12 Most-Important Newcastle 2015-16 Premier League Fixtures For Toon Supporters

9. Steve McClaren's First-Ever Wear-Tyne Derby...

Sunderland Vs Newcastle United - October 24th, 2015 (3pm)

The derby days with bitter rivals Sunderland are the games every single Newcastle fan looks for when the Premier League fixture list is released - and McClaren's first taste of a Wear-Tyne clash will have to wait until October 24th. Almost inevitably at least the time - if not the day - of this fixture will change as the Magpies look to stop the rot of a run of five derby defeats in a row to their Wearside neighbours. Can McClaren win over Magpies supporters by claiming a derby-day victory? Or will Jermain Defoe pop up with another wondergoal to condemn Newcastle to a sixth-straight Tyne-Wear derby loss?