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1893 Blyth (a)
3-2 (1-1)
Friendly
Sorley(1-1pen),
Reay(2-1,3-1)
McCrory(0-1),Gilmour(3-2)
3,000
This Good
Friday kickabout was at the Blagdon Terrace ground,
a record crowd lured by the prospect of seeing a
professional side play there for the first time.
(Note that the home side are the original Blyth FC;
the present day Blyth Spartans weren't formed until
1899).
Team:
Whitton, Jeffrey, Miller, Crate, Graham, McKane, Reay, Collins, Sorley, Wallace,
Thompson.
1893 The Northumberland Senior
Cup Final at SJP between Benwell-based side Rendel
and Shankhouse Black Watch ended 1-1, before a 3,000 crowd.
Shankhouse won the replay.
1894
Middlesbrough Ironopolis (h)
3-0 (0-0)
Friendly
Crate(1-0), Wallace(2-0), Law(3-0)
3,000
1897 sunderland
(h)
5-2 (3-0)
Friendly
Lennox(1-0,2-0),
Aitken(3-0), Thompson(4-0,5-0pen)
Campbell(5-1), Morgan(5-2)
3,000
A midweek benefit match for Magpies duo Willie
Graham and Bill Thompson ended in virtual darkness,
having kicked off at 6pm.
Team:
Watts, Stewart, White, Miller, Graham, Stott,
Lennox, Collins, Thompson, Aitken, Wardrope.
1899 Everton (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Friendly
Rogers(30), Aitken(2-1pen)
Proudfoot(12)
2,000
A Good Friday fixture gap saw this friendly
arranged, with Proudfoot putting Everton ahead from
distance before Joe Rogers levelled amid strong
offside appeals.
In front of a small crowd undeterred by the
"rain falling without intermission",
Rogers had the ball in the net again but this time
was adjudged to have been offside.
United won it from the penalty spot when Andy Aitken
beat goalkeeper Muir following Blythe's foul on the
lively Rogers.
Team:
Kingsley, Lindsay, Crooke, Ghee, Veitch, Stott,
Rogers, Harvey, Reid, Aitken, Wardrope.
1900 Preston
North End (a)
1-4 (0-1)
Division One
P28, 28pts, 6th/18
Mole(57)
Henderson(35),og(Livesey)(52),
Stevenson(62),
Murray(80)
4,000
There was a debut goal for George Mole on what
proved to be his only senior appearance for United.
1902 Sunderland
(a)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P30, 33pts, 3rd/18
35,000
Having lost the first derby meeting on Tyneside,
Newcastle did their best to prevent their rivals
closing in on the title for a fourth time in the
return at Roker Park.
The draw left the wearsiders still on course to lift
the Championship trophy however; Everton beating
Nottingham Forest to close the gap to two points but
having just three games left - two less than the
mackems.
Referee J.Lewis - "who generally officiates these
ticklish encounters" in the view of one reporter -
was delayed en route and a linesman took charge
instead.
50 policemen were on duty.
1906 Woolwich
Arsenal (n)
2-0 (1-0)
FA Cup Semi-Final
Veitch(23), Howie(76)
19,964
United made it to
their second successive FA Cup Final with
victory at Stoke's Victoria Ground.
The opener came from Colin Veitch,
selected at centre forward in preference to Bill Appleyard.
Relentless Newcastle pressure in the second
half then brought a crucial second goal; Jimmy Howie had struck a post
earlier but made no
mistake when the chance to lob 'keeper
Ashcroft was presented.
The comparatively small size of the crowd was blamed
on the choice of an "inconvenient venue" by the
Newcastle Chronicle.
United had prepared for the tie in the North Wales
town of Rhyl and had the scores been level, then a
replay at Nottingham Forest's City Ground the
following Wednesday afternoon had been planned.
The other Semi-Final ended in a 2-0 win for Everton
over Liverpool at Villa Park.
1909
Middlesbrough (h)
1-0 (0-0)
Division One
P31, 48pts, 1st/20
Allan(80)
45,000
Seven games left, seven points clear; only
Everton could catch United, with the mackems and
Sheffield Wednesday now unable to do so.
1923
Huddersfield Town (a)
0-2 (0-0)
Division One
P36, 39pts, 6th/22
Brown(55),
W.H.Smith(65)
16,500
24 hours
after a 0-0 draw away to Oldham Athletic, Newcastle
made it five games without a victory after coming to
grief on a quagmire of a pitch at Leeds Road.
Magpie goalkeeper Sandy Mutch faced his former club
for the first time since moving to Tyneside from the
Terriers during 1922.
1928 Burnley (a)
1-5 (1-4)
Division One
P34, 34pts, 12th/22
Wilkinson(22)
Beel(23,28), Hill(40),
Bruton(43), Page(53)
12,454
The only senior competitive appearance of Stan
Barber came at left half, on a day when the prolific
George Beel netted against the Magpies once again.
Taking the lead through Monte Wilkinson, the Clarets
hit form and scored four times in 20 minutes before
the interval before adding another one in the second
period.
United's misery was completed when Wilkinson saw his
late penalty saved by 'keeper Down.
1928 While
United were losing at Turf Moor, Hughie
Gallacher was part of the Scotland team who
inflicted another 1-5 reverse on England at Wembley.
Although he failed to score, he played in his part
in a fine team performance by the team dubbed
"the Wembley Wizards."
1934 Leicester
City (a)
2-3 (0-1)
Division One
P37, 31pts, 18th/22
Pearson(58), Allen(88)
Maw(35), Lochhead(57), Paterson(65)
18,000
24 hours after drawing 1-1 at home to Boro,
United made five changes to their line-up for an
Easter Saturday visit to Filbert Street.
 1945
Darlington (a)
3-0 (1-0)
Wartime
Wayman, Carr 2
15,796
Newcastle completed a 5-1 aggregate victory over the
Quakers in this War Cup tie, with guest player Eddie
Carr contributing a brace.
 1951 Fulham (a)
1-1 (1-1)
Division One
P34, 38pts, 7th/22
Walker(2)
Campbell(5)
30,000
Without both Jackie Milburn and Frank Brennan,
the Magpies gained a point at Craven Cottage thanks
to Ronnie Simpson's 76th minute penalty save to deny
Arthur Stevens.
 1956 Wolves (a)
1-2 (1-0)
Division One
P38, 37pts, 11th/22
Keeble(32)
Mullen(79), Murray(88)
31,940
Ahead at half time thanks to Vic Keeble's
header, United lost after Jimmy Mullen
levelled following a free kick and Jimmy Murray's
late chip was allowed, despite furious Newcastle
claims that the ball hadn't crossed
the goal line.
 1961
Sheffield Wednesday (h) 0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P36, 26pts, 22nd/22
Craig(75)
42,181
A Good Friday home
defeat made relegation for Newcastle looking more of
a formality with six games still remaining.
Bobby Craig's goal won it for the Owls, who would
finish the season as runners-up to Spurs.
 1962
Rotherham United (h) 1-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P36, 33pts, 12th/22
Thomas(53)
21,865
Fears of demotion to Division
Three continued to recede for the Magpies, as Barrie
Thomas found the net for the fourth successive home
game.
 1965
6,600 fans were at SJP to see an England Youth XI
play out a 1-1 draw with their Scotland
counterparts, Magpies winger Geoff Allen catching
the eye on his home ground.
Hibernian's Jimmy O'Rourke netted for the Scots just
on half time, with Sheffield United's Alan
Woodward replying near full time.
 1973 Leicester City (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P36, 41pts, 5th/22
18,712
United's hopes of qualifying for Europe
took a knock after a third game without a win, although they stayed fifth.
 1975 Queens Park Rangers (h) 2-2 (0-1)
Division One
P37, 36pts, 14th/22
Tudor(50), Macdonald(77)
Francis(24pen), Gillard(84)
29,819
A third game of the season against the R's, who had a different manager on
each occasion. Dave Sexton's side earned a point through defender Ian Gillard
after Tudor and Supermac overturned a 0-1 interval deficit.
 1976
Leeds United (h)
2-3 (1-2)
Division One
P35, 33pts, 14th/22
T.Craig(35pen), Gowling(52)
og(Oates)(5), Cherry(27), Harris(62)
32,685
Graham Oates made his home debut and within five
minutes had beaten Newcastle 'keeper Mick Mahoney with an
over-hit back pass.
 1979
Oldham Athletic (a)
3-1 (1-1)
Division Two
P30, 29pts, 14th/22
Nattrass(2),
Shoulder(64pen),
Withe(90)
Heaton(19)
6,329
Newcastle tasted success on what was their first visit to Boundary Park
since 1950, ending a demoralising run of six successive league losses on the
road.
 1982
Crystal Palace (h)
0-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P32, 52pts, 6th/22
22,151
Following a run of seven home wins - the last
four combined with clean sheets - Newcastle's
defence stood steady but the forwards had an off
night.
United held on to sixth spot, but just three wins from their remaining ten
games would ensure a
mid-table finish.
 1984
Swansea City (h)
2-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P34, 66pts, 3rd/22
Wharton(75), Beardsley(88)
27,329
A win which earned Arthur Cox March manager of
the month came after stubborn resistance from the
Swans was eventually broken down.
 1986
Sheffield Wednesday (h)
4-1 (3-0)
Division One
P34, 55pts, 9th/22
Stephenson(10), Gascoigne(35),
Beardsley(37), Whitehurst(46)
Shutt(68)
25,714
A memorable
afternoon in the Easter Monday sunshine, Paul Stephenson netting
a first
senior goal before crossing for Gazza to head home.
Peter Beardsley crashed home a third at the
Gallowgate End before Billy Whitehurst made it four
seconds after the restart - having seen an earlier
effort disallowed.
 1990 Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
2-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P37, 60pts, 4th/24
Gallacher(83), Quinn(90)
18,742
Following losses at Bradford City and Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle returned to winning ways
- and fourth in the table.
United hit the woodwork three times before John Gallacher finally
broke the deadlock after coming off the bench.
Mick Quinn then headed in his
31st goal of the season in the final minute of play.
Youtube
footage is online here
 1992
Wolves (a)
2-6 (1-3)
Division Two
P40, 46pts, 18th/24
Quinn(13), Peacock(72)
Mutch(5,10,84), Bennett (25), Cook(48),
Bull(87)
14,480
Having climbed into 17th following the
previous Sunday's derby victory at Gallowgate,
United's hopes of avoiding relegation were hit for
six at Molineux the following Tuesday night.
Kevin Keegan showed more fight than his players; reported to the FA after
berating
the linesman for not ruling the fifth home
goal offside. Steve Bull only managed one.
Youtube
footage is online here
1993 The
reserves returned from Bury's Gigg Lane with a point
following a 1-1 draw with Manchester United.
Dion Dublin headed the Reds ahead on 25 minutes,
but Alan Thompson shot past Les Sealey to leve on 89 minutes.
Team:
Harper, Robinson, Elliott, Appleby, Kilcline,
Watson, Roche, Brock, Armstrong, Thompson, Stimson. Subs
n/u: Dinning, Cormack.
 1998
Wimbledon (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Premier League
P31, 36pts, 15th/20
15,478
Magpies boss Kenny Daglish made six changes from
the side beaten at Southampton, but saw his side extend their winless league run
to seven.
Relegation-haunted United moved up a place to 15th, ahead of their FA
Cup Semi Final against Sheffield United five days later.
 2001
Bradford City (a)
2-2
(1-2)
Premier League
P30, 39pts, 13th/20
Cort(25), Acuña(77)
Wetherall(8), Blake(10pen)
20,160
0-2 down early on, United fought back
with a Carl Cort effort before Clarence Acuña
levelled.
Defender Andy O'Brien made his Magpies debut against
the club who had just sold him for £2m.
NUFC.com match report.
2005 A 1-1
draw with Manchester United at Altrincham's Moss
Lane made in nine games without victory for the
reserves.
Ex-mackem David
Bellion gave the Reds the lead with a
penalty only for fellow Frenchman Charles N'Zogbia to level.
NUFC.com match report
2005
Alan Shearer announced that he had postponed
retirement for another season and would hang up his
boots in May 2006.
2006 Newcastle
confirmed that midfielder Scott Parker was suffering from glandular
fever, after undergoing medical checks.
Manager Glenn Roeder admitted that it would be
"difficult" for Parker to play again that
season. It was - and he didn't....
 2007
Manchester City (h) 0-1 (0-0)
Premiership
P31, 37pts, 11th/20
Mpenza(80)
52,004
Four league games without a goal, one point in twelve and a UEFA Cup exit meant that mass
indifference was the order of the day on Tyneside -
although SJP was still full. In
our eyes, this was the day that manager
Glenn Roeder finally "lost" the home crowd - some weeks
after the same thing seemingly happened to his
players.
City boss Stuart Pearce saw his team win to aid their top-flight survival
hopes; ex-Magpies Sylvain Distin and Didi Hamann lining
up with future Toon loon Joey Barton.
NUFC.com match report
2008 2,839 fans
watched a 1-1 reserve draw with Manchester United at
SJP, Emre equalising on his his comeback from
injury.
NUFC.com match report
2009
Sky Sports News claimed that Alan
Shearer had been appointed as Magpies first team manager for the
final eight games of the season. Chris Hughton had presided over half a dozen
games following Joe Kinnear's heart problems.
Proximity to April 1st caused initial doubts, but Sky asserted that
Shearer would be
presented to the media two days later - other outlets supplying
confirmation.
 2018
Huddersfield Town (h) 1-0 (0-0)
Premier League
P31, 35pts, 12th/20
Perez(80)
52,261
A late Ayoze Perez winner gave United three prized points towards
top flight survival on a day that threatened to be hugely frustrating.
Substitute duo Christian Atsu and Islam Slimani played their part, Perez
taking Kenedy's pass to net at the Leazes End.
Results elsewhere left Newcastle seven
points clear of the danger zone, with a healthy goal
difference.
NUFC.com match report
2021
Newcastle's Ryan Fraser continued his
Scotland scoring run, netting against the Faroes
at Hampden Park for a third goal in as many appearances.
2023 The Magpies added Jack Ross to their
academy staff; the former St Mirren, mackem,
Hibernian and Dundee United boss installed as
interim Head of Coach Development for age groups up
to U16.
2025 United U21s made
it three wins in a row to boost their PL2 playoff
bid. Goals from Johnny Emerson, Garang Koul and Sean Neave
brought a 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest at
Loughborough University.
NUFC.com match report
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