Brentford (h) ST fwding opens Fri 14.03, 4pm
Leicester City (a) ST sale now, 11pts
Man United (h) Ballot opens Mon 17.03, Noon
Palace (h) Ballot opens Mon 24.03, Noon

Carabao Cup:
Sela scarves return

Club sponsor Sela are providing scarves for Newcastle United fans attending Sunday's Carabao Cup Final. 

The 32,000 Toon fans at Wembley will find scarves on their seats, unlike the 2023 Final against Manchester United when alternating blocks of black and white flags were laid out and the opposition fans had scarves.

This is the second time that Sela have distributed scarves for away travellers, doing so ahead of the FA Cup visit to the mackems back in January 2024. 

Giveaway:
Wembley hat-trick....

New stocks of the ever-popular Ferdinand reversible bucket hat (red and blue on the other side) have now reached Football Bobbles.

These are available to purchase here now. For standard delivery (RM48) ahead of Wembley order by 1pm on Thursday; special delivery is available until 1pm on Friday for next day delivery on Saturday. 

We have a hat up for grabs and to stand a chance of winning it, we require your Carabao Cup Final score prediction at the end of normal time*.

Email that to [email protected] with subject Hats

Closing date is 3pm on Sunday. No age limit, open to anyone on the planet. Delivery only to UK addresses. One entry each please per person.

* the final whistle before any extra time or penalties.

2024/25:
North Eastenders!

West Ham  0  Newcastle  1

Match action

Match report

U21s:
Cup woe for 
ten man Mags 

Heaton Stannington  3  Newcastle U21s  0

Match action

Match report

Stan's next home league game is during the PL fixture break on Saturday March 22nd, when they will face Bridlington Town in a 3pm kick-off.

Carabao Cup:
Fans unite to attack Wembley price hike

Ahead of Sunday's Final, the Newcastle United Supporters Trust (NUST) and the Liverpool FC group Spirit of Shankly have penned a joint letter to the EFL regarding Carabao Cup Final ticket pricing.

Read that online here 

Cup trio honoured:
Badge winner

Following the recent Anthony Gordon badge issues, new designs from Magpin capture Jacob Murphy, Sandro Tonali and Alexander Isak celebrating goals that helped the Magpies to reach Wembley this season.   

These are all available separately online here and we had a set of three to give away, asking which Serie A club AC Milan signed Sandro Tonali from. 

It was Brescia and the winning entry came from Ian Brown (not that one)....

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UK Radio: Live on BBC Radio 5 Live and talkSPORT

Local Radio: Live on BBC Radio Newcastle

Stats:

NUFC @ Wembley:

This will be the seventeenth time that the Magpies have taken to the field at Wembley Stadium:

1923/24 Aston Villa won 2-0 FACF
1931/32 Arsenal won 2-1 FACF
1950/51 Blackpool won 2-0 FACF
1951/52 Arsenal won 1-0 FACF
1954/55 Manchester City won 3-1 FACF
1973/74 Liverpool lost 0-3 FACF
1975/76 Manchester City lost 1-2 LCF
1987/88 Liverpool won 1-0pens MCT
1987/88 Tranmere Rovers lost 0-2 MCT
1996/97 Manchester United lost 0-4 CS
1997/98 Arsenal lost 0-2 FACF
1998/99 Manchester United lost 0-2 FACF
1999/00 Chelsea lost 1-2 FACSF
2017/18 Spurs lost 0-1 PL
2018/19 Spurs lost 0-1 PL
2022/23 Manchester United lost 0-2 LCF
2024/25 Liverpool LCF

Last away league results before Wembley SF & F:

1923/24 Aston Villa (a) lost 1-6 D1
1931/32 Portsmouth (a) lost 0-6 D1
1950/51 Manchester United (a) lost 0-2 D1
1951/52 Derby County (a) won 3-1 D1
1954/55 Spurs (a) lost 1-2 D1
1973/74 Burnley (a) drew 1-1 D1
1975/76 Liverpool (a) lost 0-2 D1
1997/98 Blackburn Rovers (a) lost 0-1 PL
1998/99 Leicester City (a) lost 0-2 PL
1999/00 Liverpool (a) lost 1-2 PL
2022/23 Bournemouth (a) drew 1-1 PL
2024/25 West Ham (a) won 1-0 PL

NUFC v LFC last 10 meetings (all in PL):

2024/25 lost 0-2 (a)
2024/25 drew 3-3 (h)
2023/24 lost 2-4 (a)
2023/24 lost 1-2 (h)
2022/23 lost 0-2 (h)
2022/23 lost 1-2 (a)
2021/22 lost 0-1 (h)
2021/22 lost 1-3 (a)
2020/21 drew 1-1 (a)
2020/21 drew 0-0 (h)

Since a 2-0 PL home victory at SJP in December 2015, United have faced Liverpool on 17 occasions (all in the PL), drawing five and losing the other dozen. 

NUFC v LFC cup meetings - all time:

2003/04 lost 1-2 (a) (FA)
1997/98 lost 0-2 (h) (LC)1995/96 won 1-0 (a) (LC)
1983/84 lost 0-4 (a) (FA) 
1973/74 lost 0-3 (n) (FA)
1923/24 won 1-0 (h) (FA)
1920/21 won 1-0 (h) (FA)
1912/13 won 1-0 (h) (FA)
1912/13 drew 1-1 (a) (FA)
1907/08 won 3-1 (h) (FA)
1898/99 lost 1-3 (a) (FA)

In cup meetings, the two sides stand neck and neck with five wins apiece and a draw. If one factors in the 1988 Mercantile Tournament penalty success at Wembley though, the Magpies are one ahead.....

Fundraiser:
Charity auction  

Bidding in the latest Percy Hedley Foundation charity auction is now underway, with a variety of signed NUFC-related items available to bid on:

Find the auction online here

Bidding closes at half time in Sunday's final.

Monies raised help to benefit the work of the Percy Hedley Foundation in the region, supporting various initiatives to improve the lives of disabled people.

Loan lads:
Temps 

Magpie loan watch:

Harrison Ashby (QPR)
Harrison wasn't called into action on Tuesday as the R's went down 1-2 at Boro in the Championship.

Alex Murphy (Bolton Wanderers)
A forgettable night for the defender, conceding the penalty kick that put Bristol Rovers ahead at the Memorial Ground in League One on Tuesday.

Withdrawn on 68 minutes with the Trotters trailing 1-2, they ended up losing 2-3.

Max Thompson (Chesterfield)
The Spireites scored four goals without reply at Salford City in League Two on Tuesday, with Max remaining unused on the bench.

James Huntley (Spennymoor Town)
Another unused bench shift for the midfielder as Moors lost 0-1 at Buxton in National League North on Tuesday.

Charlie McArthur (Carlisle United)
There was no place for the defender in the squad as the Cumbrians lost 0-1 at Harrogate Town on Saturday - a result that leaves them bottom of League Two.

Joe White (MK Dons)
The midfielder played for the first 77 minutes of a 2-1 home win over Morecambe in League Two on Saturday, coming off when the scoring was complete.

Travis Hernes (AaB):
Sunday saw the midfielder play 81 minutes of a 1-4 home loss to Midtjylland in Superliga, going off with his side trailing 1-3.

Miodrag Pivas (Willem II)
Another unused substitute selection came on Sunday, in a 2-3 home defeat by Urecht in the Eredivisie.

Vakhtang Salia (Dinamo Tblisi):
The teenager was an 84th minute arrival from the bench on Monday as Dinamo drew 0-0 at Kolkheti Poti in the Erovnukli Liga.

Ex-Mags:
Old boys improving

Former Magpie Aleksander Mitrovic has now left hospital in a Riyadh after concerns over an irregular heartbeat were raised over the weekend.

Now 30 and playing in Saudi Arabia, the Serbian striker made a scoring return from a hamstring injury for his current club Al-Hilal on Friday.

He was discharged in time to attend Al-Hilal's game on Tuesday but wasn't in the squad and watched from the stands.

News of Mitrovic's hospitalisation follows that of fellow SJP old boy Stuart Pearce, who was rushed to a facility in Canada last Monday, March 3rd.

The 62 year-old suffered a medical emergency during a flight from Las Vegas to London Heathrow, the plane diverting to make an emergency landing in St. Johns. 

Pearce has since spoken to journalists indicating that he was also suffering from an irregular heartbeat but was improving and expected to receive clearance to fly back to the UK in the coming days.

U18s:
Potters punished

Newcastle U18s  4  Stoke City U18s  1

Having put four goals past Wolves last weekend, the U18s repeated the feat against Stoke City at a sunny Little Benton on Saturday morning to win their third successive league game.

In-form striker Kacey Wooster made it five goals in just three league games, confidently dispatching his 25th minute penalty kick after City's Ben Sheaf nudged Kyle Fitzgerald in the area.

And it was Fitzgerald who got the second two minutes after the interval with a shot from the edge of the box.

The Potters pulled one back in the 62nd minute when United failed to clear their lines and Oghi Enabulele fired beyond goalkeeper Will Anderson.

The young Magpies restored their two goal advantage after 75 minutes when Fitzgerald beat Ben Chivers at his near post - his third goal in two starts at this level since signing from Galway United earlier this year.

United got a slightly fortunate fourth five minutes into added time, substitute Matthew Taylor seeing his shot strike a defender and loop over the goalkeeper.

Turkish midfielder Baran Yildiz made his debut at this level as a late substitute, a month after the 18 year-old completed a permanent switch from Genclerbirligi. 

Team: Anderson, Bloomer, Durrant, Johnson, Epia (Craggs 65), Cogdon, Fitzgerald, Harper, Wooster (Yildiz 86), O'Donovan (Taylor 65), Ferreira (Waddani 80).
Sub n/u: Jones.

Booked: Bloomer, Anderson, Durrant, Fitzgerald.

2025/26:
ST price rise confirmed

NUFC have announced 2025/26 season ticket prices and while some other PL clubs have frozen their charges, a 5% increase on standard adult prices will apply at SJP - hardly a shock given current PSR pressures, but a further unwanted drain on resources for supporters.

Season ticket holders who were on the long-term price freeze deals that have all now expired will see 2025/26 ticket prices increase to the standard pricing level. 

As an example, adult 1892 Club tickets will increase from £635 (£33.42 per game) to £1,083 (£57 per game).

There's no increase in junior ticket prices again and the current range of concessionary prices will continue to be offered - that's in contrast to several other PL clubs who have axed price categories such as Young Persons.

A new 12 month interest-free direct debit schedule will appear in place of the previous eight month option.

ST holders currently paying via Direct Debit will be contacted by email to confirm payment details and auto-renewal will apply.

Other ST holders can renew their seats online via the club website from Mon 10.03.2025 @ 10am until Fri 21.03.2025 @ 5pm. 

(Emails sent out to ST holders who pay in a single instalment reference a payment date of late April).

Find full details online here

Domestic home cup scheme ticket pricing will remain unchanged from the 2024/25 rates as follows: 

CC: £20 & £25 adults / £10 & £15 others 
FA: £30 & £35 adults / £15 & £20 others

Details of how to join the cup schemes and the latest dates to do so is yet to be announced.

In the event that European qualification is achieved, no indication as to the ticket prices has been given. 

There's no mention of what memberships or single PL game prices will be next season for those purchasing via ballots or member general sale.

PS: There's no mention of any change in current season ticket policy for new applicants - with none available to purchase and no mention of any queueing system.

PPS: There's also nothing to suggest that the rumoured relocation of away sections will actually become a reality, with consequent knock-on effects for home fans.

Update:
Financial results 

NUFC have now released their latest financial results, for the year ending June 30th 2024.

The club's revenues have increased from £140.2m in 2021, £180m in 2022 and £250.3m in 2023 to £320.3m.

Find the results online here

PS: Regarding SJP, the financial report doesn't give any  clues as to the club's intentions, saying only that they "continue to explore a range of options in relation to potential enhancement or expansion of St James' Park or the development of a new stadium."

Similarly there's no clarity on whether an enhanced training ground or a move to a new site is pending.

Premier League:
Home game tickets 

Ticket sale details for future Newcastle home games:

Wed 16.04.2025 Crystal Palace (h) 7.30pm
Member Ballot opens Mon 24.03.2025, Noon
Member Ballot closes Tue 25.03.2025, Noon
Ballot winners notified Wed 26.03.2025 by 11am
Ballot winners seat selection opens Wed 26.03.2025, Noon, closes Fri 28.03.2025, Noon
ST forwarding opens Fri 28.03.2025, 4pm
Member General Sale from Mon 31.03.2025, 10am

Sat 26.04.2025 Ipswich Town (h) 3pm
Member Ballot opens Mon 31.03.2025, Noon
Member Ballot closes Tues 01.04.2025, Noon
Ballot winners notified Wed 02.04.2025 by 11am
Ballot winners seat selection opens Wed 02.04.2025, Noon, closes Fri 04.04.2025, Noon
ST forwarding opens Fri 04.04.2025, 4pm
Member General Sale from Mon 07.04.2025, 10am

Unlikely lad:
Old boy makes 
Rams return 

Almost a year since his last appearance as a loanee for Sheffield Wednesday, former Newcastle midfielder Jeff Hendrick has signed for Derby County.

The 33 year-old Ireland international began his senior professional career at the Rams, making over 200 appearances between 2009 and 2016.

Hendrick's return to Pride Park follows the arrival of John Eustace as first team manager - the pair playing in the same Derby side between 2013 and 2015. 

Appeal:
SOS: Save our Spartans

While their on-field problems remain, Northern Premier League side Blyth Spartans continue their efforts at restructuring following a recent change of ownership. 

The green and whites have now gained Community Interest Club status, and are aiming to secure their future via a fundraising appeal online here

Setting an initial £25K target, they are now nearing the £20K mark thanks to donations from supporters and well-wishers across the planet.

The latest club board report details the position here

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