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 Newcastle with Sporting Lisbon once again - after a pre-season meeting at SJP and a tie on Tyneside earlier in the group stages of the same competition.

Sporting had reached this stage by disposing of the smoggies.

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 five points from our next three games.
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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.
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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.
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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. 
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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.
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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.
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2024 The U21s ended their winless PL run with a 3-2 victory over their mackem counterparts at the academy of plight thanks to two goals from Kyle Crossley and one from Cathal Heffernan.
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