VAR: Andy Madley

UK TV: none

WonderBar in The Gate opens at 10am, with DJ Mad Mick on stage from 11.30am for his pre-match show. 

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UK Radio: live on talkSPORT 2

Local Radio: Live on BBC Radio Newcastle

Hospital Radio: Radio Tyneside commentary is accessible free of charge in local hospitals via Spark Media.

Buses: The Go North East X50 football service from the Metro Centre will be in operation. Details here

Roads: The Tyne Bridge refurbishment programme is underway and expected to take four years to complete. 

One lane in each direction will remain closed at all times until further notice, leading to inevitable congestion and delays. More details

Temporary road closures around the SJP will be in place from an hour before kick-off until 30 minutes after the final whistle.

Metro: No scheduled closures or alterations

Foodbank: The usual stall and bucket shakers will be on Strawberry Place. NUFC Jamie Reuben will once again double all cash donations made on matchday.

Latest PL fixtures: 

Sat 27.04.2024:
West Ham v Liverpool (12.30pm) TNT
Fulham v Crystal Palace (3pm)
Manchester United v Burnley (3pm)
Newcastle v Sheffield United (3pm)
Wolves v Luton Town (3pm)
Everton v Brentford (5.30pm) Sky
Aston Villa v Chelsea (8pm) TNT

Sun 28.04.2024:
Bournemouth v Brighton & Hove Albion (2pm)
Spurs v Arsenal (2pm) Sky
Nottingham Forest v Manchester City (4.30pm) Sky

Stats: 

Blades in Toon - last 10:

2020/21 won 1-0 Willock
2019/20 won 3-0 Saint-Maximin, Ritchie, Joelinton
2009/10 won 2-1 Lovenkrands, Nolan
2006/07 lost 0-1
1999/00 won 4-1 Shearer, Dabizas, Ferguson, Gallacher (FAC)
1993/94 won 4-0 Beardsley 2, OG, Cole
1989/90 won 2-0 Gallacher, Quinn
1988/89 won 2-0 Hendrie, Mirandinha (LC)
1985/86 drew 1-1 Cunningham (FR)
1978/79 lost 1-3 Shoulder

2023/24:
Too Eze for Eagles

Crystal Palace  2  Newcastle  0

Match action

Match report

Latest PL results:

Tue 23.04.2024:
Arsenal 5-0 Chelsea

Wed 24.04.2024:
Wolves 0-1 Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 2-0 Newcastle
Everton 2-0 Liverpool
Manchester United 4-2 Sheffield United

Thu 25.04.2024:
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-4 Manchester City

2024/25:
Prediction winner

Thanks to those who entered our match score prediction competition for Palace (a) to win Toon-inspired golf club head covers from Crun Sports.

Nobody correctly guessed the result meaning that all entrants were included in the prize draw. From that, Michael Russell was selected as our winner. 

PL2:
Stiffs at Stoke

Tonight sees Newcastle U21s play the penultimate game of their PL2 season, facing Stoke City at their main ground - currently known as the Bet365 Stadium.

It's a 7pm kick-off and admission can be gained at a cash gate in the main (West) stand, £3 adults and £1 concessions.

The Magpies now cannot qualify for the end of season playoff featuring the top 16 sides in the league, but the 17th-placed Potters are still in with a chance going into what is their final league game of the season.

Ben Dawson's side then close off their PL2 campaign against Aston Villa at Gallowgate this coming Monday evening (7pm).

Latest:
Ashworth update

Two months after he was placed on gardening leave by Newcastle United, The Athletic report that Sporting Director Dan Ashworth is seeking arbitration to secure his move to Manchester United.

They claim that Ashworth's case is set to begin in May and last several weeks. No further details were given.   

2024/25:
Season tickets etc.

For those who haven't already done so as part of the long-term deals, season ticket renewals can now be made online here until 5pm on Monday May 20th.

Meanwhile, home cup ticket schemes for the FA Cup and Carabao Cup are also open now, with a closing date of 5pm on Friday June 21st. Remember that separate sign-ups are required for both.

Depending on our finishing place in the PL, a further home cup ticket scheme for European competition may become available.

Cup ticket prices are unchanged from 2023/24:

Carabao Cup: £20 & £25 adults / £10 & £15 others

FA Cup: £30 & £35 adults / £15 & £20 others

This season's ticket price increase was repeated for next season, raising adult prices by 5% and freezing junior prices. Full announcement online here

PS: The Magpie Mover matchday public transport ticket will again be available to 2024/25 season ticket holders at an unchanged price of £25. NB: sales of this don't look to have commenced yet. 

1 v 1:
Wor Gordon in the Bay 

The next guest on Sky's Overlap show is Newcastle's Anthony Gordon, interviewed by Gary Neville on and around the promenade at Whitley Bay.

There's plenty to take from a revealing 45 minutes, not least his preference to play as a left winger.

Watch it for free online here

Theatre dates:
Booking for Bella

Following a successful tour of the region two years ago, Wor Bella returns to the stage in Newcastle this weekend.

Playwright Ed Waugh's work about the prolific female footballer Bella Reay is at the Theatre Royal on Saturday (2.30pm and 7.30pm) and Sunday (2.30pm)

More details/bookings online here

Ed's play centres on Bella's starring role for Blyth Spartans Ladies in the 1918 Munitionettes Cup final, played before an aggregate crowd of 22,000 fans at Gallowgate and Ayresome Park. 

Update:
More train strikes 

Further industrial action has been announced next month by the ASLEF union - although no Newcastle games are directly affected this time round.

A rolling series of one day strikes will see drivers walk out for 24 hours as follows. A separate overtime ban will run from Mon 06.05.2024 until Sat 11.05.2024:

Tue 07.05.2024: c2c, Greater Anglia, GTR Great Northern Thameslink, Southeastern, Southern, Gatwick Express, South Western Railway.

Wed 08.05.2024: Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, Great Western Railway and West Midlands Trains.

Thu 09.05.2024: LNER, Northern, TransPennine.

2024/25:
Europe: latest 

Assuming that the Premier League misses out on an additional fifth Champions League place available due to restructuring of the competition next season, qualification for Europe in 2024/25 looks like this, as much as we're able to discern:

There are seven guaranteed European spots; four in the Champions League, two in the Europa League and one in the Conference League. 

Those were originally allocated as follows:

PL 1st-4th in Champions League
PL 5th in Europa League
FA Cup winners in Europa League
Carabao Cup winners in Conference League

Liverpool currently have the Conference League place as Carabao Cup winners, but will take a Champions League place if they finish in the Premier League top four, which looks almost guaranteed.

That frees up the Conference League place to the team finishing sixth in the Premier League.

The FA Cup winners take a Europa League place - unless they have earned a Champions League place by virtue of a top four Premier League finish.

If Manchester City win the FA Cup and finish in the top four of the Premier League, they will enter the Champions League. 

The sixth place finishers would go into the Europa League spot reserved for Manchester City, with the Conference League spot occupied by the team finishing seventh. 

If Manchester United win the FA Cup, they'll take a Europa League place unless they finish in the top four and collect a Champions League slot. 

Should they finish in the Conference League position, they would take the Europa League spot resulting from a Wembley success instead.

If Manchester United finished eighth and therefore only qualified for Europe by winning the FA Cup, the team in seventh spot wouldn't gain entry to any European competition. 

Aston Villa have qualified for the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League (known as the UEFA Conference League next season). 

If they won that competition, they would occupy an additional spot in the Europa League reserved for the Conference winners only - regardless of nationality. 

Should Villa snag a Champions League or Europa League spot via their Premier League finishing spot though, the Europa League place reserved for them as Conference League winners would not be reallocated to another Premier League team. 

Premier League Euro qualification guide

Sky Sport Euro qualification guide

Update:
London calling....

It's coming up to 60 years since the Newcastle United London Supporters Club was established, members following the lads home and away since since 1964.

Preparations to mark the anniversary with an event later this year are underway; any founder members and their families who aren't currently in contact with the club are now invited to get in touch.

To do so, please email [email protected] 

PS: We'll publicise the NUSCL event in due course, with all current and former members welcome to attend.

Loan lads:
The borrowers 

Ryan Fraser (Southampton): 
The Saints were on the wrong end of a 0-5 defeat at Leicester City in the Championship on Tuesday. Fraser appeared as an 83rd minute replacement with the scoring complete.

Yankuba Minteh (Feyenoord):
Minteh was in the starting line-up for Thursday's 3-1 Eredivisie win over Go Ahead Eagles in Deventer. Minteh contributed one assist in his 73 minute shift. Victory confirmed Champions League qualification next season for Feyenoord.

Isaac Hayden (QPR):
Leeds United (h) Championship, Friday.

Rodrigo Vilca (Vozdovac):
Spartak Sobotica (h) Serbian Super Liga, Friday.

Jeff Hendrick (Sheffield Wednesday):
West Bromwich Albion (h) Championship, Saturday.

Jamal Lewis (Watford):
mackems (h) Championship, Saturday.

Harrison Ashby (Swansea City):
Norwich City (a) Championship, Saturday.

Kelland Watts (Wigan Athletic): 
Bristol Rovers (h) League One, Saturday.

Matty Bondswell (Newport County):
Bradford City (a) League Two, Saturday.

Michael Ndiweni (Annan Athletic):
Falkirk (h) Scottish League One, Saturday.

Garang Kuol (Volendam):
Sparta Rotterdam (a) Eredivisie, Sunday.

Update: 
Sports Direct fail again

A week after The Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled that a Sports Direct claim against Newcastle United was insufficient to merit the granting of an injunction, Friday saw an appeal of that decision rejected by them:

"the Tribunal does not consider that the appeal has any real prospect of success."

Earlier: The case will proceed to trial unless an alternative solution can be reached, with no delay to the June home kit launch permissible, regardless of whether said trial has taken place by then.

Sports Direct are challenging the club's plans to sell next season's shirts themselves and via retailer JD Sports - the latter gaining an exclusive licence. 

Earlier: details of next season's Adidas kit releases came out during the tribunal, including a home kit launch on June 7th, the away kit in July and a third kit in August.

Figures disclosed during the tribunal also suggest that the Adidas production run is around 375,000 shirts.

Latest:
Staveley statement 

Update from Amanda Staveley via social media:

"Just arrived back from Saudi and noticed a lot of messages from fans concerned that I had stepped down from my role as a Director of Newcastle United.

"I have not - the changes made last week were purely administrative, to non-trading subsidiaries. After the takeover, Jamie and I stepped in as directors of all companies until we could build an executive team.

"We remain on the ‘top-co’ and the Board. I’d like to thank everyone for their incredible support over the last few years, and particularly for people taking the time to share their thoughts.

"We have the best fans in the world - and I am privileged and proud to be a part of your community."

Earlier: Updates from Companies House involving subsidiary companies related to Newcastle United caused a stir on Wednesday, specifically the resignation of Staveley from a number of directorships.

These were explained as administrative rather than strategic, with her position as a director of Newcastle United Football Company Limited unchanged - that company established back in 1890. 

Club CEO Darren Eales is now also a director of that company, which is in keeping with previous holders of that post including David Stonehouse etc.

PS: Staveley is set to be back in the news this week, as the deadline for repayment of a £3m debt fell on Monday. Should bankruptcy proceedings then follow, that could affect her NUFC future. 

U21s:
Friday night failure

Newcastle U21s  0  Leeds United U21s  2

Match report

Fundraiser:
Saddling up for charity  

Father and son duo Steve and Paul McDougal are currently engaged on a charity cycle trek to Istanbul - proudly clad in their black and white shirts.    

The Geordie pair have now reached Germany on their Toon2Turkey Bike Ride, which is attempting to raise funds for men's health charity, Movember.

Keep track of their progress online here and if you're able to, please donate to the charity online here. 

Movember are working to address some of the biggest health issues faced by men: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health and suicide prevention.