1900 Reading (h)
2-1 (1-0)
FA Cup 1st Round 
Stevenson(12), Rogers(81) 
Barlow(70)
11,259
This was the first ever meeting between these two sides, with the visitors still two decades away from joining the Football League.

1906 Derby County (a)
1-2 (1-1)
Division One
P25, 28pts, 5th/20 
McClarence(35) 
Bloomer(30), Paton(80)
7,000 
Yet another goal for Steve Bloomer.

1912 Manchester City (a)
1-1 (1-0)
Division One
P24, 30pts, 3rd/20 
Lowes(10) 
Wynn(85)
30,000 
A much-changed Newcastle side took to the field at Hyde Road, inside right Jack Thomas making what proved to be his sole senior appearance for the club.

With United 1-0 up, Magpies goalkeeper Syd Blake saved a first half penalty kick from Eli Fletcher and then blocked the rebound from Sid Hoad.

City were then awarded a second spot kick after the interval, Fletcher this time missing the target completely. 

Incredibly, Blake proved equal to City's third penalty of the game late in the second half - denying Irvine Thornley, only for George Wynn to follow up and equalise.

1923 Chelsea (h)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P27, 31pts, 4th/22 
15,000 
Debut for James Clark.
 

1934 West Bromwich Albion (h)
1-2 (0-2)
Division One
P27, 25pts, 13th/22 
J.R.Richardson(66) 
Gale(24), Sandford(42)
21,824 
Debut for John Hughes, a former Durham miner who had five appearances at left half.

1949 Newcastle secured the services of both Robledo brothers from Barnsley, paying a combined fee of £23,000.

1950 The eve of a fourth round FA Cup tie away at Chelsea and as was the practice at the time, the United team had a night out, at the circus, rather than the usual show.

Also in the crowd were the Chelsea team, as well as the Sunderland and Spurs teams, who met each other the day after. There's a joke about clowns here somewhere....

1951 Bolton Wanderers (h) 3-2 (1-2)
FA Cup 4th Round 
Mitchell(4), Milburn(47,55) 
Moir(23,42)
67,596
Play was held up for five minutes when the crowd spilled onto the pitch.

1962 Leeds United (a)
1-0 (1-0)
Division Two
P26, 23pts, 14th/22 
Tuohy(41) 
17,209
The Journal reporter saw this as a "grim contest which burst at the seams with dangerous play permitted unchecked by the referee."

In the Elland Road crowd was Southampton boss Ted Bates, there to check on United's Len White. In the event though, the veteran forward opted to join Huddersfield Town.

1968 Carlisle United (h)
0-1 (0-1)
FA Cup 3rd Round 
Murray(11)
56,569 
Cumbrians 'keeper Allan Ross guessed correctly and kept out a late penalty kick from Ollie Burton to help send the Second Division side through. 

Defender Peter Garbutt had earlier made a miraculous headed clearance from under his bar as Pop Robson lobbed into an empty goal.

1973 Arsenal (a)
2-2 (1-0)
Division One
P28, 31pts, 6th/22 
Smith(27), Macdonald(46)
Kennedy(71), Ball(81)
37,906 
Ray Kennedy and Alan Ball netted for the Gunners, while United's unused sub was full back Ray Ellison. Within a month he'd moved on to Roker Park for £10,000.

1979 Wolves (h)
1-1 (0-0)
FA Cup 4th Round 
Withe(71)
K.Hibbitt(84) 
29,561 
The two Hibbitt brothers faced each other in this FA Cup tie, with Kenny grabbing a Wolves equaliser in the final minutes.

Years later, Kenny revealed to a Wolves web writer that Bill McGarry had made a failed attempt to entice him from Molineux to play alongside Terry in a black and white shirt.
Youtube footage is online here

1990 Reading (a)
3-3 (2-2)
FA Cup 4th Round 
Quinn(27), McGhee(38,67)
Jones(29), Senior(44),
Gilkes(90)
11,989 
Newcastle's second-ever competitive trip to Elm Park came just four months after the first - a 1-3 League Cup loss, although the Magpie advanced in that competition thanks to victory in the second leg at Gallowgate.

Three times the Royals came from behind to draw level - the second and third as the result of suicidal back passes.

Inefficient ticketing (no numbers on flimsy paper efforts) led to forgeries and away fans all over the ground, but aside from occasional flare-ups things stayed calm.

1993 Luton Town (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P27, 61pts, 1st/24 
10,237 
A top-versus-bottom clash at Kenilworth Road saw no less than 38 points divide the sides at kick-off.

However, the difference on the night was home 'keeper Alec Chamberlain, who made a succession of top-drawer saves to frustrate the Magpies. 

1998 Striker Andreas Andersson signed from AC Milan at a cost of £3m, to boost an ailing Newcastle attack. 

Manager Kenny Dalglish allegedly looked at over 100 potential forward signings before going for hairband-sporting Andy Pandy. The rest can't have been too clever....

1999 Celtic (Scotland) (h) 
1-3 (0-2) 
Beardsley(90pen)
(og)Peacock(3), Moravcik(23), Birchall(87)
36,773
Peter Beardsley's benefit game attracted a host of familiar faces to Tyneside: former managers Kevin Keegan and Kenny Dalglish both pulling on their boots, alongside Andy Cole, Gazza and Chris Waddle.

Referee Alan Wilkie awarded the hosts a late penalty and although Beardsley put his first effort over the bar, he retook successfully it after some encroachment was spotted.

A large Celtic following gave their side grand backing, although they seemed to take the game a little seriously, some Bhoys fans genuinely outraged at the penalty re-take.
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2001 United's reserves had a Saturday friendly fixture in Lanarkshire against the Airdrieonians at their new Shyberry Excelsior Stadium.

Tommy Craig's lads lost 1-0 to a Jesus San Juan goal but received fantastic backing from the travelling Mags - some of whom may have been drinking....
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2002 Peterborough United (a) 4-2 (2-0)
FA Cup Fourth Round
O'Brien(14), McClen(43), Shearer(83pen), Hughes(84)
og(O'Brien)(52), Farrell(79) 
United were made to sweat on a pudding of a pitch at London Road after Posh came back from two behind to level in front of the Sky cameras. 

A controversial penalty gave Alan Shearer the chance to win it for United with Jamie McClen having earlier netted the only senior goal of his Newcastle career.

Peterborough boss Barry Fry gave a series of colourful touchline TV interviews during the game, while his counterpart Bobby Robson kept his thoughts to himself until after the final whistle, when he commented:

"It was a marvellous, typical cup-tie, the pitch was a great leveller and suited direct football, and suited them. The whole place was dancing and singing at 2-2 - the stand nearly came down."
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2008 Kevin Keegan was quoted on his abortive attempt to capture Jonathan Woodgate from the smoggies:

"It looks like we've lost him and I'm very disappointed. You cast your bait on the end of the line. Sometimes you catch the fish and sometimes you don't. 

"Last time I was here, we built it up, and I wanted Jonathan Woodgate as the first part of that jigsaw. 

"But from what I hear, I think he will go somewhere else - and it was only us and Tottenham who had bids accepted.

"It wasn't a question of money, it was purely down to where the boy wanted to go."

2009 United's Reserves maintained their dismal M62 record with a 0-3 loss to Manchester City at Hyde's Ewen Fields.

Alan Smith made a rare appearance, playing his first competitive game in over a year.
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2010 Crystal Palace (h)
2-0 (1-0)
Championship
P26, 55pts, 1st/24
og(Derry)(20), Ranger(90)
37,886
United restored their three point lead but made hard work of the victory over the fiscally-challenged Eagles.

Shaun Derry sliced into his own net from six yards before Nile Ranger sealed the points in added time with a second senior goal for the Magpies and first at SJP. There was a debut for defender Mike Williamson following his transfer from Portsmouth.
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2011 The U18s advanced to the Fifth Round of the FA Youth Cup after a 2-1 win over non-league Grimsby Town at SJP.

However, the Mariners cancelled out Aaron Spear's opener to send the tie into extra time before a spectacular lob from midfielder Ben Sayer put United through.

2014 Yohan Cabaye departed for PSG for an undisclosed fee of around £18m. 

Tragic and inevitable in equal measure, his exit was evidence of the club's declared policy to buy players, increase their market value and sell for profit - regardless of the effect on the team.

However, it later transpired that the profit would have been greater had it not been for some buffoonery from alleged Director of Football, JFK - something that contributed to his departure soon after.

2015 A behind closed doors friendly at Darsley Park saw Siem De Jong, Mehdi Abeid and Gabriel Obertan all feature in a 3-1 victory against Carlisle United.

A day short of his 26th birthday, De Jong completed 45 minutes and netted, equalising after Mark Beck had put the Cumbrians ahead.

Second half goals from Haris Vuckic and Lubo Satka then won it; Adam Armstrong's penalty saved after substitute Alex Gilliead was chopped down in the area.

2016 Winger Andros Townsend concluded a £12m switch from Spurs while the Magpies took part in another behind closed doors game for fitness purposes.

Bizarrely, that game was against the mackems at the stadium of plight and the home side beat the following XI 6-0:

Team: Darlow, Barlaser, S.Taylor, Lascelles, Li.Gibson, Roberts, Gouffran, S.Longstaff, Marveaux, Aarons, Riviere.

The hosts - managed by Sam Allardyce - scored through Watmore (3), Fletcher (2) and Rodwell.

2021 Gateshead-born Graeme Jones was confirmed as the latest addition to Steve Bruce's coaching staff - although it was debatable how much the Newcastle boss had to do with the appointment.

Jones departed from his post as assistant to Jason Tindall at Bournemouth in order to take on the role.

2023 Newcastle confirmed that Kieran Trippier had signed a contract extension keeping him on Tyneside until the end of the 2024/25 season.

Meanwhile talk of interest in Everton's Anthony Gordon intensified, amid reports that agreement on both a fee and personal terms was close.

2024 Fulham (a)
2-0 (1-0)
FA Cup Fourth Round
Longstaff(39), Burn(61)
18,960
United reached the Fifth Round of the FA Cup thanks to their fourth successive league and cup win at Craven Cottage.

A 1-0 victory there in the Premier League three months later would extend that 100% record to five visits.

2025 The U21s were in PL2 home action facing Everton at Whitley Park in a rearranged game due to high winds.

The Toffees took a two goal lead but were pegged back late in the game as the young Magpies earned a point through goals from Johnny Emerson and Ellis Stanton.
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