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The eagerly-awaited results are in and ChronicleLive readers have named Sir Bobby Robson as the greatest Geordie of all time.

The legendary football manager, who enjoyed spells in charge of Newcastle United and England, was the clear winner in our definitive poll.

Sir Bobby racked up almost 1,000 votes to beat competition from the likes of Alan Shearer and George Stephenson to triumph on our 25-strong shortlist.

Take a look below to see how you ranked our favourite Geordies against one another including their number of votes:

1) Sir Bobby Robson - 924 votes

2) Alan Shearer - 364 votes

3) George Stephenson - 306 votes

4) Ant and Dec - 232 votes

5) Lord Collingwood - 194 votes

6) Jackie Milburn - 182 votes

7) Lord Armstrong - 167 votes

8) Rafael Benitez - 152 votes

9) Paul Gascoigne - 148 votes

10) Sir Joseph Swan - 124 votes

11) Mark Knopfler - 113 votes

12) Grace Darling - 104 votes

13) Adam Wakenshaw - 99 votes

14) Tim Healy - 91 votes

15) Cheryl - 84 votes

16) Dame Catherine Cookson - 67 votes

17) Sir John Hall - 66 votes

18) John Dobson - 59 votes

19) Richard Grainger - 57 votes

20) Charles Parsons - 48 votes

21) Sting - 42 votes

22) Brendan Foster - 35 votes

23) Freddy Shepherd - 26 votes

24) Hari Shukla - 15 votes

25) T Dan Smith - 11 votes