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Newcastle 1
Bournemouth 2
Premier League
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Saturday 18th April
Match report |
The Never-Ending Tour |
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Brighton (h)
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Forest (a)
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West Ham (h)
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Update:
Germans eye Gordon
Hours after confirming their latest Bundesliga title victory, Bayern
Munich's close season recruitment plans are predicted to include
bidding for Anthony Gordon.
The Times report that Newcastle have placed a £75m valuation
on the England international as they seek to finance their own
signings - and that representatives of Gordon may meet with the
Bayern officials soon.
The same outlet claims that Gordon is "open" to the prospect of a
switch to the Germans, rating them "clear favourites" ahead of other
suitors Liverpool and Arsenal.
PS: Bayern's interest in Gordon is believed to pre-date his move to
Tyneside in 2023 - links to the Bavarians reported during 2019, when
the-then 18 year-old had made just one senior competitive appearance
for the Toffees.
Premier League:
Fulham (a)
Latest ticket news for United's final
PL away game:
Fulham (a)
ST holder applications open Mon 20.04.2026, 2pm
ST holder applications close Tue 21.04.2026, 2pm
Seat selections open Wed 22.04.2026, 2pm
Seat selections close Fri 24.04.2026, 2pm
Allocation: 2,701 (400 more than 2024/25)
Premier League:
Lost cause
Newcastle 1
Bournemouth
2
Match report
Latest PL results:
Sat 18.04.2026:
Brentford 0-0 Fulham
Leeds United 3-0 Wolves
Newcastle 1-2 Bournemouth
Spurs 2-2 Brighton and Hove Albion
Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United
Sun 19.04.2026:
Aston Villa 4-3 mackems
Everton 1-2 Liverpool
Nottingham Forest 4-1 Burnley
Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal
Mon 20.04.2026:
Crystal Palace 0-0 West Ham*
*That result confirms that Wolves will be relegated.
U18s:
Another Derby defeat
Derby County U18s 3
Newcastle U18s
1
United's U18 side slipped
to defeat at Derby's Oakwood Academy on Saturday, with Alfie Seldon
on target.
All the goals came after the interval with County's Kieran Clarke
getting the first in the 52nd minute before Remi Harvey doubled the
lead after 70 minutes.
Seldon pulled one back in the 84th minute but Zanye Blake sealed the
home win in the first minute of added time.
Team:
Dowell, Bloomer, McPartland (Patterson 74), Epia,
Johnson, M.Miley, Hutchison (Gilligan 61), Ferreira, O'Donovan
(Seldon 60), Mills, Wooster (Benjamin 78).
Sub n/u: Holland.
Booked: M.Miley.
There was a competitive U18 debut for Theo Benjamin,
son of Trevor, who played Premier League football for Leicester City
during a lengthy career. Like his father, 15 year-old Theo is a
striker.
Update:
Loan lads
Trevan Sanusi (Lorient):
Saturday saw Lorient record a 2-0 home success against Marseille in Ligue
1, but Trevan was nowhere to be seen.
Harrison Ashby/Joe White (Bradford City):
No sign of Joe again but Harrison arrived as a 66th minute
replacement during Saturday's 2-2 draw at Barnsley.
With three games remaining, the Bantams sit fourth in League One and
on course for a promotion playoff place.
Charlie McArthur (Airdrieonians):
Another 90 minute shift for Charlie on Saturday as his current side
shared four goals at home to Partick Thistle in the Scottish Championship.
Max Thompson (Ayr United):
The Honest Men lost 1-2 at Ross County in the Scottish Championship
on Saturday but Max wasn't in the squad, reportedly due to injury.
Matt Targett (Middlesbrough):
A 2-2 draw at Ipswich Town on Sunday saw the Tractor Boys reclaim
the second automatic promotion place but playoff-bound Boro make
seven games without victory.
Matt played the full game at the cost of a booking.
Antonio Cordero (Cadiz)
Relegation for Cadiz from La Liga 2 moved one step closer after a
0-3 defeat at Gijon on Sunday - their fifth loss in succession
making it just four points from a possible 42.
With six games left, they remain fifth bottom, three points clear of
the fourth and final relegation position.
Antonio started but was withdrawn at half time.
Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville):
Levante (a)
La Liga, Thursday.
Travis Hernes (Groningen):
Feyenoord (a) Eredivisie Saturday.
2026/27:
Sky Blue
success
A 1-1 draw at Blackburn
Rovers on Friday night was enough to confirm promotion to the
Premier League for Coventry City, who were last in the top
flight back in 2000/01.
Although Newcastle have played both in both the League Cup and
Championship at the CBS Arena, next season will mark their PL debut
there: previous meetings with the Sky Blues taking place at their
former Highfield Road home.
That will make the CBS Arena the 62nd different venue that the
Magpies have played at in the PL, with promotion for either Millwall
or Wrexham further increasing that total.
As to who joins Coventry, it may take until the final round of games
on Saturday May 2nd for the second team gaining automatic promotion
to be confirmed, as well as the four going on to contest the
playoffs.
The latter concludes at Wembley on Saturday May 23rd - the day
before Newcastle's season closer at Fulham.
2025/26:
PL fixture
update
Sat 25.04.2026 Arsenal (a) 5.30pm Sky
Friday finally saw the Premier League confirm that the
amended kick-off time for our visit to the Emirates will remain
unchanged.
Sun 17.05.2026
tbc West Ham (h) 3pm tbc
All PL fixtures
that weekend are provisionally listed as Sun 17.05.2026, with Sat
16.05.2026 set aside exclusively for the FA Cup Final to be played
at Wembley.
West Ham's FA Cup quarter-final defeat means that our fixture can
take place over that weekend, but depending on the live TV
selections could still be played on Fri 15.05.2026, Sun
17.05.2026 or Mon 18.05.2026.
PL games are also set to be played on Tue 19.05.2026, but it's
expected that those only will be the ones postponed due to teams
involved playing in the FA Cup Final.
Although PL's guidance stated that the live TV selections for that
weekend would be available on Wed 08.04, the FSA (Football
Supporters Association) spotted that this section of the PL
website was sneakily amended to read:
Post-FA Cup semi-finals:
FA Cup semi-finals take place on 25-26 April. This is to avoid
further amendments to Premier League matches scheduled for the same
weekend.
2026/27:
Season ticket
waiting
list announced
NUFC confirm that a season ticket waiting list will open up ahead of
next season, with a minimum of 250 available.
Entry to the waiting list is restricted to club members, who can
sign up between Mon 18.05.2026 and Sun 31.05.2026.
A ballot will then take place with entrants placed in priority
groups according to criteria set by the club. Ballot winners can
then purchase season tickets from Wed 10.06.2026.
While the purchase of a 2026/27 membership isn't required to join
the waiting list, anyone who doesn't win this ballot would need to
continue paying for membership in order to maintain their place in
the queue for future ST releases.
While the minimum figure of 250 for this year is set, there's no
mention of how many STs will be offered thereafter.
Full details online
here
Update:
Toon in the USA
Newcastle pair Les Yeutembip
and Jayden Kouossu both started for England U16s on Thursday,
as they played their opening game in the Vertex Cup in the USA.
Midfielder Kouosso gave the young Lions a half time lead against the
hosts in Miami, but the USA levelled and went on to win 5-4 on
penalties - neither Magpie taking a penalty.
Sunday then saw England come from behind to defeat Argentina 2-1,
with Jayden a late arrive from the bench.
are games against Argentina
on Sunday England conclude against Mexico on Wednesday.
Incoming:
Johan joins:
official
Update: Ecuador lost 1-3 to Argentina in the Semi-final of the South
American U17 Championships on Thursday. Martinez wasn't on the
scoresheet.
Despite that though, they have qualified for the U17 World Cup
Finals, staged this November in Qatar.
From NUFC, Tuesday:
Newcastle United have
completed a deal to sign Ecuadorian winger Johan Martinez
from Independiente del Valle.
The 16-year-old will officially
join the Magpies after his 18th birthday in the summer of 2027
(on May 10th) and will remain with Independiente del Valle in the
meantime.
Johan was part of the
Independiente del Valle youth team who won the Ecuadorian U17 title
in December 2025.
Internationally, he is currently
starring for Ecuador in the South American U17 Championships and was
on target in Sunday’s victory over Chile as they reached the
semi-finals.
Ross Wilson, Newcastle United
Sporting Director, said:
"We’re delighted to beat off serious competition from leading clubs
across Europe to bring Johan to Newcastle United.
"Identifying and recruiting
promising young players is a key part of how we build for the
future, and our scouting and recruitment teams have worked
diligently to secure Johan’s signature.
"Independiente del Valle have a
strong reputation for developing young players and Johan has
undoubtedly benefited from that environment.
"He will continue his progress there while we maintain a close
connection with his development, and we look forward to welcoming
him to Newcastle next year.”
2025/26:
Sean's show
Newcastle U21s 1 Wolves U21s 1
Match report
The Magpies will continue their season with a last 16 tie in the
newly-established PDL play-offs, to be staged at some point this
coming
weekend (Saturday April 25th etc).
Newcastle's opponents and the match venue are tbc, with main season
PDL fixtures concluding on Tuesday (21st).
Following the final games in PL2, United dropped to 21st.
Premier League:
Bad all over
Crystal Palace 2 Newcastle 1
Match report
Premier League:
Arsenal
(a)
Saturday sees the Magpies face the Gunners at the Emirates.
It's a 5.30pm
kick-off live on Sky Sports.
Team:
Joelinton serves the second of his two match ban while Anthony
Gordon and Tino Livramento are both injury doubts. Fabian Schar and
Emil Krafth remain unavailable.
Coral rate this game as follows:
NUFC win 19/4
The draw 7/2
AFC win 1/2
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AFC:
Arsenal have lost four successive domestic
matches including back-to-back Premier League games - the latter for
the first time since December 2023.
On home ground this season, Mikel Arteta's side have won 12, drawn
two and lost the other two of their 16 PL games - Manchester United
and Bournemouth both victorious. The only away side to keep a clean
sheet were Liverpool.
Referee: tbc
VAR: tbc
UK TV: Live on Sky Sports
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The Dog & Parrot on Clayton Street West.
Dirty Murphy's on Grainger Street (formerly Mushroom).
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Rail: Engineering work south of Farringdon will affect Thameslink
services.
Scheduled disruptions online
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Underground/TfL: The Piccadilly line between
Cockfosters and Wood Green is closed all weekend.
details here
Metro:
No scheduled disruptions.
Stats:
Assuming they feature in this game, William Osula and
Malick Thiaw will both complete a half century of appearances in
all competitions for Newcastle.
Magpies @ Gunners - PL era:
(At Emirates since 2006/07)
2024/25 Lost 0-1
2024/25 Won 2-0 Isak, Gordon (LC)
2023/24 Lost 1-4 Willock
2022/23 Drew 0-0
2021/22 Lost 0-2
2020/21 Lost 0-3
2020/21 Lost 0-2 (FAC)
2019/20 Lost 0-4
2018/19 Lost 0-2
2017/18 Lost 0-1
2015/16 Lost 0-1
2014/15 Lost 1-4 Perez
2013/14 Lost 0-3
2012/13 Lost 3-7 Ba 2, Marveaux
2011/12 Lost 1-2 Ben Arfa
2010/11 Won 1-0 Carroll
2008/09 Lost 0-3
2007/08 Lost 0-3
2007/08 Lost 0-3 (FAC)
2007/08 Lost 0-2 (LC)
2006/07 Drew 1-1 Dyer
2005/06 Lost 0-2
2004/05 Lost 0-1
2003/04 Lost 2-3 Robert, Bernard
2002/03 Lost 0-1
2001/02 Lost 0-3 (FAC)
2001/02 Won 3-1 O'Brien, Shearer, Robert
2000/01 Lost 0-5
1999/00 Drew 0-0
1998/99 Lost 0-3
1997/98 Lost 1-3 Barton
1996/97 Won 1-0 Elliott
1995/96 Lost 0-2 (LC)
1995/96 Lost 0-2
1994/95 Won 3-2 og(Keown), Beardsley, Fox
1993/94 Lost 1-2 Beardsley
Latest PL
fixtures:
Tue 21.04.2026:
Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea (8pm)
Sky
Wed 22.04.2026:
Bournemouth v Leeds United (8pm)
Sky
Burnley v Manchester City (8pm)
Sky
Fri 24.04.2026:
mackems v Nottingham Forest (8pm) Sky
Sat 25.04.2026:
Fulham v Aston Villa (12.30pm) TNT
Liverpool v Crystal Palace (3pm)
West Ham v Everton (3pm)
Wolves v Spurs (3pm)
Arsenal v Newcastle (5.30pm) Sky
Mon 27.04.2026:
Manchester United v Brentford (8pm) Sky
2025/26:
Senior Cup Final
date announced
Although Newcastle U21s didn't enter the competition this
season, the Northumberland Senior Cup Final will once again
be staged at St.James' Park.
The Northumberland FA confirm that the final will be a 7.30pm
kick-off at Gallowgate on Tuesday May 5th.
Both Semi-finals are yet to be played, with cup holders Heaton
Stannington attempting to defend their title:
Semi-finals:
15.04.2026
Heaton Stannington v Newcastle University
21.04.2026
Newcastle Benfield v Whitley Bay
Internationals:
England warm-ups
Ahead of their World Cup Final participation, England have confirmed
a pair of kickabouts in the USA as follows:
Sat 06.06.2026 New Zealand (n) Tampa FR
Wed 10.06.2026 Costa Rica (n) Orlando FR
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PL away ticket prices will remain unchanged at £30 for both 2026/27 and
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Fixtures:
Sat 25.04.2026 U18s v Wolves (h)
@ Little Benton, 11am. U18 Premier League.
Sat 25.04.2026 Arsenal (a)
@ Emirates Stadium, 5.30pm. Premier League.
SOLD OUT.
Allocation: 3,003 (digital tickets).
Live
on Sky Sports.
Sat 02.05.2026 U18s v Manchester United (h)
@ Little Benton, 12.30pm. U18 Premier League.
Sat 02.05.2026 Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
@ SJP, 3pm. Premier League.
ST fwding /resale now. Member sale
now.
No live
UK TV.
Tue 05.05.2026 U18s v Leeds United (h)
@ Little Benton, Noon. U18 Premier League.
Sat 09.05.2026 U18s v Boro (a)
@ Hurworth, 11am. U18 Premier League.
Sun 10.05.2026 Nottingham Forest (a)
@ City Ground, 2pm. Premier League.
SOLD OUT.
Allocation: 3,048 (digital tickets).
Live
on Sky Sports.
Sun 17.05.2026 tbc West Ham (h)
@ SJP, 3pm tbc. Premier League.
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UK TV coverage tbc (if any).
Sun 24.05.2026 Fulham (a)
@ Craven Cottage, 4pm. Premier League.
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close Tue 21.04.2026, 2pm.
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£30 adults, £25 18-21s/65+, £20 U17s.
Allocation: 2,701 (digital tickets).
UK TV coverage tbc (if any).
NUFC live on TV (all UK times):
Sat 25.04.2026
Arsenal (a) 5.30pm Sky
Sun
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Forest (a) 2pm Sky
(PL Selections made to Mon 11.05.2026)
Live PL TV release dates:
MW37 after Sun 26.04.2026
MW38 after Sun 17.05.2026
Other events @ SJP:
Euro 2028:
Four group stage games
and one last 16 tie will be played at SJP on the following dates:
Mon 12.06.2028
Thu 15.06.2028
Sat 17.06.2028
Tue 20.06.2028
Sun 25.06.2028
(Kick-off times will be advised in 2027)
2026/27 PL season:
Fri 19.06.2026
PL fixture release @ 10am
Sat 22.08.2026
Match Week 1
Sun 30.05.2027
Match Week 38
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2025/26:
11.06-19.07.2026 World Cup Finals
WCF groups - NUFC players in bold:
Group A
Mexico
South Africa
South Korea
Czech Rep |
Group B
Canada
Bosnia-Herz
Qatar
Switzerland
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Group C
Brazil
Morocco
Haiti
Scotland
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Group D
USA
Paraguay
Australia
Turkey |
Group E
Germany
Curacao
Ivory Coast
Ecuador
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Group F
Netherlands
Japan
Tunisia
Sweden
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Group G
Belgium
Egypt
Iran
New Zealand
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Group H
Spain
Cape Verde
Saudi Arabia
Uruguay
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Group I
France
Senegal
Iraq
Norway
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Group J
Argentina
Algeria
Austria
Jordan
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Group K
Portugal
DR Congo
Uzbekistan
Colombia
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Group L
England
Croatia
Ghana
Panama |
2026/27:
21.09-09.10.2026*
09.11-17.11.2026
22.03-30.03.2027
* the early September break is replaced by an extended late
September/early October in which four internationals will be
staged.
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Born Or Died:
1890 Frank Hudspeth born, Percy Main. (1910-29)
Holder of the club’s all-time appearance record for an
outfield player, United paid £100 to local amateur club North Shields Athletic
for their left back in March 1909.
Gradually replacing Jack Carr and Tony Whiston over the following three
seasons, Hudspeth became the bedrock of United's defence alongside Bill
McCracken.
Working in a Tyneside munitions factory during WW1, Hudspeth also guested for
the Leeds City club and served in the Royal Navy as an Able Seaman before
returning to play for the Magpies in the Victory War League of 1918/19.
That saw him renew the partnership with McCracken and the pair continued to
good effect when league football resumed the following season, aided by their
stifling but unpopular application of the offside rule.
In 1923/24 he captained the side for their Wembley debut in the FA Cup Final
against Aston Villa, collecting the trophy after his side scored two late
goals.
An England call-up followed for Frank in October 1925 and he helped post a
clean sheet against Northern Ireland in Belfast.
More silverware was to come Hudspeth’s way – but only after he relinquished
the captaincy to Hughie Gallacher in 1926.
Undeterred, he was an ever-present in the title winning season, forming another
solid defensive partnership with Alf Maitland.
Continuing to feature in the first team until September 1928, Frank finally
lost his place after a 0-5 defeat by Manchester United at Old Trafford.
His final six games that season brought him three more goals - including two of
his trademark blockbuster penalty conversions.
Leaving SJP in 1929, Frank played for Stockport County and Crook Town before
hanging up his boots in summer 1931.
Two years later he was appointed Rochdale trainer, moving on to a similar
position at nearby Burnley in 1934 - eventually retiring in 1945.
Frank remained in Burnley until his death, in February 1963.
1942 James Wilson born, Newmilns, Scotland. (1959-62)
Outside left who was signed from Shotts Bon Accord for £750 in
September 1959.
Making his first team debut the following October in a 5-0 home win over
Cardiff City, Jimmy played just once more in what became a relegation season.
Used more in the following campaign when, selected by new boss Norman Smith in
preference to Liam Tuohy, Wilson then lost his place and exited from SJP in
favour of Greenock Morton in 1962.
Aberdeen then paid £10,000 to secure him in 1965 and he was selected in a
Scottish League XI against their English counterparts two years later.
Later serving Motherwell, Dundee and Falkirk, Jimmy ended his career at Elgin City.
He later managed Highland League sides Keith
and Cove Rangers and ran a pub in Aberdeen named after himself.
Jimmy maintained his Pittdorie associations by working as a corporate matchday
host for Dons home games and being involved with the Aberdeen ex-players
association.
1976 Shay Given born, Lifford, Ireland.
(1997-2009).
United boss Kenny Dalglish returned to his former club Blackburn
Rovers in May 1997 to sign goalkeeper Shay at a cost of £1.5m - having previously
brought the teenager Celtic Park to Ewood in 1994.
Playing just twice in the Rovers first team as understudy to Tim
Flowers, Given had been out on loan at both Swindon Town and the mackems (who
were allegedly unable to fund a permanent transfer).
His arrival at SJP saw him tussle with Steve Harper for the goalkeeper's
jersey, taking possession by the 2000/01 season, after withdrawing a transfer
request.
Shay began a run of 140 consecutive league appearances away at Leeds in January
2001 – broken in October 2004 when his wife gave birth and Harper deputised
at Bolton.
By the end of the 2006/07 season, Given had risen to sixth in our all-time appearance table and captained the side.
However, he had also belied his “Lazarus” nickname by missing a number of
games throughout the season through injury.
A sickening collision with Marlon Harewood at West Ham in September 2006 left
Given with abdominal injuries likened by his surgeon to those suffered in car
crashes.
The subject of many transfer rumours over the years (often linked to
Arsenal), Shay eventually left SJP in January 2009, with
Manchester City reportedly paying £8m.
While there was sadness at his leaving, there had been a certain air of
inevitability about it. In later years, Given had regularly spoken of the need
for the club to invest properly in the squad - but to no avail.
Shay's final United appearance was a 0-3 reverse at Blackburn that ended in
him preventing an onfield clash between team mates Joey Barton and Jose Enrique.
He then exited the field without the usual acknowledgement of the Toon fans,
which prompted us to write that:
"If he'd finally reached the point of no return with this bloody cowboy
outfit, then we couldn't blame him."
His departure from United left him third in the all time club appearance
list, having played 463 games in all competitions (including one substitute outing).
The grass at Manchester City didn't however prove to be green, Given
losing his place in April 2010 when dislocating a shoulder.
Restricted to occasional cup duty (including a non-playing substitute role in the FA Cup Final win over Stoke
City), a £3.5m move to Aston
Villa was concluded in July 2011.
After just one season as their first-choice custodian though, he was usurped by
Brad Guzan and restricted to cup appearances.
A loan to Middlesbrough in November 2013 saw Shay complete the set of Tyne, wear and
tees appearances, but he remained out of the first team picture following his
return to Villa in February 2014.
Given did unexpectedly join Paul Lambert's coaching staff following some
backroom sackings at Villa Park in April 2014 and returned to the first team
for cup ties.
Helping Villa to a 2-1 win over Liverpool in an FA Cup Semi-Final the day
before he turned 39 in April 2015, his next stop was Stoke City and after debuting in the League Cup, his
Premier League bow came against Spurs days before turning 40.
Leaving in June 2017, Shay worked as a TV pundit and his autobiography "Any Given
Saturday" was published.
Announcing his retirement on his 42nd birthday in 2018, he was appointed as goalkeeping coach of Derby
County soon after by incoming Rams boss, Frank Lampard.
Given subsequently remained at Derby to work with Phillip Cocu and Wayne Rooney - becoming first team coach
with the
latter in early 2021 but leaving that summer due to financial issues.
Working in the media, the post-Ashley era saw him become a
perennial pundit when Newcastle featured live on UK TV, also appearing on
overseas PL coverage and as a club ambassador.
Internationally, Shay became the Republic of Ireland's most-capped player of all
time in March 2010 when he made his 103rd senior appearance against Brazil.
Given announced his international retirement in August 2012 but then reversed that
decision in January 2013, partly due to a lack of game time at Villa.
Belatedly recalled by Martin O'Neill in 2014, Given added a further nine caps
to his tally before his 134th and final outing, a friendly against Belarus in
Cork during May 2016.
On the bench at Euro 2016 without
featuring in any games, he announced his retirement once again afterwards.
PS: no profile of Shay would be complete without mentioning the events
of Saturday 8th November 1997 at Highfield Road.
In an initially innocuous piece of play, Given claimed possession of the ball
on the edge of his six yard box and threw the ball down in preparation for
clearing it downfield.
However, as was later written by numerous reporters, he was "the only Irishman
who didn’t know where Dublin was" – City striker Dion Dublin appearing from
behind him and scoring a perfectly legitimate goal by tapping the loose ball
into the United net.
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1895 St. James' Park hosted a match between two
teams of "lady footballers" which attracted a crowd of 8,000.
The Reds beat the Blues 4-3, with The Shields Daily News reporting that both
sides were, "tastefully dressed in the regulation football costume"
and "their play was of the gentlest order and if not sufficiently lively
to rouse the onlookers' enthusiasm, was diverting enough to supply plenty of
fun".
1896 Burslem Port Vale
(a)
0-2 (0-0)
Division Two
34pts, 5th/16
J.Mason(0-1), Randles(80)
2,000
Newcastle's season ended on
a Monday night in the Potteries, the game at Cobridge Stadium finishing in near
darkness.
United had two goals disallowed before the hosts went ahead, but despite the
defeat
finished fifth in the league - five places better than in
the previous season.1897 St.Mirren (Scotland)(h)
3-0 (2-0)
Friendly
Stewart(1-0),
Smellie(2-0), Aitken(3-0)
2,000
Appearing for
St.Mirren was Tommy Ghee, who signed for Newcastle
later that year.
This was second
of five post-season home friendlies against Scottish
opposition, Hearts, Hibernian, Rangers and Third
Lanark also making their way to Tyneside.
Team: Watts, Stewart,
White, Adam, Ostler, Stott, Lennox, Connell, Smellie,
Aitken, Wardrope.
1898 Stoke (h)
2-1 (1-0)
League Test
Smith(25), Harvey(82)
Kennedy(84)
17,000
Finishing
runners-up in the Second Division saw United enter a
playoff competition, which got off to a winning start
against a Stoke side who had finished bottom of Division
One.
United ended up
finishing third in a four team mini league but were still
promoted after a rethink by the Football League saw the test match system
scrapped.
Instead, Division One expanded from 16 to 18 teams -
United and Burnley taking up the extra spots while Stoke
and Blackburn Rovers were spared relegation.
1901 Manchester City
(a)
1-2 (1-1)
Division One
P32, 37pts, 6th/18
Peddie(35)
Gillespie(15,46)
18,000
Newcastle ran out at
Hyde Road knowing that
victory coupled with favourable results elsewhere could
yet propel them to the title.
However a poor display in front of goal saw them beaten
for the first time in five outings, ending any lingering
championship hopes.
The visitors were represented in the crowd, "Philistine"
in Athletic News observing that:
"I wanted United to get a second goal if only to see
the score or so of plaid-capped enthusiasts from
Newcastle carry on like demented beings...but I can't
say that I appreciate their melodious playing or the
instruments they use to create sweet sounds."
1907 Bolton Wanderers
(a)
2-4 (2-2)
Division One
51pts, 1st/20
Orr(1-1), Veitch(20)
White(4), Marsh(1-2,1-4),
Gaskell(60)
5,000
Having ensured their title success thanks to a 0-0
home draw with Sheffield United a week earlier, Newcastle
rounded off the season with a defeat at Burnden Park.
Both Peter McWilliam and Jackie Rutherford were omitted
while there was a debut for half back George Jobey, signed from
Morpeth Harriers for the princely sum of £10.
1908 Middlesbrough (a)
1-2 (1-0)
Division One
42pts, 4th/20
Higgins(15)
Thackeray(61), Bloomer(66)
20,000
Defeat at Ayresome Park in the season closer saw
Newcastle drop from second to fourth in the table.
The
winning goal was credited to Steve Bloomer but United's
John Carr got the final touch.
1912 Aston Villa (a)
0-2 (0-0)
Division One
P37, 43pts, 2nd/22
Hampton(84), Hall(89)
20,000
Newcastle's faint hopes of winning the title were
finally ended by two late goals at Villa Park.
Donations were invited from spectators to a collection for
victims of the Titanic and the entire crowd stood before
kickoff as a band played Handel's Dead March from
Saul.
1921 Middlesbrough (a)
1-2 (0-0)
Friendly
King(70)
G.Carr(60,1-2)
12,000
United were beaten at
Ayresome Park in their Northern Victory Cup semi-final
fixture.
Team:
Lawrence, McCracken, Russell, McIntosh, Mooney, Curry,
Pyke, King, Smailes, Hagan, McDonald.
 1929 Sheffield
Wednesday (h) 2-1 (2-0)
Division One
P40, 40pts, 10th/22
Gallacher (2pen,29)
Allen(67)
26,401
Victory would have confirmed the visitors as First
Division champions, but after conceding twice to Hughie
Gallacher during the opening half hour, they were only
able to halve the deficit through future Magpie Jack
Allen.
Despite losing, the Owls held on to win the
league by a point from Leicester City - the Magpies
finished back in tenth.
1935 Bolton Wanderers
(h)
1-3 (1-1)
Division Two
P40, 46pts, 6th/22
Leach(1)
Westwood(20,60), Milsom(49)
28,277
A perfect start for United turned into a
nightmare when goalkeeper Norman Tapken broke a finger and
was unable to continue.
Joe Richardson went between the posts but was
soon picking the ball out of the net as the Trotters
levelled and went on to win.
 1935
Just
24 hours after beating Blackpool 6-0 at Gallowgate in the
Central League,
Newcastle Reserves were on the wrong end of a 0-2
scoreline to Aston Villa at Villa Park.
Team:
Burns, Nelson, Russell, Hughes, Davidson, Garnham, Boyd,
Wilson, Cairns, Connelly, Harris.
 1955 Preston North End
(h) 3-3 (2-2)
Division One
P38, 39pts, 11th/22
Hannah(9), Milburn(45), Davies(57)
Higham(22,38), Baxter(81)
38,681
Having come from 1-2 down to lead thanks to a Reg
Davies strike, United had to settle for a point when
goalkeeper Ronnie Simpson took down a cross - only to drop
it at the feet of Jimmy Baxter who touched the ball over
the line.
1955 Newcastle
pair Alf McMichael and Tommy Casey appeared for Northern
Ireland as a John Charles hat trick gave Wales a 3-2
victory at Windsor Park, Belfast.
In the Wales team was future Magpie Ivor Allchurch,
alongside his brother Len.
 1957
Aston Villa (h)
1-2 (1-0)
Division One
P41, 36pts, 12th/22
Mitchell(18)
Sewell(70), McParland(72)
28,453
24 hours after
losing 1-2 at home to Chelsea, United were left
empty-handed in front of their own fans once again.
 1962 Derby County (h)
3-0 (2-0)
Division Two
P39, 37pts, 11th/22
Thomas(17), Hale(30), Fell(76pen)
33,138
Match referee Jack Bullough was forced to take the players off in
the 37th minute after a freak hail and lightning storm hit
Gallowgate.
The game resumed four minutes later and ended with the
black and whites claiming their fourth successive home
victory.
 1963 Bury (h)
1-3 (0-1)
Division Two
P36, 40pts, 8th/22
McGarry(46)
Calder(28,67,81)
25,017
Ex-Magpie
goalkeeper Chris Harker had a happy return to
SJP, as fellow
Shaker Bill Calder scored three and had another ruled out
for offside.
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1966 Blackpool (a)
1-1 (1-0)
Division One
P38, 34pts, 14th/22
Suddick(12)
Charnley(56)
12,446
One shot on goal was enough to win United a
point that left them safe from relegation. |
1968 Fulham (a)
0-2 (0-2)
Division One
P39, 41pts, 8th/22
Clarke(10,30)
14,670
Eric Ross made his league bow as a blue clad
United lost at Craven Cottage. |
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1974 Birmingham City (h)
1-1 (1-1)
Division One
P40, 37pts, 14th/22
Robson(27)
Francis(44)
34,066 |
1981 Grimsby Town (h) 1-1 (0-1)
Division Two
P40, 40pts, 11th/22
Shoulder(78)
Ford(44)
13,170 |
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1983 Rotherham
United (h)
4-0 (2-0)
Division Two
P37, 57pts, 5th/22
McDermott(32), Varadi(43), Wharton(52),
Keegan(70)
18,523 |
 1984
Blackburn Rovers (a) 1-1 (0-0)
Division Two
P37, 70pts, 3rd/22
Trewick(74)
Fazackerley(48pen)
19,196
Familiar faces all round at Ewood Park for
this Good Friday clash; former Magpie Glen Keeley
tumbling under challenge from Glenn Roeder to win
a penalty that future United coach Derek Fazackerley netted.
John Trewick then levelled to the delight of
10,000 away fans, taking a valuable point off a
Rovers side managed by Bobby Saxton - who would
himself later end up at SJP. |
 1985
Liverpool (a)
1-3 (0-0)
Division One
P38, 45pts, 14th/22
McDonald(81)
Wark(57) Gillespie(69), Walsh(80)
34,733
Joe Fagan's side remained in fourth position after
John Wark, Gary Gillespie and Paul Walsh
all beat Martin Thomas during the second half.
United managed a late consolation when Neil McDonald
latched on to Chris Waddle's centre from the left flank
and beat Bruce Grobbelaar from close range in front of the
Kop - our first Anfield goal in six league and cup visits.
Youtube
footage is online here
 1987
Everton (a)
0-3 (0-0)
Division One
P38, 43pts, 17th/22
McDonald(90)
Clarke(49,82,90)
43,576
A painful Easter Monday afternoon at Goodison Park saw
Wayne Clarke hit a hat-trick for a Toffees side who were en
route to becoming Division One champions.
Willie Mcaul gave a debut at let back to Brian Tinnion,
while right back
Neil McDonald was sent off by the referee for foul and
abusive language following Everton's third goal.
Youtube
footage is online here
 1991
Ipswich Town (h)
2-2 (1-2)
Division Two
P41, 56pts, 12th/24
Stimson(24), Quinn(73)
Kiwomya(33,45)
17,638
A fourth successive home game in just 11 days for
United saw them remain unbeaten after drawing with Oxford
United and beating Oldham and Sheffield Wednesday.
Ahead when Mark Stimson stabbed home Steve Watson's centre,
United went behind before recovering to take a point when Mick Quinn ensured that Lee Clark's goalbound
effort made it to the back of the Leazes net.
Youtube
footage is online here
 1992
Derby County (a)
1-4 (0-2)
Division Two
P44, 46pts, 22nd/24
Peacock(49)
Williams(4pen), Kitson(19),
Ramage(70,77)
21,363
An Easter Monday disaster, as referee Brian Coddington
dismissed Kevin Brock, Kevin Scott and Liam O'Brien and
banished coach Terry McDermott from the bench as United
were left in a relegation position with only two games
left.
Paul Williams gave the Rams an early lead from the penalty
spot, with future Magpie Paul Kitson doubling the lead
before half time.
A second half onslaught from nine-man United - backed by
frenetic support - saw Gavin Peacock hit the bar and then
pull one back after 49 minutes.
Dreams faded with 20 minutes remaining though when Craig
Ramage got Derby's third and within two minutes Liam
O'Brien had walked, reducing us to eight men.
Ramage then claimed a fourth and United fans ripped seats
out of the Osmaston Stand and frisbeed them on to the
field, before trouble flared outside the Baseball Ground.
Youtube
footage is online here
"rip
the seats out for the lads..."
1994
After finally becoming a first choice for United, defender
Alan Neilson made his senior Welsh debut against Sweden.
 2002
Charlton Athletic (h)
3-0 (1-0)
Premiership
Speed(22), LuaLua(46), Shearer(89)
51,360
Victory saw Newcastle stay fourth in the table, moving
to within a point of confirming their Champions League
qualification.
Alan Shearer marked his 400th club start with a long-awaited
200th Premiership strike, bringing up Newcastle's
century of first team goals for the season.
NUFC.com
match report
PL
highlights are online here
LuaLua celebrates in
typical fashion...
 2005
Norwich City (a)
1-2 (0-0)
Premiership
Kluivert(90)
Safri(68), Ashton(90+4)
25,503
After successive 1-4 losses at Sporting Lisbon
(Thursday) and against Manchester United at Cardiff
(Sunday), a weary squad and support moved on to Carrow
Road for this Wednesday night game.
Patrick Kluivert's late effort looked to have won a point
and stopped the rot, only for Dean Ashton to head home
deep into added time and give City what turned out to be
false hope of avoiding relegation.
NUFC.com
match report
PL
highlights are online here
 2008
mackems (h)
2-0 (2-0)
Premier League
Owen(4,45pen)
52,305
United made it six games without loss and
five wins in a row against our rivals.
One of the easiest victories Kevin Keegan presided over saw Roy
Keane's awful side and their meek followers dispatched by two first half Michael Owen goals.
After the victory, KK commented:
"I don't care what anybody says, you can go around
the world twice if you like and you would not get an
atmosphere like that anywhere else."
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match report
PL
highlights are online here
2010
Despite going behind early on, the reserves
recovered to post their
biggest win of the season, beating Huddersfield Town 5-1
at Whitley Park.
Haris Vuckic, Paul Dummett, Wesley Ngo Baheng, Callum
Morris and Phil Airey netted.
NUFC.com
match report
2011 Goals from
Brad Inman and Michael Richardson beat Ashington 2-0 at Whitley Park as the reserves booked
a place in the
Northumberland Senior Cup
Final.
NUFC.com
match report
 2013 West Bromwich Albion
(a) 1-1 (1-0)
Premier League
Gouffran(8)
Jones(64)
25,671
United halted a losing run
of four away games with a point at The Hawthorns - but Yoan Gouffran's opener
wasn't a true reflection of their first half dominance.
Baggies boss Steve Clarke paired Shane Long and Romelu
Lukaku, but Newcastle' ineptness was as much to blame as
Albion's increased efforts for the outcome.
NUFC.com match report
PL
highlights are online here
2015 Adam Armstrong netted a goal in each half to end a twelve match winless run for the
reserves, beating Aston Villa 2-1 at Villa Park.
NUFC.com match report
2018
A deserved 2-0 win for United U23s at SJP ended the title hopes of visitors
Aston Villa. Luke Charman and Jack Hunter
were on target.
NUFC.com match report
 2019
Southampton (h)
3-1 (2-0)
Premier League
P35, 41pts, 12th/20
Perez(27,31,86)
Lemina(59)
52,191
Ayoze Perez scored his first hat-trick for United to banish any lingering
doubts about retaining Premier League status.
The Spaniard left with the match ball and a thoroughly deserved man
of the match award after his treble put United ten points clear of Cardiff
City with four games remaining.
NUFC.com match report
PL
highlights are online here
 2022 Crystal Palace (h)
1-0 (1-0)
Premier League
P33, 40pts, 11th/20
Almiron(32)
51,938
Miguel Almiron's spectacular strike
and some steadfast defending gave United a sixth successive league
win at SJP - the best run of home league form in the top
flight since Bobby Robson's side in 2004.
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PL
highlights are online here
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