should be ashamed of yourselves, no matter where it is played, Tyne should always be mentioned FIRST.

-- Anonymous, September 13, 2000