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Premier League:
Sussex Sunday

The Premier League have belatedly confirmed which games will be rescheduled for UK live TV transmission during the early May Bank Holiday weekend.

That includes Newcastle's visit to the Amex Stadium to face Brighton & Hove Albion, which will be a 2pm kick-off on Sunday May 4th, live on Sky Sports.

For once, there are no scheduled rail engineering works directly impacting travellers from the North East.

Sky Sports have also confirmed their live coverage of United's PL home game versus Crystal Palace, although the date and kick-off time of that - Wednesday April 16th at 7.30pm - remain unchanged.

PS: According to the PL's own press release, live TV selections for the weekend of May 10th are due to be announced by this Friday. Newcastle host Chelsea that weekend.

Update:
On the buses

Update: road closure updates issued by the council state that the bus parade will leave SJP at 4pm and is scheduled to reach the Town Moor by 6pm.

Statement from NUFC, Monday: 

Newcastle United can confirm an open-top bus parade will form part of the club's Carabao Cup Winners Events at the Town Moor on Saturday.

Eddie Howe’s side will celebrate their recent cup win with a city centre open top bus on Saturday 29 March, which will start at St. James’ Park, before making its way to the Town Moor for the celebration event.

Extensive work and long-term planning behind the scenes have continued with Newcastle City Council, Northumbria Police, Freemen of Newcastle, the North East Combined Authority, NE1, Nexus and the emergency services.

Newcastle United would like to thank all partners for the comprehensive planning and hard work throughout the process, as well as the meetings with the Safety Advisory Group. Further supporter information will be confirmed following additional meetings this week.

Ticketing: The club received unprecedented interest from supporters wishing to attend the event on the Town Moor. Every fan that registered an interest in the event will receive a ticket via email.

Route of Celebration & Timings: The bus route is open to the general public to attend. The open top bus will leave St. James’ Park with timings to be shared in advance. 

The bus will make its way down Gallowgate, turning onto Percy Street before heading onto the B1318 towards Gosforth. The bus will stop at the Town Moor where the players will make their way onto the stage. 

The full bus route will be shown live on large screens at the Town Moor event.

Transport & Travel: Supporters are encouraged to plan their journeys in advance and are advised to use public transport where possible. A number of road closures will be in operation on Saturday 29 March, on the following roads: (timings of closures to follow)

Barrack Road (from St. James’ Park to Gallowgate)
Gallowgate
Percy Street
B1318 (to Great North Road)
Great North Road

NUFC confirm that access to the Moor will open at 1.30pm and the event will end at 8pm. Alcohol won't be allowed, there's no parking and it's standing only. 

Town Moor event FAQs are here

Foodbank fundraiser:
Talk of the toon

If you're at a loose end this coming Thursday, there's a talk-in at the Tyneside Irish Centre on Gallowgate with proceeds going to support the NUFC Fans Foodbank.

Joining veteran journalist John Gibson on stage for the everything is black and white podcast will be former Magpies Ryan Taylor and James Perch.

Tickets cost just £5 online here

Internationals:
National service

Country calls for current Magpies:

Alexander Isak (Sweden):
Tue 25.03.2025 Northern Ireland (h) Stockholm FR

Sat 22.03.2025 Luxembourg (a) lost 0-1 FR
Alex started the friendly in Luxembourg with the home side taking a surprise lead in the 24th minute. 

That was the only goal of the game and Alex was subbed after an hour.

Joelinton (Brazil):
Wed 26.03.2025 Argentina (a) Buenos Aires WCQ
Bruno is suspended after his booking versus Colombia. 

Fri 21.03.2025 Colombia (h) won 2-1 WCQ
Victory in Brasilia came with Bruno Guimaraes in the starting lineup and playing 78 minutes. Joelinton arrived as a 28th minute substitute and lost possession outside his own area in the build-up to Colombia's goal.

Charlie McArthur (Scotland U21s):
Tue 25.03.2025 Iceland (n) Pinatar FR
There was a place in the starting line-up for McArthur.

Fri 21.03.2025 Ireland (n) won 2-0 FR
Defender Charlie made his U21 debut as a half time substitute in Pinatar with the Scots leading 1-0.

Lewis Miley (England U19s):
Tue 25.03.2025 Portugal (n) Connah's Quay ECQ

Sat 22.03.2025 Turkey (n) drew 0-0 ECQ
Stalemate for the Young Lions at Connah's Quay, with Lewis captaining the side and playing the full match.

Wed 19.03.2025 Wales (a) won 2-0 ECQ
England made a successful start to their Euro Elite qualifying campaign with victory in Bangor. 

Lewis completed the entire game, coming close with one first half shot when the tie was still scoreless.

Vakhtang Salia (Georgia U19s):
Tue 25.03.2025 Montenegro (h) Tbilisi ECQ

Sat 22.03.2025 Slovakia (h) won 2-0 ECQ
Vakhtang started the game in Tbilisi and was booked shortly before being subbed in the 82nd minute, when his side were leading 1-0.

Wed 19.03.2025 Poland (h) lost 0-3 ECQ
Defeat in Tbilisi with the on-loan Magpie omitted.

Leo Shahar (England U18s):
Tue 25.03.2025 Portugal (a) won 1-0 FR
An 89 minute shift for the young Magpie in Porto.

Sat 22.03.2025 France (n) drew 2-2 FR
Leo played the full game in Portugal.

Fri 21.03.2025 Czech Rep (n) drew 2-2 FR
The full back was an unused replacement in Portugal.

Rory Finneran (Ireland U17s):
Tue 25.03.2025 Iceland (n) won 5-0 ECQ
Victory in Gryfice with Rory keeping his place in the side. Three points confirmed qualification for the U17 World Cup in November, although defeat by Belgium saw them pipped to a European Championship Final place.

Sat 22.03.2025 Poland (a) won 2-0 ECQ
Rory played the full game in Koszalin. Benfica's Jaden Umeh scored both goals during the second half.

Wed 19.03.2025 Belgium (n) lost 0-1 ECQ
A narrow defeat for the Irish youngsters in the Polish town of Gryfice, with Rory playing the full match.

Dan Burn (England):
Mon 24.03.2025 Latvia (h) won 3-0 WCQ
Dan stayed unused on the bench after Gordon had returned to United due to injury and Livramento was omitted from the squad for this game.

Fri 21.03.2025 Albania (h) won 2-0 WCQ
A second Wembley start in just five days for Burn, who played the full game and hit the crossbar with a header following a corner kick late in the first half.

Gordon appeared as a 74th minute substitute and Livramento remained on the bench.

Travis Hernes (Norway U21s):
Mon 24.03.2025 Czech Republic (n) won 2-0 FR
The United midfielder didn't feature in Pinatar.

Alex Murphy (Ireland U21s):
Mon 24.03.2025 Hungary (n) won 3-1 FR
The on-loan Magpie was named among the substitutes at Pinatar. Alex came on in the 68th minute of the victory.

Fri 21.03.2025 Scotland (n) lost 0-2 FR
Defeat for the Irish in the Spanish location of Pinatar, with defender Alex completing the full game.

Sandro Tonali (Italy):
Sun 23.03.2025 Germany (a) drew 3-3 NLPO
Sandro completed 68 minutes in Dortmund, going off with his side trailing 1-3. An aggregate 4-5 loss ended Italy's hopes of a last four Nations League place. 

Thu 20.03.2025 Germany (h) lost 1-2 NLPO
Despite marking his return to the San Siro by firing the hosts ahead on nine minutes, the United midfielder ended up on the losing side after a 90 minute shift.

Martin Dubravka (Slovakia):
Sun 23.03.2025 Slovenia (a) lost 0-1 NLPO
The goalkeeper retained his starting place in Ljubljana,  crucially conceding in extra time as Slovakia failed to gain promotion in the Nations League.

Thu 20.03.2025 Slovenia (h) drew 0-0 NLPO
It finished scoreless in Bratislava, Dubravka posting a clean sheet after completing the game.

Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece):
Sun 23.03.2025 Scotland (a) won 3-0 NLPO
Bench duty again for the goalkeeper at Hampden, as Greece overturned a 0-1 deficit from the first leg to condemn the Scots to Nations League relegation.

Thu 20.03.2025 Scotland (h) lost 0-1 NLPO
The Magpies custodian was an unused substitute in Piraeus as Greece lost to a penalty conversion.

Isaac Hayden (Jamaica):
Fri 21.03.2025 St. Vincent (a) drew 1-1 GCQ
Hayden played the full game in Arnos Vale.

Wed 26.03.2025 St.Vincent (h) Kingston GCQ

Carabao Cup:
It's Wor Cup!

Liverpool  1  Newcastle  2

Match action

Match report

U21s:
Stiff switches

New details have been announced for Newcastle's closing two PL2 games of the season, with one venue change and one date alteration as follows: 

The final home game of the season against Reading will go ahead as planned on Monday April 7th (7pm), but will now be staged at St.James' Park.

It remains to be seen what level of interest there is from home fans, given that the first team are in action at Leicester City live on Sky the same night (8pm). 

However with the U21s exiting from the Northumberland Senior Cup exit at the semi-final stage, moving this game means they'll get to play at the main ground after all, following a season of home matches at Whitley Park. 

The U21s will now face Manchester City at the Joie Stadium on Monday April 14th (7pm) rather than Friday 11th as previously advertised.

With three games remaining, Diarmuid O'Carroll's side sit thirteenth in the table, having won their last two PL2 fixtures against Stoke City and Boro.

A top 16 finish ensures qualification for the knockout phase of the league and a place in next season's U21 Premier League International Cup competition*. 

* some sources claim that a top 12 finish would be required for next season's International Cup.

Latest:
Lasses in double 
derby delight

A club record home attendance of 38,502 for Newcastle United Women were at Gallowgate on Sunday, as they completed a seasonal double over the mackems.

A 78th minute strike from Shania Hayles divided the sides and left the Magpies sixth in the table, ten points behind leaders Birmingham but playing two games less.

Club CEO Darren Eales and ambassador Bob Moncur took to the field at half time with the Carabao Cup, won by the men's side at Wembley a week earlier.

NUFCW @ SJP - competitive games:

2024/25 mackems won 1-0 (38,502)
2024/25 Southampton drew 1-1 (11,620)
2023/24 Portsmouth won 2-1 (22,307)
2022/23 Bradford City won 6-1 (24,092)
2022/23 Barnsley won 2-1 (28,565)
2021/22 Alnwick Town won 4-0 (22,134)

2025/26:
Pre-season rumours 

Following recent claims of a possible pre-season visit to Hong Kong by Newcastle United, the Straits Times has written that the Magpies are one of several clubs in talks to play games in Singapore this July.  

The newspaper also names Arsenal and AC Milan plus one further unidentified club as possible participants in kickabouts at the 55,000 capacity National Stadium.

Asian media reports earlier this year also linked Arsenal and AC Milan (plus Spurs) with pre-season games played in the Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong. 

Talk of a pre-season visit to Celtic on July 19th for Eddie Howe's side has done the rounds for some time now. 

NSC:
Senior Cup @ SJP 

This season's Northumberland Senior Cup Final between Heaton Stannington and Morpeth Town will take place at Gallowgate on Wednesday May 14th. 

The game will be a 7.30pm start.

U19s:
Texas test for Toon

Newcastle begin their U19 Dallas Cup campaign against reigning Super Group champions Sao Paulo, facing the Brazilians in the Cotton Bowl on Sunday April 13th. 

The remainder of United's opponents in the week-long tournament are still to be confirmed, Real Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, Botafogo and Monterrey among other clubs competing in that age group.

The original Cotton Bowl Stadium opened in 1930 and had a maximum capacity of 75,000. It hosted six matches during the 1994 World Cup Finals.

Loan lads:
Temps 

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Overseas TV: To follow

UK Radio: TBC (if any)

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

Metro: No scheduled alterations.

Rail: No scheduled alterations.

Roads: The Tyne Bridge refurbishment programme is underway, with one lane in each direction closed at all times until further notice. 

That will lead to congestion and delays, especially with the ongoing closure of the Gateshead Highway closure. More details here

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

Food Bank: The usual stall and bucket shakers will be on and around Strawberry Place, with NUFC Director Jamie Reuben again matching all matchday donations.

Stats:

Bees in Toon - all-time:

2023/24 won 1-0 Wilson (PL)
2022/23 won 5-1 Bruno 2, Murphy, Almiron, og (PL)
2021/22 drew 3-3 Lascelles, Joelinton, ASM (PL)
2016/17 won 3-1 Clark, Gayle 2 (Ch)
2001/02 won 4-1 Ameobi, Bellamy 3 (LC)
1992/93 won 5-1 Kelly, Bracewell, Clark 2, Lee (D1)
1954/55 won 3-2 Curry, Hannah, Mitchell (FA)
1947/48 won 1-0 Woodburn (D2)
1934/35 lost 2-5 Gallantree, Kelly (D2)

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