is newcastle v boro a derby game,i say our only derby is v sunderland, my mate who thinks hes a geordie (born in chester le stret but supports boro)says it is. another mate supports sunderland says theyve only one derby,newcastle. whos right
newcastle to safc 8 miles .newcastle to boro 42 miles

its derby for them ..not for me

l would not call it a derby, but it can be argued both ways. There are not many teams from the north east in the premier league so l suppose you could call it a derby to satisfy that condition. It is not a derby like United City, or Liverpool Everton is though.

They do not just have derbys against sunderland, newcastle v boro is a derby.
Newcastle is longest-running & deepest rivalry is with their nearest major neighbour, Sunderland, colloquially known as the Mackems. Matches between the two r referred to as the Tyne-Wear derby. The two cities of Newcastle & Sunderland r just ten miles apart, so there is an intense feeling of a cross-town rivalry, heightened by a feeling that it is city against city with local pride at stake. Moreover, the close proximity means that as in derby matches, workmates & friends r often divided.
Another rivalry is the Tyne-Tees derby between Newcastle & Middlesbrough. Although often billed as a derby by the media, many people in Newcastle dispute that this is the case. Many Newcastle fans feel that a match against a team 34 miles away does not qualify as a local derby, & believe that Newcastle is only derby is the Tyne-Wear derby with Sunderland. Sunderland fans largely feel the same with regards to the Tees-Wear derby. A poll in 2004 seems to confirm this, showing that Middlesbrough fans regard Newcastle as their biggest rivals, whilst Newcastle fans only regard Middlesbrough as their 3rd largest rivals (behind Sunderland & Manchester United).[46]

newcastle boro is a derby but does not have the same importance as the one with sunderland boro and hartlepool would be a local derby the smoggies versus the chimp chokers but they are not in the same division maybe a cup draw some day.

Nope. It is closer than most matches but still not a derby.

There is only Sunderland and on the off-chance they get promoted far enough, Gateshead.

If Boro are a derby team then so are Berwick and Carlisle!