1893 Preston North End (h)
5-0 (3-0)
Friendly 
Sorley(1-0,44) Collins(10,4-0) Crate(5-0) 
2,000
Preston had recently finished runners-up to the mackems in Division One and were contractually obliged to field their first XI for this Saturday afternoon kickabout.

Winning 1-0 at Middlesbrough Ironopolis the previous day, the visitors reached Tyneside after an overnight stay at Redcar.

The reporter from "Cricket and Football Field" however reported that Preston were "fagged out" only visiting goalkeeper Jimmy Trainer kept the score at manageable proportions.

Inside forward James Collins scored twice on what was his farewell game for United after agreeing to sign for Nottingham Forest.

Within two years though, the Glaswegian had returned to SJP.

Team: Whitton, Jeffrey, Miller, Creilly, Graham, McKane, Collins, Crate, Thompson, Sorley, Wallace.

1899 Derby County (h)
4-1 (3-0)
Friendly 
Aitken(1-0), Stevenson(2-0), Wardrope(3-0), Peddie(4-1) 
Allen(3-1)
2,000
Gale force winds and driving rain greeted the Rams at Gallowgate, with United fielding two local trialists, Snowball (from Brownhill) and Lacey (from Burradon). Both players worked as miners. 

The hosts built up a sizeable lead, with Stevenson missing a penalty early in the second half when the score was 3-0.

1901 Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) (a)
1-3 (0-2)
Friendly 
MacFarlane(88)
F.Speedie(0-1), Sharp(0-2),
RG.Campbell(86pen) 
2,000 
Inside forward Finlay Speedie netted for the home side and became a Magpie in 1906.

The Gers missed a first half penalty kick from an un-named taker.

1902 Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) (n)
5-0 (1-0)
Friendly 
Peddie(1-0,5-0), Orr(2-0) McColl(3-0,4-0) 
4,500
This kickabout was staged at Third Lanark's Cathkin Park, one of many arranged to benefit the families of the 25 victims of the Ibrox Stadium disaster some weeks earlier.

1903 Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) (a)
2-2 (1-1)
Friendly 
Rutherford, Templeton(2-1) 
A.Smith(20), RC.Hamilton(2-2)
3,000 
Following a 2-2 draw at Kilmarnock the previous evening, United's brief post-season tour of Scotland moved on to Ibrox Park.

Team: Douglas, Aitken, Agnew, Gardner, Birnie, Carr, Turner, McWilliams, Appleyard, Rutherford, Templeton. 

1905 Middlesbrough (a)
3-0 (1-0)
Division One 
48pts, 1st/18
Orr(5), Rutherford(52), Appleyard(53)
12,000 
This victory gave United their first league title, rivals Everton having already finished their programme one point ahead. 

Ironically Everton should have clinched it, but were forced to replay a game against Arsenal abandoned with Everton 3-1 up. Arsenal won the restaged game.

1907 Fulham (h)
1-1 (1-1)
Friendly 
Hall(30) 
Hamilton(35)
7,000
Fresh from claiming the First Division title, Newcastle faced the Southern League champions at Gallowgate.

United's goal came from trialist centre forward Alex Hall from Edinburgh side St. Bernards and he was signed permanently.

The Cottagers made the most of their brief time in the North East, signing a quartet of local junior players ahead of their entry to the Football League the following season.

Team: Lawrence, McCombie, McCracken, Gardner, McWilliam, Carr, Blackburn, Howie, Hall, Orr, Gosnell.

1907 At the Hawkeys Lane ground of North Shields meanwhile, United's A team faced Wallsend Park Villa in the Tynemouth Infirmary Senior Cup Final replay.

The first meeting a week earlier at the same venue was scoreless, but after Higgins missed a penalty for the Magpies, three goals in just 16 minutes put Villa 3-0 up at half time.

McClarence made it 1-3 on the hour before United's Duffy was dismissed for kicking an opponent in the head while he was on ground.

Undaunted, Higgins reduced the arrears further and Walton made it 3-3 late on.

The trophy appears to have been shared, with no third meeting.

1908 Manchester United (h)
1-4 (0-2)
Friendly 
Ridley(1-4)
Meredith(15), Wall(25), J.Turnbull(1-3), Roberts(1-4) 
10,000
Four days after losing to Wolves in the FA Cup Final, Newcastle concluded their season by staging a Players Union benefit match against the newly-crowned First Division champions.

Team: Lawrence, McCracken, Carr, Gardner, Veitch, Willis, Blackburn, Howie, Appleyard, McWilliam, Ridley.

1910 24 hours after capturing the FA Cup in a replay at Goodison Park, the victorious United team returned to Tyneside and were led from the Central Station by the pipe band of the Northumberland Veterinary Association.

1911 Manchester City (h)
3-3 (1-2)
Division One 
40pts, 8th/20
Metcalf(24), Willis(60), McCracken(65pen) 
Wynn(12,35), Ross(79)
5,000
Newcastle's closing match of the season was designated as a benefit for club trainer John McPherson, Jimmy Stewart missing an early penalty kick for United at 0-0. 

1912 Aberdeen (Scotland) (a)
1-0 (0-0)
Friendly 
Hudspeth(pen) 
3,000
Former Magpie Jimmy Soye was named in the home line-up for this Monday evening kickabout at Pittodrie.

Team: Lawrence, McCracken, Hudspeth, Wilson, Low, Findlay, Duncan, McTavish, Peart, Stewart, Higgins.

1912 Having drawn 0-0 at St. James' Park earlier in the month, Newcastle and North Shields again failed to conjure up a goal in their Northumberland Senior Cup final replay at Appleby Park.

The tie went to extra time but darkness fell before that had been completed and the tie was halted. 2,000 spectators attended.

1922 Manchester City (h)
5-1 (3-0)
Division One 
P41, 46pts, 5th/22
Hagan(12,68), McDonald(16,43,89)
Ingham(60)
34,000 
Newcastle recorded their largest win of the season in their final home league game, swamping a  much-altered City side. 

This was the sole senior game that goalkeeper John Archibald played, days after moving from Edinburgh side St. Bernards.

He subsequently departed for Grimsby Town in search of regular first team football, before returning to his native Scotland.

1925 Hibernian (Scotland) (a)
1-3 (1-2)
Friendly 
Low(1-2)
Ritchie(0-1), Dunn(0-2), Love(0-3) 
10,000
48 hours after losing to Rangers at Ibrox, United concluded their short Scottish tour with a Wednesday evening defeat at Easter Road.

Team: Bradley, Hudspeth, Maitland, MacKenzie, Currie, Gibson, Low, Cowan, Keating, McDonald, Urwin. 

1933 Derby County (a)
2-3 (0-2)
Division One 
P41, 49pts, 5th/22
Allen(80), J.R.Richardson(84) 
Duncan(35,60) Randall(39)
6,465
United were aggrieved at the Baseball Ground when Richardson's shot hit the Rams crossbar at 0-0 and appeared to drop down over the goal line. 

However, the referee was unmoved and played on.

1939 Luton Town (h)
2-0 (1-0)
Division Two 
46pts, 9th/22
Clifton(41), Pearson(84pen)
10,341
United finished the season with a first win in nine games to end up in mid-table, having dropped out of the promotion stakes after 
an inconsistent post-Christmas run. 

1950 Chelsea (a)
3-1 (2-0)
Division One 
P41, 48pts, 6th/22
Walker(21,33), Milburn(83) 
Billington(64)
24,667
While 100,000 fans were present at Wembley to see Arsenal beat Liverpool in the FA Cup, a quarter of that number witnessed Newcastle's second successive victory at Stamford Bridge.

United successfully contained the goal threat of former centre forward, Roy Bentley.

1956 Atletico Madrid (Spain) (a)
1-4 (0-1)
Friendly 
Curry 
Rafa(21), Scorers tbc
60,000
United began their post-season tour of Europe by participating in a benefit game for long-serving defender Juan Mencia - who had played his last game in 1954.

The game attracted a large crowd to the Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid, Mencias opting to donate the proceeds to a local nursing home.

In a situation mirroring the Goal! movie half a century later, the game was used to shoot footage for a film, with the leading actor on the field when a 12 man Atletico side kicked off the game!

That was Peruvian-born Fernando Fernández Gómez, who played the part of Claudio Henkel in the film, "El Fenomeno".

He later explained that: 

"The referee whistled. The centre forward of Atlético took out and the ball happened to me. 

"At that moment, when I received it and barely touched it, the right inside of the Newcastle, like a locomotive, came at me fiercely. 

"I looked at him, scared to death, turned around and ran towards my goal. 

"Immediately, the referee whistled again, I left the field, and the game really started."

Team: Simpson, Lackenby, Stokoe, McMichael, Scoular, Casey, White, Davies, Keeble, Curry, Mitchell.

1959 Birmingham City (h)
1-1 (1-0)
Division One 
41pts, 11th/22
Allchurch(4) 
Hooper(69)
19,776
The season ended with a mid-table finish, as Newcastle made it six games without defeat.

1961 Blackburn Rovers (a)
4-2 (2-2)
Division One 
32pts, 21st/22
Allchurch(19), McGuigan(32,77) Neale(64) 
Pickering(13), MacLeod(30)
12,746
Already relegated, Newcastle rounded off the season with another four goal haul after their 4-1 win over Bolton on Tyneside.

Injured in the first half, Duncan Neale was pushed into the centre forward role and duly grabbed his tenth goal of the campaign.

1961 Back at Gallowgate meanwhile, Ashington and Whitley Bay played out a 1-1 draw in the Northumberland Senior Cup Final.

The Seahorses took an early lead through Walton, only for the Colliers to quickly level thanks to Edwards.

Whitley Bay ran out 4-2 winners in the replay staged at Blyth's Croft Park.

1967 Southampton (h)
3-1 (1-0)
Division One 
P40, 33pts, 19th/22
Robson(5), Davies(52), Noble(76)
Chivers(66)
42,426
This victory pretty much secured our First Division status. Just as well - we lost the last two games but so did Aston Villa and we would finish 20th.

1978 Leicester City (a)
0-3 (0-1)
Division One
22pts, 21st/22 
11,530
Goodwin(8), Davies(56), Salmons(79) 
A dispirited United bade farewell to the top flight, having already been relegated along with City.

Fifteen fans were hospitalised as violence flared following a pitch invasion during the game by Newcastle followers.

1989 Wimbledon (a)
0-4 (0-1)
Division One 
P35, 30pts, 19th/20
5,206
Wise(25pen), Miller(73), Jones(80), Cotterill(84)
A one-sided encounter at Plough Lane was heading the way of the hosts before ex-Womble Andy Thorn conceded a penalty.

Winless in six games, Magpies boss Jim Smith admitted that "the position looks hopeless" when asked if his side could avoid relegation - which was then confirmed by a home defeat to West Ham five days later.

This would be Newcastle's fourth and final visit to Plough Lane, having registered one draw and three defeats at the ground.

By the time that the two sides met again in 1993, Wimbledon were lodging with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

1989 Meanwhile at SJP, Newcastle's second string collected their first Northumberland Senior Cup for over half a century, beating North Shields 5-1.

983 fans saw goals from Michael Parkinson, Steve Howey (2), David Roche and Tony Lormor, Thompson replying for the Robins.

1994 Another of Keegan's less successful signings Peter Cormack - son of the former Liverpool star - moved to Brighton & Hove Albion on trial with a view to a permanent transfer.

However, no deal was forthcoming and Cormack junior instead returned to his native Scotland with Greenock Morton.

1995 Manchester City (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Premier League 
P39, 68pts, 5th/22
27,389 
Newcastle fans were housed in a section of the new Kippax Stand at Maine Road - which was only in a partially finished state due to non-payment of bills by City - according to local gossip. 

Magpies goalkeeping coach John Burridge was on loan to the home club and replaced the injured Tony Coton for the second half.
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1996 Leeds United (a)
1-0 (1-0)
Premier League 
P36, 76pts, 2nd/20
Gillespie(17) 
38,862 
Keith Gillespie's early header settled this nervous Monday night encounter in front of the Sky cameras at Elland Road.

However, the real headlines were made in the post-match interview by Kevin Keegan, which culminated in his infamous 'Love it, just love it' comments directed at Alex Ferguson.

What is often forgotten though is the source of KK's anger: Fergie's claim that Nottingham Forest would lie down for United at the City Ground three nights later, due to Keegan agreeing to send his side to play Stuart Pearce's testimonial.

Ironically, Manchester United had just walked over Forest 5-0 and would be handed three points on the final day of the season at 'Boro by their golden boy Bryan Robson....
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1998 Leicester City (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Premier League 
P36, 41pts, 15th/20
21,699 
Neil Lennon, who had been fined for making obscene gestures at United fans in the corresponding fixture the previous season, inexplicably found his face coming into contact with the boot of a Mr. A. Shearer of Gosforth. 

Former United winger Steve Guppy played for the Foxes and justified Kevin Keegan's decision to sell him by being constantly outwitted by his marker, Warren Barton.
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2000 Coventry City (h)
2-0 (0-0)
Premiership
P35, 47pts, 12th/20
Shearer(78pen), Gavilan(84)
36,408
Diego Gavilan became the first Paraguayan to score in the Premier League as the Magpies ended a four match winless run.
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2002 Newcastle blew their reserve title hopes at Elland Road, conceding the only goal of the game within two minutes.

Ryan McGuffie was beaten by Harpal Singh on the left and when his low cross was missed by both Adam Collin and Peter Ramage, Jamie McMaster netted from close range.

Our front pairing of Carl Cort and Michael Chopra failed to test Paul Robinson in the home goal, meaning that we were pipped to the title by Manchester United.
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2006 Birmingham City (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Premiership
P37, 55pts, 7th/20
28,331
A point apiece at St.Andrew's condemned Steve Bruce's Blues to relegation, but also effectively torpedoed United's UEFA Cup qualification hopes - despite going six games unbeaten.

Michael Owen made his comeback from the foot injury that had sidelined him since the last day of 2005, but was nowhere near fit.
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2009 A 1-5 loss to Liverpool ended a ten game unbeaten run for Newcastle reserves and brought their league season to a disappointing conclusion.

Youngster Haris Vuckic netted for United at Warrington's Halliwell Jones Stadium. 
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2013 Aston Villa's 6-1 win against the mackems moved them above Newcastle in the Premier League, leaving Alan Pardew's side one place above the drop zone with three games left.

2017 United's Championship title challenge would go down to the last day after Bristol City shocked Brighton with a single goal victory at the Amex Stadium.

On a night when opera singers and poets were imported for title celebrations, it all fell flat for the Seagulls, although they still held a lap of honour to mark promotion in front of their own fans - some of whom had already purchased "Champions" scarves....

2022 Fabian Schar signed a new two year contract at Newcastle, with his current deal only weeks away from expiring.

12 months earlier, United had exercised a one year option contained within the three year agreement bringing him from Deportivo la Coruna in 2018.

2024 Newcastle U21s concluded their PL2 campaign with a 0-1 defeat to Aston Villa at Gallowgate - the visitors qualifying for the playoffs while United finished 22nd in the 26 team league.

Keeping a clean sheet for Villa was Lander Emery, son of their first team boss Unai.
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