1897 Grimsby Town (a) 
0-2 (0-2)
Division Two
P9, 13pts, 4th/16 
Fletcher(13), McCairns(0-2) 
4,000
Newcastle's fifth and final visit to Town's former home of Abbey Park saw them fail again to record a maiden victory there.

Two goals behind before the interval, United's misery was complete when they missed a penalty kick late in the second half.

1909 Tottenham Hotspur (h) 
1-0 (1-0)
Division One
P13, 17pts, 2nd/20 
Duncan(15) 
26,000
Scott Duncan's first goal of the season ensured that Newcastle prevailed in the first-ever top flight meeting of the clubs.

1920 Burnley (h) 
1-2 (0-2)
Division One
P13, 18pts, 2nd/22 
Harris(67) 
Boyle(30), Kelly(37)
50,000
United's nine game winning run was halted by the Clarets, who would ultimately end the season as First Division champions.

Burnley's opener came after Bill McCracken conceded a penalty kick when fisting a corner into his own net and although Neil Harris brought United back into the game at 1-2, their almost constant attacking failed to provide an equaliser.

1926 West Bromwich Albion (h)
5-2 (3-1)
Division One
P14, 18pts, 2nd/22 
McKay(1,42,70), Gallacher(5,80) 
Glidden(15), Wilson(86)
30,000 
Bob McKay made a memorable debut after arriving from Rangers, grabbing one of eight home hat tricks scored by Magpies in this Championship-winning season.

Commenting on McKay's impact, the Athletic News correspondent prophetically wrote that, 

"....his arrival brought the desired balance in the Newcastle forward line and long-suppressed hopes of another League Championship coming to Tyneside are revived among the club's extensive following."

1937 Southampton (h) 
3-0 (1-0)
Division Two
P14, 10pts, 19th/22 
J.R.Richardson(43), Park(47), Smith(60) 
30,000 
There was a debut for Ray Bowden following his arrival from Arsenal, having rejected an offer to join Middlesbrough.

All three Newcastle goals came from headers.

1943 Sunderland (a)
2-4 (1-2)
Wartime
Stubbins(1-1,2-3)
Whitelum(3,2-4), Laidman(1-2,1-3)
16,000

1946 Norrkoping (Sweden) (h) 2-3 (1-3)
Friendly 
Milburn(30,70)
Persson(14), Nordahl(18) Holmqvist(42)
47,124
Beaten 0-5 in Sweden six months earlier, Newcastle improved for the return game on a Wednesday afternoon.

0-2 behind early on, United missed the opportunity to gain a foothold in the game when Tommy Pearson blazed his 25th minute penalty well wide of the target.

Despite Jackie Milburn's brace though, the visitors repeated the scoreline by which they'd beaten Charlton some days earlier. 

Following the final whistle, both teams made their way to a celebration dinner held at the Station Hotel.

Team: Garbutt, Cowell, Graham, Harvey, Brennan, Dodgin (Woodburn 46), Milburn, Bentley, Wayman, Shackleton, Pearson.

1948 Blackpool (a)
3-1 (1-0)
Division One
P16, 22pts, 3rd/22 
Hair(5), Stobbart(60), og(Crosland)(74)
Mortensen(46pen) 
30,000
The Magpies took this game seriously, travelling to the Fylde coast some days before.

And matchday saw a Geordie invasion arrive to support them, with estimates of 10,000 away fans inside Bloomfield Road.

1948 As the first team were winning at Blackpool, the reserve side played out a goalless draw at St. James' Park against Huddersfield Town's second string.

United welcomed back George Lowrie after a cartilage problem that had sidelined him since August.

1954 Blackpool (a) 
0-2 (0-0)
Division One
P16, 13pts, 16th/22 
og(Paterson 46), Perry(0-2)
20,701
Goalkeeper John Thompson came in for Ronnie Simpson and kept the score down - although he powerless to prevent the unfortunate Bill Paterson from whacking an intended clearance past him.

1957 Gwardia (Poland) (h)
1-3 (1-1)
Friendly 
Punton(36)
Hachorek(28), og(Batty)(49), Baszkiewicz (65)
17,883
An experimental Magpies formation flopped badly in this Wednesday evening floodlit friendly fixture. 

Albert Franks and Bill Punton both failed to make a positive impression when taking turns at centre forward and defensive colleague Ron Batty didn't help by scoring a catastrophic own goal.

United donned a special shirt reported to be of "a white fluorescent material with a heavy black band across the middle and a neat black collar." 

That was paired with some baggy white shorts and the whole ensemble was described by an NUFC.com reader present at the game as "bloody awful"!

The Warsaw-based visitors had only been in existence for nine seasons, but were still referred to as a "crack" side by the SJP programme editor... 

The Poles' success on Tyneside followed a 2-1 victory at Preston North End and a 4-4 draw at Sheffield Wednesday.

Team: Simpson, Batty, Ferguson, Scoular, Stokoe, Franks, Hughes, Davies, Casey, Bell, Punton. 

1963 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (a) 
1-2 (1-0)
League Cup 3rd Round
McGarry(25pen) 
Bolton(68), Bumstead(72)
11,735 
United's fourth season of League Cup participation saw them reach the Third Round for the first time - only to be beaten by the Cherries from Division Three in the first meeting of the two sides.

Joe Harvey gave debuts for full backs David Craig and Joe Butler, while Dave Turner made only a third appearance in three years.

1963 Newcastle captured Stan Anderson from neighbours Sunderland at a cost of 19,000.

1965 Blackpool (h) 
2-0 (1-0)
Division One
P16, 14pts, 15th/22 
Robson(44,83)
33,853 
24 hours after concluding a transfer from Workington there was a debut at centre forward for Kit Napier. 

As in his other seven United games though, Napier failed to score and joined Brighton in 1966 following the signing of Wyn Davies.

1971 Southampton (h)
3-1 (0-0)
Division One
P16, 10pts, 20th/22 
Macdonald(48,55), Green(69)
O'Neil(89)
32,677
Following a midweek home win over Coventry City in the Texaco Cup that had ended a seven-game winless run, a reinvigorated United punished the Saints.

Recent signing Tony Green netted his first goal for the Magpies.

1974 Birmingham City (a)
4-1 (2-0)
(5-2 on aggregate)
Texaco Cup Semi-Final 
Kennedy(10), Nattrass(21), og(Pendrey)(62),
Cannell(85)
Burns(67)
17,754
Beaten 0-3 at St.Andrews in the league less than a month earlier, a resurgent United were good value for the win The first leg on Tyneside finished 1-1. 

1976 Manchester City (a) 
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P13, 16pts, 5th/22 
40,049
This was a notable point against a City side who would be beaten just once at Maine Road in 21 league games that season.

1978 A Magpies XI including current and former players recovered from a 0-2 interval deficit to draw 2-2 with Durham City at their Ferens Park home.

Gary Nicholson scored both goals for the Magpies, for whom first team boss Bill McGarry (aged 51) and coaches Iam McFaul and Peter Morris played the first 45.

Also in the visiting side were SJP old boys Tony Green and Jimmy Smith.

The Monday night game was a fundraiser for the Northern League hosts, who had provided United with some youngsters for their recently-formed Northern Alliance League side.

1982 Burnley (h) 
3-0 (1-0)
Division Two
P13, 18pts, 9th/22 
Waddle(17), Keegan(65),
Varadi(85)
20,961
The second goal came from a KK free kick inside the penalty area, while Chris Waddle's opener was a 35-yard thunderbolt into the top corner of the Leazes net.

1984 A Magpies XI were at Croft Park to participate in a testimonial
match for Blyth Spartans stalwart Tommy Dixon.

Goals from Alder, Mutrie and Buchanan saw the hosts run out 3-1 winners, with former Magpies Dave Clarke, Ron Guthrie, Alan Shoulder and Terry Johnson in the Blyth side.

A crowd of 2,500 were in attendance.

1991 Cambridge United (h)1-1 (0-0)
Division Two
P16, 15pts, 21st/24 
Hunt(90+4) 
Claridge(59)
13,077 
Late heroics from Andy Hunt salvaged a point in added time, when he met Kevin Scott's header from a Lee Clark corner and nodded into the Leazes goal.

Clark himself then almost hit an even later winner in this midweek game.

Victory for John Beck's side would have taken them top of the table, but aside from their goal when Steve Claridge finished off Dion Dublin's pass, their tactics were incredibly cynical and negative.
Youtube footage is online here

2002 Everton (h)
3-3aet 2-2 (0-1)
(lost 2-3 on pens)
Worthington Cup
Dyer(77,78), og(Pistone)(100)
Campbell(11), Watson(85), Unsworth(112pen)
34,584
A promising young lad by the name of Rooney appeared for the visitors and dispatched his penalty past Steve Harper.

Unfortunately, first team debutant Michael Chopra put his spot kick over the bar - but at least had the bottle to take one - unlike one or two of his more illustrious colleagues.
NUFC.com match report

2003 FC Basel (Switzerland) (a)
3-2 (2-2) 
UEFA Cup 2nd Round
1st leg
Robert(13), Bramble(37), Ameobi(75)
Cantaluppi(11), Chipperfield(15)
30,000
Clad in their lucky silver away kit, United won a third consecutive away game in Europe for the first time in their history.

Chant of the night from the (well-oiled) away end: "you're not yodelling anymore"!
NUFC.com match report

2006 Some words of 'wisdom' from Chairman Freddy "street fighter" Shepherd following the disastrous home defeat by Sheffield United:

"I don't get upset by the protests - I love all the supporters because I'm one of them and don't have any problem with Geordies. If things were different I might be with them calling out about someone else.

"I've got to do what's best for the business, not me, and if a Geordie Abramovich knocked on the door we'd have to do business.

"I'd gladly do whatever to secure him but I don't want to lead supporters up a cul-de-sac because there's no-one there.

"I will not walk out on the business. I've made mistakes but so has everyone in football. I am from Byker and I used to fight my way into school and fight my way out again.

"The biggest criticism is I've been too kind to managers with funds and too generous to players but we have the weather and we are competing with Tottenham, Chelsea, Manchester United and we are 300 miles from London.

"We're on the verge of the Roman Empire, which is why they built the wall."

2007 Assisted by goalkeeping coach Adam Sadler, Terry McDermott took charge of our reserve side when they met their Everton counterparts at the Halton Stadium of the Widnes Vikings Rugby League side.

And after a scoreless first half, Newcastle took the lead just after the hour mark when Shola Ameobi netted from the penalty spot.

However, just when a first away league success of the season beckoned, Everton levelled in added time.
NUFC.com match report

2012 Quoted in French newspaper L'Equipe, Lille right back Mathieu Debuchy talked about his abortive move to SJP and how he didn't anticipate a mid-season switch:

"I fought to go to Newcastle, but the President didn't want it. I didn't want to end up in conflict. Yes I was disappointed - I hope that there will be other opportunities.

Asked if the deal could be revived in the January transfer window, Debuchy said:

"The moment has gone, I'm now 200% committed to Lille. I don't want to leave for the sake of it, I really wanted to go to Newcastle - next year it isn't certain that I'll go."

And, of course, Debuchy joined in January 2013 for around 5m....

2020 Southampton (a)
0-2 (0-1)
Premier League
Adams(7), Armstrong(82)
BCD
Following a victory and two draws, United's unbeaten away run for the season was ended at St. Mary's Stadium - but they only had themselves to blame after gifting the Saints two goals.
NUFC.com match report
PL highlights are online here

2021 Brighton & Hove Albion (a)
1-1 (0-1)
Premier League
P11, 5pts, 19th/20
Hayden(66)
Trossard(24pen)
31,267
Manager-elect Eddie Howe was at the Amex Stadium with his former Bournemouth assistant Jason Tindall as Isaac Hayden salvaged a point for United.
NUFC.com match report
PL highlights are online here

2022 Southampton (a)
4-1 (1-0)
Premier League
P14, 27pts, 3rd/20
Almiron(35), Wood(58),
Willock(62), Guimaraes(90+1)
Perraud(88)
30,402
Eddie Howe celebrated the first anniversary of taking charge at SJP with his side third in the table, having arrived with them second bottom.

Twelve months to the day that they struggled to a point at Brighton with manager-elect Howe in the stands, Newcastle made a triumphant return to the South Coast.
NUFC.com match report
PL highlights are online here