North East Festive Football Roundup

Daniel Wales reviews the festive football results for Newcastle United, Sunderland and Middlesbrough.

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00:00Festive football has felt fantastic for Newcastle United as they came through the Christmas

00:07period scoring 9 goals and conceding none, with wins against Ipswich, Aston Villa and

00:13Manchester United by scorelines of 4-0, 3-0 and 2-0 to see the Magpies into 5th place.

00:23For Sunderland it was two wins, a draw and a loss as they defeated Norwich City and Sheffield

00:28United at the Stadium of Light, as well as a draw away from home at Blackburn Rovers

00:34and a loss away at Stoke City that has left the Black Cats sat 4th in the Championship

00:40table.

00:41And finally Middlesbrough, they picked up three draws in December before a Lascaux win

00:48against Hull on the 1st of January. The three draws included two by a scoreline of three

00:54goals each against Plymouth Argyle and Sheffield Wednesday before a goalless draw with Burnley.