1895 Burslem Port Vale (h)
1-2 (0-0)
Division Two
P28, 25pts, 10th/16 
McNee(75)
Eardley(55,60) 
3,000

1897 Burton Swifts (a)
0-3 (0-2)
Division Two
P29, 35pts, 4th/16 
Chadwick(20pen,86), Leigh(0-2)
2,000
Played at Peel Croft. 

1898 Small Heath (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Division Two 
P30, 45pts, 2nd/16
Higgins(21)
5,000
Despite this defeat at the Muntz Street ground in their final game of the main season, Newcastle held on to second place to qualify for the Test Matches - an early forerunner of the playoffs.

1902 Sheffield United (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Division One
P32, 35pts, 3rd/18
Barnes(41)
7,837
The Magpies remained winless against the Blades in all four league and cup meetings that season, the hosts victorious in what was their final game before playing in the FA Cup Final. 

1909 Everton (h)
3-0 (1-0)
Division One 
P34, 51pts, 1st/20
McCracken(37pen), Stewart(57,72)
30,000
This victory over the second-placed Toffees on Easter Monday ensured that the title was heading to Tyneside for a third time with four games to spare.

It's recorded that McCracken's penalty conversion prompted a Great Dane dog "to career along the ash track" around the field.

That was Rex, owned by club secretary Frank Watt and a familiar sight at pitchside.

1913 Notts County (h)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P35, 32pts, 15th/20 
12,000
Home custodian Jimmy Lawrence saved a penalty from Billy Flint midway through the second half - his fifth success from six spot kicks faced that season.

1924 Chelsea (h)
2-1 (1-0)
Division One
P39, 42pts, 9th/22  
Keating(15), Seymour(80)
Wilding(58) 
20,000
Despite being without a trio of players on international duty (see below) and three more missing ahead of the following weekend's FA Cup Final, United collected both points from an average display. 

Defeat was another nail in the coffin for Chelsea, who slid closer to relegation and would go down alongside Boro on goal average from Nottingham Forest.

1924 The home international fixture between England and Scotland at Wembley ended 1-1; Newcastle's Willie Cowan netting for the visitors.

Fellow Magpie Neil Harris was also in the Scotland line-up, with SJP colleague Charlie Spencer appearing for England.

1930 Aston Villa (a)
0-2 (0-0)
Division One
P37, 30pts, 20th/22  
Houghton(46), Brown(58)
35,066
Dominating proceedings at Villa Park in the opening half with Hughie Gallacher close to netting on three occasions, United fell behind within 30 seconds of the restart. 

That saw their winless run lengthened to seven games despite playing "with the utmost persistence from start to finish" in the view of one scribe.

With five games left, Newcastle sat just one point above Grimsby Town in the second relegation spot.

1947 Plymouth Argyle (a)
1-0 (1-0)
Division Two
P34, 41pts, 5th/22  
Shackleton(30) 
32,500
United's first post-war return to Home Park finished with the same result as their last appearance there back in December 1938.

Len Shackleton's shot settled a hard-fought encounter in which the Pilgrims drew a blank at home for the first time that season.

1947 At St. James' Park meanwhile, Newcastle Reserves entertained their Manchester City counterparts and thumped them 5-0.

Leading the way with a hat trick was Andy Donaldson, while Tommy Thompson and Jackie Milburn also netted. 

1952 Manchester City (h) 1-0 (1-0)
Division One
P37, 40pts, 10th/22 
G.Robledo(44) 
46,645
24 hours after a 0-2 home loss to Boro, Newcastle were back at Gallowgate to record their first league win in six games.

Upon entry, spectators received a postal application card for an FA Cup Final ticket.

It's reported that the club received just 7,000 tickets for their Wembley tie against Arsenal and that 50,000 cards were printed. Match tickets cost three shillings (15p).

1952 Meanwhile at Bramall Lane, Newcastle reserves lost 0-1 in the Central League to Sheffield United. Future Magpie Arthur Bottom netted for the Blades.

1958 Arsenal (h)
3-3 (1-3)
Division One
P37, 28pts, 21st/22 
White(15), Curry(70), Stokoe(88)
Herd(5), Groves(25), Bloomfield(32)
43,221
United reportedly watered the pitch in their increasing desperation to collect points and avoid demotion.

That ploy looked in vain when they trailed 1-3, but a strong recovery earned a point and came close to claiming victory.

1963 Huddersfield Town (h) 1-1 (1-1)
Division Two
P34, 40pts, 4th/22 
McGarry(12)
O'Grady(7) 
49,672
Newcastle extended their season long unbeaten home record to 17 league games, but missed a host of chances as the Terriers tried to shut up shop in the second half.

Youngster Alan Suddick failed to convert any of the four chances that came his way, while both Jimmy Fell and Willie Penman saw shots cleared off the line.

1968 West Bromwich Albion (h) 2-2 (2-0)
Division One
P36, 39pts, 7th/22 
Iley(12), T.Robson(13)
Rees(62,70) 
40,308
Visiting defender Eddie Colquhoun suffered a wrenched ankle and stayed on Tyneside as United's vice-chairman and surgeon, Bob Rutherford attempted to get him fit for their FA Cup Quarter-final replay against Liverpool.

1969 Manchester United (h) 2-0 (1-0)
Division One
P36, 38pts, 10th/22 
Robson(8pen), 
Foggon(84) 
46,379
"We are reaching the stage where we have nothing to fear from anyone" was the reaction of Joe Harvey to this victory.

With only George Best presenting a genuine threat to the hosts, the Red Devils were grateful to goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer for a string of saves that kept the final score down.
Youtube footage is online here

1971 Manchester City (h) 0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P38, 38pts, 9th/22 
29,148
The visitors arrived at SJP for their third game in just four days, and 48 hours later were at Chelsea in the European Cup Winners Cup.

Joe Corrigan sustained a cut over his eye early in the game and was off the field for seven minutes for treatment - Mike Doyle taking over between the posts for that spell.

A much-changed City side were then further afflicted when Doyle sustained ligament damage and withdrew just before the break.

Colin Bell departed on a stretcher with cartilage trouble 20 minutes from the final whistle, leaving his side down to ten men.

1975 Everton (h)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P39, 36pts, 15th/22
Dobson(83)
29,585 
A disappointing game was settled when future Magpie Jim Pearson set up Martin Dobson to fire past debutant goalkeeper Mick Mahoney.

With the BBC Match of the Day cameras present, home fans unfurled a banner that read, "we want success" as their side made it eight games without a win.

Manager Joe Harvey admitted meanwhile that, "if I had my life all over again then I would play football, but then I would quit."

1978 West Bromwich Albion (a)
0-2 (0-0)
Division One
P37, 21pts, 21st/22
Mitchell(68)
Regis(50), Mulligan(67)
17,053
United were spectacularly securing relegation from Division One, defeat at the Hawthorns making it 14 winless league games.

Their cause was hardly helped by Kenny Mitchell's dismissal - picking up a second booking for protesting about the legitimacy of the second Albion goal.

1980 Fulham (a)
0-1 (0-0) 
Division Two
P39, 43pts, 7th/22 
Davies(83)
7,152
Newcastle's rotten away form in 1980 continued with a sixth defeat in eight trips - and a sixth without scoring. 

Future Magpies Youth Coach Richard Money was in the Cottagers side.

1982 Sheffield Wednesday (a) 1-2 (1-2)
Division Two
P36, 56pts, 5th/22
Barton(14)
Shelton(27), Pearson(45) 
29,917
A haul of just one point from three games saw United's promotion push falter, as Jack Charlton's Owls came from behind to win. 

After David Barton's opener following a corner, Gary Shelton scored his first goal for Wednesday since joining on loan from Aston Villa, beating Kevin Carr from close range.

Former and future Magpies Ray Blackhall and Gary Megson then combined to set up John Pearson for what proved to be the winning goal on the stroke of half time.

1986 Birmingham City (h) 4-1 (1-0)
Division One
P37, 59pts, 9th/22
Beardsley(14,65), Anderson(79), Whitehurst(88)
Gascoigne(59)
Hopkins(80) 
20,334 
A second 4-1 home win in three games after the humbling of Sheffield Wednesday came despite playing with ten men for 31 minutes.

With the score at 1-0, Paul Gascoigne was sent off for punching Robert Hopkins, who had continually fouled and blocked him.

However United were in no mood to let relegation-haunted City back in and Peter Beardsley in particular drove them forward beating David Seaman from an impossible angle to double the lead and then cracking another superb shot off the goal frame.

1988 Watford (h)
3-0 (1-0)
Division One
P35, 46pts, 10th/21 
O'Neill(28), Wharton(54), Tinnion(79) 
16,318
Rookie striker Michael O'Neill's purple patch continued as he scored for the fifth successive game, while Brian Tinnion notched his first in our colours. 
Youtube footage online here (1-0)
Youtube footage online here (2-0)
Youtube footage online here (3-0)

1993 Heavy rain on Tyneside washed out the home game against Oxford United. 

Had this gone ahead with the same result as the rearranged fixture, the Championship could have been secured at home to the mackems.

2000 West Ham United (a)
1-2 (0-0)
Premiership
P32, 43pts, 10th/20
Speed(47)
Wanchope(60,89)
25,817
Just three days after losing to Chelsea in an FA Cup Semi Final at Wembley, United were back in the capital and led early in the second half through Gary Speed's header.

The loss of Nicos Dabizas through injury cost Newcastle dear, as their back line dissolved in an East London downpour. 
NUFC.com match report
PL highlights are online here

2003 Manchester United (h) 2-6 (1-4)
Premiership
P33, 61pts, 3rd/20
Jenas(21), Ameobi(86)
Solskjaer(32), Scholes(34,38,52), Giggs(44), van Nistelrooy(58pen)
52,164
Newcastle went into this game with title pretensions - had they won.

Despite going ahead thanks to a belter from Jermaine Jenas, in his 50th Toon game, the roof fell in as the visitors grabbed three goals in six minutes to stun SJP.

Paul Scholes completed a hat-trick after the break before Shola Ameobi reduced the winning margin, slightly.
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PL highlights are online here

2005 A strong Manchester City second string completed an 8-0 double over our reserves as they put five without reply past a young Newcastle side at Eastlands Athletics track.
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2006 The reserves maintained their season-long unbeaten home record with a 1-1 draw against Manchester City at Kingston Park.

Ahead through Michael Chopra, Ishmael Miller levelled before debutant goalkeeper Mark Cook announced his arrival with some good blocks and a penalty save from Miller. 
NUFC.com match report

2008 Portsmouth (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Premier League
P34, 39pts, 12th/20
20,507
Some outrageous TV scheduling saw Newcastle's longest trip of the season moved to a 5.15pm Saturday kick-off with minimal notice.

Pompey played their part by raising the away admission price by £8 to £34 from the previous season, and a forgettable day ended by David James making a block with his head to deny Michael Owen a certain goal.

The Pompey 'keeper later confirmed: "I would not have been able to make that save if I’d had my hair cut."
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PL highlights are online here

2011 Newcastle reserves ended their league campaign by sharing eight goals with Blackburn Rovers at Leigh.

Phil Airey (2), Ryan Donaldson and James Perch all netted in the goal glut.
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2012 The Northumberland Schools FA celebrated their centenary with a fixture at SJP between England and Scotland U18s. 

Durham's Michael Sweet and Northumberland's Peter Glen-Ravenhill scored as England won 2-0 in front of 2,535 fans.

2014 Stoke City (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Premier League
P34, 46pts, 9th/20
Pieters(42)
27,400
It was four defeats, no goals scored and 12 conceded as Newcastle's season imploded in an unspectacular fashion.

Former Toon transfer target Erik Pieters beat fellow countryman Tim Krul with a misplaced cross to win it. 

25 years on from the Hillsborough disaster, the game symbolically kicked off at 3.07pm after a minute's silence.

By full-time though, the air was full of anti-Pardew abuse from 2,900 thoroughly disaffected away fans. 
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PL highights are online here

2016 League Two Leyton Orient confirmed that player/manager Kevin Nolan had stood down - although the 33 year-old ex-Magpie remained at Brisbane Road as a player until the Summer.

2018 United's U23s' hopes of reaching the Premier League International Cup Final ended at Gallowgate; defending champions Porto reaching the final after netting the only goal in the last seconds.

A tight tie looked set for extra time until goalkeeper Nathan Harker blocked a shot but couldn't block the rebound.
NUFC.com match report

2019 Leicester City (a)
1-0 (1-0)
Premier League
P34, 38pts, 13th/20
Perez(32)
32,108
United made a giant leap towards retaining their place in the top flight with a fabulous victory at the King Power Stadium.

And as he had been the previous season, thr Magpie hero was future Fox, Ayoze Perez, whose perfectly-executed first half header ultimately divided the sides.
NUFC.com match report
PL highlights are online here

2021 Newcastle U23s conceded four goals without reply to their Wolves counterparts at the Aggborough home of Kidderminster.

Included in the Magpies line-up was trialist defender Dylan Thompson, latterly with Everton. He wasn't retained.
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2021 Meanwhile, United confirmed that Academy Manager Joe Joyce had left the club and Steve Harper had taken over that role for the rest of the season.

2025 News broke that Magpies boss Eddie Howe had been hospitalised the previous night with an undisclosed condition.

A four night stay at the city's RVI followed a pneumonia diagnosis, returning home to recuperate while Jason Tindall took charge of the first team for three matches.