1904 Middlesbrough (a)
3-1 (3-1)
Division One
P28, 33pts, 5th/18
Howie(23), Rutherford(35), Appleyard(40) 
Cassidy(17)
20,000 
Newcastle marked their Ayresome Park debut with a victory after the hosts took the lead but were soon pegged back.

Two behind at half time, the home side dominated thereafter but "chance after chance was thrown away to the mortification of the Borough supporters" noted the Darlington North Star reporter.

1913 sunderland (h)
2-2aet 2-2 (1-1)
FA Cup 4th Round First Replay
McTavish(17), Veitch(88)
Holley(28), Buchan(86)
56,717

1921 Blackburn Rovers (h)
1-2 (0-2)
Division One
P31, 40pts, 3rd/20
Hudspeth (61pen) 
Hawksworth(7), Dawson(15)
44,000
Having pulled a goal back from the penalty spot, "Newcastle absolutely took hold of the game but thanks to bad play, bad judgment and worse shooting" failed to level, according to the Athletic writer in attendance at SJP.

1927 Blackburn Rovers (a)
2-1 (1-0)
Division One
P31, 43pts, 1st/22
Gallacher(30,75)
Puddefoot(78)
35,334
Newcastle opened the scoring with a solo effort from Hughie Gallacher, who ran half the length of the field before netting to great applause from home supporters.

1932 Chelsea (n)
2-1 (2-1)
FA Cup Semi Final 
Allen(11), Lang(25)
Gallacher(35)
36,709 
Newcastle secured their second visit to Wembley - and a seventh FA Cup Final appearance at the neutral venue of Leeds Road, Huddersfield. 

Two goals up, the Chelsea reply came from former Magpie Hughie Gallacher. Meanwhile at Villa Park, Arsenal disposed of Manchester City by a single goal to book their place.
Newsreel footage is online here

1938 West Ham United (h)
2-2 (1-0)
Division Two
P31, 31pts, 11th/22
Docking(31), J.R.Richardson(82) 
Foxall(60,61)
22,000
Having looked set to take both points with a dominant display, Newcastle struggled to one after easing off when just one goal up - only to be caught off-guard twice in quick succession by visiting forward Stan Foxall.

1938 Newcastle Reserves travelled to Goodison Park for a Central League meeting with Everton's second string, losing 1-6.

Alf Garnham bagged United's consolation.

1949 Wolves (a) 
0-3 (0-0)
Division One
P31, 39pts, 2nd/22
Wilshaw(47,65,67)
40,000
There was a memorable Wolves debut for reserve winger Dennis Wilshaw, who scored a 21 minute hat trick at Molineux.

1952 Chelsea (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P32, 37pts, 5th/22
Allister(75)
42,948 
Following a 6-2 home win over Huddersfield Town and a 4-2 success at Portsmouth in the FA Cup, reality intervened at Stamford Bridge.

Newcastle gave a debut to Vic Keeble after his arrival from Colchester United, the striker replacing Jackie Milburn at Stamford Bridge.

Jack Allister netted the only goal following his promotion from the reserve side. 

1955 Huddersfield Town (a) 1-1 (0-0)
FA Cup 6th Round 
White(86) 
Glazzard(62)
54,960
It ended honours even at Leeds Road, Newcastle inferior to the hosts but profiting from a late slip to take the tie back to Tyneside.

1960 Bolton Wanderers (a) 4-1 (3-1)
Division One
P33, 35pts, 7th/22
Mitten(8,87), Eastham(28),  White(31) 
Stevens(34)
24,648
An in-form Newcastle side gained revenge for a 0-2 home defeat by the Trotters with their largest victory at Burnden Park since 1948. 

United's 18 year-old winger John Mitten - the son of manager Charlie -  took the plaudits after scoring his first senior goals.

1960 While United were in action at Burnden Park, an FA Amateur Cup Semi-Final tie took place at Gallowgate. 

18,167 spectators saw Kingstonian beat Crook Town of the Northern League 2-1. 

The Isthmian League side had lost 1-5 on Tyneside to Bishop Auckland at the same stage of the competition in 1956, but made no mistake on this visit.

1966 Burnley (a) 
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P31, 26pts, 16th/22
Morgan(55)
16,259
"We're going to hoy Bob Lord in the Tyne" chanted the away following, responding to comments made by the Burnley Chairman after his side lost 2-3 on Tyneside six months earlier:

"Newcastle are the roughest team we have played this season. Their tactics will win them nothing. They should be playing in a menagerie. We will have to take a team of elephants there next time.”

1969 Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) (h)
5-1 (2-0)
Fairs Cup 4th Round
1st Leg
Foggon(23), Robson(36,75), Gibb(88), Davies(65)
Jose Maria(84)
57,662
Passage into the 5th Round was virtually assured with this outstanding home result, as the team from Portugal quite literally froze - having never seen snow before. Cue handed-down memories of "socks on their hands" etc.

1975 Malcolm Macdonald chose the 100th Wembley international to score his first goal for England, heading in a Colin Bell cross to seal a 2-0 victory over West Germany.

1977 Norwich City (h) 
5-1 (2-1)
Division One
P28, 33pts, 5th/22
Oates(8), McCaffrey(30,73), T.Craig(61), Gowling(55)
Reeves(13)
27,808
This resounding success took United to fifth in the table, as the players continued to play wholeheartedly for recently-appointed boss Richard Dinnis. 

1983 Leeds United (h) 
2-1 (1-0)
Division Two
P30, 44pts, 6th/22
Waddle(15), Keegan(60pen) 
Connor(70)
24,543 
The visitors and their fans left muttering darkly about referee Neil Midgley, who gave a penalty against Paul Hart for a tackle on Kevin Keegan on the edge of the box. 

Keegan fell into the area and got up to score the resultant spot kick past veteran David Harvey. Striker Terry Connor then gave the visitors hope, but Newcastle held out.

1991 smoggies (a)
0-3 (0-2)
Division Two
P32, 44pts, 11th/24
Slaven(20,36), Walsh(78) 
18,250 
Robbie Elliott crept on as a substitute for his debut in a thoroughly rotten display at Ayresome Park. The only bright spot was a demonstration by Steve Watson of his somersault throw-in technique.
Youtube footage is online here

1994 Swindon Town (h)
7-1 (2-0)
Premier League
P31, 54pts, 3rd/22 
Beardsley(12pen,70), Lee(17,67), Watson(76,79), Fox(84)
Moncur(77)
32,219 
Having scored four times in his previous two games, Andy Cole was unable to add to his tally seasonal tally of 34 - although contributing a quartet of assists.

However his colleagues had no problems in beating Fraser Digby and an ailing defence including ex-Magpie loanee Paul Bodin.

Robins boss John Gorman said, "It looked like Newcastle had 14 men. They were coming at us from everywhere."
Youtube footage is online here

1995 Everton (a)
0-1 (0-0)
FA Cup 6th Round 
Watson(66)
35,203 
Eight days after losing at Anfield in the League, Newcastle exited from the FA Cup on the other side of Stanley Park, live on Match of the Day.
 
A tight tie was decided by Dave Watson's header after a free kick into the United box wasn't dealt with properly.

Ruel Fox then looked set to earn United a replay, but could only fire into the side netting when it looked easier to score. 
Youtube footage is online here

2001 Striker Carl Cort played for 80 minutes of the reserves' 2-0 victory over Liverpool at Kingston Park. Goals came from Pablo Bonvin and Diego Gavilan.
NUFC.com match report

2005 Speaking to the Mirror, NUFC Chairman Freddy Shepherd prophetically said:

"I believe in my heart of hearts there is a good chance Alan (Shearer) will play on next season.

"He's got the Premiership goals record and I know he wants Jackie Milburn's record too. I know what Alan's like.

"That is going to be a carrot for him if he does not break it this season. I know I would love to see him break that record."

2006 Manchester United (a) 0-2 (0-2)
Premiership
P29, 39pts, 12th/20
Rooney(8,12)
67,858
Quickly trailing to a Wayne Rooney brace, only Robbie Elliott's backside prevented him notching a first half hat-trick. Fergie wasn't far off the mark when he said later, "it could have been ten".
NUFC.com match report

2007 The reserves lost 2-1 to Blackburn Rovers at Morecambe's Christie Park.

15 year-old Magpie Ryan Donaldson netted his first reserve goal, becoming our youngest scorer at that level in recent years - and beating his reserve coach Lee Clark's debut effort for us in 1988 by a couple of weeks.