It's now three wins in succession for Newcastle's U23 side, after they deservedly collected the points from a Premier League Cup tie staged at the Twerton Park home of non-league Bath City on Monday afternoon.

Getting underway in bright sunshine, City defender Kodi Lyons-Foster earned himself a booking within the first five minutes for a poor tackle on Sean Longstaff.

That failed to deter United's leading scorer though and he moved on to double figures for the season on 19 minutes with a low left footer from 25 yards out. 

Following some brief pressure from the home side that saw Shawn McCoulskey head wide from a corner kick, Longstaff then had sight of goal on 40 minutes - only for a City defender to head his effort wide.

However, United went in at half time two goals up when Jamie Holmes pushed down the left flank before sending over a low cross for Luke Charman to drive home from inside the six yard box.

A low-key second period saw neither goalkeeper tested and City make a couple of replacements before United brought on Callum Roberts for Yasin El-Mhanni.

The visitors briefly went down to ten men when Callum Williams was treated for a bloody nose, the defender soon returning to action with a replacement black and white shirt numbered 13.  

Newcastle's Holmes then found himself in a shooting position with 14 minutes remaining but failed to test Ivan Lucic, Owen Bailey and Roberts both sending efforts wide of the goal in the closing stages.

Those missed chances could have been expensive, with City grabbing a goal back when Diego De Girolamo shot past Nathan Harker on 85 minutes.

Aside from one late free kick that ran across the United area with nobody on hand to finish though, Peter Beardsley's side secured a victory that was more comfortable than the scoreline suggests - despite City fielding seven players with senior team experience.

Longstaff's goal rush:

19.09 Brighton & Hove Albion (a) won 2-1 scored 2
22.09 Sheffield United (h) lost 0-2 scored 0
26.09 Swansea City (h) won 3-2 scored 1
30.09 Swansea City (h) drew 0-0 scored 0
14.10 Wolves (a) lost 1-4 scored 1
24.10 Fulham (a) lost 1-2 scored 1
28.10 Hartlepool United (h) 5-1 scored 3
31.10 smoggies (h) 2-0 scored 1
07.11 Bristol City (a) 2-1 scored 1