1902 Sheffield Wednesday (h)
3-0 (1-0)
Division One 
Roberts(8,3-0) Rutherford(52) 
25,000
The Magpies made it maximum points after three games of the season - and were yet to concede a goal.

That would all change a week later though, with a 1-6 loss at West Bromwich Albion.

1911 Norwich City (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Hospital Cup
12,078
NUFC: Lawrence, McCracken, Whitson, Veitch, Low, Carr, Willis, Stewart, Shepherd, Randell, Ridley.
NCFC: Beale, Kirkman, Mackenzie, Wilkinson, Wolstenholme, Chick, Jobling, Ingham, Makin, Whiteside, Levi  
Ref: G.L.Miller.

Thanks to Newcastle John for details of this otherwise unknown game.

1913 West Bromwich Albion (a)
1-1 (0-1)
Division One 
Hudspeth (1-1)(pen) 
Newall(15)
29,147
An injury to the referee saw his replacement by a linesman and United salvaged a point when the stand-in official awarded a penalty kick for a foul of Hibbert, Frank Hudspeth obliging from the spot.

1919 Chelsea (h)
3-0 (2-0)
Division One 
Dixon(6,2-0,55) 
40,000
One week after the sides drew 0-0 at Stamford Bridge, United prevailed at SJP thanks to the only hat-trick of striker Ed Dixon's Tyneside career.

Chelsea's Bob Whittingham struck a post with his penalty kick when the score was 2-0.

1922 Glasgow Rangers (h)
4-1 (1-1)
Friendly 
Harris(1-1,2-1,3-1), McDonald (4-1)(pen) 
Smith(0-1)
10,000
A Wednesday evening game at Gallowgate saw Neil Harris bag a treble against a side he'd guested for some six years earlier.

Bill McCracken featured for the home side and "was given a rousing welcome" by Newcastle fans following his dismissal at Sheffield United the previous Saturday. 

1924 Manchester City (a)
1-3 (1-2)
Division One 
McDonald(1-1) 
Johnson(10,1-2), Roberts(65) 
35,000

1926 Cardiff City (a)
1-1 (0-0)
Division One 
Urwin(70) 
P.Smith(71)
15,000
United handed a debut to outside right Jimmy Boyd at Ninian Park and went ahead through Tommy Urwin. 

That lead was short-lived though, as Davies pushed forward straight from the restart before crossing for Smith to net without a Newcastle player touching the ball.

1930 West Ham United (h)
4-2 (2-2)
Division One 
Starling(7), Cape(15), OG(Cox)(51), Wilkinson(77)
Earle(35), Watson(2-2)
18,971
Two ahead early on, Newcastle were pegged back before the break when Stan Earle and Vic Watson both beat Albert McInroy.

Jack Wilkinson's shot soon after the restart was deflected into his own net by Billy Cox to restore the home side's lead. 

West Ham's hopes of a comeback were much reduced when Watson limped off after 55 minutes, Wilkinson scoring a fourth goal to wrap up victory for the Magpies. 

1941 Huddersfield Town (h)
3-1 (2-1)
Wartime
Stubbins(1-0,2-0), Price(3-1)
Wilkinson(1-1)
5,500

1947 Leeds United (h)
4-2 (1-1)
Division Two 
Hair, Shackleton 2, Stobbart 
Wakefield, Cochrane
52,275
Relegated Leeds had started life in the second tier in good form, but were rapidly fading by the time of this defeat. 

Leeds including Con Martin in their lineup and he reportedly collapsed in the team bath with an abdominal problem. His son Mick later played for the black and whites.

1948 A 5-1 victory for the Football League  against their Irish counterparts at Anfield included a hat trick for Newcastle's Jackie Milburn, while his former SJP colleague Len Shackleton also helped himself to one.

1952 Stoke City (a) 0-1 (0-0) Division One  Johnston 32,359

1958 Wolves (a)
3-1 (2-1)
Division One 
Bottom, White 2 
Broadbent
39,130 
There was a winning start to a brief Newcastle career for Reg Evans, while goalkeeper Bryan Harvey also made his first appearance.

1961 Liverpool (h)
1-2 (0-2)
Division Two 
Hale(63) 
Milne(10), og(Heslop)(43)
38,192
Future Newcastle Director of Football Gordon Milne scored the first goal of his Anfield career, while only a penalty save from Dave Hollins to deny Kevin Lewis prevented defeat by a greater margin.

1969 Southampton (a) 
1-1 (0-1)
Division One 
Robson(55)
Channon(6)
19,130
Future Magpie Mick Channon netted for the Saints on what was the first of three visits United made to the Dell this season, (League, FA Cup & Fairs Cup).

1975 Wolves (h)
5-1 (1-1)
Division One 
Gowling(10,60,80), Tudor(55), Cassidy(87) 
Daley(9)
30,876
Just ten days after helping himself to a four goal haul against Southport, striker Alan Gowling's next appearance at Gallowgate saw him in prolific form once more, beating visiting custodian Gary Pierce on three occasions. 

1980 Oldham Athletic (h)
0-0 (0-0)
Division Two 
19,786
A familiar story for this season - a goalless draw and a particularly inept performance. The manager? Arthur Cox....
 

1986 Wimbledon (h)
1-0 (0-0)
Division One 
Gascoigne(55)
21,545 
Gary Kelly made his debut in goal while Andy Thomas took his place in midfield for the first time.

1987 Liverpool (h)
1-4 (0-2)
Division One 
McDonald(61pen) 
Nicol(20,47,70), Aldridge(37)
24,141 
Steve Nicol grabbed a hat trick in this one-sided game, with Neil McDonald claiming a consolation effort from the spot after Mirandinha was felled in the box.

The visiting line-up included Barry Venison, John Barnes and Peter Beardsley - the latter making his first return to SJP since joining the Reds two months earlier. 
Youtube footage is online here

1997 West Ham United (a) 1-0 (1-0)
Premier League 
Barnes(44) 
25,884
Three days after the epic 3-2 home win over Barcelona, a fine shot from John Barnes gave him his first Toon goal.

That was especially sweet for the veteran, who was booed by home fans after choosing to join Newcastle some weeks earlier, rather than become a Hammer.

For much of the afternoon though, visiting goalkeeper Shay Given was all that stood between the home side an three points  

A wedding prevented one half of NUFC.com attending, with the groom a big Hammers fan. Suffice it to say that regular updates from a pocket radio punctuated proceedings... 

2000 Leyton Orient (h) 
2-0 (1-0)
League Cup 2nd Round, 
1st Leg 
Cort(34), Speed(77)
37,284
United bounced back from their usual reverse at Southampton to overcome League Two opposition. New signing Lomana LuaLua watched on from the Milburn Stand, having scored a hat trick for his former side Colchester United in the previous round.
NUFC.com match report

2003 Bolton Wanderers (h) 0-0 (0-0)
Premiership
52,014
Bobby Robson fielded his  strongest XI at a soggy SJP, desperate to prevent a fourth successive home loss and third blank score sheet. 

The former was avoided but unfortunately the latter was not, as a first Premiership victory eluded United yet again.

Bobby Robson romanticists may be interested to know the point still left us in the relegation zone in 18th, with only Middlesbrough and Wolves below us....
NUFC.com match report

2005 Glenn Roeder was an interested spectator as a Newcastle Academy XI left Chester-le-Street's Moor Park with a narrow 1-0 win in an U18 friendly match.

Staged ahead of Chester's FA Youth Cup tie against Farsley Celtic, United helped the non-league youths gain some experience of playing under floodlights.

Having taken the lead when Marc Walton profited from a goalkeeping error to walk the ball into the net from close range, Newcastle somehow held out for the rest of the game in the face of fierce pressure.

2006 Liverpool (a)
0-2 (0-1)
Premiership
Kuyt(29), Alonso(79)
43,754
Steve Harper's return to top flight action will live with him for the rest of his life after Xabi Alonso thumped the ball over his head from 60 yards in front of The Kop.

Harper slipped as he back-pedalled to catch the long range missile and as he grasped at thin air, the ball sailed past his left hand and over the line.

But it wasn't just a tale of Alonso's spectacular strike, four decent penalty claims were all denied by referee, Mark Halsey - three of which were ours.

Halsey also missed Celestine Babayaro's assault on Dirk Kuyt but video evidence later saw the FA charge the Newcastle defender, who copped a three match ban.
NUFC.com match report

2008 West Ham United (a) 1-3 (0-2)
Premier League
Owen(67)
Di Michele(8,37), Etherington(53)
34,743
Newcastle were very much second best against an ordinary Hammers side that simply cruised into a 3-0 lead.

Both sides were in some disarray, following manager departures and takeover talk. Xisco kept his place for the visitors, while this was to be the second and final outing for Uruguayan loan midfielder Nacho Gonzalez.
NUFC.com match report

2011 Newcastle's second string made their bow at the B2net Stadium of Chesterfield in an afternoon friendly, impeccably timed to allow those fans daft enough to watch it to attend en route to the City Ground.

The Spireites took advantage of an early penalty miss by Sam Adjei and went ahead when goalkeeper Ole Soderberg could only help a Scott Boden header into the net, following a left wing cross.

United were level before half time, thanks to a shot from midfielder Yven Moyo.
NUFC.com match report

2011 Nottingham Forest (a) 4-3aet 2-2 (1-0)
Carling Cup 3rd Round
Lovenkrands(39,60pen), Simpson(93), Coloccini(120)
Findley(46), Derbyshire(66), Tudgay(114)
10,208
With Rob Elliot and Mehdi Abeid making their senior debuts, United scraped through thanks to a header from Fabricio Coloccini in the final seconds of added time. 

It was the fourth and final time that the Magpies had been in front in the tie, having let Forest back into the game twice in normal time and once in the extra half hour.

Thankfully though, a penalty shootout was avoided and Steve McClaren's Championship strugglers bowed out as we made it seven games unbeaten in all competitions.
NUFC.com match report

2012 Maritimo (Portugal)(a)
0-0 (0-0)
Europa League GSM1
4,000
Newcastle's Europa League Group Stage campaign got off to a goalless start on the island of Madeira as both side fired blanks in the Estadio Dos Barreiros.

The Magpies hit the goal frame three times while a goal line clearance and some excellent saves from Rob Elliot kept a clean sheet at the other end.
NUFC.com match report

2014 Hull City (h)
2-2 (0-0)
Premier League
Cisse(74,87)
Jelavic(48), Diame(68)
49,199
United failed to win in the Premier League at the fifth time of asking, but Papiss Cisse's late brace turned boos to cheers.

The striker came off the bench for his first appearance of the season, but there was as much happening off the field as on it.

Having departed for Hull on loan days earlier, Hatem Ben Arfa watched from the stand while organised fan protests against Alan Pardew continued.

Home players meanwhile wore training tops in tribute to cancer victim Jonas Gutierrez, Cisse unveiling a T-shirt with the motto "always looking forward Jonas" after netting.
NUFC.com match report

2016 Wolverhampton Wanderers (h)
2-0 (2-0)
League Cup
Ritchie(29), Gouffran(31)
34,735
United returned to winning ways, gaining swift revenge for their league defeat to Wolves by beating them in the EFL Cup at Gallowgate.

Strikes from Matt Ritchie and Yoan Gouffran in three first half minutes won the tie and although more goals seemed likely, two proved enough to keep the visitors at bay and secure progress into Round Four.
NUFC.com match report