Sunderland take on Newcastle on Sunday in the Tyne-Wear derby, a fixture that is not only a local rivalry but one that has plenty of history.
In recent times, however, there have been some very memorable moments, in particular strange ones, that have surrounded this derby.
Paolo Di Canio's celebrations
He was nothing if not charismatic, and having joined Sunderland to replace the departed Martin O'Neill, Di Canio's second game in charge of the club was the Tyne-Wear derby. With just three points from nine games to their name in advance of the match, no one gave them much of a chance, but they ended up winning 3-0.
As for Paolo, well he celebrated every goal like he'd scored it himself.
Alan Shearer dropped
Possibly the moment that spelled the end of his time at Newcastle, Ruud Gullit took the brave (or foolish) decision to drop fan favourite and goal scoring machine Alan Shearer from the side ahead of the big derby in 1999.
Gullit put two young players on the field, having also dropped Duncan Ferguson, and they ended up losing 2-1 in front of a home crowd at St. James' Park.
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Gullit left the job shortly afterwards and was replaced by Bobby Robson, who restored Shearer to the team, but the Newcastle legend says that there are no hard feelings between the two and told The Chronicle that "life is too short" so they patched up their differences, and even play the odd round of golf together.
Horse punching
After Newcastle lost 3-0 at St. James' Park to Sunderland, 45-year-old Barry Rogerson decided to take his frustrations at the club's poor performances out in a very strange fashion: by punching a police horse.
For his troubles, he was jailed for 12 months and banned from football for six years, so he's inlikely to be at this weekend's derby.
The new manager bounce
Sunderland's record in this fixture in recent times has been pretty incredible, given the overall instability at the club. They are currently on their longest consecutive winning run in the Tyne-Wear derby ever, with five on the bounce, and have equaled Newcastle's similar run in that regard (they won five in a row between 2002 and 2006).
However, the wins have mostly come under different managers: Di Canio secured a 3-0 win in April of 2013 during his second game in charge; in October a late strike from Borini gave Poyet's Sunderland a 2-1 win over the Magpies in his second game in charge and Dick Advocaat secured his first win as a Sunderland boss with a 1-0 over Newcastle in his...you guessed it, second game in charge.
Sam Allardyce will surely be hoping that it's something that continues today as he gets ready for his second game in charge of Sunderland.
Pardew v O'Neill
Alan Pardew has calmed his behaviour significantly in recent weeks and months, but when he was a bit more of a fiery character a while back, he decided to celebrate in the face of manager Martin O'Neill after his side got a penalty late on.
They ended up missing that penalty, but by the looks of it Pardew was too busy getting involved in a spat with O'Neill to pay too much attention to it.
There was no glass of wine had after the game, according to what both managers told The Guardian.
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