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Ticket update:
Season
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Premier
League:
Miserable
Kenny Kops it!
Former Newcastle manager Kenny Dalglish was jettisoned from Anfield
by Liverpool's American owners on Wednesday after he paid the price for a troubled
first full season in charge of the Reds.
Despite winning a trophy, the Carling Cup success was deemed insufficient to
keep Kenny at the helm and a disastrous league season and some calamitous
public relations persuaded owner John Henry to relieve Dalglish of his post.
Contributing to that in part was the £35m spent on Andy Carroll that saw a
return of just four Premier League goals in 2011/12. Nice to think that
donating that fee to his former employers contributed to his downfall - some
recompense for the millions he threw away on Des Hamilton, Andreas Andersson,
George Georgiadis, Stephane Guivarc'h etc. etc.
Hopefully the public humiliation dished out during the 2-0 defeat of the
Scousers at St. James' Park also helped bring about his demise as the LFC
global brand took another bashing.
Perhaps more damaging for the USA owners was his appalling media persona,
which saw him defend Luis Suarez after the Uruguayan had been found guilty
of racial abuse.
He also seemed intent on fielding some of the most inoffensive questions
with sarcasm and hostility during pre and post match TV interviews -
something he mastered in his time on Tyneside.
Premier
League:
Magpies
profit from
£7m PL cash increase
The figures for 2011/12 Premier League earnings have now been released and
show that Newcastle are due £54.2m in TV revenues and prize money -
£7m more than the amount they received after the 2010/11
season.
That £54.2m splits down into a merit payment
of just over £12m for securing fifth (compared to less than £7m for last
season's twelfth place finish) and over £42m for the live and recorded
transmission of games worldwide.
Despite finishing fifth in the table though, United appear seventh in the money
league, with both Chelsea and Liverpool sneaking ahead due to the frequency
that they were selected for live broadcast, despite earning less in merit
payments for finishing below us.
Premier
League:
Unstuck at the Toffees
Everton
3 Newcastle 1
Match
report online here
Match action online here
Final Premier League table:
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Manchester City |
38 |
64 |
89 |
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2 |
Manchester United |
38 |
56 |
89 |
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3 |
Arsenal |
38 |
25 |
70 |
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4 |
Spurs |
38 |
25 |
69 |
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5 |
Newcastle |
38 |
5 |
65 |
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6 |
Chelsea |
38 |
19 |
64 |
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7 |
Everton |
38 |
10 |
56 |
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8 |
Liverpool |
38 |
7 |
52 |
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9 |
Fulham |
38 |
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52 |
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2012/13:
Season
ticket renewal
& new sales - latest
New season tickets:
Limited availability in
these areas
and on general sale now. Waiting list in operation for other areas of SJP
including Family Enclosure - first come, first served for both purchases and
waiting list registration.
Note that those who have joined the waiting list will be approached first from Friday
01.06.2012 when the deadline for season tickets renewals has passed.
The price freeze option for the next nine seasons is open to new ST holders.
Season ticket renewals:
Renewal cutoff date is Thursday 31.05.2012 - you run the
risk of losing your existing seat if your renewal isn't received by NUFC on
that day. The price freeze option for the next nine seasons is open to ST holders renewing.
New entry cards will be issued before next season to ST holders - there's no
need to retain the 2011/12 ones.
Season ticket enquiries can be made via: 0844 372 1892 10am-5pm Monday to
Friday.
Academy
arrival:
Lubo
is a Geordie
 Newcastle
have moved to strengthen their Academy squad with the signing of 16- year-old
Slovakian central defender Lubomir Satka, who has signed a three year
deal.
Satka is the current captain of Slovakia's U17 side and moves from Dubnica -
our Intertoto Cup opponents back in 2005.
Charity
shirt auction:
Fab,
Jonas....and
some other blokes
This Argentina
shirt, signed by Fabricio Coloccini, Jonas Gutierrez
and some fellow countrymen by the name of Tevez and Aguero
was up for auction on Ebay to raise funds for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
and went for a whopping £410.
All four players made their mark after the Newcastle v Manchester City game
earlier this month.
Loan
lads:
Smith
scores but Dons' Wembley dream dies
Alan Smith (MK Dons):
Alan Smith scored again for the Dons but it was too little too late as
Huddersfield hung on to go through 3-2 on aggregate and will meet Sheffield
United at Wembley
in the League One playoff final.
Smith came on as an 81st minute substitute and his header in added time made
the score 2-1 on the night but the Terriers' 2-0 first leg victory proved
decisive.
Xisco (Deportivo la Coruna):
Our hero looked on from the bench as an unused substitute on Saturday, as
Deportivo won 3-0 at Numancia to remain on course for promotion back to the top
flight at the first attempt.
Fraser Forster (Celtic):
Fraser made his 90th appearance in all competitions for
the Hoops on Sunday as they beat Hearts 5-0 at Parkhead before collecting
the SPL title trophy.
NUFC
HK:
From
Toon to Kowloon
The Newcastle squad to compete in the annual Citibank HKFC
International Soccer Sevens in Hong Kong his coming weekend has now been
confirmed and reserve team coach Willie Donachie leads the following party:
Jak Alnwick, Adam Campbell, Paul Dummett, Brad Inman, JJ Hooper, Steven
Logan, Brandon Miele, James Tavernier, Marcus Maddison and Lubomir Satka.
United have been drawn in Group D and play their group games on Saturday
afternoon at the Hong Kong Football Club in Happy Valley against Aston
Villa, Hong Kong Football Club and HKFA Dragons.
The knockout stages are on Sunday.
Competing teams:
Group A: Rangers, mackems, Singapore CC, Kowloon CC
Group B: Celtic, West Ham, Leicester City, HKFC Select
Group C: Chelsea, Kitchee, HKFA Lions, Yau Yee Select
Group D: Aston Villa, NUFC, HKFA Dragons, Hong Kong FC
Premier
League:
Double up for Pards!
Magpies boss Alan Pardew was celebrating a second award on Monday after
being voted the LMA Manager of the Season to add to his recent Premier
League reward.
Speaking afterwards, Pardew said:
"It is an incredible honour to be named Manager of The Year by the League
Managers Association.
"Coming from my fellow managers, this really is as good as it gets and has
to be the highlight of my managerial career so far.
"This award is not just for me though. Everything we have achieved at
Newcastle United this season has been achieved as a result of an incredible
team effort.
"The board, my coaching staff, backroom team, players and our magnificent
supporters - they all play a crucial role and I thank every one of them."
Pardew - who was also named the divisional winner for the Premier League
- becomes the first current Newcastle boss to win the title, although Chris
Hughton was named the LMA's Championship Manager of the season in 2010.
Previous winners include JFK (Wimbledon, 1994) and Frank Clark (Nottingham
Forest, 1995), while Bobby Robson received a special merit award back in
2002.
Friday saw the Premier League announce their seasonal awards and the Manager
of the Season plaudit went to Pardew - the first current United boss to receive that award
(Kenny Dalglish won it when Blackburn boss).
Appeal fails:
KO,
TC
Presumably having nothing better to do with their time now than polish the
Merseyside Top Dog trophy, Everton lodged an appeal against the decision
by referee Andre Marriner to dismiss Tim Cahill on Sunday.
The Everton substitute quickly fell out with Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye after
arriving as a 74th minute substitute and opted to shake him warmly by the
throat at full time, rather than swap shirts.
However the FA took very little time to dismiss the appeal and Cahill will now
serve a three match ban at the start of next season.
2012/13:
The
Thursday club
Subject to final confirmation - which will be forthcoming from UEFA next week - these are the dates of first European involvement
for Newcastle next season:
EL Playoff aka Fourth Qualifying Round:
Thu 23.08.2012 First Leg
Thu 30.08.2012 Second Leg
Our opponents will be known on or around Fri 10.08.2012 when the draw is
conducted and getting through that qualifier and into the group stage will see
games on the following dates:
Thu 20.09.2012 Group Stage Match 1
Thu 04.10.2012 Group Stage Match 2
Thu 25.10.2012 Group Stage Match 3
Thu 08.11.2012 Group Stage Match 4
Thu 22.11.2012 Group Stage Match 5
Thu 06.12.2012 Group Stage Match 6
In terms of possible opponents, our long-standing Euro guru Bert Kassies has a
developing list online
here
PS: A few people have written in expressing surprise that Newcastle aren't
eligible for a Group Stage place. Here's what Bert reckons - the numbers are
coefficients and become of relevance for the draw seedings:
1 England 85.785
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CL1=Manchester City >63.857 (ch/GS)
CL2=Manchester United >141.857 (ch/GS)
CL3=Arsenal >113.857 (ch/GS)
CL4=Tottenham Hotspur >66.857 (ch/Q4)
CW=Chelsea >>134.857 (eu/GS) or (ch/GS)
EL2=Newcastle United >16.857 (eu/Q4)
LC=Liverpool >90.857 (eu/Q3)
And with regard to the Premier League, here's an extract from an email
exchange with NUFC.com reader Malcolm Dick and football's domestic
governing body:
Q: Which takes precedence for the group stage qualification - is it
the FA cup winners or the highest placed league position?
A: The FA Cup takes precedence, but
this will change if Chelsea win the Champions League.
Ex-Mag
going back to the old house:
Joey: Still ill....
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Manchester City's dramatic title success on Sunday was due in part to the
intervention of ex-City and ex-Magpie liability, Joey Barton, who got
himself sent-off, reducing QPR to ten men and increasing the period of added
time in which City scored twice.
Monday brought two separate FA charges of alleged violent conduct against
Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany, in addition to the fallout from his red card
for elbowing Carlos Tevez.
The blows Barton landed were all too
familiar for Toon watchers, who had seen him similarly fell Blackburn's
Morten Gamst Pedersen in his time on Tyneside, among other previous offences.
Referring to this and the red card shown to Barton at Anfield during our
relegation fight, was his manager then and current Match of the Day pundit,
Alan Shearer, who said about Barton:
"It's just sheer madness. We've seen it before and we'll see it again
because that's what you get with him. He's never going to calm down,
unfortunately."
Barton responded in typical fashion on Twitter:
"Shearers still on my case... I know I f***** up Alan, thanks for stating
the obvious."
"Whilst were both stating the obvious about each other, can I just say for the
record what a great player u were. Well better than me...
"But I have a better hair (which is not hard), wear well better shirts on TV
and have a personality (something u lack).
"P.S. My final point, ur a s*** pundit/manager...
"I really don't like that p****, in fact I honestly despise him... Goodnight."
"My favourite memory of him though is when he dropped his spuds when Keano put
it on him. Goodnight Al, sleep well matey..."
And having slept on things continued thus:
"Can do nothing but apologise to the players and fans.
"Still don't think it is a sending off.
"Still not my proudest moment but who gives a f***. We are safe.
"The head was never gone at any stage. Once I'd been sent off, one of our
players suggested I should try to take 1 of theirs with me. Never worked but
god loves a trier.
"Think a few people are forgetting Tevez started the fracas by throwing a punch
to the head."
"Right enough about yesterday, I apologise to everyone offended by it. If
that's not enough for some, so be it. Life is too short.
"Things happen on the pitch, in the heat of battle sometimes. Not how we always
plan them to happen.
"For there are brighter sides to life and I should know because I seen them,
but not very often..."
Barton's final quote once again coming from a lyric by The Smiths,
ironically from their song Still Ill....
Eck off:
Will
Alex axe
affect exits?
Having narrowly escaped relegation, Aston Villa have dispensed with the
services of their unpopular manager Alex McLeish after less than a year in
charge.
Eck's departure may also have ramifications for a trio of unwanted Magpies,
with Danny Simpson, Danny Guthrie and Leon Best all linked with
recent moves to Villa Park and claims that Guthrie has even signed a
pre-contract agreement to become effective when he becomes a free agent later
this summer.
Championship
comings and goings:
Royals,
Saints and.....
This year's Championship playoff final will be contested between West Ham
United and Blackpool at Wembley Stadium this Saturday, as the
Hammers and Seasiders seek to join Reading and Southampton in the
top-flight.
Going the other way though are Wolves, Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers
- three sides where Newcastle claimed maximum points on their travels this
season.
Vase
victory:
UT yes!
The clash of the Northern League sides in the FA Vase Final went the way of Dunston
UTS on Sunday, as the Tyneside part-timers beat West Auckland Town 2-0
at Wembley Stadium.
5,126 fans saw Andy Bulford score a goal in each half to bring his side
silverware and a cheque for £15,000 to go along with the prize money earned
from earlier rounds.
PS: 24 hours earlier, York City had collected the FA Trophy at the
same venue, thanks to a 2-0 victory over Newport County. Former Magpie
reserve Patrick McLaughlin was in the Minstermen's starting XI.
Targets and transfers:
Pardew drops
transfer hint
An interesting evening on BBC Radio Newcastle on Friday saw Alan Pardew and
John Carver in the studio to answer questions put to them by host
Mick Lowes.
Listen
again online here
Main points:
Alluded to the possibility of signing a pal of Yohan Cabaye, which echoes
recent comments attributed to our number 4 about his former Lille team mate Mathieu
Debuchy,
a 26 year-old right back.
Disappointed by quality of set pieces and contemplating appointing a coach
with a specific remit in that area. Looking for more authority in the box at
set pieces and a goalscoring centre half ("to score eight goals a
season").
No guarantee that Demba Ba will remain for next season but hopes are high
and club's qualification for Europe and the support to him from the fans is
playing a major part in bettering the chances of him staying at SJP.
(Talking about the temperament of Ba and how he's coped with Cisse hogging
the limelight, Pardew likened Demba to Madonna bringing on Cisse, as Lady
Gaga!)
Wouldn't go into detail about Ba's release clause, but maintained that some
of what has been claimed in the media about it is correct - and some isn't.
Danny Simpson and Danny Guthrie both to depart.
Three trialists were currently at the club - two of them French. One of
those is a defender who can get forward and is making a good
impression.
Pardew's player of the season: Fabricio Coloccini
Pardew's favourite player: Shola Ameobi
Pardew's favourite goal: Ben Arfa v Blackburn (h)
Pardew's moment of the season: Ameobi goal v Spurs (h)
Carvers' favourite goal: Cabaye v Man United (h)
Taken advice from Stoke, Fulham, Spurs on the logistics of their European
campaigns this season and on player preparation etc.
Euro
2012:
And
then there
were three...
Wednesday brought confirmation that Newcastle
duo Hatem Ben Arfa and Yohan Cabaye were on a twelve name list
of overseas players named by France for the European Championship Finals in
Poland and Ukraine.
While Cabaye has established himself as a regular for Les Bleus, Ben Arfa
hasn't featured at senior international level since August 2010 - two months
before incurring a serious leg injury for United against Manchester City.
Coach Laurent Blanc will complete his squad next week with a further dozen
players playing in the French domestic league and then play friendlies as
follows:
Sun 27.05.2012 Iceland (Valenciennes)
Thu 31.05.2012 Serbia (Reims)
Tue 05.06.2012 Estonia (Le Mans)
Monday had seen The Netherlands
announce
their provisional squad for with Tim Krul among five goalkeepers selected in
a 36 man lineup.
However Toon transfer target Erik Pieters wasn't named, after medical tests
confirmed that the PSV Eindhoven defender wouldn't recover from a foot
injury in time - something that can be seen as a boost to Newcastle.
The Dutch will play a quartet of warm-up games as follows before heading off
to contest Group B with Denmark, Germany and Portugal:
Tue 22.05.2012 Bayern Munich (Munich)
Sat 26.05.2012 Bulgaria (Amsterdam)
Wed 30.05.2012 Slovakia (Rotterdam)
Sat 02.06.2012 N.Ireland (Amsterdam)
As expected, there was no place for Leon Best in the Republic of
Ireland's 23 man squad and the Newcastle striker wasn't among the five
standby players named.
And Italy have also announced a provisional squad consisting of 32
players - none of which are called Davide Santon.
Selected Euro 2012 Group games:
Sat 09.06.2012 - Group B:
Netherlands v Denmark (Kharkiv)
Mon 11.06.2012 - Group D:
France v England (Donetsk)
Wed 13 June 2012 - Group B:
Netherlands v Germany (Kharkiv)
Fri 15.06.2012 - Group D:
Ukraine v France (Donetsk)
Sun 17.06.2012 - Group B:
Portugal v Netherlands (Kharkiv)
Tue 19.06.2012 - Group D:
Sweden v France (Kiev)
Championship:
African
trio anticipate season extension
While
messrs Krul, Cabaye and Ben Arfa have begun their Euro 2012 preparations, another three of their club colleagues
alsol
have some national service obligations before going on their jollies -
assuming that they are selected by their countries:
Demba Ba / Papiss Cisse :
Thu 24.05.2012 Egypt v Senegal (Marrakech)
FR
Sat 02.06.2012 Senegal v Liberia (Dakar) WCQ
Sat 09.06.2012 Uganda - Senegal (Kampala) WCQ
Cheick Tiote:
Sat 02.06.2012 Ivory Coast v Tanzania (Abidjan) WCQ
Sat 09.06.2012 Morocco V Ivory Coast (Marrakech) WCQ
PS: Going back to Euro 2012 for a second, we're unsure whether Shane
Ferguson's dismissal for Northern Ireland U21s will bar from selection for
the senior side's friendly against The Netherlands in Amsterdam on June
2nd.
Non-League:
Local
issues
to be settled
Cup
Finals still to be played:
Northumberland Junior Cup Final:
Wed 16.05.2012 New Hartley Juniors v Newcastle Cowgate Pinpoint Juniors (7pm
at Whitley Park)
Northern League Cup:
Wed 16.05.2012 Team Northumbria v West Auckland
(7pm at Team Northumbria, Coach Lane)
Minor Cup:
Fri 18.05.2012 Wallington v Newcastle Chemfica Independent (7pm at Whitley
Park)
North West Durham Cup Final:
Sun 20.05.2012 Winlaton Commercial v Winlaton
West End (10.30am at Wrekenton Blue Star)
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The SJP Box Office is located upstairs in the club shop (underneath the
Gallowgate End stand) and open as follows:
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Sat 9am-6pm
Sun 11am-5pm
The
Box Office on the South West corner of SJP only opens on home match days. Ticket
collections from the windows at the back of the Gallowgate End continue as
previously.
SJP Box Office phone: 0844 372 1892*
Online Box Office
available here
Home Match Tickets are sold in person from NUFC Club shops
at the Metro Centre and in Eldon Square.
(* 0044 870 444 1892 for overseas
callers)
Following the events at the Darlington away friendly, away match tickets are
only sold to season ticket holders and members - all public sale has ceased
until further notice.
SJP
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aimed to help fans get to and from games using the most efficient and
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2012/13 season:
Mon 18.06.2012
2012/13 Premier League fixtures released (tbc).
Sat 18.08.2012 2012/13 Premier League
season begins.
Sat 21.07.2012 to Thu
26.07.2012 NUFC U16s in Northern Ireland Milk Cup (Premier Section) details
awaited.
European dates:
Europa League:
Third QR 02.08 2012 (1st leg)**
Third QR 09.08.2012 (2nd leg)
Fourth QR 23.08 2012 (1st leg)
Fourth QR 30.08.2012 (2nd leg)
Group stage begins: 20.09.2012
** were United to be involved at this stage, presumably they would be play away
from home in the first leg, as SJP will still be occupied by the Olympic
footballers.
International dates etc:
Fri 08.06.2012
Euro 2012 kicks off
Sun 01.07.2012 Euro 2012 Final
07.09.2012 / 11.09.2012 WC qualifiers
12.10.2012 / 16.10.2012 WC qualifiers
22.03.2013 / 26.03.2013 WC qualifiers
??.01.2013
to ??.02.2013 African Cup of Nations Finals (South Africa).
Although nominally a bi-annual event, the
tournament takes place in both 2012 and 2013 as it moves to a rotation of odd years,
in order to avoid clashing with the World Cup.
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2012 Olympic
football fixtures @ SJP:
Men's:
A: Team GB, Senegal, UAE, Uruguay.
B: Mexico, S. Korea, Gabon, Switzerland
C: Brazil, Egypt, Belarus, New Zealand
D: Spain,
Japan, Honduras, Morocco
Thu 26.07.2012 (2 games):
Mexico v South Korea (2.30pm)
Gabon v Switzerland (5.15pm)
Sun 29.07.2012 (2 games):
Spain v Honduras (5pm)
Japan v Morocco (7.45pm)
Wed 01.08.2012 (1 game):
Brazil v New Zealand (2.30pm)
Sat 04.08.2012 @ (1 QF):
Group C 1st v Group D 2nd (5pm)
Women's:
E: Team GB, New Zealand, Cameroon, Brazil
F: Japan, Canada, Sweden, South Africa
G: USA, France, Colombia, North Korea
Tue 31.07.2012 (2 games):
Canada v Sweden (2.30pm)
France v Colombia (5.15pm)
Fri 03.08.2012 (1 Quarter Final):
Group G 1st v Group E/F 3rd (2.30pm)
A public sale of tickets recommences at 11am on Wed 23.05.2012.
Prices: £20, £30 & £40 for Group
games (one ticket covers both games on one day).
£20, £40 & £50 for Quarter Final games. NB: the only acceptable form of payment
remains Visa credit or
debit card.
It's reported that there will be match day sales at venues where
tickets are unsold.
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What's this all about then?
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for a rambling explanation of sorts....
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On This Day in History |
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16th May |
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Born Or Died:
1893
George Stanley Seymour
born, Kelloe, Durham. (1920-29)
As captain, manager, director and
Vice -President, Stan served United in three spells over almost seventy years.
Known as "Mister Newcastle" thanks to his later achievements on and off the field,
Stan was initially discarded by the club as a teenage amateur before WW1, returning to play local football for Shildon.
After a brief spell at Bradford City, his career took off after some impressive displays for Greenock Morton, before
his move to Newcastle followed in May 1920.
The return on the £2,500 fee paid was instant as Seymour marked his debut with a goal on the opening day of the season, although his side only managed a 1-1 home draw with West Bromwich Albion.
Four solid seasons brought successive top ten finishes, culminating in a 2-0 victory in the 1924 FA Cup Final, where Seymour scored the second goal in the dying minutes of the club’s Wembley debut.
Seymour’s finest campaign though came in 1926/27 as he was an ever-present in the Championship-winning side, scoring eighteen goals
– the last of which came in a title- clinching 1-1 draw at West Ham United.
Two seasons later came his retirement from playing, his final appearance coming at
SJP against Arsenal in October 1928.
Nine years later however, Stan was invited to join the Newcastle Board, giving up his sideline of
a newspaper match compiler but retaining ownership of the sports shop he’d established in the city.
After the war years intervened, Seymour set about reconstructing the side which achieved promotion back to the First Division at the second attempt in 1948.
Having handed over nominal control of team affairs to George Martin, Seymour took over again when Martin defected to Aston Villa in 1950, presiding over two FA Cup Final
wins.
A dip in results though saw Stan convinced by his fellow directors to make way
for another team manager, Duggie Livingstone arriving at Christmas 1954.
He was to last barely a year though, with Seymour famously over-ruling him before the 1955 FA Final, when Jackie Milburn
was omitted from the first teamsheet submitted to the directors for their
approval.
Stan remained at SJP while Charlie Mitten and Norman Smith were tried as
manager. However his masterstroke was bringing Joe Harvey back in 1962 to fill
the role.
Harvey eventually departed in 1975, with Seymour retiring as a club director the following year
- aged 83.
He passed away two years later, having seen his son join the board – although he didn’t live to see Stan Seymour junior emulate his father and become Chairman.
1921
Charlie Wayman
born, Bishop Auckland. (1941-47)
Coming to prominence in the
football team at Chilton Colliery where he worked, Charlie was signed on by
Spennymoor United and wrote to Newcastle requesting a trial.
That came to fruition in 1941 and although war service in the Royal Navy
restricted his availability, Wayman showed his goalscoring ability in wartime
league matches (also guesting for Portsmouth).
Switching to centre forward in the wake of Albert Stubbin's move to Livrerpool,
Charlie's first game in that role was memorable - despite missing a first
minute penalty kick.
Wayman went on to score four times in a 13-0 home trouncing of Newport County
and ended up netting 34 in the 1946/47 season.
However, he fell out with United and requested a transfer after being
dropped from the FA Cup Semi Final team against Charlton in March 1947. United lost
4-0.
That rift was never healed (although not publicly disclosed) and Charlie moved
on to Southampton that October in exchange for a club record fee of £10K.
He continued to score goals there and was as prolific when moving on to Preston North End in September 1953.
At Deepdale he was part of the side who lost the title to Arsenal on
goal average and were beaten by West Brom in the Cup Final.
Spells with Middlesbrough and Darlington then saw him forced into retirement
due to a knee injury in 1958, having
netted a career total of 250 goals in 382 games.
Charlie's final involvement with football proved to be a coaching role at
Evenwood Town, after which he worked for Scottish & Newcastle Breweries.
Married with four sons and two daughters, Charlie passed away in February 2006.
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1905 Austria XI (a)
4-0
Friendly
Unknown Scorers
Played in Prague.
1906 Austria XI (a)
7-0
Friendly
Gardner 3, Higgins 3, Orr
4,000
1909 Danish XI (a)
1-1
Friendly
Unknown Scorers
1911 Furth (Germany)
(a)
2-1
Friendly
Unknown Scorers
 1953 Hibernian (a)
0-4 (0-2)
Friendly
Reilly
2, Turnbull, Johnstone
48,876
United exited the Coronation Cup at the semi final
stage,
in this fixture staged at the Ibrox home of Rangers.
NUFC: Simpson, Cowell,
Batty, Harvey, Brennan, Crowe, White, Mulgrew,
Milburn, Hannah, Mitchell.
1954 Newcastle's
Ivor Broadis was part of the England side that lost 1-0 to
Yugoslavia in a friendly held in Belgrade.
 1966
Leeds United (h)
2-0 (1-0)
Division One
Suddick, Robson
21,669
Having been thumped 0-3 in Yorkshire just weeks
earlier, the Magpies gained revenge over Don Revie's side.
The two points gained completed their escape from relegation,
finishing 15th.
1970 Victoria Royals
(Canada) (a)
2-1 (1-1)
Friendly
Robson, Foggon
scorer tbc
2,335
Played at Royal Athletic Park.
 1990
Sunderland (h)
0-2 (0-1)
First Division Playoff
2nd Leg
Gates(13), Gabbiadini(85)
32,216
After a 0-0 draw at Roker Park, hopes were high going
into the second leg of this semi-final, with a place in Wembley playoffs
seemingly beckoning.
In the event though, Newcastle never got going and were beaten by goals
from Denis Smith's blue-clad goblin striking duo.
This remains just about the only game either of the NUFC.com authors
remember leaving early - the pathetic pitch invasion
hastening both our (separate) exits from the ground.
One unlucky student-type in the Bacchus who chose an
inopportune time to ask the final score was subsequently treated in the
RVI for a burst eardrum...
If you can't remember this game, count your blessings....it's worth recalling the team Jim Smith put on the park that
night:
NUFC: Burridge, Stimson, Bradshaw, Aitken Anderson, Scott, Askew,
Brock, Quinn, McGhee, Kristensen. Subs: Dillon, O'Brien.
PS: The mackems went on
to lose 0-1 to Swindon, but still gained promotion after
the Wiltshire side were demoted for their part in illegal
match betting - their chairman and manager having backed
Town to lose in an FA Cup tie at.....Newcastle.
 1998
Arsenal (n)
0-2 (0-1)
FA Cup Final
Overmars(23), Anelka(69)
79,183
The Gunners completed the League and Cup double with
this routine victory over a docile United side.
Magpies boss Kenny Dalglish was probably the
only man on the planet who thought putting Pistone at right
back instead of Steve Watson was a good idea. That's apart from
Marc Overmars - and Arsene Wenger...
Match report
 1999
Blackburn (h)
1-1 (0-1)
Premiership
Hamann(51)
Wilcox(36)
36,623
Our pre-Wembley slump continued and only a thunderbolt from Didi Hamann avoided an embarrassing
defeat at the hands of an already-relegated Rovers.
2007
Confirmation came from Newcastle that a back five of Pavel Srnicek, Olivier Bernard, Craig Moore, Titus Bramble and loanee
Oguchi
Onyewu had all left the club.
 2009
Fulham (h)
0-1
(0-1)
Premier League
Bassong(60)
Kamara(41)
52,114
Clad in their new kits, United's final home game neatly
encapsulated what had been a horrid season.
After the euphoria of beating the smoggies,
normal service resumed at SJP with a mixture of poor luck, poor decisions, poor football and poor
play
in abundance - as well as a feeling that the hard work had been done.
But while Obafemi Martins was unfortunate to hit a post with a first half
effort and Mark Viduka denied what seemed a legitimate goal after the break for
some non-existent pushing, everything else was self-inflicted.
Sluggish defending allowed Diomansy Kamara to shoot Fulham ahead (claims of offside being hopeful rather than definite),
while
Sebastien Bassong's red card was deserved.
The dying seconds almost brought the late lifeline of a leveller,
only for Mark Schwarzer to dive full length and turn Nicky Butt's volley round the
post.
Storm clouds
gathered at the end of a game that started in bright
sunshine, an obvious metaphor for Alan Shearer and his side.
NUFC.com match report
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