Sam Allardyce became the fourth consecutive Sunderland manager to lose his first game and then defeat Newcastle United is his second game. Sunderland has won their last six games against Newcastle United.
An announcer said it's the first time that the same club has won 6 consecutive games between Sunderland and Newcastle United.
Yes EvanJ you are right on both, which is why todays game was so important.......it's a great day to be a Mackem
http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2015/m=10/news=teens-titans-and-derby-delight-2722323.html says: "4 successive Sunderland managers have now achieved their first win at the club in the Tyne-Wear derby after Sam Allardyce continued the trend on Sunday. Like Paolo Di Canio, Gus Poyet and Dick Advocaat before him, Allardyce began his Black Cats career with a defeat before beating the Magpies in his second match in charge. This remarkable symmetry was maintained by a 3-0 win at the Stadium of Light that left Sunderland fans celebrating a club record streak of six successive wins over their biggest rivals. It was also the first time in 11 months that they had scored three or more in a Premier League match, and ended a run of 12 top-flight matches without a win. Elsewhere in England, Jamie Vardy became just the eighth different player – and the first from outside the division’s ‘big five’ – to score in at least seven consecutive Premier League matches. The England striker found the net again on Saturday to help Leicester City to their 100th Premier League win and, with ten goals to his name, has a better tally this season than five top-flight clubs, Liverpool included."