Next Match |
|
West Ham United
Premier League
St. James' Park
Saturday 30th March
Kick-off 3.00pm | |
Last Match |
|
Manchester City 2
Newcastle 0
FA Cup Quarter-final
Etihad Stadium
Saturday 16th March
Match report
|
The Never-Ending Tour | Number of Newcastle games attended by
NUFC.com in 2023/24: |
80 |
| | | |
|
West
Ham
(h)
SOLD
OUT
Everton
(h) Forwarding/resale/seats
open now
Fulham
(a) ST sale now,
16 points
Spurs
(h) Member
ballot open Tue 19.03.2024
Latest:
Magpies
confirm
Oz double date
From NUFC, Monday:
Newcastle United will travel
to Australia following the conclusion of the Premier League season
in May to take on Tottenham Hotspur and the A-League All
Stars in Melbourne.
The Magpies will kick off the
city's Global Football Week event at the world-famous Melbourne
Cricket Ground (MCG) on Wednesday, 22nd May, taking on a
Spurs side managed by one of the city's favourite sons, Ange
Postecoglou.
In an historic double-header at
the impressive Marvel Stadium in Melbourne's Docklands on Friday,
24th May, the inaugural A-League All Star Women's team will host
Arsenal Women before Eddie Howe's side face the A-League All Star
Men.
The post-season trip will mark
Newcastle United's first visit to Oceania since July 2014, when the
Magpies won the Football United Tour in New Zealand with victories
over Sydney FC and Wellington Phoenix.
Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe said: "This is a great
opportunity to showcase Newcastle United at two iconic venues in an
iconic city as the club continues to grow globally.
"We are privileged to have
so many incredible supporters around the world, and it's a chance to
be able to play in front of many in Australia who wouldn't
ordinarily get the chance to see the team.
"We look forward to
engaging with our supporters in Melbourne and giving them the
opportunity to feel closer to the club."
Ticket information will be
announced shortly.
Update: Melbourne newspaper The
Herald Sun report that the Spurs v Newcastle game will kick off
at 7.45pm local time.
Earlier:
We understand that Newcastle's selection to play in Australia followed their FA Cup quarter-final exit at Manchester City
on Saturday and Chelsea's progress to the semi-final on
Sunday; Mauricio Pochettino's side had been penciled in
as first-choice opposition for the game that acts as a homecoming for Spurs boss, Ange
Postecoglou.
PS: On the full time whistle in the A-League game, Eddie Howe's side
will have fulfilled a total of 60 fixtures over 316 days in the
2023/24 season.
Those figures in 2022/23 were 55 games in 324 days
- the span of that season elongated by the enforced break for the
World Cup.
U21s:
Kyle's clincher
mackem
U21s 2 Newcastle U21s 3
Newcastle U21s ended their recent winless PL run with
victory over their mackem counterparts at the academy
of plight on Monday afternoon.
Clad in their green change kit, the Magpies went ahead after five
minutes when Kyle Crossley took advantage of slack defending to fire
powerfully into the home net.
That lead lasted until the 38th minute when Corry Evans beat Will
Brown from distance and Caden Kelly shot against the Newcastle
crossbar two minutes later.
United regained the lead against the run of play in the 45th minute
however when Jamie Miley's left wing corner was met by a thumping
header from defender Cathal Heffernan.
The Magpies opened up a two goal lead on 64 minutes when Alfie
Harrison played in Amadou Diallo and his low centre was finished off
by wearside-born Crossley.
Midway through ten minutes of added time, the red and whites reduced
the arrears when substitute Joseph Ryder swept the ball home at the
back post.
There was no further scoring though and Ben Dawson's side collected
maximum points from their rivals for the first time in three
attempts.
PS: six current first team players were involved for the hosts in
this game, apparently....
Thanks to the real Ashington express, GW
Team: Brown, R.Powell (Parkinson 59), Charlton, C.Thompson, Heffernan,
J.Miley (Palmer 79), Hackett (H.Powell 84), Stanton, Crossley (Brayson
84), Al.Harrison, Diallo.
Sub n/u: Harris.
Booked: Crossley, Diallo, C.Thompson, Parkinson
safc: Bishop, Pembele, Lavery, Fieldson, Bainbridge, Evans (Chiabi
46),
Ekwah (Ryder 60), Jones, Kelly (Watson 61), Dack (Burke 61), Burstow.
Sub n/u: Bell.
Booked: Jones, Chiabi
Referee: John Mulligan
Crowd: estimated at just over 200
Newcastle gave PL2 debuts to a trio of
18 year-olds: defensive duo Rory Powell and twin Harry plus
midfielder Darren Palmer. 16 year-old forward Joe Brayson also made
his bow at this level.
That quartet extended the total number of players to feature for the
club in PL2 so far this season to 38.
18 year-old defender Cathal Heffernan scored his first PL2 goal for
the Magpies - the 12th different player to net in this competition
so far this season.
Victory lifted Newcastle off the bottom of the PL2 table and they
now sit 24th of 26 sides, with games in hand on the nine sides
immediately above them.
The amended format of PL2 means that this was the only meeting
this season with our wearside foes.
This is one of two PL2 fixtures for Newcastle this
week, with a rearranged game against Boro at the
Heritage Park home of Bishop Auckland on Friday (7pm).
Premier
League:
Dates awaited
Sunday's last-gasp victory for Manchester United
means that they will be in FA Cup semi-final action over
the weekend of April 20th rather than hosting Newcastle
in the Premier League at Old Trafford.
That's one of two PL games for Eddie Howe's side that
now need rescheduling; last Saturday's visit to Selhurst
Park to face Crystal Palace postponed due to our FA Cup
progress.
NB: Palace host West Ham in the PL on or around April
20th, meaning that we're likely to be idle that
weekend.
FA Cup:
City breaks Manchester City 2 Newcastle 0
Match report
Quarter-finals:
Sat 16.03.2024:
Wolves 2-3 Coventry City
Manchester City 2-0 Newcastle United
Sun 17.03.2024:
Chelsea 4-2 Leicester City
Manchester United 4-3aet Liverpool
Compo
winner:
Blue Toon
North Eastern retailers Football
Bobbles have restocked their perennially popular
reversible Shearer Bucket Hat available in
three sizes online
here*
We had one to give away
and asked
you to predict the full time scoreline in Saturday's FA
Cup tie between Manchester City and Newcastle.
Six entrants correctly answered that it would be a 2-0
home win and from those Paul Middleton was
randomly selected as our prize winner.
*All Standard UK orders will ship Royal Mail 48
Tracked (Email/SMS). Special Delivery is available for
guaranteed next day delivery (UK. T&Cs apply).
U21s:
Senior
Cup details
Confirmation that Newcastle U21s will
face Ashington in their Northumberland Senior Cup semi-final
at Woodhorn Lane on Tuesday April 9th 2024.
Kick-off will be at 7.30pm.
Press release from the Colliers re: ticketing:
Ground capacity has now been
confirmed at 1,500 for this game. We’re expecting a big
crowd and it will be first come first served.
We’ve opened
online sales to AFC season ticket holders and they can
purchasing tickets. This will run until Saturday morning
(23rd).
On Saturday when we
host Grimsby Borough we will be selling tickets in
person from 1.30pm. You can buy tickets for this game here.
Any
remaining tickets will on general sale from Monday 25th March
(online).
Tickets are £9 for adults, £5
for senior citizens and students and £3 for U16s. Unfortunately due
to the increased costs of hosting this game we are unable to offer
our usual online discount.
We are on the lookout for a
match sponsor at £1050 (inclusive of VAT) and will include
hospitality for 10, your logo on all advertising and a year long
pitch side advertising board.
Expressions of interest should be sent to [email protected]
2023/24:
Premier
League update Latest Premier League
results:
Wed 13.03.2024:
Bournemouth 4-3 Luton Town
Sat 16.03.2024:
Burnley 2-1 Brentford
Luton Town 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Fulham 3-0 Spurs
Sun 17.03.2024:
West Ham 1-1 Aston Villa
U18s:
More home discomfort
Newcastle
U18s 2 Stoke City U18s 4
Despite a 4-1 win at Nottingham Forest last weekend, Saturday saw Newcastle U18s
again struggle on home territory - Stoke becoming the fifth
successive side to leave Little Benton with maximum points.
Luke Enright headed home following a 23rd minute free kick to give
the visitors an interval lead, but Logan Watts struck two minutes
after the restart with his fourth goal in just three league games.
Parity proved to be fleeting; Enright's close-range finish six
minutes later restoring Stoke's lead.
Back came United; Watts turning provider when helping on a corner
for Matteos Ferreira to make it 2-2 on the hour. That came seconds
after Stoke's Darius Lipsiuc had rattled the crossbar with a penalty
kick that had been conceded by Magpies substitute Leo Shahar.
The scoring rotation continued after 69 minutes when City regained
their lead when Jayden Ogbebor shot past Magpies goalkeeper Adam
Harrison.
Luke Fearn's 78th minute effort then opened up a two goal lead for
the Potters, as they hit four against Newcastle for the second time
this season following their 4-1 success in Staffordshire last
October.
United's best moment after that saw substitute Josh Donaldson fire
against the crossbar in time added on, but it stayed 2-4 in favour
of the visitors.
Team: A.Harrison, Watts, Bryant (Johnson 84), Milmore, Craggs, Cogdon (H.Powell
46), Bloomer, Palmer (Shahar 46), Wooster (Sanusi 52), O'Donovan,
Ferreira (Donaldson 66). Subs n/u: none.
The
Borrowers:
Loan lads
Isaac Hayden (QPR):
The R's played out a 0-0 draw at the mackems in the Championship on
Saturday, with Hayden completing 84 minutes.
Jamal Lewis (Watford):
The Hornets won 1-0 away at Birmingham City on
Saturday in the Championship, but a foot injury prevented Jamal from
featuring.
Dylan Stephenson (South Shields):
A 2-0 win at Buxton for the Mariners in National League North on
Saturday saw Dylan introduced from the bench in the 77th minute.
Matty Bondswell (Newport County):
An afternoon unused on the bench for Matty, as the Exiles won 2-0 at
AFC Wimbledon in League Two on Saturday.
Michael Ndiweni (Annan Athletic):
It finished 1-1 at Montrose in Scottish League One on Saturday, with
Michael completing 75 minutes.
Rodrigo Vilca (Vozdovac):
Following a goalscoring comeback on Tuesday, Roddy kept his place in
the side and completed 65 minutes of a 1-1 home draw with Cukaricki
in the Serbian Super Liga on Saturday.
Yankuba Minteh (Feyenoord)
The Rotterdamers won at Heerenveen by the odd goal in three in the
Eredivisie on Sunday. Yankuba completed the full game without adding
to his goal tally.
Garang Kuol (Volendam):
Another painful afternoon for the Eredivisie's bottom side on
Sunday, beaten 0-4 at home by AZ Alkmaar. Garang remained among the
unused substitutes.
Harrison Ashby (Swansea City):
Despite playing 45 minutes for the U21s in
midweek, Harrison wasn't included in the matchday squad for
Saturday's Championship meeting with Cardiff City.
Ryan Fraser (Southampton):
Currently sidelined with a knee injury.
Jeff Hendrick
(Sheffield Wednesday):
The midfielder remains exiled from the Owls squad.
Kelland Watts (Wigan Athletic):
The defender isn't
currently in line for selection.
Internationals:
Georgian
on our mind
In addition to a host of
international friendly matches taking place in the coming days, 12
nations are also participating in playoffs to fill the remaining
three places available at this summer's Euro 2024 Finals.
One of those is Georgia, whose goalkeeper
Giorgi Mamardashvili has again been linked with a move to
Newcastle; The Times the latest to report this.
The 23 year-old has played in Spain for Valencia since 2021 and is
under contract until 2027 with a release clause claimed to be €100m.
In addition to ourselves, speculation regarding his future has
included links to Bayern Munich, Spurs and Chelsea in recent months.
Georgia host Luxembourg in Tbilisi on Thursday (21st), with the
winners of that enjoying home advantage against either Greece or
Kazakhstan the following Tuesday (26th) in one of three playoff
finals.
Internationals:
Call-ups
- Gordon in
The England squad for home friendly matches against Brazil and
Belgium later this month has been revealed - and while injury keeps
Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier and Callum Wilson out, the Magpies are
represented with a maiden senior selection for Anthony Gordon.
Anthony Gordon (England):
Sat 23.03.2024 Brazil (h) London (Wembley) FR
Tue 26.03.2024 Belgium (h) London (Wembley) FR
Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil):
Sat 23.03.2024 England (a) London (Wembley) FR
Tue 26.03.2024 Spain (a) Madrid (Bernabeu) FR
Alexander Isak/Emil Krafth (Sweden):
Thu 21.03.2024 Portugal (a) Guimaraes FR
Mon 25.03.2024 Albania (h) Stockholm FR
Fabian Schar (Switzerland):
Sat 23.03.2024 Denmark (a) Copenhagen FR
Tue 26.03.2024 Ireland (a) Dublin FR
Miguel Almiron (Paraguay):
Mon 25.03.2024 Russia (a) Moscow FR
Martin Dubravka (Slovakia):
Sat 23.03.2024 Austria (h) Bratislava FR
Tue 26.03.2024 Norway (a) Oslo FR
Garang Kuol (Australia U23s):
Thu 21.03.2024 Iraq U23s (n) Saudi Arabia FR
Sat 23.03.2024 team tbc (n) Saudi Arabia FR
Tue 26.03.2024 team tbc (n) Saudi Arabia FR
Alex Murphy (Ireland U21s):
Fri 22.03.2024 San Marino U21s (a) San Marino FR
Lewis Hall, Lewis Miley (England U20s):
Fri 22.03.2024 Poland (a) Bialystok EL
Tue 26.03.2024 Czechia (a) Ostrava EL
Johnny Emerson/Charlie McArthur (Scotland U19s):
Wed 20.03.2024 Italy (a) Lignano Sabbiadoro ECQ
Sat 23.03.2024 Georgia (n) Manzano ECQ
Tue 26.03.2024 Czech Republic (n) Manzano ECQ
Leo Shahar/Trevan Sanusi (England U17s):
Wed 20.03.2024 Northern Ireland (h) SGP ECQ
Sat 23.03.2024 Hungary (h) SGP ECQ
Tue 26.03.2024 France (h) SGP ECQ
PS: A foot injury saw Jamal Lewis withdraw from the Northern
Ireland squad for games against Romania and Scotland.
U21s:
Terriers
lose lead
Newcastle U21s 4 Bedlington Terriers 1
Match report
Update:
Rafa ousted
Former Newcastle boss Rafa
Benitez has been dismissed from his position as Celta Vigo head
coach after barely eight months in charge.
Guiding them to just five wins in 28 games, he leaves with Celta one
place and two points clear of the Primera Liga relegation
spots.
What proved to be Rafa's final game in charge was a 4-0 defeat at
his former club Real Madrid on Sunday, the home side introducing
ex-Magpie Joselu from the bench when they held a slim 1-0 advantage.
PS: That Bernabeu reverse was the fifth game that SJP old boy Javier
Manquillo has played since leaving Tyneside for a reunion with Rafa.
2023/24:
West Ham
(h)
The Magpie return to
Premier League action following the international break when the
Hammers provide the opposition at St. James' Park on Saturday 30th.
It's a 12.30pm kick-off at the demand of TNT Sports.
Team: To
follow
Coral
rate this game as follows:
NUFC win 4/6
The draw 5/2
WHUFC win 19/5
New customers receive a £20 bet when staking £5 (T's & C's
apply). Find
Coral's markets online her
WHUFC: To follow
UK TV: Live on TNT Sports
Overseas TV:
UK Radio: tbc
Local Radio: Live on BBC Radio Newcastle
Hospital Radio: Radio Tyneside commentary is accessible free
of charge in local hospitals via Hospedia.
Referee: tbc
VAR: tbc
Metro: A major metro closure is
scheduled:
Buses will replace trains between Heworth and South Gosforth
in both directions for four days from Friday 29 March to Monday 1
April, for track renewals in Metro tunnels under Newcastle city
centre.
Trains will be running
frequently to all other stations but may not be to the usual
timetable. During the four day line closure, no trains will stop at
Monument platforms 3 or 4. Trains will run through the platforms
without stopping. Any customers who would usually travel to or from
Monument platform 3 or 4 should use Manors or St James station.
The replacement bus service
number 900, will run between Heworth and South Gosforth/Regent
Centre in both directions.
More
details online here
Rail
disruption updates: online
here
Buses: The
Go
North East X50 football service from the Metro Centre will be in
operation. Details here
Road closures: Temporary road
closures around the ground will be in place from an hour before
kick-off until 30 minutes after the final whistle.
Foodbank: The usual stall and bucket shakers will be on
Strawberry Place. NUFC Jamie Reuben will once again double all
cash donations made on matchday.
Stats:
Hammers in Toon - PL era:
2022/23 drew 1-1 Wilson
2021/22 lost 2-4 Wilson, Murphy
2020/21 won 3-2 og, Joelinton, Willock
2019/20 drew 2-2 Almiron, Shelvey
2018/19 lost 0-3
2017/18 won 3-0 Joselu, Clark, Mitrovic
2015/16 won 2-1 Perez, Wijnaldum
2014/15 won 2-0 Sissoko, Gutierrez
2013/14 drew 0-0
2012/13 lost 0-1
2010/11 won 5-0 Best 3, Nolan, Lovenkrands
2008/09 drew 2-2 Owen, Carroll
2007/08 won 3-1 Viduka 2, N'Zogbia
2006/07 drew 2-2 Milner, Solano
2005/06 drew 0-0
2002/03 won 4-0 LuaLua 2, Shearer, Solano
2001/02 won 3-1 Shearer, LuaLua, Robert
2000/01 won 2-1 Cort, Solano
1999/00 drew 2-2 Dabizas, Speed
1998/99 lost 0-3
1997/98 lost 0-1
1996/97 drew 1-1 Beardsley
1995/96 won 3-0 Albert, Asprilla, Ferdinand
1994/95 won 2-0 Clark, Kitson
1993/94 won 2-0 Cole 2
Privacy policy
|
|
| |
Tickets/Fixtures |
Season 2023/24 |
Digital ticketing FAQs here
(NUST unofficial ticketing
tips are here)
ST home ticket transfer info here
ST home ticket resale info here
ST holders on long-term deals will have a price
freeze for 2024/25 with standard pricing returning for 2025/26.
Future STs:
No additional sale, none planned, no waiting list in
operation.
Memberships: On public sale now; £37 adults, £20 U18s. Details here
FAQs here
SJP seating plan is here
Away tickets: The PL £30 away ticket price cap for adults applies this
season and also in 2024/25. A review is then scheduled.
Fri 22.03.2024 U21s v Boro (a) @ Bishop Auckland FC, 7pm. PL2.
Fri
29.03.2024 U21s v Aston Villa (h) @ Whitley Park, 7pm. PL2.
Sat 30.03.2024 West Ham (h) @ SJP, 12,30pm. Premier League.
SOLD OUT. Live on
TNT Sports.
Tue 02.04.2024 Everton (h) @ SJP, 7.30pm.
Premier League. Forwarding/ resale/resale seats open
now.
Live on TNT Sports.
Fri 05.04.2024 U21s v West Bromwich Albion (h) @ Whitley Park, 7pm. PL2. Note
new date and KO time.
Sat 06.04.2024 U18s v Blackburn Rovers (a) @ Brockhall, 12.30pm. U18 Premier League.
Sat 06.04.2024 Fulham (a) @ Craven Cottage, 3pm. Premier League.
ST holder sale now, 16 points.
£30 adults, £25 over 65s/18-21s, £20 U17s. Allocation: 2,300 tbc. No
live UK TV.
Tue 09.04.2024 U21s v Ashington (a) @
Woodhorn Lane, 7.30pm. Northumberland Senior Cup semi-final.
Sat 13.04.2024 U18s v Wolves (a) @
Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground, 11am. U18 Premier League.
Sat 13.04.2024 Spurs (h) @ SJP, 12.30pm.
Premier League. Member ballot opens Tue 19.03.2024,
10am. Member ballot closes Thu 21.03.2024, 10am. Resale/
forwarding Mon 25.03.2024, 10am. Ticket resale seats Tue 26.03.2024, 10am.
Live on TNT Sports.
Sat 13.04.2024 U21s v Fulham (h) @ Whitley Park, 1pm. PL2.
PL season ends Sun 19.05.2024 @ 4pm.
NUFC live on TV:
Sat 30.03.2024 W.Ham (h) 12.30pm TNT
Tue 02.04.2024 Everton (h) 7.30pm TNT
Sat 13.04.2024 Spurs (h) 12.30pm TNT
(PL Selections made to Mon 15.04.2024).
The PL scrapped their broadcast timetable and
announced the following instead:
January to May: Not later than 5 weeks prior
to the relevant Match Round.
2024/25 PL season:
Fixture release: date tbc (in June)
Starts: Fri 16.08.2024 (at least one
game)
Ends: Sun 25.05.2025 (all games)
(No games on Tue 24.12.2024)
Northumberland Senior Cup
SF:
09.04.2024 Ashington v
NUFC U21s
??.??.2024 Blyth Town v Ncle Benfield
Other events @ SJP:
Fri 31.05.2024 England
Women v France Women, KO tbc, Euro Qualifier. MyEngland
Member sale Wed 27.03.2024, general sale Wed 03.04.2024.
Mon 03.06.2024 England v Bosnia & Herzegovina, 7.45pm. Friendly. General
sale now.
Euro 2028 - date(s) awaited
| |
International Magpies |
National Service |
International breaks:
2023/24:
18-26.03.2024
Euro 2024 takes place in ten cities across Germany
from 14.06.2024 to 14.07.2024.
2024/25:
02-10.09.2024
07-15.10.2024
11-19.11.2024
17-25.03.2025
|
Coxy's Corner |
Whoops, He did it Again... |
What's this all about then?
Click here
for a rambling explanation of sorts....
|
On This Day in History |
18th March |
Born Or Died:
1941
Charlie Woods born, Whitehaven, Cumbria. (1959-62)
Inside
right who joined Newcastle from Cleator Moor Celtic for the princely sum of
£25 and appeared for the N's junior side.
48 hours after scoring in a 3-4 friendly loss to Barcelona at SJP in August
1960, Charlie
made his competitive senior bow at Fulham - netting again
but was on the wrong end of another 3-4 defeat.
Woods played most of his first team games in that relegation season,
only appearing twice more after Norman Smith replaced Charlie Mitten as
United boss in October 1961.
Joe Harvey's arrival ahead for the 1962/63 season then saw Woods overlooked
totally and he fell behind Dave Hilley and Alan Suddick before leaving in
November.
Signing for AFC Bournemouth at a cost of £5,000, Charlie later appeared
for Crystal Palace,
Ipswich, Watford, Colchester United (on loan) and Blackburn Rovers.
His first coaching role was at Ewood Park in 1972 and within a year he joined
Ipswich, being reunited on the Portman Road staff with former Town boss
Bobby Robson.
After over two decades at Ipswich, Charlie left to scout for Spurs, before
following Bobby Robson to St. James' Park where he became Chief Scout.
Briefly accompanying Robson during his spell as advisor to the Republic of
Ireland, Woods then returned to Ipswich Town before retiring in summer 2009.
However, it was reported later that year that Charlie had been recruited by
Harry Redknapp to scout for Spurs.
Woods remains a regular attendee at Portman Road, usually resplendent in his club
tie - that's a Newcastle United club tie.
1968
Temuri Ketsbaia born, Gale, Georgia. (1997-2000)
The popular madman/hoarding
molester was signed on a free transfer from AEK Athens as Kenny Dalglish
rebuilt the squad ahead of of his first full season in charge at SJP.
Things began well, with Ketsbaia's first goal ensuring qualification for the
Group Stage of the Champions League - his extra time effort securing a 2-2 draw
in Zagreb.
And his celebration after scoring against Bolton in January 1998 has gone down
in history, his shirt going into the crowd and only the intervention of
colleagues stopping his boots following. The Gallowgate End hoardings also took a
bit a howking....
That first season ended with an appearance at Wembley in the FA Cup Final but
following the departure of Dalglish and arrival of Ruud Gullit, Temuri gradually fell from favour as Silvio Maric and Duncan Ferguson arrived.
A second FA Cup appearance still followed though - with another loser's medal -
and he remained at the club when Bobby Robson took over in September 1999.
Retaining a place in the squad although still often reduced to a cameo subs role,
Ketsy had a third unsuccessful Wembley runout for the Magpies when a late
substitute in the 2-1 FA Cup Semi Final defeat to Chelsea.
Never the most talented player and prone to being over-excited when on the
ball, he was sold to Wolves for £900K in
August 2000.
Despite scored on his debut against Sheffield Wednesday he didn't have the best
of times at Molineux and moved on to Dundee in October 2001 (where he played
alongside his Georgian colleague and future Magpie loanee Zurab Khizanishvili).
Temuri ended his playing career at Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta and after
taking over as manager, guided them to the Group Stages of the Champions
League in 2008.
However, he stood down as their boss in April 2009 following the departure of
the club's President and turned up in charge of Greek side Olympiakos within a
month.
His time at the Piraeus side was short though, with his departure announced in
September - despite his side winning two and drawing the other one of their
first three games, without conceding a goal.
November 2009 saw Temuri appointed national team coach of Georgia, a position
he relinquished in November 2014.
A return to club management then came in August 2015 with Cypriot side APOEL
Nicosia, followed by a brief ill-starred spell at Greeks AEK Athens the
following year.
2017 saw Ketsbaia begin a two year stint at the helm of Russian side Orenburg,
returning to Cyprus in 2019 with Anorthosis Famagusta for the third time in his
career.
2022 then brought a further change when he was appointed Head Coach of Cyprus.
1982
David Rayner born, Tauranga, New Zealand.
(2000-01)
One of the
more exotic players to appear in our
academy, David represented host nation New Zealand at
the 1999 U17 World Cup and caught the eye of
Newcastle Academy coach Alan Irvine who was
there scouting.
He and went on to gain a
single senior cap the following year (as a
substitute against Vanuata in the Oceanian
Nations Cup).
Released by Newcastle in May 2001, David
later appeared in the Northern League for
both Morpeth Town and Ashington before
returning to his native New Zealand when
signing for the Auckland Kingz.
He then returned to the North East - living in Whickham
- and once again appeared for
both Morpeth and Ashington.
May 2009 saw Rayner return to SJP, appearing as
a second half substitute for the Colliers in
their Northumberland Senior Cup Final defeat
by Newcastle.
Having worked in the health and fitness
industry back in New Zealand, David later
joined the staff at the Eldon Square site of
Premier Training International in Newcastle.
1991 Darnel Situ born Rouen, France. (2011)
Defensive midfielder who was with Racing Club Lens when
appearing for Newcastle reserves as a trialist during August 2011.
Situ was joined in a pre-season training ground game against Gateshead by
fellow Lens player William Remy.
The pair came to Tyneside after ex-Lens player Mehdi Abeid made a
similar trip some months earlier and succeeded in winning a permanent deal with
United.
No deal was forthcoming for Remy but Newcastle did offer terms to Situ - only
for the player to reject them in favour of a move to Swansea City just days
later.
However, that transfer was blocked due to problems with international clearance
and not formalised until January 2012.
A French youth international, Situ got as far as the subs bench for Swansea but
failed to make a competitive senior debut and was sidelined for a year with an
Achilles injury.
Released in the summer of 2014, he signed for Danish side AGF Aarhus but within
a year had switched to ID Hodd in Norway.
2016 found him with Slovenians FC Koper but he'd departed by the following
year and hasn't been heard of since.
1995 Antonio Barreca born Milan, Italy. (2019)
While confirmation of a club record deal for
the purchase of Miguel Almiron was awaited, slightly less attention was paid to the loan
arrival of this Monaco left back.
United's attempts to bolster their options in that position had come adrift
days earlier, when a loan move for Lazio's Jordan Lukaku floundered on medical
grounds.
A deal was quickly revived to sign Barreca for the remainder of the season
with an option to then make the deal permanent.
And just 48 hours after becoming a Magpie, he made his debut as a substitute in a 0-1 loss to Spurs at Wembley Stadium.
However those four minutes would be the entirety of his SJP career, Rafa
Benitez naming Antonio on the bench four times without bringing him on to
the field.
That made him our least used PL combatant, beating James Coppinger
(11 minutes).
With Torino as a youngster, he spent
the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons on loan at Serie B sides Cittadella and Cagliari - helping the latter to gain promotion.
Returning to Torino and making his senior bow for them during August 2016, Barreca agreed a five year contract with AS Monaco just under two years
later.
However, the Italian U21 international failed to become a first team regular
and was made available for loan in early 2019.
Following his time on Tyneside, Barreca made a temporary switch along
the coast to Serie A side Genoa the following season.
October 2020 saw Antonio loaned out by Monaco once again, remaining in
Italy with Fiorentina and before a temporary posting to Serie B side Lecce
in 2021.
He returned to Cagliari in August 2022 and signed a three-year deal.
| |
What Else?
1893 Derby County (h)
3-1 (1-1)
Friendly
Thompson(1-0),
Collins(50),
og(Methven)(?-1)
Storer/Southern?(1-1)
3,000
Early arrivals at this game were able to
watch Newcastle's reserve side defeated 1-2 by Rendel in a Northern Alliance
fixture.
Team: McCabe, Jeffrey, Miller, Creilly,
Graham, McKane, Collins, Crate, Thompson, Sorley, Wallace.
DCFC: Robinson, Methven, Leiper, Hickingbottom, A.Goodall, Roulstone,
Mills, Storer, J.Goodall, McMillan, Little.
1899 Bolton
Wanderers (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P28, 24pts, 15th/18
5,000
1901 England defeated Wales 6-0
in a full international held at SJP. 11,000 attended and saw four goals
from the prolific Derby County forward Steve Bloomer.
Newcastle
goalkeeper Matt Kingsley also appeared, becoming the club's first
international representative in the process.
1905 Bury (a)
4-2 (2-1)
Division One
P27, 38pts, 2nd/18
Aitken(12),
Appleyard(21,40,85)
Sagar(1-1pen,90)
14,216
1911 Aston Villa (h)
1-0 (0-0)
Division One
P31, 35pts, 5th/20
Shepherd(60)
15,000
1914 Burnley (h)
3-1 (1-0)
Division One
P30, 28pts, 13th/20
Hibbert(24), Douglas(75), Goodwill(82)
Nesbitt(61)
15,000
Frank Hudspeth missed a penalty two minutes after Billy Nesbitt had
equalised for the Clarets but Angus Douglas and Tommy Goodwill gave
United the win they deserved.
1922 Oldham Athletic (h)
1-1 (0-1)
Division One
P33, 36pts, 8th/22
Harris(64)
Pilkington(45)
30,000
1933 Inverness Thistle (Scotland)
(a)
5-3 (1-1)
Friendly
Richardson(43,61,75), McMenemy(48),
Lang(90)
Broadie(20,74pen), McKenzie(84)
4,000
With a free Saturday caused by their league opponents being in FA Cup Semi-Final
action, United visited Kingsmill Park for this friendly.
The Highland League hosts missed a penalty kick through Macbean before
going ahead, but Newcastle showed their quality after the break and
pulled away.
United included Inverness-born Roddie Mackenzie but Manager Andy
Cunningham remained on Tyneside to watch two trialists from Murrayfield
Amateurs feature for the reserves at Gallowgate.
Centre forward Murray Fraser scored in a 1-0 win over Hartlepool
Reserves but it was outside left Tommy Pearson who caught the eye and
was signed up.
Team: McInroy, Nelson,
Fairhurst, Mackenzie, Davidson, Weaver, Boyd, Richardson, Allen,
McMenemy, Lang.
1939 Fulham (a)
1-1 (0-0)
Division Two
P35, 41pts, 2nd/22
Clifton(58)
Woodward(56)
19,941
Defender Joe Richardson made what proved to be his final competitive
appearance for United, playing on during the War but hanging up his
boots before league football recommenced.
1950 West Bromwich
Albion (a) 1-1 (0-1)
Division One
P32, 34pts, 10th/22
Houghton(71)
Walsh(42)
33,469
Goals from the two number nines ensured that the points were shared
at the Hawthorns.
1967 Blackpool (h)
2-1 (0-0)
Division One
P32, 22pts, 20th/22
Robson(70,75)
Moir(56)
30,568
Revenge was gained for a six-goal
stuffing at Bloomfield Road
earlier in the season although United conceded first, with former
favourite Alan Suddick claiming an assist.
Pop Robson moved infield to centre forward at that point and his brace lifted
some of the gloom from the relegation-haunted Magpies.
1970 RSC Anderlecht
(Belgium)
(h)
3-1 (2-0)
Fairs Cup 4th Round
2nd Leg
(3-3 on aggregate,
lost on away goals)
Robson(4,20), Dyson(85)
Nordahl(88)
59,309
A devastating end to a pulsating game came when the visitors netted
a late goal to silence celebration that had erupted just moments
earlier, when Keith Dyson netted.
Had the Anderlecht
defender Heylens (who wore a wig) not cleared off the line when the
score was 2-0, things could have been very different. As it was though,
the Belgians progressed on away goals and after beating Inter Milan in
the semis, lost out to Arsenal.
1972 Liverpool (a)
0-5 (0-3)
Division One
P33, 32pts, 11th/22
Lawler(9), Keegan(22), Toshack(39),
Hughes(63), Heighway(81)
43,899
Apparently a rout but the praise home 'keeper Ray Clemence received
told a slightly different tale.
1972
Meanwhile at SJP, a crowd of 18,650 saw Blyth Spartans beaten 0-2 by Enfield in
the Semi-Final of the FA Amateur Cup.
Gibson put the visitors ahead after just three minutes and John Butterfield
doubled that lead in the 33rd minute.
1974 Nottingham Forest
(n)
0-0 (0-0)
FA Cup 6th Round
40,685
Nine days after the "riot" game at SJP that had been
annulled by the FA, the sides met at Goodison Park.
Despite United hitting the Forest goal frame three times no result was
achieved and the tie went to a second replay.
Forest protested that they should host it, but it was scheduled for
three days later at the same neutral venue on Merseyside.
1975 Arsenal
(a)
0-3 (0-3)
Division One
P33, 34pts, 13th/22
Kidd(14), Ball(16pen), Rostron(33)
16,540
Debut for Ray Blackhall and a final appearance at right back for
David Crosson. In his six first team displays, United unfortunately won
none.
1978 Chelsea (a)
2-2 (1-0)
Division One
P30, 18pts, 21st/22
Burns(22pen),
McGhee(50)
Harris(52), Swain(81pen)
22,777
Jamie Scott made his United bow in a game of three spot kicks:
Mickey Burns putting the visitors ahead before Mick Mahoney saved a
45th minute effort by Steve Finnieston.
2-1 ahead though, Newcastle were pegged back when substitute Ken Swain
made no mistake with his late penalty.
1991 The endless search for new
faces during the Jim Smith era included USA World Cup defender John
Doyle (pictured), who played in a 3-1 reserve team victory at Roker Park.
However,
Doyle's chief contribution was to concede two penalties with reckless
tackles.
The scorers for the reserves were Lee Clark, Billy Askew and
Scott Sloan. Doyle did get another chance a few days later at
Huddersfield but wasn't retained.
After spells with San Francisco
Blackhawks and also teams in Sweden and Germany Doyle ended his days
playing for San Antonio Clash, who were an American soccer team, not a
punk tribute band. He then coached the team, renamed as San Jose
Earthquakes.
1996 West Ham
United (h)
3-0 (1-0)
Premier League
P29, 64pts, 1st/20
Albert(21), Asprilla(55), Ferdinand(65)
36,331
Visiting 'keeper Les Sealey kept the score down to a respectable level as
Newcastle took out their frustrations on the Hammers.
The 31st minute dismissal of
Steve Potts for two fouls on David Ginola within 60 seconds wasn't a turning point.
Kevin Keegan: "My only criticism is that we passed for passing sake
towards the end.
"I wanted them to go for the jugular. But we had 40 shots at goal which
must be something of a record. I'm nit-picking I suppose."
1997
AS Monaco
(a)
0-3 (0-1)
(0-4 on aggregate)
UEFA Cup 4th Round
2nd Leg
Legwinski(42), Benarbia(50,67)
18,500
United's shirts carried a "CenterParcs"
logo rather than the usual brown ale advert due to a French
TV ban on alcohol advertising - the fact that pitchside hoardings
advertised Vaux products simply backed up what many had said for years...
The game itself was instantly forgettable, United played without any recognised strikers
and consequently well beaten by a home side featuring future Mag Franck
Dumas.
The away turnout was tremendous as was the
support, locals completely bemused by the Toon invasion and their
memorable choruses of "In your Monaco slums..."
Youtube
footage is online here
1998 Crystal Palace (h)
1-2 (0-2)
Premier League
P29, 35pts, 15th/20
Shearer(77)
Lombardo(14), Jensen(23) 36,565
Crowd protests overshadowed this midweek game, the
first since Sunday tabloid revelations of the "Toongate"
scandal.
Douglas Hall and Freddy Shepherd didn't attend but the team were
affected by the furore and soon trailed by two goals.
Alan Shearer reduced the arrears with an unstoppable free-kick but the
basement club won for the first time in 17 games, ending a run of eight
straight defeats.
The London media descended in force and camera crews and snappers looking for post-match material
found the anger of the crowd directed at them, with a few seeking shelter in a police van.
2002 despite never having made a senior appearance for Newcastle, Gary Caldwell received his first senior international call-up
when selected for Scotland.
Berti Vogts included the 19 year-old (who was on loan at
Hibernian)
in a 22 man party for a friendly against France in Paris.
2005 The UEFA Cup Quarter Final draw paired us with
Sporting Lisbon yet again - the two sides having met at SJP in pre -season
and then again on Tyneside earlier in the group stages of this
competition.
Sporting had won through to this stage by disposing of the smoggies in the
last round.
2007
Charlton Athletic (a)
0-2 (0-0)
Premiership
P30, 37pts, 11th/20
Zheng(53), Thomas(88pen)
27,028
A smiling Alan Pardew graced the programme cover, as Glenn
Roeder's reign hit a new low after our UEFA Cup
exit at AZ Alkmaar (termed by us as "the messiest retreat from Europe since Dunkirk"....)
This Sunday fixture saw the Addicks gain some relegation respite, while
our faint fears of demotion would be allayed by one win and two draws in
our next three games.
NUFC.com match report
2008 In front of a watching Kevin Keegan,
the reserves were bidding to
extend their winning league run to three games at Lancashire FA's Leyland
ground.
And although we trailed by two goals after 90 minutes, Shola Ameobi and Wesley Baheng
struck in added time to force a 2-2 draw.
NUFC.com match report
2012
Norwich City (h)
1-0 (1-0)
Premier League
P29, 47pts, 6th/20
Cisse(11)
47,833
A rare moment of
class from Papiss Cisse in an otherwise forgettable game brought a first win in five
attempts.
Victory was also in part to an inspired
display from goalkeeper Tim Krul on the occasion of his 50th senior outing as a
Magpie.
NUFC.com match report
2013 Dan
Gosling's header gained a point for United's U21s with a late equaliser
in a 1-1 draw away to Reading.
The game was played behind closed doors at the Royals' Hogwood Park
training ground.
NUFC.com match report
2017
Birmingham City (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Championship
P38, 78pts, 1st/24
19,796
Having drawn
1-1 here two months earlier in the FA Cup, this drab and dreary league deadlock
at St. Andrew's managed to be even poorer.
Despite making it three games without a win though, United at least extended the gap over
Huddersfield Town in third to seven points.
NUFC.com match report
2018
Antwerp (Belgium) (n)
1-1 (1-0) (1-0)
Ritchie(40)
Corryn(91)
1,600(est)
With
an enforced 21 day gap in their Premier League season,
United rounded off
a four day training camp in Spain with a kickabout against Belgian First
Division opposition.
In order to maximise pitch time for the United squad, three 45 minute periods
were played, to make the game 135 minutes.
There were first senior outings for goalkeeper Nathan Harker and winger Victor
Fernandez.
NUFC.com match report
| |
|