Sunderland take on Newcastle next month in the Checkatrade Trophy in what should be an exciting game at the Stadium of Light.

The Black Cats are certainly capable of winning the tournament and have gone about taking it seriously with a number of good performances so far and a fine travelling away support.

This game, though, comes at home against their biggest rivals and it is expected that the Magpies will bring plenty of their own fans for this one.

However, their allocation has not been increased past what it has been for recent meetings between the two despite this competition being different to the Premier League.

With that in mind, then, both Newcastle and Sunderland fans have reacted to the fact that 2,800 is the number being offered to United.

Let's take a closer look at what has been said in the north-east among the sets of fans this morning...