1909 Bury (a)
1-1 (0-1)
Division One
P28, 42pts, 1st/20
og(Parkin)(73)
Lindsay(23pen)
17,311

1911 Derby County (h)
4-0 (2-0)
FA Cup 4th Round 
Shepherd(25), Rutherford(44), Stewart(75), Willis(81pen)
59,700
This win put United through to their sixth FA Cup semi-final in seven years. They would face Chelsea in Birmingham later in March.

1915 Chelsea (h)
0-1aet 0-0 (0-0)
FA Cup 4th Round Replay
Ford(96)
49,827
Following a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge, Newcastle eventually lost during extra-time in a game of very few chances.

1920 Blackburn Rovers (a)
0-2 (0-0)
Division One
P33, 34pts, 8th/22
Rodgers(65,85)
20,000
A week after drawing 0-0 with Rovers on Tyneside, Newcastle travelled to Ewood Park without centre half Wilf Low - who was playing for Scotland against Ireland in Glasgow that same afternoon.

The Lancashire Evening Post reported that "the climactic conditions were such as to turn the contest into pure farce at times."

1926 Birmingham (a)
1-1 (0-0)
Division One
P32, 32pts, 11th/22
Urwin(76) 
Crosbie(53)
30,000
Messrs Crosbie, Jones and Barton were selected as beneficiaries of this fixture, Johnny Crosbie putting the hosts ahead.

1929 Aston Villa (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Division One
P33, 33pts, 8th/22
Gallacher(36,53) 
York(11)
35,000
The Magpies recovered from going a goal behind to extend their unbeaten run to six league games, thanks to a brace from star forward Hughie Gallacher.

1937 Coventry City (h)
4-2 (4-0)
Division Two
P33, 34pts, 10th/22
Smith(12,30), Pearson(26), Imrie(32)
Brown(49,57)
12,000
Winless in seven previous league and cup games, Newcastle made light of a mud bath of a Gallowgate pitch to net four times in just 20 minutes.  

1943 York City (a)
0-2 (0-2)
War Cup
Wilson(12), Brenen(26)
11,835
Despite having won the first leg of this knock-out cup tie, 3-2, a two goal defeat saw United exit the competition.

1948 Southampton (a)
2-4 (0-3)
Division Two
P32, 40pts, 3rd/22 
Milburn(88), Sibley(46)
Scott(1), Wayman(4,7), Grant(59)
28,000 
Record signing George Lowrie debuted after moving from Coventry city - and playing for the Sky Blues in a 0-1 loss to Southampton the previous Saturday. 

Charlie Wayman netted twice against his old club to help put the Saints three up inside the first seven minutes at The Dell.

1954 Huddersfield Town (a) 2-3 (1-2)
Division One
P35, 28pts, 17th/22
Monkhouse(42), Milburn(60) 
Cavanagh(8,21), Glazzard(76)
25,710 
United arrived late but unscathed after their train was involved in a derailment en route to the game and they had to switch to a coach in order to reach Leeds Road. 

Howeverfans travelling on the same train weren't so fortunate and were left stranded north of York - delayed still further when a railway worker attending to the broken-down locomotive was killed.

The kickoff was delayed by 25 minutes and future Magpies coach Tommy Cavanagh netted twice for the Terriers.

Newcastle clawed their way back and were pressing for a third goal when Frank Brennan's slip let in Jimmy Glazzard for what proved to be the winner. 

1954 While the first team were in action at Leeds Road, St.James' Park hosted an FA Amateur Cup Semi Final tie between Bishop Auckland and Spartan League side Brigg Sports.

Bishops won 5-1 but were then beaten by neighbours Crook Town in a Final that went to three games, at Wembley, SJP and Ayresome Park.

1963 Norwich City (a)
0-5 (0-2)
FA Cup 4th Round 
Allcock(1,6,49,57pen), Mullett(62)
34,825 
The only positive from this embarrassing defeat was the performance of Canaries right half Ollie Burton, who was persuaded to become a Magpie in an £11,000 transfer, playing mainly at centre half for United.

Terry Allcock hit four goals - a fitting total for a man who combined playing football with appearances in Minor Counties Cricket for Norfolk.

1965 Norwich City (h)
2-0 (2-0)
Division Two
P34, 45pts, 1st/22
Robson(10), Cummings(40)
41,441
After a 2-3 loss to Bury in the previous home game, normal service resumed at Gallowgate as fellow promotion aspirants Norwich City were well beaten.

1971 Ipswich Town (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P31, 28pts, 16th/22
Robertson(72)
17,060 
A fourth league and cup meeting in less than five months with Bobby Robson's Ipswich side saw United yet again unable to beat them.

And they were aggrieved at the manner of this defeat, goalkeeper Iam McFaul adamant that he'd been hit in the stomach by Mick Mills while trying to stop a shot from Jimmy Roberts that deflected off Ollie Burton.

1974 An afternoon kick-off saw just 4,511 fans at SJP to see England U23s beat Scotland 2-0.

Goals from Bob Latchford and future Magpie David Mills won it against a Scots lineup including Newcastle's Alex Bruce and a certain G. Souness.

1976 West Ham United (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Division One
P31, 31pts, 14th/22
Macdonald(20), T.Craig (68pen)
Jennings(16)
33,866 
Following a trio of defeats in three different competitions over the course of just nine days, Newcastle returned to winning ways - but the result was a good deal better than the performance. 

There was a debut for goalkeeper Roger Jones, who had followed newly-appointed manager Gordon Lee from Blackburn Rovers. 

1982 Rotherham United (a) 0-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P29, 45pts, 8th/22
16,905
A last minute penalty save by Kevin Carr from Tony Towner brought the Millers promotion charge to a stop. 

Yorkshire TV later nominated it "Save of Season" and Carr was presented with a dreadful portrait of himself that he probably hid behind a wardrobe.

1984 Newcastle's reserve side posted their third successive clean sheet thanks to a 0-0 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford. 

Team: Thomas, Carney, Ryan, Hedworth, Saunders, Haddock, Mills, McDonald, Dawes (Allon), Carver, Ferris.

1986 Injuries to Martin Thomas and Dave McKellar forced United to borrow veteran goalkeeper Dave Clarke from non-league side Blyth Spartans for a reserve game against Aston Villa at Villa Park.

36 year-old Clarke was at SJP early in his career and on the bench during the Fairs Cup. He didn't let his old club down, making several stops as United won 1-0 thanks to a Tony Nesbit goal.

Shay Given made an outstanding double save from Robbie Keane and Jermaine Defoe; Spurs also having a goal disallowed and two penalty claims refused, referee Rob Styles unusually giving United the benefit of the doubt.
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