1894 sunderland (h)
1-2 (0-2)
Friendly
Graham(90pen)
D.Hannah(0-1),
J.Hannah(0-2)
5,000
The visit of the Duke of York to Tyneside (later
George V) was commemorated by this alleged friendly encounter.
United's goal came when a spot-kick
was awarded for handball. Joe Wallace took the kick and sent it high over the bar
but referee Mr W. Chard of Gateshead ordered a retake, ruling that visiting
captain Hughie Wilson had charged
the kicker on his run-up.
Disgusted, Wilson ordered his goalkeeper Ned Doig to vacate the goal and left Willie Graham with an an empty net
to put the ball into.
Team: Lowery, Jeffrey, Rogers, Crate,
Graham, McKane, Quinn, Willis, Thompson, Wallace, Law.
1901 sunderland
(h)
0-0a
Division One
(P27, 30pts, 7th/18)
30,000
A crowd estimated by some reports at 70,000 packed
into SJP and rioted, after
the 25 policemen on duty failed to clear the pitch
sufficiently for the match to begin.
And once the referee abandoned the game without a ball
being kicked, widespread fighting broke out and the
goals were torn down.
Had the visitors played and won they would have gone
four points clear at the top with just three games
remaining.
1902 Aston Villa
(h)
2-1 (1-1)
Division One
P31, 35pts, 3rd/18
Stewart(23,68)
Niblo(26)
14,000
Ex-Magpie Tom Niblo marked his return to
Gallowgate by levelling after a corner, but fellow
Scot Willie Stewart beat debutant Villa 'keeper
Harry Cooch for the second time in the match to
claim both points.
1904 Distillery
(Northern Ireland) (a)
5-4 (2-3)
Friendly
Orr(1-3,3-4), Aitken(2-3),
Appleyard(4-4pen), Rutherford(5-4),
Soye(0-1,0-2,0-3),Beggs(2-4)
4,000
24 hours after beating
Scottish side Queens Park at Gallowgate, Newcastle
were again in friendly action, this time in Belfast.
The visitors trailed 0-3 at one stage thanks to a
treble from Jimmy Soye (who would end up at
Gallowgate in 1906 via Southampton).
Unieted staged a revival though and won it,
after Distillery's Bill McCracken missed a penalty
with the score standing at 4-4.
Within weeks of this game at Grosvenor Park, Newcastle
had completed the signing of McCracken from their hosts.
Across Belfast earlier the same day, the mackems ran
out 5-1 winners against Cliftonville at Solitude.
"The four walls of Belfast will today contain the
creme de la creme of English, Irish and Scotch
football talent" opined The Northern Whig.
Team: Watts, Binnie, Willis, Gardner, Aitken Carr, Rutherford,
Howie, Appleyard, Orr, Templeton.
1905 Aston Villa
(h)
2-0 (1-0)
Division One
P29, 40pts, 2nd/18
Veitch(30), Appleyard(78)
25,000
This dress
rehearsal for the FA Cup Final ten days later went
the way of United, who stayed two points behind
league leaders Everton.
The Mayor of Newcastle Alderman J Baxter Ellis was
present to open a new club house and dressing rooms
at the South East corner of the ground after the
game.
1911 Nottingham
Forest (a)
1-0 (0-0)
Division One
P34, 38pts, 5th/20
Higgins(60)
2,500
Newcastle's
progress to the FA Cup Final resulted in this game
being brought forward and played on a Wednesday
afternoon.
There was a light covering of snow on the City
Ground pitch at kick-off and blizzard conditions
disrupted the opening half.
By the time the teams turned round though, bright
sunshine had broken through. Sandy Higgins netted
for the Magpies to push the hosts another step
closer to relegation.
1912 Oldham
Athletic (h)
1-1 (1-0)
Division One
P33, 39pts, 4th/20
Hay(15)
Woodger(1-1)
30,000
1913
Middlesbrough (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P33, 31pts, 15th/20
10,000
1915 West Bromwich
Albion (a)
0-2 (0-1)
Division One
P33, 27pts, 15th/20
Bentley(17,75)
11,858
 1920 Aston Villa
(a)
0-4 (0-2)
Division One
P39, 40pts, 7th/22
Wallace(17), Walker(21,67,81)
45,000
In addition
to their four goal haul, the hosts also struck the
goal frame three times and Clem Stephenson missed a
penalty at 0-0.
1924 Birmingham
City (a)
1-4 (1-2)
Division One
P37, 38pts, 9th/22
Aitken(16)
Linley(27), Bradford(30,60), Crosbie(52)
20,000
A week after beating Manchester City in an FA
Cup Semi Final tie at St. Andrews, United fared
rather less well against the hosts at the same
venue.
Making seven changes to their lineup, there was a
debut for Frank Thompson, at centre forward.
1926 Leeds
United (h)
3-0 (1-0)
Division One
P37, 36pts, 12th/22
Gallacher(36), McDonald(57) Curry(67)
18,000
The Magpies
returned to winning ways after a trio of 0-1
defeats, leaving Leeds in danger of demotion to
Division Two. They would ultimately survive by a
solitary point.
Leeds 'keeper John Potts did his best to keep
the score down - denying Frank Hudspeth from the penalty
spot at 3-0.
Potts was a native of Ashington and related to "Wor
Jackie" Milburn.
1930 Arsenal (h)
1-1 (0-1)
Division One
P35, 29pts, 20th/22
Devine(85)
Halliday(7)
36,309
Relegation-haunted United were boosted by the
availability of Hughie Gallacher, who turned down
the opportunity to represent Scotland against
England.
He had a quiet game though and his side
levelled after the Gunners went down to ten
men - outfield player William Johnstone going in
goal after visiting custodian Dan Lewis was carried off.
While the game was in progress, a turnstile operator
at St. James' Park was reportedly robbed of £110.
 1933
Everton (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P35, 45pts, 3rd/22
20,000
The home side debuted their FA Cup final kit -
an all white affair with blue trimmings - and kept
their boots clean ahead of the Wembley trip.
 1947
Luton Town (h)
7-2 (5-1)
Division Two
P32, 39pts, 5th/22
Shackleton(19), Stobbart(36,90),
Milburn(38), Harvey(40), Wayman(43,87)
Driver(14,76)
40,372
Newcastle registered a first league victory in
four attempts and there were goals for both Joe
Harvey and Len Shackleton - recalled after
apologising to club officials for going AWOL from
the squad base after an FA Cup Semi-Final defeat a
week earlier.
 1952 Newcastle's Reserve side
beat Barnsley 1-0 at SJP in the Central League.
The Magpies goal came from forward Bill
Tulip, who was never to get a first team
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 1954 Millwall (a)
1-4 (1-2)
Friendly
Foulkes(10)
Shepherd(3,11,57), Hartburn(78)
12,507
United were in action under the Den floodlights on a Monday night as part of the
deal that took Alan Monkhouse to SJP earlier that season - and he was given the
captain's armband.
The relegation-threatened Magpies fielded a weakened side and were turned over
by the Third Division Lions - Johnny Shepherd leading the way with a hat-trick.
Team: Simpson, Cowell, Batty, Keery,
Stokoe, Casey, Foulkes, Davies, Monkhouse, Keeble, Punton.
1958 Blackpool (a)
2-3 (0-3)
Division One
P35, 27pts, 21st/22
Mitchell(47pen), Franks(58)
H.Kelly(23pen),
Charnley(34),
Mudie(37)
18,719
Giving Blackpool a three goal start ultimately proved costly for the
Magpies, who clawed back two but were unable to find an equaliser.
This defeat saw United tumble three places to 21st in the table - although they
had three games in hand over clubs round them.
 1972 Ipswich Town (h)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P37, 35pts, 11th/22
Whymark(88)
22,979
Slow handclaps and shouts of "We want football!" came from
disenchanted home fans, as Newcastle failed to build on their victory at Derby
County 48 hours previously.
 1975 Leicester City (a)
0-4 (0-2)
Division One
P38, 36pts, 14th/22
Garland(11,67), Lee(44),
Worthington(57)
23,132
United's defence conceded another four goals to make it 26 in nine away
games - including a brace from Chris Garland, the father of future Mag Peter.
 1980 mackems (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Division Two
P37, 42pts, 7th/22
Cummins(73)
41,752
Newcastle's hopes of extending their
unbeaten run to six games and catching the promotion -chasers took a nose dive
after they missed a clutch of chances and were then caught out by a Stan Cummins
sucker punch.
The red and whites climbed into fifth spot however and would remain unbeaten in
their closing seven games to steal second place behind Leicester City.
This was to be United's last-ever defeat at Roker Park - the next
time we lost in the dark place was 2008 at the
stadium of plight.
 1986
Watford (a)
1-4 (0-2)
Division One
P35, 55pts, 10th/22
og(McClelland)(81)
Talbot(12), Porter(21), Gibbs(70), Smillie(86)
14,706
Graeme Taylor's in-form Hornets won easily,
despite first-choice goalkeeper Tony Coton missing
out with a dose of flu.
His replacement Steve Sherwood endured catcalls from
his own fans, but made a couple of vital stops as a
subdued United tried to make a game of it after half
time.
 1997
mackems (h)
1-1 (0-1)
Premier League
P31, 53pts, 4th/20
Shearer(77)
Gray(32)
36,582
Away supporters were banned from this game as
was the case for United's 2-1 win at Roker Park
earlier in the season.
Michael Gray's first half goal was belatedly
cancelled out by Alan Shearer on his return to the
side following groin surgery.
The visitors included SJP old boys Chris Waddle,
Paul Bracewell and David Kelly - the latter getting
a fine reception when appearing from the bench in
the 61st minute.
Two future Magpies also appeared for the mackems -
Lionel Perez and Michael Bridges.
 1998
Sheffield United (n)
1-0 (0-0)
FA Cup Semi-Final
Shearer(60)
53,452
Newcastle just about deserved to win their first
FA Cup semi-final tie since 1974, but the
second-tier Blades had chances before and after Alan
Shearer's close-range strike.
Goalkeeper Alan Kelly blocked Shearer's initial
header from a John Barnes centre, but was powerless
to prevent the striker pouncing on the loose ball in
front of Old Trafford's Stretford End.
Victory was a welcome diversion from a winless
league run of seven games that left Kenny Dalglish's
side languishing in 15th.
The Manager commented "they (the fans)
deserve better than some of the stuff they've been
serving up and a day out at Wembley isn't a bad
reward."
 1999
Tottenham Hotspur (h) 1-1 (0-0)
Premier League
P32, 42pts, 10th/20
Ketsbaia(78)
Anderton(50pen)
36,655
An FA Cup semi-final dress rehearsal saw a Ketsy
special saving our blushes. Future Magpie Stephen
Carr had dived disgracefully for their penalty and
was accordingly booed when the teams met at Old
Trafford six days later.
Home-grown midfielder Jamie McClen made his senior debut
for Newcastle.
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2003
Newcastle sat third in the Premiership, six points
behind Arsenal and Manchester United but having
played a game fewer than them both. We had 61 points
from 31 matches while the mackems were bottom with
19 points from 32 games.
2007
Following away wins at the smoggies
and Leeds, the U18s made it a hat-trick of wins,
beating their Teesside counterparts once again at
Little Benton.
Schoolboy striker
Phil Airey scored his third goal in four games
to take
the points.
 2008
Reading (h)
3-0 (2-0)
Premier League
P33, 38pts,
12th/20
Martins(18), Owen(43), Viduka(58)
52,179
Our front three were all on target as we made
it three consecutive Premier League wins for the first time since December 2006.
Michael Owen scored
in his fourth successive Premier League game while
Obafemi Martins and Mark Viduka got the others in a
surprisingly comfortable victory at SJP.
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 2010
Sheffield United (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Championship
P41, 89pts, 1st/24
Lovenkrands(45pen),
Nolan(73)
Cresswell(22)
48,270
Newcastle
began this Monday night live match in the knowledge that Nottingham Forest's 0-0
home draw with Cardiff City at teatime had confirmed
a return to the Premier
League at the first try.
And
although the Blades went ahead to
dampen the party, some mindless
defending from Chris Morgan gifted a penalty that
Peter Lovenkrands converted to tie the scores by
half time.
Kevin Nolan then thumped a scissor-kick past mackem-loving 'keeper Steve Simonsen - his 15th of the season
bringing up a half century of home goals scored.
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"We
deserve to be in the Premier League.
We didn't last season - but we've earned
the right to be back there."
2011
The reserves secured a point from their penultimate
league game of the season, at
the West Bromwich Albion training ground.
Trailing to a Somen Tchoyi goal, a second half equaliser from Phil Airey
ended a run of five successive away defeats for
Peter Beardsley's side.
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 2014
Manchester United (h) 0-4 (0-1)
Premier League
P33, 46pts, 9th/20
Mata(39,50), Hernandez(64), Januzaj(90+3)
52,081
Following a
0-3 home loss to Everton and 0-4 beating at
Southampton there was yet more misery for Magpies
followers.
In stark contrast to the 1-0 success at Old Trafford
earlier in the season, this was a shapeless,
aimless, gutless apology for a football team who
again went through the motions and were suitably
punished.
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 2015
mackems (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Premier League
P31, 35pts, 13th/20
Defoe(45+1)
47,563
A fifth successive derby defeat came
courtesy of Jermain Defoe's wonder strike, but the lack of guile and fight from
Newcastle was all too familiar.
"Where's the next point coming from?" asked interim boss John Carver,
as did thousands of dispirited Toon fans.
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Burton Albion (h)
1-0 (0-0)
Championship
P40, 84pts, 1st/24
Ritchie(68)
48,814
Having seen his successful penalty conversion disallowed by
referee Keith Stroud for encroachment, Matt Ritchie was inexplicably not allowed
to retake it as all four officials forgot the rules.
Ritchie later buried a fabulous curler to beat
the Brewers, but the officials were censured
for their aberration and suspended for some weeks.
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 2023 West Ham United (a)
5-1 (2-1)
Premier League
P28, 53pts, 3rd/20
Wilson(6,46), Joelinton(13,90), Isak(82)
Zouma(40)
62,470
Three days after a stunning 2-0 home win over Manchester United,
a sensational five goal salvo saw Newcastle savage the Hammers in their own
back yard.
Braces for Callum Wilson and Joelinton - both starters after being on the bench - were added to by substitute Alexander Isak, as the
Magpies won a fourth game in succession to further raise hopes of Champions League qualification.
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2024 The U21s
defeated West Bromwich Albion 3-2 at Whitley Park in PL2, thanks to goals from
Ben Parkinson and Kyle Crossley (2).
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