1894 Darwen (a) 
0-5 (0-1)
Division Two
P1, 0pts, 16th/16 
Mitchell(0-1), McKennie(0-2), A.King(0-3,0-5) Townley(0-4)
5,000 
Newcastle's first visit to Barley Bank saw them and the hosts get changed in tents before emerging to take the field.

There were undistinguished debuts for T.Cambell - who didn't even stick around long enough to tell anyone his Christian name - Tom Rendell and Jock Smith.

(Some reports credit Maxwell not Townley with Darwen's fourth).

1894 United's "A" side began their Northern Alliance season by over-turning a half-time deficit of 1-2 to beat Shankhouse 4-2 at SJP.

The Newcastle Daily Chronicle reporter noted that the home side wore "the new colours of the club, black and white jerseys."

1896 Hibernian (Scotland) (h) 
1-1 (1-1)
Friendly 
Thompson(40) 
Murray(8)
5,000
Darkness fell before the game had ended and the referee deemed it impossible to continue beyond the 73rd minute. 

The visitors were awarded a spot kick for a foul near to the final whistle, but such was the gloom that the identity of the player who blasted it over the crossbar could not be identified.

Team: Watts, White, Foyers, Miller, Graham, Stott, Thompson, Collins, Smellie, Aitken, Wardrope.

1897 sunderland (h) 
1-3 (0-1)
Friendly 
Ghee(1-3) 
Leslie(20), Morgan(0-2,0-3)
12,000
A wet and miserable evening on Barrack Road meant that this Wednesday pre-season meeting spanned two 35 minute halves.

Team: Watts, Stewart, White, Ghee, Ostler, Jackson, Allan, Harvie, Campbell, Aitken, Wardrope.

1898 sunderland (h) 
1-1 (0-1)
Friendly 
Peddie(1-1)
Morgan(10)
15,000
United's only warm-up game ahead of their maiden top-flight season ended honours even against the First Division visitors.

Jock Peddie struck a second half equaliser after mackem custodian Ned Doig had saved the same player's penalty just on half time.

Team: Kingsley, Lindsay, Jackson, Ghee, Higgins, Aitken, Rogers, Niblo, Peddie, Smith, Wardrope.

1900 Nottingham Forest (h) 
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P1, 1pt, 10th/18
20,000 
Debut for Charles Burgess, a Scottish defender who was an early victim of the SJP boo boys during his 31 game tenure on Tyneside. 

He then signed for Portsmouth - about as far away as he could get from Gallowgate.

1902 Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) (h) 
3-1 (3-1)
Friendly 
Rutherford(5), McColl(2-0), Orr(3-0)
J.Walker(3-1)
6,000
Due to the gloomy Tyneside weather, this Monday night kickabout was played as two 40 minute halves.

Team: Kingsley, Bennie, Agnew, McWilliam, Aitken, Carr, Stewart, Orr, Rutherford, McColl, Roberts.

1904 Paris Athletic (France) (h)
11-2 (4-0)
Friendly 
Appleyard 5, Howie 2, Orr 2, Templeton, Rutherford
Verlet(pen),Polletier 
3,000
United hosted what amounted to a scratch XI of French players rather than the claimed Parisian club.

The visitors returned later in 1904 for a game at Arsenal, where they were walloped 26-1.

1906 sunderland (h) 
4-2 (1-0)
Division One
P1, 2pts, 3rd/20 
Appleyard(27), Rutherford(77,82), Howie(87)
Bridgett(51,69)
56,375

1909 Bolton Wanderers (h) 
1-0 (0-0)
Division One
P1, 2pts, 5th/20 
Rutherford(75) 
25,000 
Debut for centre half Wilfred Lawson.

1910 sunderland (a) 
1-2 (0-1)
Division One
P1, 0pts, 16th/20 
Shepherd(80pen)
Holley(32), Coleman(87) 
30,000

1913 Blackburn Rovers (a) 
0-3 (0-1)
Division One
P1, 0pts, 20th/20 
Chapman(30), Latheron(60,70)
20,000 
John King debuted for United at Ewood Park following his signing from Partick Thistle, while Albert Shepherd returned to the side after being sidelined since the previous March with a knee injury.

1920 Everton (a) 
1-3 (0-1)
Division One
P2, 1pt, 17th/22 
Harris(1-2) 
Kirsopp(1,70), Crossley(1-3)
45,000
William Kirsopp's opener came from the kickoff, before another blow for United came when Tom Curry was unable to continue past the 25 minute mark due to an earlier injury.

The ten-man Magpies levelled through Neil Harris at the start of the second half but Everton regained the lead through Charlie Crossley within five minutes, making sure of the points when Kirsopp added a third.

1923 Arsenal (h) 
1-0 (1-0)
Division One
P3, 6pts, 1st/22 
Aitken(26) 
40,000

1924 Blackburn Rovers (a) 
1-1 (0-1)
Division One
P2, 1pt, 16th/22 
Seymour(50) 
McKay(10)
20,000

1926 Burnley (h) 
1-5 (1-2)
Division One
P2, 2pts, 10th/22 
Hudspeth(1-1pen) 
Beel(3,1-3,1-4), Page(1-2), Bruton(1-5) 
33,069

1928 Sheffield United (a) 1-3 (0-0) Division One P3, 1pt, 20th/22  Chalmers(54)  Johnson(58,60,73) 23,094

1934 Brentford (h) 
2-5 (1-1)
Division Two
P3, 0pts, 21st/22 
Gallantree(6), Kelly(29) 
Muttitt(18,60,89), Holliday(48), Hopkins(88)
24,000

1934 Meanwhile, Newcastle Reserves faced West Bromwich Albion in the Central League but lost by a single goal at The Hawthorns.

1937 Barnsley (h) 
0-1 (0-0)
Division Two
P2, 0pts, 22nd/22 
Bullock(78)
19,065 
The first of centre half Jimmy Denmark's 54 appearances at Gallowgate, following his arrival from Scottish side Third Lanark.

1945 Sheffield United (a) 0-3 (0-0) Wartime og(Corbett), Knott, Nightingale 16,647 Stoke City player Bert Knott guested for the Blades and netted on his debut.
	1948 Chelsea (a) 3-2 (1-0) Division One P4, 4pts, 11th/22  Milburn(27), Thompson(50), Gibson(90) Jones(52), Walker(75pen)  50,207 Many of the home fans had left before Colin Gibson's last minute winner for Newcastle.

1951 Tottenham Hotspur (h) 7-2 (4-1)
Division One
P5, 5pts, 9th/22 
Mitchell(4,42), Walker(8), G.Robledo(17,75,80), Taylor(90)
Scarth(45), Bennett(47)
52,541 
An amazing demolition of the league champions, achieved without the sidelined Milburn.

	1954 West Bromwich Albion (a) 2-4 (1-4) Division One P4, 4pts, 10th/22  Hannah(11) Scoular(60)  Nicholls(19,39), Allen(21), Ryan(42) 36,414
1956 Sheffield Wednesday (a)  0-4 (0-3) Division One P5, 6pts, 11th/22  Finney(39), Broadbent(41), Shiner(44), Quixall(47)  36,270

1962 Preston North End (a)
1-2 (1-1)
Division Two
P5, 4pts, 12th/22 
Hale(35) 
D.Wilson(38), Alston(62)
13,884
Barely 72 hours after beating Boro 6-1 on Tyneside, United suffered their first Deepdale defeat in five visits. 

1964 Charlton Athletic (a)
1-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P3, 5pts, 4th/22 
Robson(71) 
22,939 
A goalscoring debut for Pop Robson, who made sporadic first team appearances until establishing himself fully in the 1968/69 season.

1965 West Bromwich Albion (a) 2-1 (1-0)
Division One
P4, 3pts, 16th/22 
Hilley(5), McGarry(85) 
Kaye(72)
22,043
A first victory back in the top flight was achieved at the fourth time of asking - just a week after losing 1-0 to the Baggies on Tyneside.

1971 Leeds United (a) 
1-5 (0-2)
Division One
P6, 4pts, 19th/22 
og(Hunter)(75)
Charlton(3), Lorimer(45), Giles(pen)(59), Madeley(62), Yorath(88) 
18,623 
The disturbances that followed referee Ray Tinkler's refusal to rule out an obviously offside goal from West Bromwich Albion the previous April saw Elland Road closed for a quartet of home league games as punishment.

However the switch to Hillsborough for this midweek game made little difference to Don Revie's side, who exploited the gaps in our defence caused by the absent Ollie Burton.

His replacement, John McNamee played what proved to be his final game for The Magpies. 

1973 Arsenal (h) 
1-1 (1-1)
Division One
P3, 3pts, 12th/22 
McDermott(3)
George(6) 
30,665 
Injury deprived Joe Harvey of both Malcolm Macdonald and John Tudor, the number nine shirt being worn by Tommy Cassidy.

Meanwhile the reserves lost 2-3 to Manchester City at Maine Road, despite a brace from George Hope.

1976 Gillingham (a) 
2-1 (1-0)
League Cup 2nd Round 
Cannell(40), Cassidy(84), 
Weatherley(79) 
11,203 
Reserve striker Alan Guy made his bow as there was a competitive debut for Newcastle at Priestfield.

1979 Chelsea (h) 
2-1 (0-1)
Division Two
P4, 5pts, 9th/22 
Withe(63,72)
Fillery(17)
25,047 
A winning debut for Stuart Boam, newly arrived from Middlesbrough shortly after the crocked Irving Nattrass had gone the opposite way - one of Bill McGarry's better pieces of business.

1982 Blackburn Rovers (a) 2-1 (2-0)
Division Two
P2, 6pts, 1st/22 
Keegan(26), Martin(35)
Bell(78)
14,421 
After the great emotion of Kevin Keegan's United debut the previous Saturday, the bandwagon kept rolling at Ewood Park. There was a debut for John Anderson, on as substitute.

1984 Aston Villa (h)
3-0 (0-0)
Division One
P3, 9pts, 1st/22 
Waddle(48,82),
Beardsley(77)
31,591 
United stood proudly at the top of Division One for the first time since September 1950 after this fine win.
Youtube footage is online here

1987 Norwich City (a) 
1-1 (0-0)
Division One
P4, 4pts, 16th/21 
P.Jackson
Biggins 
16,636 
Mirandinha's debut, in doubt up to kick off, tempted thousands of United fans to Norfolk on a weekday night, complete with Brazilian shirts and for some never to be explained reason, sombreros.
Youtube footage is online here

1990 Blackburn Rovers (a)
1-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P2, 6pts, 5th/24 
O'Brien(90) 
11,329 
A last gasp winner for Jim Smith's side, with virtually the only chance they created in the whole game. 

Howard Gayle - once on loan at SJP - missed a host of chances for the home side, to the amusement of the travelling support.
Youtube footage is online here

1993 Red Star Belgrade striker Dragan Lukic was on trial at United, but after injuring himself in training, returned home without ever playing for the club. 

A friendly arranged for him went ahead regardless, Alex Mathie scored three in a 6-1 beating of Doncaster Rovers at Belle Vue.

1996 Keith Gillespie appeared for Northern Ireland as they lost 1-0 at home to Ukraine in a match at Windsor Park, Belfast. Chris Holland featured for England U21s as they recorded a 2-0 away win against Moldova and Tino Asprilla scored three of Columbia's goals as they hammered Chile 4-1.

1999 The Reserves played at Boro's Riverside and thumped them 4-1, thanks to goals from Brian Kerr(2), Des Hamilton and Paul Robinson. 

Former Magpie reserve Alun Armstrong got a consolation goal for the Smoggies.

2000 A sheet metal worker from Newcastle's grandson was born. In other words, Alan Shearer's third born was a baby boy. The lad had barely got his first nappy on and bookmakers were laying odds (ludicrously short) that he would play for England....

2001 A good night's work for Shay Given, who was between the posts for Ireland as they beat the Dutch 1-0 in a World Cup Qualifier staged in Dublin.

Future Magpie Damien Duff was in the side, while Newcastle defender Andy O'Brien won his third full cap, appearing as a sub.

2003 The Reserves lost 2-1 to Aston Villa at Kingston Park. Darren Ambrose scored after the break after Balaban and Davis gave Villa a 2-0 half-time lead. Steve Harper left the field with what looked like a hamstring injury on the day after the transfer deadline.
NUFC.com match report

2004 Peter Ramage gave Tommy Craig's second string a winning start to the Premier Reserve League North campaign with the winner against Everton.

Rammy's header from a Martin Brittain corner was cleared off the line but the centre-back crashed the rebound in from close range.
NUFC.com match report