1896 Leicester Fosse (h)
3-1 (2-0)
Division Two
P10, 12pts, 5th/16 
Wardrope(40,45), Smellie(65) 
McMillan(3-1)
6,000
Newcastle's 100% home start to the season extended to a fourth game - and a ninth successive league victory at Gallowgate.

The Fossils marked their third visit to Tyneside with a first goal - their effort after a corner coming, "when the light had now reached the stage when it would possibly have been more correctly described as darkness" according to The Newcastle Daily Chronicle scribe.

1903 Middlesbrough (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Division One
P12, 15pts, 6th/18 
Rutherford(43,54) 
Brown(42)
30,000
United recorded their first-ever competitive victory over Boro, The Teessiders having won each of the previous four league and FA Cup meetings.

1908 Sheffield United (a)
1-1 (1-1)
Division One
P13, 19pts, 2nd/20 
Veitch(31pen) 
Featherstone(30)
15,000
After a hectic start to proceedings at Bramall Lane, the hosts went ahead, only to immediately concede a penalty kick that Colin Veitch buried.

The points were shared, with the Blades unable to improve on a home record that now showed just one victory in eight attempts.

1914 Bradford (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Division One
P13, 12pts, 11th/20 
Little(15)
12,000
Newcastle's first-ever meeting with Bradford Park Avenue ended in defeat when visiting goalkeeper Tommy Lawrence was penalised for carrying the ball outside his box.

David Howie (brother of former Magpie Jimmy) played the resultant free kick to Tommy Little, who fired it into the net.

1925 Tottenham Hotspur (h)
3-1 (3-1)
Division One
P15, 16pts, 10th/22 
Gibson(22), og(Clay)(30) Seymour(42) 
Seed(25)
24,000 
The Magpies secured their first home victory over Spurs in six attempts, five of those games having ended in draws.

There was a debut for Jack Dowsey, while visiting defender Tommy Clay was credited with an OG when turning Tommy Urwin's shot past his own goalkeeper.

1931 Derby County (a)
1-1 (1-1)
Division One
P13, 15pts, 12th/22 
Boyd(7) 
Alderman(10)
12,661
Former Magpie Ike Keen was in the home line-up as United visited the Baseball Ground.

1936 Doncaster Rovers (h)
7-0 (4-0)
Division Two
P15, 18pts, 6th/22 
Smith(5,20,59,62), Leighton (19,65),
Rogers(40)
22,000
Rovers manager Fred Emery missed this drubbing on Tyneside in order to scout possible new signings elsewhere.

1942 Gateshead (h)
7-4 (1-3)
Wartime
Stubbins(22,49), Finney(2-3,5-4,6-4),
Short(3-3,7-4)
Forster 2, Wilbert, Barrett(4-4)
10,000
Preston North End forward Tom Finney guested for the Magpies and helped himself to a hat-trick, Leeds United's John Short adding a brace to a pair from Newcastle's Albert Stubbins.

Newcastle had been beaten 1-4 across the river at Redheugh Park the previous Saturday.

1953 Manchester City (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P18, 15pts, 15th/22 
48,830
The Magpies were forced into a late change at Maine Road, withdrawing George Hannah due to a boil on his neck - Reg Davies deputising.

1956 Partick Thistle (Scotland) (h)
5-0 (2-0)
Friendly 
Milburn(14), Keeble(38,3-0), Keery(4-0), Spears(5-0) 
8,880
Beaten 1-4 by the Jags at Firhill a month earlier, United rallied on home turf in what was another game in the unofficial Anglo Scottish League competition.

However the visitors were handicapped by the loss of goalkeeper Tommy Ledgerwood to injury, with outfield player Tommy McNabb taking his place for the entire second half. 

17 year-old Newcastle reserve striker Alan Spears was among the goalscorers but was never to make his league debut for the club.
 
1959 Blackpool (a)
0-2 (0-1)
Division One
P17, 13pts, 18th/22 
Charnley(17), Kaye(70)
15,667
The Journal correspondent at Bloomfield Road was less than impressed with the home side, summing their display up as, "soccer- cum - rugby - cum- wrestling."
  

1964 Swansea Town (a)
1-3 (0-2)
Division Two
P18, 23pts, 2nd/22 
McGarry(70) 
Kirby(7), Hughes(23),
Todd(80)
10,457
A demoralising display at the Vetch Field ended with United playing Bob Moncur up front in an attempt to stimulate what was a non-existent attack. 

1970 Ipswich Town (h) 0-0 (0-0) Division One P17, 16pts, 14th/22  25,657 United's Fairs Cup exit hangover continued, drawing a blank with Ipswich after losing 0-2 at Southampton.

1981 Charlton Athletic (h) 4-1 (1-1)
Division Two
P14, 19pts, 12th/22 
Wharton(37), Brown(57), Varadi(65,81) 
Madden(40pen)
15,254 
An incident-packed game saw the Addicks reduced to ten men just before half time when McAllister was dismissed.

Imre Varadi then scored a brilliant individual goal, running the length of the pitch to net.

Tragically, "Shoot" TV cameras weren't present though, Tyne Tees taking the London Weekend TV "Big Match" instead.

That condemned frustrated Toon followers to watching Malcolm Macdonald's Fulham draw 1-1 with Walsall in Division Three.

1987 Derby County (h)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P14, 14pts, 17th/21 
21,698 
Rams 'keeper Peter Shilton kept a clean sheet on what was his 800th league appearance - an achievement that earned him good applause from the home support.
Youtube footage is online here 

1992 Charlton Athletic (a)
3-1 (2-0)
Division Two
P16, 40pts, 1st/24 
Peacock(3,35), Howey(63)
Nelson(49)
12,495 
Charlton's stint as lodgers at Upton Park had begun back in August 1991 against United and ended in this game against the Magpies.

Their final "home" game before returning to The Valley didn't go according to plan though, as two first half efforts from Gavin Peacock put Newcastle firmly in control.

Garry Nelson briefly gave the Addicks hope, but Steve Howey sealed victory in a match that was sponsored by Reg Lee, father of Robert, who played against his former club.
Youtube footage here (from 10.28)

1998 Sheffield Wednesday (h) 1-1 (1-0)
Premiership
P13, 16pts, 13th/20
Dalglish(4)
og(Charvet)(80)
36,698
Paul Dalglish scored his first home Magpies goal for his Dad's successor, shooting past Owls debutant Pavel Srnicek.

Alan Shearer's hamstring problem however saw him replaced at half time and without him the home side struggled, Wednesday claiming a point when Petter Rudi converted via a ricochet off defender Laurent Charvet, the goal later going down as an own goal.

SJP was also treated to a rare sight - that of a bare-chested female streaker on the pitch.
NUFC.com match report
PL highlights are online here

2004 Manchester
United (h)
1-3 (0-1)
Premiership
P13, 16pts, 10th/20
Shearer(71)
Rooney(7,90),
van Nistelrooy(74pen)
52,320
Three home defeats in a week and three consecutive PL losses made a miserable start to Graeme Souness' third month in charge.

It could have been a different story, Newcastle on the wrong end of some marginal decisions and wasting various first half opportunities to cancel out Wayne Rooney's well-taken opener.
NUFC.com match report
PL highlights are online here

2005 There was an easy 5-1 win for the reserves at Kingston Park over Aston Villa despite falling behind.

Shola Ameobi and Michael Chopra both scored twice in the first half, Shola completing his hat-trick after the break.
NUFC.com match report

2009 French media reports claimed Newcastle were to sign 29 year-old free agent midfielder Fabrice Pancrate - formerly at PSG.

2017 1-0 up in six minutes, it all went wrong for Ireland in Dublin, beaten 1-5 by Denmark in their World Cup Qualifying playoff second leg, after a 0-0 draw in Copenhagen.

Newcastle's Ciaran Clark appeared for the hosts alongside ex-Magpie Daryl Murphy and future SJP resident Jeff Hendrick.

2019 Newcastle's Joe White started for England U18s as they beat Russia 5-2 at the Pinatar Arena in Spain.

In Portugal meanwhile, Matty Longstaff made his England U20 bow from the bench during a 4-0 win over the hosts in Agueda.

2022 United U21s lost 0-4 to Bristol City in a Premier League Cup tie at the Robins' Failand training centre.
NUFC.com match report

2024 Lewis Hall became the 41st Magpie to play senior football for England, coming off the bench to join team mate Anthony Gordon in a 3-0 Nations League victory over Greece in Athens.

Newcastle's Odysseas Vlachodimos played for the hosts and registered an own goal when Jude Bellingham's shot hit a post and bounced in off the helpless goalkeeper.

2025 United's Nick Woltemade netted for Germany in a 2-0 win at Luxembourg.

Meanwhile, Lewis's Hall and Miley featured for England U21s in a 2-0 win over Ireland at Birmingham City's St. Andrew's.