Hull City boss Phil Brown says his love of the Northeast won't extend to any favours for Newcastle United tomorrow.
"I'm an employee of Hull City Football Club and that's all that concerns me," he said. "There is no room for sentiment in football, none at all.
"All I'm worried about is trying to beat Newcastle United and I don't care about their position in the table or whether they are struggling.
"At the end of the season, I might have a look at the table and see where they are, but ultimately we always knew there were going to be three teams who went down and three sets of supporters who were going to be hugely disappointed.
"I'll have a glass of champagne with the ones who stay up and I'll send my commiseration to those who go down. That's just the way it is, it's a brutal game sometimes, but I certainly won't give Newcastle's problems a second thought if we beat them.
"I'm from the North East, but when you're involved in football, it doesn't matter where you grew up, or which team you supported when you were a kid, none of it matters any more."