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Premier League
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Saturday 29th August
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2026/27:
Matt's entertainment!
Spurs 0
Newcastle 2
Match action is online here
Matthias Jaissle's unbeaten start
to life at United continued on Saturday with his first success in
the Premier League; second half goals from
Anthony Elanga and
Yoane Wissa sealing a deserved victory in North London.
The rejuvenated duo have carried their World Cup form into the club
season; Elanga scoring in successive Premier League games and Wissa
doubling his PL tally for the club.
Both look unrecognisable from last season: with smiles on their
faces where they previously looked weighed down.
Newcastle debuted new signing Nico Gonzalez and his fine crossfield
pass just after the hour saw Amar Dedic head the ball into the path
of Elanga to turn away from old boy Sandro Tonali before firing home
via the far post.
And within ten minutes the blue-clad Magpies had doubled their lead
following Lewis Hall's right wing corner. That was headed down by
substitute Nick Woltemade for Wissa to convert with a cheeky
back-flick - the number nine played
onside by Tonali, who was substituted soon after.
The SJP old boy made little impact on his PL home debut for Spurs,
enduring strident boos and taunts including "one greedy b*stard",
"Sandro, Sandro what's the score?" and "you should have
stayed at a big club."
At the other end, Lukas Hornicek made some fine saves and was in the
right place near the end to deny debutant Omar Marmoush, while Hall cleared
off the line after a clever flick from Dominic Solanke late on.
The opening 45 minutes ended scoreless as United dealt with the
attacking attempts of the hosts without showing too much as an
attacking force, save for an early effort from Elanga that looped
over Antonin Kinsky's goal.
Having played within themselves during their manager's first 45
minutes on the road, United began to push forward and ask more
questions of an insubstantial home back line.
A fabulous ball forward from Lewis Miley was chested down on the
edge of the box for Hall to fire over the crossbar, before the left
back set Elanga in on goal, only for a heavy first touch to take the
ball away from even him.
Within minutes though, the Swede had taken his next chance and once
the crucial second goal was scored, further ones could have come as
gaps began to open up.
Home fans deserted their places in numbers well in advance of the
four minutes of added time - a small allowance given formation dance
routines by that followed both goals....
Newcastle climbed to third in the table while Spurs sank to the
bottom despite their lavish spending spree. Some of the names may
have changed, but as yet, many of the same flaws remain -including
an inability to stay on their feet.
This was our third consecutive win here and a fifth in the eight
visits since the place opened. As the gleeful travelling support
sang, "Tottenham Hotspur, it's happened again."
It may not be a novelty, but the joy of beating this lot on their
own ground remains absolutely undiminished.
Full match report to follow.
Team: Hornicek, Dedic, Botman, Thiaw, Hall, Gonzalez (Steur 71),
L.Miley, Elanga (Ramsey 82), Willock (Woltemade 71), Barnes (Toure
90+3), Wissa (J.Murphy 82).
Subs n/u: Jaouen, Shahar, Schar, Bamba.
Booked: Nico, Botman.
Goals: Elanga 62, Wissa 72.
THFC: Kinsky, Gray (Moore 68), van Hecke, van de Ven, Robertson (Udogie
68), Bentancur, Tonali (Solanke 75), Porro, Fernandes, Tel (Kudus
68), Marmoush.
Subs n/u: Dubravka, Bergvall, Davies, Gallagher, Senesi.
Booked: van de Ven.
Crowd:
61,025 including
3,038 in the away section.
Referee:
Peter Bankes - five postings for the Lancastrian
official last season brought us the draw at Leeds, home
victories over Forest and Fulham, the away derby loss and
finally the home success against Manchester United.
VAR: Darren England
Matthias Jaissle said:
"We're really pleased, not only
because of the goals we scored but because of the performance and
how we improved during the match.
"That should give us confidence
to be able to adjust things and that's what the lads showed,
especially in the second half.
"It was really good in all phases. We controlled the transitions
much better, so I think in the end it was a well-deserved win.
"We have our own goals
and we are clear with that. We are also realistic. Now you write
everything is top, everything is great.
"We don't follow that too much.
We are emotionally very stable and don't see the highs higher than
it is now.
"It is a moment to enjoy as well
after that start, but we are also smart enough to see a long journey
ahead of us and there will be challenges as well."
"In the first half, we didn't
play a really good game, but we could really count on everyone
throwing everything into every ball and every cross.
"This is the commitment and
belief that we can keep the clean sheet, so that makes me proud."
Latest PL results/fixtures:
Fri 28.08.2026:
Crystal Palace 1-4 Manchester City
Sat 29.08.2026:
Liverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest
Bournemouth 1-1 Everton
Coventry City 0-1 Hull City
Spurs 0-2 Newcastle United
Sun 30.08.2026:
Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion (2pm) Sky
Leeds United v Brentford (2pm) Sky
mackems v Fulham (2pm) Sky
Manchester United v Ipswich Town (4.30pm) Sky
Mon 31.08.2026:
Aston Villa v Arsenal (8pm)
Sky
Stats:
The Magpies won their opening PL away game for the first time
since a 2-0 success at West Ham in 2020/21.
Spurs (a) remains our most winnable PL game away from SJP, this
success extending the record number of victories there to 14
- two more than the next best, West Ham.
Nico Gonzalez made his United debut, becoming the 281st
player to appear for the club in the Premier League and the ninth
to have been born in Spain.
Following 2-1 wins in 2024/25
and 2025/26, Newcastle made it three victories in three visits
to Spurs - something they last achieved since 1911*
(*United won in the PL at Spurs in 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16, but
lost there in a League Cup tie between the latter two PL successes).
Magpies @ Cockerels - PL era:
2026/27 Won 2-0 Elanga,
Wissa
2025/26 Won 2-1 Thiaw,
Ramsey
2024/25 Won 2-1 Gordon, Isak
2023/24 Lost 1-4 Joelinton
2022/23 Won 2-1 Wilson, Almiron
2021/22 Lost 1-5 Schar
2020/21 Drew 1-1 Wilson (pen)
2019/20 Won 1-0 Joelinton
2018/19 Lost 0-1
2017/18 Lost 0-1
2015/16 Won 2-1 Mitrovic, Perez
2014/15 Lost 0-4 (LC)
2014/15 Won 2-1 Ameobi, Perez
2013/14 Won 1-0 Remy
2012/13 Lost 1-2 Gouffran
2011/12 Lost 0-5
2010/11 Lost 0-2
2008/09 Lost 0-1
2007/08 Won 4-1 Butt, Geremi, Owen, Martins
2006/07 Won 3-2 Huntington, Martins, Butt
2005/06 Lost 0-2
2004/05 Lost 0-1
2003/04 Lost 0-1
2002/03 Won 1-0 Jenas
2001/02 Won 3-1 Acuna, Shearer, Bellamy
2000/01 Lost 2-4 Solano, Dyer
1999/00 Drew 1-1 Speed (FAC)
1999/00 Lost 1-3 Solano
1998/99 Lost 0-2
1997/98 Lost 0-2
1996/97 Won 2-1 Ferdinand 2
1995/96 Drew 1-1 Ginola
1995/96 Won 2-0 Sellars, Ferdinand (FR)
1994/95 Lost 2-4 Fox 2
1993/94 Won 2-1 Beardsley 2
2026/27:
Millwall (a) date set
Newcastle's
Carabao
Cup Third Round tie at Championship side
Millwall will be played on Tuesday September 8th with an
8pm kick-off.
The game is live on Sky Sports.
Carabao Cup Third Round:
(all ties on Sky)
Tue 08.09.2026:
Crystal Palace v Boro (7.45pm)
mackems v Hull City (7.45pm)
Bournemouth v Lincoln City (7.45pm)
Leyton Orient v Bradford City (7.45pm)
Millwall v Newcastle (8pm)
Wed 09.09.2026:
Everton v Wolves (7.45pm)
Chelsea v Leeds United (8pm)
Tue 15.09.2026:
Peterborough United v Barnsley (7.30pm)
West Ham v Fulham (7.45pm)
Reading v Brentford (8pm)
Ipswich Town v Arsenal (8pm)
Wed 16.09.2026:
Fleetwood Town v Sheffield United (7.45pm)
Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion (8pm)
Coventry City v Aston Villa (8pm)
Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur (8pm) ITV
Thu 17.09.2026:
Manchester City v Norwich City (7.30pm)
This will be Newcastle's first-ever trip to the stadium in South
Bermondsey* that opened for business in 1993 and holds around 20,000
spectators.
The sides last met during the 1992/93 season, United winning 2-1 in
the Championship at the old Den.
Changes at what is now just called the Den sees home followers sharing
the North Stand that was previously occupied exclusively by
travelling supporters.
The current away allocation for league games is 1,700, spread across
part of the upper and lower tiers. It's uncertain whether that will
apply in Carabao Cup ties.
Alex Neil's side reached the Third Round of the Carabao
Cup thanks to a win on penalties at QPR followed by a 1-0 success at
Cambridge United.
The two sides have met just once previously in the League Cup, the
Lions running out 2-0 winners at Gallowgate in the Second Round back
in 1977. Then as now, United were in the top flight and Millwall
were one league below them.
The only previous time Millwall have hosted Newcastle in a cup match
was in 1957 when they won a Fourth Round FA Cup tie 2-1; a
headline-grabbing feat given they wre in Division Three South and
beat a First Division side who had lifted the trophy three times in
the previous six years.
* Newcastle have played at the New Den in the FA Youth Cup but this
will be their maiden senior visit.
PS: Leeds
have confirmed that their PL home game against Newcastle will be an 8pm
KO on Monday September
14th.
U18s:
Rovers ravaged
Newcastle U18s 6 Blackburn Rovers U18s 1
Newcastle U18s made it three league wins out of three on Saturday,
an emphatic success against Rovers at Little Benton keeping them on
top of the table.
They were helped on their way by a 12th minute own goal from Ethan Low
before Noah Morgan’s effort four minutes later built up a 2-0 interval
lead.
Alfie Seldon netted his fourth goal in three games to put United
further ahead on the hour; Ty Livesey
immediately replying for Rovers.
It was 4-1 nine minutes later when Jack Skelton netted on his first
start at this level, Alfie Hutchison continuing his goal a game run
nine minutes before the end of normal time.
The scoring was rounded off on 86 minutes when substitute Charlie
Robinson scoring his first U18 goal for the Magpies (originally
credited to Skelton in error).
Team: Dowell, Healy-Matthew (Patterson 82), Morgan (Goodbrand
65), Ghanem, Moran, Old,
Skelton, Koussou (Gilligan 75), Hutchison, Callaghan (Robinson 65), Seldon
(Afumuzor 82).
Subs n/u: Benjamin, Flack.
Loan
lads:
The borrowers
Rory Finneran (Notts County):
Following his season-long switch to the other Magpies, Rory
played the full 90 minutes of Saturday's 2-1 home victory against
Burton Albion in League One. He was booked.
Anthony Munda (Swindon Town):
A difficult day for the midfielder, who started at Oldham Athletic
in League Two on Saturday but was withdrawn at half time with his
side 0-1 down. Town went on to lose 0-3.
Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville):
The goalkeeper started Saturday's 1-3 La Liga loss at Atletico
Madrid.
Alex Murphy (Kaiserslautern):
St.Pauli (a) Bundesliga 2, Sunday.
Antonio Cordero (Cadiz):
Real Valladolid (h) Segunda Division, Sunday.
Harrison Ashby (Luton Town):
Thursday saw Harrison complete his first 90 minutes as a Luton
player, playing on the right hand side of a back five during their
0-2 Carabao Cup loss at Chelsea.
U21s:
Cottagers up next
Newcastle U21s are in home action at Whitley Park this coming Monday, hosting
Fulham in PL2 (7pm).
Amended entry arrangements now apply to U21 home games, summarised
here. These including an option to pre-book online for the
first time and U21 season tickets.
ST holders still gain entrance free of charge by showing their
ticket at the gate. There is an option for ST holders to book free
tickets online, but no necessity to do so.
Adult admission increases from £3 to £5 and the previous concession
rate of £1 for juniors and seniors is scrapped. Juniors now pay £2
and seniors are charged adult prices.
NB: Newcastle's U21 Premier Cup tie against Nottingham Forest this Friday, September 4th has been postponed.
It will no be played on
Monday November 23rd (7pm).
2026/27:
Baggies beaten by
Baz and Barnes
Newcastle 3 West Bromwich Albion 2
Match action
Match report
Internationals:
Captain Robbo
Newcastle's Charlie Robinson captained England U16s in the
second of two friendlies against Italy in Florence on Thursday,
leading the young Lions to a 2-1 success.
The youngster had been a 60th minute arrival from the bench as
England lost 2-3 at the same venue on Tuesday.
Update:
One in, one out
It's reported that ex-Magpie Paul Dummett has returned to the
club in a development squad loan capacity, following Shola Ameobi's
move to a corporate role.
The 34 year-old exited from Gallowgate at the end of the 2023/24
season, playing on for Wigan Athletic before a brief spell at
Carlisle United ended with his retirement in 2025.
Meanwhile it's also
claimed that goalkeeping coach Adam Bartlett has left the
Magpies following the arrival of Matthias Jaissle and his staff.
Playing for Newcastle as a youngster, the 40 year-old returned to
the club as a coach in 2019, succeeding Simon Smith as head of the
goalkeeping department in 2022.
Unlikely lads:
Window countdown
Latest moves involving SJP old boys:
Cathal Heffernan now Cambridge United
John Ruddy now Wolves
Update:
Magpin
latest
Badge provider Magpin
returns with versions of the latest home and away shirts, on sale
now
here
Also now on pre-sale are reissues of the
Kevin Keegan badges, with a 3-4 week lead time on them. All profits from their sale
will go to charities nominated by KK's family.
2026/27:
Imperfect day
Newcastle
2 Liverpool 2
Match report
U21s:
Second string slip up
Newcastle U21s 1 Spurs U21s 3
Match report
The U21s are in home action again at Whitley Park, hosting
Fulham in PL2 on Monday (7pm).
NB: United's U21 Premier Cup tie against Nottingham Forest on has been postponed and rearranged for
Monday November 23rd.
Comings & goings:
Squad updates
Senior players signed (7):
Aladji Bamba, Amar Dedic, Nico Gonzalez, Lukas Hornicek, Ewen Jaouen, Sean Steur, Bazoumana Toure.
Development players signed (1):
Afner Ca
Academy players signed (4)
Christian Boothe, Eli Hall, Kyle Healy-Matthews, Kyran Thompson
Senior contracts extended (3):
Harvey Barnes, Mark Gillespie,
Fabian Schar
Senior players sold (3):
Anthony Gordon (Barcelona),
Sandro Tonali (Spurs), Bruno Guimaraes (Arsenal)
Development squad players sold (2):
Travis Hernes (Groningen), Joe White (Crewe Alexandra)
Senior players loaned (5):
Harrison Ashby (Luton Town),
Antonio Cordero (Cadiz), Anthony Munda (Swindon town), Alex Murphy (Kaiserslautern), Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville)
Professional contracts signed (6):
Sam Alabi,
Guy Bloomer, Jake Durrant, Henry
Johnson,
Mason Miley,
Kacey Wooster
Scholarship contracts signed (8):
Chukwudi Afumuzor, Theo Benjamin,
Roman Dowell, Jayden Kouossu, George Mair, Leon Mukumbira, Alfie
Seldon, Lesecond Yeutembip
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Fixtures:
Mon 31.08.2026
U21s v Fulham U21s (h) @ Whitley Park, 7pm. PL2.
Tue 01.09.2026 Transfer window closes @ 11pm.
Sat 05.09.2026 Bournemouth (h) @ SJP, 12.30pm. Premier League.
ST fwding/ resale now.
Live on TNT Sports.
Sat 05.09.2026
U18s v Leicester City U18s (a) @ Seagrave Training Ground, 1pm. U18
Premier League.
Tue
08.09.2026 U21s v Boreham Wood (a) @ Meadow Park, 7pm. National League
Cup.
Tue 08.09.2026 Millwall (a) @ The Den,
8pm. Carabao Cup Third Round.
Ticket
details tbc.
Allocation:
tbc.
Live on Sky Sports.
Sat 12.09.2026
U18s v Manchester United U18s (h) @ Little Benton, 12.30pm. U18
Premier League.
Mon
14.09.2026 Leeds United (a) @ Elland Road, 8pm. Premier League.
SOLD
OUT. Allocation:
2,960.
Live on Sky Sports.
Tue
15.09.2026 U21s v York City (a) @ LNER Community Stadium, 7pm. National League
Cup.
Sat 19.09.2026
U18s v mackem U18s (a) @ Academy of plight, 11am. U18
Premier League.
Sat
19.09.2026 U21s v Leeds United (a) @ LNER Community Stadium, 12.30pm.
PL2.
Sat 19.09.2026
Hull City (h) @
SJP, 3pm, Premier League. ST fwding/resale
now. Member
sale now.
Tue
22.09.2026 U21s v Bradford City (a) @ Valley Parade, 7.30pm. National League
Cup.
Mon 12.10.2026
Coventry City (a) @ CBS Arena, 8pm. Premier League.
ST
applications open Mon 07.09.2026 2pm, close Tue 08.09.2026, 2pm. Allocation:
tbc.
Live on Sky Sports.
NUFC live on TV:
Sat 05.09.2026 Bmouth (h) 12.30pm TNT
Tue 08.09.2026 Millwall (a) 8pm Sky
Mon 14.09.2026 Leeds United (a) 8pm Sky
Mon 12.10.2026 Coventry City (a) 8pm Sky
Sat 17.10.2026 Aston Villa (h) 5.30pm Sky
Sun 25.10.2026 Crystal Palace (a) 2pm Sky
Mon 02.11.2026 Everton (h) 8pm Sky
(PL selections made to Sun 02.11.2026)
(PL season ends on Sun 30.05.2027)
PL live TV release dates:
Nov w/c Mon 21.09.2026
Dec w/c Mon 19.10.2026
Jan w/c Mon 30.11.2026
Feb w/c Mon 21.12.2026
Mar w/c Mon 18.01.2027
Apr w/c Mon 22.02.2027
MW35 w/c Mon 29.03.2027
MW36 w/c Mon 05.04.2027
MW37 w/c Mon 26.04.2027
MW38 after Sun 23.05.2027
Carabao Cup:
R3:
Tue 08.09.2026 Millwall (a)
R4:
w/c Mon 26.10.2026
QF:
w/c Mon 14.12.2026
SF1:
w/c Mon 11.01.2027
SF2:
w/c Mon 01.02.2027
F:
Sun 21.03.2027
FA Cup:
(R3 draw on
or around Sun 06.12.2026)
R3: Sat 09.01.2027
R4: Sat 13.02.2027
R5: Sat 06.03.2027
QF: Sat 03.04.2027
SF: Sat 24.04.2027
F: Sat 22.05.2027
Jan 2027 transfer window:
Fri 01.01.2027
@ Midnight to Mon 01.02.2027 @ 11pm.
EFL Trophy Northern
Group C:
Tue 15.09.2026
York City (a) 7pm
Tue 22.09.2026
Bradford City (a) 7.30pm
Tue 03.11.2026 Rotherham United (a) 7pm
National League Cup Group C:
Tue 18.08.2026 Tamworth (a) lost 3-5
Tue 08.09.2026 Boreham Wood (a) 7pm
Tue 06.10.2026 Solihull Moors (a) 7pm
Tue 13.10.2026 Hartlepool United (a) 7pm
U21 Premier League Cup Group D:
Fri 09.10.2026 Luton Town U21s (h) 7pm
Fri 30.10.2026 Peterborough U21s (h) 7pm
Fri 13.11.2026 Peterborough U21s (a) 7pm
Fri 20.11.2026 Notts Forest U21s (a) 7pm
Mon 23.11.2026
Notts Forest U21s (h) 7pm
Mon 07.12.2026 Luton Town U21s (a) 7pm
U18 Premier League Cup Group
G:
Tue 25.08.2026
Fulham U18s (a) drew 1-1
Sat 10.10.2026 Derby U18s (h) 1pm
Sat 07.11.2026 Spurs U18s (h) 11am
U17 Premier League Cup Group
G:
Wed 02.09.2026
Leeds U17s (a) Noon
Tue 15.09.2026 mackem U17s (a) 11am
Tue 20.10.2026 Boro U17s (h) 7pm
FA Youth Cup:
NUFC U18s enter in Round 3, ties be played on or before Sat
12.12.2026. Draw date tbc.
Northumberland
Senior Cup R1:
Blyth Spartans v Newcastle Blue Star
AFC Newbiggin v Newcastle Benfield
Blyth Town v Prudhoe YC
Newcastle University v Ashington
Alnwick Town v North Shields
(to be played by Sun 11.10.2026)
Byes: Heaton Stan, Morpeth, Whitley Bay.
(NUFC U21s declined to enter)
Other events @ SJP:
Euro 2028:
Four group stage games
and one last 16 tie will be played at SJP on the following dates:
Mon 12.06.2028
Thu 15.06.2028
Sat 17.06.2028
Tue 20.06.2028
Sun 25.06.2028
(Kick-off times will be advised in 2027)
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U23s):
15.09.2026 to 03.10.2026 Asian Games (Japan)
2026/27:
21.09-06.10.2026
09.11-17.11.2026
22.03-30.03.2027
2027/28:
20.09-05.10.2027
08.11-16.11.2027
20.03-28.03.2028
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What's this all about then?
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On This Day in History |
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29th August |
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Born Or Died:
1929 Brian Powton born, Newcastle.
(194?-50)
Goalkeeper who failed to make the grade at United and left without making a
senior appearance.
Later moving on to Preston North End,
Hartlepools and North Shields, Brian passed away during 1985.
1963
Tommy Wright born, Belfast.
(1988-93 &
1999)
"The Barman" arrived on
Tyneside from his hometown club Linfield in the same manner as his
manager Willie McFaul had done some 22 years previously.
Seeing off the challenges of Dave Beasant, John Burridge
and Gary Kelly to claim a regular starting place,
Wright was a popular 'keeper who posted some fine displays
- notably a miracle save away to Bristol Rovers and
defying Bournemouth on one leg in the FA Cup.
Losing his place through injury to Pavel Srnicek in 1991
had seen him briefly loaned to Hull City, but it was the
arrival of Mike Hooper from Liverpool that ended his first stint on Tyneside.
A move to First Division Nottingham Forest in September
1993 followed three League appearances for United and he was part of the City Ground's promotion
side.
Loaned out to Reading in 1996, Wright saw a loan spell at
Manchester City turned into a permanent deal the following
year.
1999 saw Tommy win the last of his 31 international caps
and go out on loan to Wrexham, before a call from Ruud
Gullit saw him heading back temporarily to Gallowgate following a goalkeeping crisis.
He added three more appearances to his Toon tally
(including a second debut in the mackem monsoon game) -
each of them for different bosses - the second a 1-5
loss at Old Trafford under caretaker Steve Clarke and the
last being the 1-0 defeat at Chelsea that began the Sir
Bobby Robson era.
With his month's loan then up and with John Karelse having
arrived just before Gullit left, Wright returned to Maine
Road.
September 2000 saw him between the posts as Newcastle won 1-0 at
City - what proved to be his final game for them.
A loan stint at Bolton then followed before he became a
free agent in 2001, signing for Ballymena United back in
Northern Ireland.
A move into coaching saw him training 'keepers with the
national side and also Linfield, before taking charge of Limavady.
After a second spell at Ballymena, he was headhunted by Norwich
City in 2008,
joining Paul Stephenson and Lee Clark in Glenn Roeder's
backroom team at Carrow Road.
Following Roeder's removal, Tommy became goalkeeping coach for Shamrock Rovers before returning to management with Lisburn
Distillery in Northern Ireland.
Resigning in November 2011, Wright became assistant to his ex-Manchester City
and Northern Ireland team mate, Steve Lomas, at SPL side St. Johnstone.
And when Lomas quit to take over at Millwall in June 2013, Tommy was
appointed Saints manager.
Leading them to a
first major trophy in their 130 year history - a Scottish Cup win over Dundee
United in 2014, he completed seven years before standing down in May 2020 -
with two years of his contract still to run.
Tommy took over as Kilmarnock boss in February 2021 but had been sacked by
December of that year.
He was appointed manager of Northern Ireland's U21 side in August 2023.
1976
Jon Dahl Tomasson born, Copenhagen, Denmark. (1997-98)
Beginning his playing career with Danish side Køge, striker Jon
Dahl was playing for Dutch side Heerenveen when United paid £2.5m for him ahead of the 1997/98 season.
Impressing in pre-season and scoring four goals in friendlies - including a
cracker at Birmingham City, Tomasson debuted in the home season
opener against Sheffield Wednesday, alongside fellow new boys
Shay Given, Stuart Pearce, Alessandro Pistone
and Temuri Ketsbaia.
The Dane had two efforts chalked off and then miscued at the Gallowgate End in
front of 'keeper Kevin Pressman. Fortunately
Tino Asprilla was on hand to net the winner in a 2-1 success, but that miss
seemed to set the tone for Tomasson on Tyneside.
With Alan Shearer out injured after a pre -season mishap at Goodison, Tomasson
would be fielded as United's main attacker at times by Kenny Dalglish -
something which he just wasn't physically ready for.
Unable to score, by November he'd been credited with a goal by United in a home
game against Leicester, although the ball did little more than brush off him en
route to the goal following Des Hamilton's shot.
He did truly find the net in his own right later that month at Derby in the
League Cup (inflicting a first competitive defeat on the Rams at their new
Pride Park Stadium) and in a victory away at Crystal Palace.
A fourth and final goal came his way the following January in a defeat at Sheffield Wednesday, but the damage was done; both in his mind and in
the opinion of many Toon fans - one popular jibe being that "we'd left the
mascot on the pitch".
United recouped their £2.5m fee in June 1998, when Tomasson returned to
the Netherlands with Feyenoord - and from then on, his career was in the
ascendancy.
Winning the title in his first season, Jon Dahl scored the
winning goal in the 2002 UEFA Cup final for Feyenoord and then won the Champions League and
a Serie A crown after moving on to AC
Milan.
The Dane then switched to Bundesliga side Stuttgart and had a stint in Spain with Villarreal before
rejoining Feyenoord in 2008.
August 2008 saw him reach a century
of international caps for Denmark, appearing in Copenhagen
as they lost 0-3 to Spain.
However, the planned celebrations at the game were
cancelled as a mark of respect following a plane crash in
Madrid.
Tomasson ultimately bowed out of the international scene in June 2010, earning
his 112th cap and scoring his 52nd goal for Denmark as they lost 3-1 to Japan
in a World Cup Final tie played in Rustenberg.
He retired from club football at the end of the 2010/11 season, having spent a
good deal of that campaign in the Feyenoord treatment room.
Tomasson then
joined the backroom staff at city neighbours Excelsior and was appointed
head coach in June 2013.
Moving on to Roda JC in January 2014, a nightmarish time at the Dutch side then
saw him sacked by May - less than six months into a three and a half year
contract.
Jon Dahl then reappeared as assistant coach of second tier side Vitesse Arnhem,
before taking the second-in-command role at the Danish
national team in March 2016.
A return to club management followed in early 2020, taking over at Swedish
side Malmo, before leaving at his own request in December 2021.
Tomasson took over at Championship side Blackburn Rovers in June 2022,
missing out on the play-offs on goal difference in his first season at
Ewood Park.
He left in February 2024, shortly before Newcastle's penalty
shoot-out victory in the FA Cup and was appointed manager of
the Swedish national team.
He was relieved of his duties in October 2025 after a poor run of World Cup
qualifying results.
The highlight of Tomasson's career remains his rejecting a move to the mackems in favour of Newcastle - famously
captured on the unwittingly hilarious documentary "Premier
Passions"....
1976
Stephen Carr born, Dublin, Ireland.
(2004-08)
Bobby Robson's final signing for the club
was a
highly-rated right back from Spurs who came from Ireland as a youngster.
However, a serious knee injury disrupted Carr's career at both club and
international level and it was a case of damaged goods by the time
he joined United in 2004 - two years after first being linked.
His only goal for Newcastle came in a rare success at Southampton in only his
seventh outing for the Magpies - and it was a fairly even descent downhill
thereafter.
Knee, stomach and hernia problems saw him sidelined at SJP, while his lack of pace
when fit was an embarrassment.
Our own personal point of no return came in Lisbon, when we slipped out of the
UEFA Cup on a night when Carr was anything but the composed, experienced
international that his CV suggested.
There again, playing in a defence including Babayaro (see below) and Bramble
would probably see a decent lawyer have any charges dismissed on the grounds of
diminished responsibility....
Carr's departure from SJP at the end of the 2007/08
looked to be the end of him as a player, with rumours
of new clubs and trials coming to nothing, aside from
a brief spell training with Leicester City.
Announcing his retirement in December 2008, Carr reversed
that decision just two months
later, joining Birmingham City.
Thirteen appearances
for the Blues helped them to promotion and Carr signed
a new two year deal at the Premier League side.
Despite captaining the side to League Cup final
success at Wembley (his second winner's medal in that
competition after securing one for Spurs in 1999),
Carr was unable to prevent relegation for the Blues.
Signing a one-year deal with Birmingham after Lee
Clark became manager a thigh injury saw him
sidelined in 2012/13 and knee surgery saw Carr retire
that May.
Clark had hoped to persuade Carr to stay on as a coach but
he and his family moved to Spain to pursue business
interests that included a bar and player management.
1978
Celestine Boyd Jonto Hycieth Babayaro born, Kaduna, Nigeria.
(2005-07)
Two rotten full-backs sharing the same
birthday (see above)....
The annoying thing with Baba is that
he
was obviously talented but seemingly chose to keep it
as far from the playing surface as he could and was
perpetually injured.
One note of credit - he played for us
the day after hearing his brother had died.
His only goal for the club came against Coventry City in the
FA Cup - celebrated with a LuaLua-type
hand spring.
Arriving from Chelsea for £1m in January 2005 - a deal that Souness
later distanced himself from - former Olympian Babayaro survived at SJP until
ejected in December 2007.
A move to MLS side LA Galaxy in 2008 proved to be short-lived, coach Ruud
Gullit declining to offer him a contract after he played just 45 minutes of a friendly.
And following a bout of malaria, Babayaro had a brief flirtation with Pompey
ahead of the 2008/09 season before again being released - although he did
manage to get a free trip
back to Nigeria with 'Arry's mob touring his home country.
Babayaro officially announced his retirement in July 2010 and by February 2011
had been declared bankrupt.
PS: 2017 saw Babayaro's son Ryan Hycieth briefly in the news when the 10
year-old starred at the Newcastle United Foundation Cup event in the presence
of Rafa Benitez.
1990 Patrick Van Aanholt born,
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
(2010)
United dipped into the loan market early in 2010,
recruiting Chelsea's Dutch U19 international to fill a vacancy at left back
caused by injury to Jose Enrique.
Van Aanholt had caught Chris Hughton's
eye when playing against the Magpies a month earlier
on loan at Coventry City - which had crucially given him experience of playing
Championship football.
Debuting in United's 0-0 draw at Leicester City, he
quickly settled in and deservedly took the applause of
Toon fans after his seventh and final game
for the club, at Watford.
Signed from PSV Eindhoven in 2007, Patrick got as
far as the Chelsea first team bench before his Magpies
posting and following his return to Stamford Bridge
from SJP, had two substitute outings in the
Premier League.
Scored against
Newcastle for Chelsea in the League Cup, he then linked up with Leicester City for a
loan period in January 2011.
Later temporary switches to Wigan Athletic and Dutch side Vitesse
Arnhem followed - the latter ending up as a two and
half season loan stint until summer 2014 - by which time he'd won the first of
nineteen senior caps for the Netherlands.
A £1.5m move to the mackems in July 2014 saw Patrick living in the Ponteland
area and playing regularly
on wearside until coming to his
senses in January 2017 and submitting a transfer request.
A move to fellow relegation strugglers Crystal Palace for a quoted £14m
reunited him with his former mackem boss Sam Allardyce.
Remaining at Selhurst Park after the arrival of Roy
Hodgson (who himself replaced Frank de Boer after
his brief and disastrous time in charge), Van
Aanholt played his 100th PL game for them during the
2019/20 season.
He also netted from
a fine free-kick to ensure Newcastle lost at Palace in February 2020.
Signing for Turkish side Galatasaray on a free transfer in July 2021, van
Aanholt returned to former club PSV on loan in January 2023 and then extended
that deal for a further year.
He joined Sparta Rotterdam in November 2024 on a
free transfer.
1996 Death of Jimmy
Gordon, 80.
(1935-45)
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1923 Blackburn Rovers
(h)
2-1 (1-0)
Division One
P2, 4pts, 2nd/22
Harris(29), Seymour(2-0)
Byers(2-1)
11,000
For part of the
second half United played with nine men and Rovers ten
due to injuries.
1925 Bolton Wanderers
(a)
2-2
(2-1)
Division One
P1, 1pt, 11th/22
Cowan(6,44)
J.Smith(30), D.Jack(2-2)
28,675
Debuts at right back for Bert Chandler and centre half
for Ossie Park. The record books show a brace for Willie
Cowan but his second hit the crossbar and rebounded in
off Dick Pym's back.
1927 South Shields (n)
4-2
(3-1)
Friendly
McDonald, Lang, McKay
Scorers tbc
2,500
Played at Wallsend in aid of the funds for Wallsend Maternity
and General Hosital.
1928 Burnley (h)
2-7
(1-6)
Division One
P2, 1pt, 15th/22
Chalmers(25,59)
Beel(19,37,74), Bruton(7,22),
Page(10,45)
35,000
A traumatic debut for centre half Ed Wood, as Burnley
centre forward George Beel escaped from him three times to
score. Billy Down saved a first half penalty from United's
Tom McDonald when it was 1-4.
On an unhappy afternoon, Hughie Gallacher attempted to
walk off the pitch after a foul by Jack Hill but soon
returned according to the Yorkshire Post.
1931 Liverpool (h)
0-1
(0-0)
Division One
P1, 0pts, 22nd/22
Hodgson(78)
30,000
There was a debut for Hughie Gallacher's striking replacement Jack Allen,
who missed a penalty.
1936 Barnsley (h)
0-1
(0-1)
Division Two
P1, 0pts, 21st/22
Hallows(29)
30,097
Debuts for Bobby Ancell, Jesse Carver and Ehud Rogers,
better known as 'Tim'. The referee blew for half-time
after only 30 minutes but resumed after the crowd
roared their disapproval!
1942 Bradford Park
Avenue
1-4 (0-1)
Wartime
Short
T.Walker, Carr, Shackleton,
R.G.Walker
10,000
 1951 Bolton Wanderers
(h) 0-1 (0-1)
Division One
P4, 3pts, 15th/22
49,587
Moir(13)
A broken collar bone suffered by goalkeeper Jack
Fairbrother at Old Trafford in the previous game saw Ronnie
Simpson taker over between the posts.
He'd go on to make 297 senior appearances in a Gallowgate
career that lasted until 1960.
 1953
Manchester United (a) 1-1 (1-0)
Division One
P3, 4pts, 10th/22
Hannah(23)
Chilton(62)
25,000
Newcastle dominated the game at Old Trafford but
were frustrated by a fine display from home
custodian Ray Wood.
Wood had been on the books at Gallowgate earlier in
his career but failed to make the grade and was
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1956 Cardiff City (h)
1-0
(0-0)
Division One
P4, 6pts, 7th/22
Keeble(90+1)
34,859
Vic Keeble hit the dramatic late winner with his back to the Gallowgate
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 1959 Manchester United
(a) 2-3 (1-3)
Division One
P3, 0pts, 22nd/22
White(23),
Allchurch(66)
Viollet(2,12), Charlton(32)
53,257
A manic opening week to the season that had seen
the Magpies beaten 1-5 at home by Spurs and 3-4 at
Birmingham continued with a seesaw encounter at Old
Trafford.
However the visitors thought that they should have
taken a point, referee Cook denying
a certain penalty in the 72nd minute.
Len White had dribbled past home goalkeeper
Harry Gregg and was just about to tap the ball into
an empty net for 3-3, when Gregg dragged him over -
but was penalised only by an indirect free kick in
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 1960 Barcelona
(Spain) (h) 3-4
(3-0)
Friendly
Tuohy(5), Allchurch(15), Woods(29)
Tejada(56) Kocsis(58,86,88)
31,361
A game of two distinct parts as United raced to a 3-0
lead only for Barcelona to up the pace and score four,
three from the Hungarian Sandor Kocsis.
Team: Harvey,
Keith (KcKinney 60), McMichael, Neale, Stokoe, Wright, Hughes,
Woods,
White, Allchurch, Tuohy.
 1961 Walsall (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Division Two
P4, 5pts, 5th/22
Younger(28)
25,453
Having beaten the Saddlers at SJP just days before,
the tables were turned on our first Post-War trip to
Fellows Park.
Match action from
Fellows Park
 1962 Middlesbrough (h)
6-1 (2-1)
Division Two
P4, 4pts, 10th/22
Thomas(7,44,48),
Hale(53,55), Hilley(82)
Gibson(13)
41,550
Having scored seven
times in their opening three games but not managed to
register a victory, Newcastle continued their goal spree
in a midweek game and collected the points.
Making his bow for the hosts was goalkeeper Arthur
Lightening - the scoreline suggesting that his reactions
were anything but....
 1964 Southampton (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Division Two
P2, 3pts, 9th/22
Thomas(26), Hilley(83)
O'Brien(42)
24,531
Having started the season with a home draw
against Charlton, United recorded the first win of what
would be a successful promotion season.
 1970 Blackpool (h)
1-2
(1-1)
Division One
P5, 3pts, 19th/22
Hindson(2)
Craven(18,50)
34,041
Stewart Barrowclough made his debut on the day Gordon
Hindson scored his only first team goal for the Magpies.
Before leaving to watch Fairs Cup opponents Inter Milan in
action the following day, manager Joe Harvey labelled this
defeat "the worst I've seen in years."
 1973
Southampton (h)
0-1 (0-1)
Division One
P2, 2pts, 11th/22
Channon(31pen)
25,531
Mick Channon beat goalkeeper Iam McFaul from the spot after Bobby Moncur
was penalised for a handball.
The game was played on a midweek night at SJP when United were without
twin strikers Malcolm Macdonald and John Tudor.
 1978 Watford (a)
1-2
(1-0)
League Cup 2nd Round
Pearson(15)
Blissett(51,80)
15,346
New boy Jim Pearson netted for the second
successive match, but the Magpies once again exited from
the League Cup at the first time of asking.
 1979
mackems (a)
2-2
(0-1)
League Cup 2nd Round
1st Leg
Davies(76), Cartwright(83)
Rostron(19), Robson(73pen)
27,746
The man pictured with the kipper tie is Alan Brown
(see 1983 below) and when he tumbled under a challenge
from Steve Hardwick in the United box, things began to
look very bleak.
Toon old boy Pop Robson dispatched the spot kick to put
the mackems two ahead, but the remainder of the game
belonged to United, who produced a stirring comeback.
A first goal for the club from Ian Davies was then
followed by a fine header from the diminutive Peter
Cartwight, who was then only denied a late winner by Barry Siddall.
1980 It's goodbye
to Bill McGarry as he is dismissed, victim of a dismal run
that saw United bottom of Division Two and out of the
League Cup to lower league opposition.
 1981
Watford (h)
0-1
(0-1)
Division Two
P1, 0pts, 17th/22
Callaghan(24)
19,244
Imre Varadi debuted following his move from Everton but
failed to inspire
Newcastle, despite Luther Blissett's 74th minute dismissal
for kicking Kenny Wharton.
Graham Taylor's Hornets held on to collect the three points for a win - a new
innovation.
 1983
Shrewsbury Town (h) 0-1
(0-1)
Division Two
P2, 3pts, 11th/22
Brown(40)
29,140
The visiting goalscorer was Alan Brown, briefly
became a Magpie on loan from the mackems in 1981.
However no permanent deal was concluded - either due to
fitness or concerns or financial restraint, depending on
who you believed...
 1987
Nottingham Forest (h) 0-1
(0-1)
Division One
P3, 3pts, 17th/21
Clough(44)
20,111
New arrival Mirandinha
was presented to the crowd before kickoff, walking round
the pitch accompanied by manager Willie McFaul and a
police escort.
However he hadn't signed in time to debut against Forest and
was forced to watch from the stand.
Not from
Argentina
Future Magpies Stuart
Pearce and Franz Carr were in the Forest side, whose
goal came when Carr's ball in was missed by goalkeeper
Martin Thomas and ended up at the feet of Nigel Clough.
The nearest United came to taking a point was a 71st
minute effort from Paul Gascoigne that rattled the
visitors' goal frame.
1988
Wimbledon (h)
1-0 aet
(0-0)
Mercantile Credit Trophy
O'Neill(119)
17,904
Michael O'Neill's goal won this Quarter Final tie and
set up a semi-final at Manchester United in this
one-off event dreamt up to celebrate the Football
League's Centenary.
 1992
West Ham United (h) 2-0
(2-0)
Division One
P3, 9pts, 4th/24
Peacock(44), Kelly(45)
29,855
Julian Dicks was dismissed after attempting to launch
Franz Carr into the benches in front of the East Stand.
An
interested spectator was striker Kennet Andersson who had
attracted the interest of Keegan. However, the move broke
down when his club Mechelen refused to allow him to play
for United on a trial basis.
 1993 Blackburn Rovers
(h) 1-1 (0-0)
Premier League
P5, 5pts, 15th/22
Cole(60)
Shearer(75)
33,987
Andy Cole opened the scoring in this Sunday afternoon Sky
game but Alan Shearer levelled on
his return
from injury.
PL highlights are online here
1996 In the
absence of a reserve team, United played a behind closed
doors friendly
in Edinburgh against Hearts. Lee Clark and Peter Beardsley scored in
a 2-2 draw.
2000 The Reserves drew 2-2 with Manchester City at the
Ewen Fields home of non-league Hyde United.
Paul Dickov put City ahead after 15
seconds but David McMahon scored either side of the break to put
United ahead. Taylor then scored for City late on to tie the
scores.
NUFC.com match
report 2005
Transfer target Michael
Owen travelled to the North East for a meeting with United
officials in rural Northumberland. holding face-to-face
talks with Freddy Shepherd, Graeme Souness and
Alan Shearer.
However,
he had
already met Liverpool officials, including manager Rafa Benitez.
Crucially though, there was no word from Madrid of an
accepted bid from Anfield.
2006 Newcastle's second string began the new
league season by extending their unbeaten run at Kingston Park
to 15 matches - but should have claimed all three points.
James Vaughan gave Everton the lead to mark his comeback after a year out with a serious
knee injury that required a Steadman repair.Goals
from Chris Shanks and Kris Gate then put United ahead
before a melee in the home box saw Connor win a penalty, going down under challenge from
David Edgar.
Amid strong protests, Mark Hughes
sent Tim Krul the wrong way to level the scores up and give ex-Toon
Academy boss Alan Irvine a point on his return to his former employers.
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 2007
Barnsley (h)
2-0 (0-0)
Carling Cup Second Round
Owen(57), Martins(86)
30,523
Defender Jose Enrique debuted as Michael
Owen scored his first club goal since December 2005.
Obafemi
Martins then sealed the win just three minutes after
appearing off the bench.
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2010
Hopes that Newcastle would secure the services of a
third international in a week receded when Spurs striker Robbie Keane ducked out of a
loan move to SJP.
 2015
Arsenal (h)
0-1 (0-0)
Premier League
P4, 2pts, 18th/20
Mitrovic(16-violent
conduct)
og(Coloccini)(52)
50,388
Aleksandar Mitrovic continued
his brainless start to life at United with a red card that
card-happy referee Andre Marriner was only too happy to show
- along with yellows to six other home players.
Fabricio Coloccini deflected a shot from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain past Tim
Krul for the decider, as Steve McClaren's winless
start to Premier League life extended to four
games.
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PL highlights are online here
2016 Newcastle
U23s were on the wrong end of a 0-4 pasting away to Aston Villa, Libor Kozak
netting a hat-trick for the
hosts.
NUFC.com match
report 2017
United's U21s made their bow in the CheckaTrade
Trophy - an incarnation of a competition founded
back in 1983 - with a 2-1 victory at Crewe Alexandra's Gresty Road.
Goals from Liam Smith and a Luke Charman effort that went in off a home player
gave Peter Beardsley's side a winning start.
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 2018
Nottingham Forest (a) 1-3 (0-1)
Carabao Cup
Rondon(90+3)
Murphy(2), Cash(90+4), Dias(90+7)
13,942
A second successive League Cup exit at the
hands of Forest this time came on the banks of the Trent
rather than the Tyne.
Salomon Rondon's first goal for the club in the second minute
of added time had seemingly forced penalties, after
ex-Magpie Daryl Murphy's opening goal 90 minutes earlier.
However, former
Forest 'keeper Karl Darlow was beaten twice in rapid
succession -
one each side of an inexplicable penalty refusal when Ayoze Perez was felled.
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2020 Barnsley (h)
2-1
(1-0)
Friendly
Carroll(27), Murphy(77)
Ritzmaier(54)
BCD
United maintained their 100% record in pre-season with a second
victory over lower league opposition - this time at Darsley Park.
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report
2024
Interim England boss Lee Carsley's first senior squad selection
included Anthony Gordon and Nick Pope plus a maiden
call-up for Tino Livramento.
Meanwhile, Kieran Trippier announced his retirement from
international football, having won 54 caps for England.
Trippier's decision followed that of fellow Magpie Fabian Schar, who ended
his 11 year, 86 cap senior career with Switzerland.
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