Mike Williamson believes Newcastle’s derby success has come from “out-battling” their Wearside rivals.
Williamson: “These games are huge. In terms of the lads looking forward to it, we’ll be relishing the battle.
“The 5-1 was a phenomenal game in itself. The occasion and the scoreline were incredible but it was a great game to be part of for myself.
“The atmosphere was electric, both sets of fans are incredible but we know this one is going to be an entirely different prospect. Their new manager has come in and made a big difference, results there have been phenomenal.
“The lads are really, really looking forward to it.
“It was one of those days where the lads came together on the day.
“I think the main thing, for me, is that the lads out-battled them. I think that is what turned the game for us - we wanted it that bit more than they did. From the first minute we were right on it.
“I just remember making sure I took everything in. I remember waking up in the morning and having that knot in my stomach. It was that nervousness that you get because it is the first time you’ve gone through it.
“I just wanted to absorb it all and it turned out to be one of the best days of my career in the end.”
2010/11 NEWCASTLE 5 SUNDERLAND 1
NEWCASTLE: Krul, Jose Enrique, Coloccini, Williamson, Simpson,Tiote, Barton, Nolan, Gutierrez, Ameobi (Ranger 86), Carroll.
Subs Not Used: Soderberg, Routledge, Lovenkrands, Perch, Ryan Taylor, Smith.
SUNDERLAND: Mignolet, Bardsley, Bramble, Turner, Onuoha,Henderson, Cattermole (Mensah 76), Malbranque,Elmohamady (Gyan 40), Welbeck (Richardson 55), Bent.
Subs Not Used: Gordon, Zenden, Da Silva, Ferdinand.
Att: 51,988
Captain Kevin Nolan plundered a derby hat-trick to hand manager Chris Hughton the perfect ending to an eventful week as Newcastle routed Sunderland.
The midfielder put the home side 2-0 ahead within 34 minutes and completed his treble 15 minutes from time, after striker Shola Ameobi had helped himself to two goals, the first of them from the penalty spot.
It was the first hat-trick in the fixture since Peter Beardsley achieved the feat for Newcastle in January 1985.
Sunderland, who had former Magpies defender Titus Bramble sent off for an ill-judged challenge on Andy Carroll in the 53rd minute, were never at the races on a day when their promoted neighbours won at St James' Park for the first time in five attempts.
Darren Bent's last-minute strike was no consolation for the travelling fans, many of whom had already left.
It proved a sweet afternoon for Hughton following a week during which speculation over his future at the club reached fever pitch.
The 51-year-old was serenaded by the delighted home contingent in a crowd of 51,988 as his side completely outplayed their most bitter rivals, who rarely troubled goalkeeper Tim Krul until Bent's late effort, despite Geordie manager Steve Bruce sending on record signing Asamoah Gyan before half-time to add firepower.
Sunderland had conceded only seven goals in their first nine Barclays Premier League games, but were repeatedly torn apart by a committed Magpies side even before Bramble's premature departure.
The Black Cats arrived on Tyneside in an optimistic mood on the back of a seven-game unbeaten Barclays Premier League run to meet a side which had not won on their own pitch in four attempts.
But Sunderland's goals-against total was to rise significantly inside a rousing opening 45 minutes during which Newcastle took the game by the scruff of the neck.
The Magpies were on the front foot from the off as the game started at a lively pace, and they steadily built momentum before exploding into life with 24 minutes gone.
It took a fine reaction save from Simon Mignolet to keep out Andy Carroll's bullet header, and the Belgian had to be equally alert two minutes later to claw Joey Barton's stinging drive away from the bottom corner.
But the deadlock was finally broken from the resulting corner when central defender Mike Williamson got up well to head down Barton's corner and Nolan sent the ball into the roof of the net with an acrobatic overhead kick.
The noise level at St James' Park reached ear-splitting levels as Nolan was mobbed by his team-mates, and it was to get much, much better for the home fans before the half-time whistle sounded.
Newcastle increased their lead within eight minutes when Carroll's scuffed volley fell perfectly for the criminally unmarked Nolan, who controlled before slipping the ball past the advancing Mignolet.
Bruce's game plan was simply not working, with lone striker Bent almost redundant, and the manager made his tactical move five minutes before the break when he sent on £13million-plus man Gyan in place of Ahmed Elmohamady and switched to a 4-4-2 formation.
But before the new arrival could make an impact, his side fell further behind after Nedum Onuoha's clumsy injury-time challenge on Jonas Gutierrez prompted referee Phil Dowd to point to the spot.
Ameobi, who converted a penalty in the corresponding fixture two seasons ago, repeated the feat to pile the pressure on Bruce and his players.
Sunderland's reshuffle had seen Steed Malbranque drop into a midfield four and Jordan Henderson move out to the right, and while that gave them a better shape, they caused few problems for their hosts in the opening minutes of the second half.
Their woes deepened with 53 minutes gone when in his eagerness to prevent Carroll from racing in on goal, Bramble launched himself into a desperate challenge which sent the striker sprawling, and was punished with a straight red card.
Carroll sent a towering header over the bar two minutes later with the visitors rocking, and Bruce introduced Kieran Richardson as a replacement for Danny Welbeck with things going from bad to worse.
Krul, who had been a virtual spectator for much of the game, had to get down well to turn away Phil Bardsley's 65th-minute strike, but the Magpies were coasting to victory.
They increased their lead with 20 minutes remaining when Carroll's powerful header came back off the crossbar and Ameobi rifled home spectacularly.
There was worse to come five minutes later when Nolan met Ameobi's flick-on two yards out to complete his hat-trick, and Bent's last-minute strike repaired none of the damage inflicted on the demoralised visitors.
TOON v MACKEMS - HISTORY:
2011/2012 Sat 20 Aug Sunderland 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2010/2011 Sun 16 Jan Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
Sun 31 Oct Newcastle Utd. 5 - 1 Sunderland Premier League
2008/2009 Sun 01 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sunderland Premier League
Sat 25 Oct Sunderland 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2007/2008 Sun 20 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Sunderland Premier League
Sat 10 Nov Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2005/2006 Mon 17 Apr Sunderland 1 - 4 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 23 Oct Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Sunderland Premiership
2002/2003 Sat 26 Apr Sunderland 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 21 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Sunderland Premiership
2001/2002 Sun 24 Feb Sunderland 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 26 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sunderland Premiership
2000/2001 Sat 21 Apr Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 18 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Sunderland Premiership
1999/2000 Sat 05 Feb Sunderland 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Wed 25 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Sunderland Premiership
1996/1997 Sat 05 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sunderland Premiership
Wed 04 Sep Sunderland 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1992/1993 Sun 25 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Sunderland League Division One
Sun 18 Oct Sunderland 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. League Division One
1991/1992 Sun 29 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Sunderland Second Division
Sun 17 Nov Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1989/1990 Wed 16 May Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Sunderland Football League Play-Offs (Lvl 2)
Sunderland won 2-0 on aggregate
Sun 13 May Sunderland 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Football League Play-Offs (Lvl 2)
Sun 04 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sunderland Second Division
Sun 24 Sep Sunderland 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1984/1985 Mon 08 Apr Sunderland 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Tue 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Sunderland First Division
1979/1980 Sat 05 Apr Sunderland 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Tue 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Sunderland Second Division
Wed 05 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Sunderland League Cup
after extra time, aggregate 4-4, Sunderland won 7-6 on penalties
Wed 29 Aug Sunderland 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. League Cup
1978/1979 Sat 24 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 4 Sunderland Second Division
Sat 14 Oct Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1976/1977 Fri 08 Apr Sunderland 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Mon 27 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Sunderland First Division
1969/1970 Fri 27 Mar Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 08 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Sunderland First Division
1968/1969 Sat 22 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sunderland First Division
Sat 31 Aug Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1967/1968 Sat 30 Dec Sunderland 3 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Tue 26 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Sunderland First Division
1966/1967 Sat 04 Mar Sunderland 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 29 Oct Newcastle Utd. 0 - 3 Sunderland First Division
1965/1966 Sat 05 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Sunderland First Division
Mon 03 Jan Sunderland 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1963/1964 Sat 14 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Sunderland Second Division
Wed 09 Oct Sunderland 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1962/1963 Sat 02 Mar Sunderland 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 13 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sunderland Second Division
1961/1962 Sat 21 Apr Sunderland 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 02 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Sunderland Second Division
1957/1958 Sat 01 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Sunderland First Division
Sat 21 Sep Sunderland 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1956/1957 Sat 22 Dec Newcastle Utd. 6 - 2 Sunderland First Division
Sat 25 Aug Sunderland 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1955/1956 Sat 03 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Sunderland F.A. Cup
Tue 27 Dec Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Sunderland First Division
Mon 26 Dec Sunderland 1 - 6 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1954/1955 Sat 26 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Sunderland First Division
Sat 09 Oct Sunderland 4 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1953/1954 Sat 19 Dec Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 22 Aug Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Sunderland First Division
1952/1953 Wed 17 Sep Sunderland 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 10 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Sunderland First Division
1951/1952 Wed 26 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Sunderland First Division
Tue 25 Dec Sunderland 1 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1950/1951 Mon 26 Mar Sunderland 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Fri 23 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Sunderland First Division
1949/1950 Sat 04 Mar Sunderland 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 15 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Sunderland First Division
1948/1949 Sat 05 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Sunderland First Division
Sat 09 Oct Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1933/1934 Sat 03 Mar Sunderland 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 21 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Sunderland First Division
1932/1933 Sat 08 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Sunderland First Division
Sat 26 Nov Sunderland 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1931/1932 Sat 09 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Sunderland First Division
Sat 28 Nov Sunderland 1 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1930/1931 Sat 28 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Sunderland First Division
Sat 22 Nov Sunderland 5 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1929/1930 Sat 22 Feb Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Sunderland First Division
Sat 19 Oct Sunderland 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1928/1929 Sat 09 Mar Newcastle Utd. 4 - 3 Sunderland First Division
Sat 27 Oct Sunderland 5 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1927/1928 Sat 17 Mar Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 05 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Sunderland First Division
1926/1927 Sat 19 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Sunderland First Division
Sat 30 Oct Sunderland 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1925/1926 Sat 27 Feb Sunderland 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 17 Oct Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Sunderland First Division
1924/1925 Sat 21 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Sunderland First Division
Sat 18 Oct Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1923/1924 Sat 22 Dec Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Sunderland First Division
Sat 15 Dec Sunderland 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1922/1923 Sat 11 Nov Sunderland 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 04 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Sunderland First Division
1921/1922 Sat 26 Nov Sunderland 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 19 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Sunderland First Division
1920/1921 Sat 16 Oct Sunderland 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 09 Oct Newcastle Utd. 6 - 1 Sunderland First Division
1919/1920 Sat 29 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 3 Sunderland First Division
Sat 22 Nov Sunderland 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1914/1915 Sat 26 Dec Sunderland 2 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Fri 25 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 5 Sunderland First Division
1913/1914 Sat 27 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Sunderland First Division
Sat 06 Sep Sunderland 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1912/1913 Mon 17 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 3 Sunderland F.A. Cup
Wed 12 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Sunderland F.A. Cup
Sat 08 Mar Sunderland 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
Sat 28 Dec Sunderland 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 07 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sunderland First Division
1911/1912 Sat 17 Feb Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Sunderland First Division
Sat 14 Oct Sunderland 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1910/1911 Sat 19 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sunderland First Division
Thu 01 Sep Sunderland 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1909/1910 Wed 13 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Sunderland First Division
Sat 18 Sep Sunderland 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1908/1909 Sat 10 Apr Sunderland 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 10 Mar Sunderland 0 - 3 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
Sat 06 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Sunderland F.A. Cup
Sat 05 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 9 Sunderland First Division
1907/1908 Sat 18 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Sunderland First Division
Sat 21 Dec Sunderland 2 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1906/1907 Wed 20 Mar Sunderland 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 01 Sep Newcastle Utd. 4 - 2 Sunderland First Division
1905/1906 Sat 30 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sunderland First Division
Sat 02 Sep Sunderland 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1904/1905 Sat 22 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Sunderland First Division
Sat 24 Dec Sunderland 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1903/1904 Fri 01 Jan Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 26 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Sunderland First Division
1902/1903 Sat 25 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Sunderland First Division
Sat 27 Dec Sunderland 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1901/1902 Mon 31 Mar Sunderland 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 12 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Sunderland F.A. Cup
Sat 28 Sep Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Sunderland First Division
1900/1901 Wed 24 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Sunderland First Division
Sat 06 Oct Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1899/1900 Sat 28 Apr Sunderland 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 23 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 4 Sunderland First Division
1898/1899 Sat 22 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Sunderland First Division
Sat 24 Dec Sunderland 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division