1900 Aston Villa (h)
3-2 (2-1)
Division One
P23, 24pts, 9th/18 
Peddie(7,40), A.Gardner(52) 
Devey(15), Garraty(85)
19,549

1902 Wolves (a)
0-3 (0-2)
Division One
P25, 26pts, 9th/18 
Pheasant(30,35,88)
2,000
Ted Pheasant helped himself to a hat trick at Molineux, a feat made more impressive by the fact he was playing at centre half.

The game was played on a Tuesday after the original meeting scheduled for November was postponed due to thick fog.

1906 Birmingham (a)
2-2 (0-2)
FA Cup 4th Round 
Veitch(63,74) 
Green(14), W.H.Jones(30)
27,000
Colin Veitch's penalty was saved but he tucked away the rebound to take the tie to a replay at SJP.

1906 Meanwhile on Tyneside, United's A team scored nine goals without reply against Scarborough in the Northern League.

Harry Hardinge led the way with a hat-trick in both halves and there were also goals for Blake, Higgins and Rutherford.

1909 sunderland (a)
3-0 (1-0)
FA Cup 4th Round Replay 
Wilson(7), Shepherd(79,88)
27,512 
Not for the last time, the Roker administration were criticised for doubling ground admission prices to rip off travelling supporters and locals alike. Happily, they were well beaten.

1915 Middlesbrough (h)
1-2 (0-2)
Division One
P26, 20pts, 18th/20 
Goodwill(86) 
Elliott(16,41)
10,000 
Debut for Richard McGough, at centre half. Unfortunately another victim of the Great War. Fellow newcomer John Soulsby also served in France and returned to play for in the Football League for Ashington.

1923 Blackburn Rovers (a)
1-1 (0-1)
Division One
P32, 38pts, 3rd/22 
McDonald(66) 
Crisp(35)
15,000

1928 Aston Villa (h)
7-5 (4-2)
Division One
P31, 33pts, 7th/22 
Seymour(17), McDonald(18),
McCurley(24,49), Wilkinson(30,74,77) 
Cook(25), Waring(40,78), Dorrell(83), York(87)
25,000 
The SJP crowd experienced wildly varying weather (snow, rain, sunshine) and an avalanche of goals, United seemingly wrapping up the points when they led 7-2 with just 13 minutes left.

However Villa hit three late goals to make it 7-5 and ended the game with an outfield player between the posts when their 'keeper went off with a gashed leg.

1934 Chelsea (h)
2-2 (1-1)
Division One
P32, 29pts, 16th/22 
McMenemy(24), Weaver(47pen) 
Gibson(28,68)
14,108
A point against the Pensioners kept United sixteenth in the table, but extended their winless league run to four games.

1945 SJP hosted a friendly fixture between Army and RAF representative sides, which ended in a 0-0 draw.

The game was played to aid the Army Benevolent Funds, with over 51,000 fans turning up in support.

1951 Wolves (n) 
0-0 (0-0)
FA Cup Semi Final 
62,250 
This tie at the neutral venue of Hillsborough got off to a flying start, with both sides having goal efforts disallowed in the first five minutes (Milburn for United and Swinbourne for the Wolves).

United went on to win the replay 2-1, staged four days later at Leeds Road, Huddersfield.
Youtube footage is online here

1956 Aston Villa (h) 
2-3 (1-2)
Division One
P34, 36pts, 4th/22  
Curry(41), og(Dugdale)(49)
McParland(13), Pace(37), Dixon(70)
34,647
Bill Curry scored for the fourth successive league game, but Villa completed the double over United, having won 3-0 at Villa Park the previous October.

1962 Brighton & Hove 
Albion (a)
4-0 (2-0)
Division Two
P33, 28pts, 14th/22  
Suddick(16), Thomas(32)
Kerray(52), Allchurch(90)
12,286
United's first competitive visit to what was a sodden Goldstone Ground saw them ease past the soon-to-be-relegated Seagulls.

1973 Stoke City (h)
1-0 (0-0)
Division One
P33, 39pts, 5th/22  
Macdonald(86) 
24,020 
Alan Kennedy made his senior debut as Supermac grabbed the only goal of the game, chesting down a left wing cross from Stewart Barrowclough before hammering the ball past Potters 'keeper John Farmer in the Gallowgate goal.

1979 Cardiff City (a)
1-2 (0-1)
Division Two
P28, 27pts, 15th/22  
Connolly(70)
Bishop(43), Stevens(62) 
11,368
No joy at Ninian Park for Bill McGarry's side, who were beaten for the sixth successive away game in League and FA Cup.

1984 Chelsea (h)
1-1 (0-0)
Division Two
P30, 56pts, 3rd/22  
McDermott(68)
Speedie(53) 
35,544
A pulsating game saw former Darlington player David Speedie beat Kevin Carr at the Leazes End, only for Terry McDermott to level after an instinctive backheel from Kevin Keegan played him in.
Youtube footage is online here

1988 Morton (Scotland) (a)
1-0 (1-0)
Friendly 
Gascoigne(22pen) 
2,000
Faced with a free weekend due to scheduled opponents Watford being in FA Cup action, United visited Cappielow for a Thursday night kickabout against the then-SPL side.

Gazza's epic run midway through the first half was halted illegally in the box and the player got up to sweep the spot kick home.

Included in the Morton side was teenage forward Archie Gourlay and with a fortnight he'd moved to SJP on a £50K deal.

Team: Kelly, Anderson, Tinnion, D.Jackson, Scott, Roeder, McDonald, Gascoigne, Goddard, Mirandinha, Stephenson (Bogie 81). Sub n/u: Coxall.

1990 Watford (a) 
0-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P33, 54pts, 4th/24  
12,069 
Hornets 'keeper Tony Coton was at the centre of much controversy, looking to have retrieved a Mick Quinn effort after it had crossed his line. 

However, the myopic linesman wasn't up with play and failed to indicate a legitimate goal, which would have brought a fourth successive victory for Jim Smith's side.

1992 Cambridge United (a)2-0 (2-0)
Division Two
P36, 39pts, 19th/24  
Peacock(37), Kelly(43) 
8,254 
The third-placed U's could have gone top had they won this, but after an awful 0-1 home loss to Brighton the previous Saturday, the side made amends to claim three vital points.
Youtube footage is online here

1993 Charlton Athletic (h)
2-2 (2-1)
Division One
P34, 71pts, 1st/24  
Lee(1), Kelly(45)
Nelson(9), Leaburn(48) 
29,582 
Kevin Keegan handed debuts to his twin signings of Scott Sellars and Mark Robinson, as United looked to build on the previous Saturday's 5-1 trouncing of Brentford at SJP.

Things looked promising when Lee netted against his old club within a minute, but Garry Nelson and Carl Leaburn ensured honours ended even.
Youtube footage is online here

1997 Liverpool (a) 
3-4 (0-3)
Premier League
P28, 48pts, 4th/20  
Gillespie(71), Asprilla(87), Barton(88)
McManaman(29),
Berger(30), Fowler(42,90)
40,751
They said it couldn't happen again but for the second successive season, United fell by the odd goal in seven at Anfield with the winner coming in the last seconds.

Those present at both failed to share in the delight of Sky and the rest of the nation, while an alleged Toon fan that threw his shirt at Kenny Dalglish on the touchline as we went 0-3 down in an appalling first half, didn't seem too impressed either....
Youtube footage is online here

1998 Newcastle completed the signing of Greek international central defender Nicos Dabizas from Olympiakos for a fee of £2m.

1999 Nottingham Forest (a) 2-1 (1-1)
Premiership
P28, 38pts, 10th/22 
Shearer(45pen), Hamann(75)
Freedman(45) 
22,852
Our favourite Stockton Lardarse official (Jeff Winter) gave us a penalty that no-one else had spotted. 

However, TV replays showed that Richard Gough had tugged Alan Shearer's shirt and Shearer gratefully dispatched the spot kick.

Forest's Gateshead-born winger Steve Stone then crossed for Dougie Freedman to head home within seconds of the restart.

Gough then limped off for the home side, who were reduced to ten men just five minutes into the second half, when Mathieu Louis-Jean bundled over Louis Saha.

Having struck a post from distance, United midfielder Didi Hamann then cracked a 35 yard thunderbolt that was still rising as it whizzed past Mark Crossley.
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2003 A crowd of 1,138 were at Kingston Park for a 1-1 draw against Liverpool Reserves. Stephen Warnock put the Reds ahead in the first half, but a neat finish from Andy Ferrell near the end salvaged a point.
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2004 The reserves lost their grip on the Northumberland Senior Cup in spectacular fashion with a 0-4 thumping by Bedlington Terriers at Dr. Pit Welfare.

Among the scorers was former Magpie trainee John Milner while United' misery was completed by Martin Brittain's own goal.
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2005 Olympiakos (Greece) (a) 3-1 (2-1)
UEFA Cup 4th Round
1st leg
Shearer(12pen), Robert(34), Kluivert(69)
Djordjevic(16pen)
33,000
An amazing night in Athens as United scored three times against Olympiakos who had won all of their previous European games without conceding.

And for most of the game Newcastle faced just nine men with the Greeks having Grigoris Georgatos and Ieroklis Stoltidis red-carded in an eventful first half which also saw a penalty for either side.

Away fans rubbed salt into the wounds of the home support at full time by singing "Happy Birthday" on what should have been an 80th anniversary celebration for their club. 
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Youtube footage is online here

2007 The U18s kept their hopes of a FA Youth Cup final appearance just about alive, following a 2-4 home loss to Liverpool in the first leg of their semi-final. 

Twice being three goals behind at SJP, United fought back in a game that was a reverse of the first team's UEFA Cup win over AZ Alkmaar game at SJP just a few days earlier.

Midfielder Charlie Barnett put the Reds ahead and returned to United on trial the following pre-season. The Magpies netted through Andy Carroll and an own goal.

2008 A 3-1 win over Blackburn Rovers at Morecambe's Christie Park gave United's reserve side back to back victories for the first time that season. Scorers were Wesley Baheng, Andy Carroll and Jonny Godsmark.
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2009 United's reserves were denied what would have been a fourth consecutive league win by a late defensive lapse, as they were held 1-1 by their Hull City counterparts.

Mark Doninger had put the Magpies ahead on their first visit to the Church Road ground of non-league side North Ferriby United.
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2013 Stoke City (h)
2-1 (0-0)
Premier League
P29, 33pts, 13th/20 
Cabaye(72), Cisse(90+2)
Walters(67pen)
50,703
United came from behind to claim victory for the third successive home league game, League debutant Adam Campbell and Sylvain Marveaux setting up Papiss Cisse to smash home his ninth goal of the season in second half added time.
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2016 Steve McClaren was finally shown the door amid amazing rumours that Rafa Benitez was talking to the club about taking charge for the last ten games of the season.

2018 Southampton (h)
3-0 (2-0)
Premier League
P30, 32pts, 13th/20
Kenedy(2,29), Ritchie(57)
52,246
A colossal victory for United was the perfect anniversary gift for Rafa Benitez, 24 hours short of two years since his first appointment as Magpies boss.

Loanee Kenedy netted his first Toon goal after just 67 seconds and the Brazilian repeated his trick before the interval, Matt Ritchie rounding things off with an effort at the Gallowgate End.
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2022 Southampton (a)
2-1 (1-1)
Premier League
P27, 31pts, 14th/20
Guimaraes(32), Wood(52)
S.Armstrong(25)
31,016
United continued their fine run of form, coming from behind to win at St. Mary's and extend their unbeaten run to nine games.

There were first Toon goals for Chris Wood and Bruno Guimaraes: the Kiwi's a trademark header and the Brazilian's an impish backheel in front of an ecstatic away end.
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2025 West Ham (a)
1-0 (0-0)
Premier League
P28, 47pts, 6th/20
Guimaraes(63)
62,463
Newcastle returned to winning ways at one of their favourite venues, making it six games unbeaten at London Stadium.

This Monday night success came ahead of the Carabao Cup Final across London the following Sunday - three points here boosting the club's European ambitions, regardless of the score against Liverpool at Wembley.
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