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Update:
Park gets his gong but Spain beat England

Newcastle winger Park Seung-soo was part of the South Korean U23 side who defeated host nation Japan 1-0 to clinch the Asian Games Final on Saturday.

Seeking their fourth consecutive title, South Korea broke the deadlock in Aichi just after the hour with the only goal - Seung-soo coming off the bench in the 90th minute.

In addition to the title and winner's medals, success for the South Koreans brings a reduction in the time that the players will spend completing their national service.

Sadly it was a different story for the England U18s who faced Spain in the Final of the UEFA Friendship Cup, losing 0-2.

Our quartet of Magpies were hoping to feature for the Young Lions but only Kyran Thompson started the game in Nyon and was subbed in the 68th minute before Spain got their second goal in added time. Roman Dowell, Michael Mills and Sam Alabi remained on the bench.

England reached the final following group stage wins over Colombia, Egypt and South Korea; United midfielder Sam Alabi scoring once and striker Michael Mills twice.

Fellow forward Kyran Thompson and goalkeeper Roman Dowell also earned praise for their efforts in the games.

Update:
International 
injury concerns

Update: Matias Fernandez-Pardo was omitted from the Belgium squad for Friday's National League fixture against Turkey but that looks to be a footballing decision not fitness-related.

Earlier: Two Magpies have had their international duty cut short, amid fears that both have injury concerns.

Lewis Miley was released from the England U21 squad after acting as an unused substitute in last week's victory over Kazakhstan and won't be involved in upcoming games against both Slovakia and Ireland. No reason was given. 

Ewen Jaouen meanwhile reportedly injured his hamstring while training with France U21s on Thursday. Confirmation of the severity of the injury is awaited, with French media outlets claiming that he had an MRI.

The goalkeeper faced both Iceland and Estonia already during the current international break but has been ruled out of fixtures against Luxembourg and Switzerland.

PS: It's understood that Yoane Wissa and other senior players were released from the DR Congo squad ahead of two friendly matches against Uganda in Johannesburg.

The Magpies striker netted against Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea in DRC's previous two games; a less experienced line-up lost the first kickabout 0-2 on Friday.

Update:
New NUFC crest

The club revealed their new crest on Thursday morning, the first redesigned badge since 1988.

This is how it will look on a shirt, to be used on kits from the 2027/28 season. The new crest will appear online, in the stadium and in other areas immediately - the club shop range already includes clothing.

After seeing four previous badge changes in our lifetime, it's hard to be excited or appalled by amounts to a re-imagining rather than a genuine departure as per Juventus etc.

At the end of an undoubtedly expensive two year journey of consultancy, designing and rebranding, a barely discernible tweak could have been released with few noticing. We're actually unsure which of the three designs in the member vote was actually chosen, given how similar they were!

As ever, the identity and effectiveness of the person kissing the badge is of rather more importance to us....  

Internationals:
National service

Seniors:

Bazoumana Toure (Ivory Coast):
Sat 03.10.2026 Cameroon (h) Embipe FR

Tue 29.09.2026 Somalia (h) won 2-0 AFCONQ
A third international goal - and the first since becoming a Magpie - for Bazoumana, who entered the field after 65 minutes in Abidjan and followed up a 95th minute effort by a colleague to finish from close range.

Thu 24.09.2026 Ghana (h) won 2-0 AFCONQ
Victory for the Ivorians came with Toure an 86th minute substitute in Bouake, when  the scoring was complete.

Lewis Hall (England):
Sat 03.10.2026 Croatia (a) won 7-0 NL
Lewis started the game in Rijeka and played his part in the six goals scored before he was substituted in the 79th minute.

Tue 06.10.2026 Czechia (h) Wembley NL

Tue 29.09.2026 Czechia (a) won 2-0 NL
Lewis completed the full game in Prague and gave an outstanding display to win his fifth senior England cap.

The Three Lions won comfortably after the hosts were reduced to ten men at 0-0; old boys Anthony Gordon and Elliot Anderson retained and Gordon again on target.

Sat 26.09.2026 Spain (h) lost 2-3 NL
Lewis watched from the bench as England lost to the World Champions at Wembley. Former Magpies Elliot Anderson and Anthony Gordon started - the latter adding to his goal tally.

Lukas Hornicek (Czechia):
Sat 03.10.2026 Spain (a) NL
Lukas was on the bench for Czechia in Oviedo.

Tue 06.10.2026 England (a) Wembley NL

Tue 29.09.2026 England (h) lost 0-2 NL
Hornicek remained on the bench in Prague.

Sat 26.09.2026 Croatia (h) lost 1-2 NL
Following one friendly outing last May, Lukas made his competitive senior international debut in Prague. 

Completing the full game, he conceded twice during the second half.

Malick Thiaw/Nick Woltemade (Germany):
Sun 04.10.2026 Greece (a) Thessaloniki NL

Thu 01.10.2026 Serbia (h) won 2-0 NL
Both players started in Munich, Thiaw completing the full game and Woltemade lasting 77 minutes.

Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece):
Sun 04.10.2026 Germany (h) Thessaloniki NL

Thu 01.10.2026 Netherlands (h) drew 2-2 NL
Another idle night for Vlach in Thessaloniki.

Sun 27.09.2026 Germany (a) won 1-0 NL
The goalkeeper watched from the bench as his colleagues won 1-0 in Augsburg.

Thu 24.09.2026 Serbia (a) won 2-1 NL
An unused substitute role in Belgrade for the goalkeeper.

Matias Fernandez-Pardo (Belgium):
Mon 05.10.2026 France (a) Paris NL

Fri 02.10.2026 Turkey (h) won 3-0 NL
There was no place for the forward in the matchday party, as coach Mark van Bommel reduced his squad size for the game in Liege. It's uncertain whether he'll return in Paris. 

Mon 28.09.2026 France (h) lost 0-1 NL
Our man joined the action in the 85th minute, just in time to see Michael Olise score the late French winner in Brussels.

Fri 25.09.2026 Italy (a) won 2-0 NL
Matias was an 83rd minute substitute in Rome as the Belgians secured a notable victory over an Italian side featuring Sandro Tonali - whose input was minimal.

Ousmane Diabate (Guinea):
Thu 01.10.2026 Kenya (h) won 1-0 AFCONQ
A 90 minute shift for the 19 year-old in Conakry.

Sat 26.09.2026 South Africa (a) lost 1-2 AFCONQ
Ousmane joined the action at half time in Johannesburg when his side were a goal down. Guinea then equalised but soon conceded a second and were beaten.

Yoane Wissa (DR Congo):

Mon 28.09.2026 Zimbabwe (a) won 2-1 AFCONQ
Yoane was on target again in Harare, scoring the first for DRC and setting up the second.

Thu 24.09.2026 Equatorial Guinea (h) won 2-0 AFCONQ
The striker's seventh international goal in 11 appearances since becoming a Magpie was a low shot from inside the area to double his side's lead in Kinshasha.

Wissa was withdrawn a minute from full time, SJP old boy Chancel Mbemba earlier opening the scoring for DRC.

Others:

Aladji Bamba/Ewen Jaouen (France U21s):
Sat 03.10.2026 Luxembourg (h) Orleans ECQ

Tue 06.10.2026 Switzerland (h) Orleans ECQ

Tue 29.09.2026 Estonia (a) won 2-0 ECQ
Both players played the full game in Parnu and Aladji set up the first goal just a few minutes after the hosts were reduced to ten men. The French scored another midway through the second half.

Fri 25.09.2026 Iceland (a) drew 1-1 ECQ
Ewen played the full game in Reykjavik but Aladji remained on the bench.

Sean Steur (Holland U21s):
Tue 06.10.2026 Bosnia & Herz (h) Doetinchem ECQ

Fri 02.10.2026 Slovenia (a) won 4-2 ECQ
Victory for the Dutch in Maribor, with midfielder Steur completing the game at the cost of a yellow card.

Fri 25.09.2026 Norway (h) drew 0-0 ECQ
Sean came on from the bench in the 83rd minute of the goalless draw in Deventer.

Vakhtang Salia (Georgia U21s):
Tue 06.10.2026 Germany (a) Bielefeld ECQ

Thu 01.10.2026 Northern Ireland (a) drew 1-1 ECQ
It ended honours even in Ballymena, Salia playing for the opening 87 minutes and collecting a yellow card.

Sat 26.09.2026 Greece (h) ECQ
The striker started in Tblisi with the Georgians conceding twice inside the first 13 minutes. Greece scored a third before our man was withdrawn in the 73rd minute.

Rory Finneran/Alex Murphy (Ireland U21s):
Tue 06.10.2026 England (h) Cork ECQ

Tue 29.09.2026 Kazakhstan (h) won 4-3 ECQ
Both players started the eventful game in Cork and Alex scored his side's first goal. A late penalty won it for the Irish not long after Rory had been substituted. Murphy played the full game.

Fri 25.09.2026 Slovakia (a) won 2-0 ECQ
Both Magpies completed the full game and were booked late on as the Irish were victorious in Kosice.

Loan lads:
The Borrowers

Oliver Holland (Newcastle Blue Star):
The Academy goalkeeper has made an emergency loan move back to the club he played for as a junior, following injury to former Magpie junior Will Anderson.

Olly made a winning debut on Friday as Star beat Newcastle Benfield 5-1 at home in the Northern League.

Anthony Munda (Swindon Town):
Anthony played the full game at Rochdale in League Two on Saturday which Town lost 0-1.

Antonio Cordero (Cadiz):
Leganes (h) Segunda Liga, Saturday.
Antonio played the full game at home to Leganes in Segunda Liga on Saturday and scored the first and third goals in the comfortable 4-0 victory.

Harrison Ashby (Luton Town):
Harrison played the full game at Colchester United in the EFL Trophy, on Saturday. The Hatters won on penalties after both sides scored late goals but our man didn't take a spot-kick.

Alex Murphy (Kaiserslautern):
FC Heidenheim (a) Bundesliga.2, Friday.

Sean Neave (Wolves):
Boro (a) Championship, Sat 10.10.2026

Rory Finneran (Notts County):
Oxford United (h) League One, Sat 10.10.2026

Ousmane Diabate (Genclerbirligi):
Amed (h) Super Lig, Sat 10.10.2026

Nick Woltemade (Juventus):
Cagliari (a) Serie A, Sun 11.10.2026

Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville):
Levante (a) La Liga, Mon 12.10.2026

Leo Shahar (Arouca):
to follow

Update:
Metro closure

Scheduled engineering work means that there will be no Metro service in either direction between St James and Monkseaton for a nine day period later this month.

Buses will replace trains on that section of line between Sat 24.10.2026 and Sun 01.11.2026, service resuming on Mon 02.11.2026 - the day of the Everton home game.

Update:
JC back in the saddle

Former Newcastle interim manager John Carver is back in football after five months on the sidelines, taking charge of Polish League side Radomiak Radom.

This is the 61 year-old Tynesider's second stint in Poland, following a spell at Lechia Gdansk from November 2024 until the end of last season, when they were demoted. 

Update:
Coach arrival

From the Daily Record, Tuesday:

Newcastle United are set to raid Kilmarnock for their goalkeeping coach Fraser Stewart.

Killie’s head of goalkeeping is set to join the Magpies’ U21 set-up. The shock move leaves Kilmarnock boss Neil McCann looking for a replacement.

The 37-year-old has been in post at Killie for the last four years. He has worked under Derek McInnes, Stuart Kettlewell and now McCann.

Stewart previously worked with the Scottish Football Association where he was the head of goalkeeping for the Scotland under-21s and Women’s teams.

It had been predicted by some media outlets that Stewart would be reunited with McInnes at Rangers, but his new place of work looks set to be Gallowgate not Ibrox.

U21s:
Bantams beat Magpies

Bradford City  2  Newcastle U21s  1

Match report

 

Newcastle return to action on Monday October 12th, making their Premier League bow at the Coventry Building Society Stadium - which will become the 62nd different ground to have hosted us in that competition.

It's an 8pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports and all 3,030 away section tickets are sold out.

The Magpies won both their previous visits to this venue when it was known as the Ricoh Arena: a 3-2 League Cup success during 2008 and a 2-0 Championship victory the following year. 

Team: to follow

CCFC: to follow

Playing in the PL for the first time since 2001, Frank Lampard's Sky Blues have three points after their opening five games.

Beaten 0-3 at Arsenal, their opening home game ended in a 1-0 success for Hull City. Next came a 0-1 reverse away to Manchester City, followed by a 0-5 drubbing by Brighton at the CBS Arena. 

A maiden victory and clean sheet then arrived at the fifth time of asking, winning 1-0 at Nottingham Forest. 

Referee: tbc

VAR: tbc

UK TV: Live on Sky Sports

The game will be on live at WonderBar in The Gate.

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1896 Darwen (h) 5-1 (1-1) Division Two P5, 4pts, 11th/16  Smellie(1-0,3-1,4-1,5-1), Wardrope(2-1) Lee(1-1) 7,000 In a cost cutting exercise, Darwen (aka the Salmoners) travelled to Newcastle by train on the day of the game, leaving at 5.30am.  The press later blamed their second half capitulation on tiredness from the trip. 1901 Notts County (a) 2-0 (0-0) Division One P5, 6pts, 4th/18  Peddie(80), A.Gardner(83) 10,000  There were debuts for Scotman Alex Caie, and local lad Tom Bamlett in a rare Thursday game, taking place at Trent Bridge during the annual Goose Fair in Nottingham. 1903 Derby County (a) 3-1 (1-1) Division One P6, 9pts, 4th/18  Rutherford(35), McColl(55), Howie (83) Richards(1) 11,000 The Magpies gained their first-ever victory at The Baseball Ground, despite conceding to the Rams within the opening 60 seconds. 1908 Bristol City (a) 3-3 (0-1) Division One P7, 11pts, 2nd/20  Veitch(65pen,87) Higgins(75) Burton(7), Gilligan(50,76)  16,000 United recovered from a 0-2 deficit to claim a point, although there was an element of fortune in their first and second goals.  Colin Veitch converted a penalty awarded for a disputed handball and Sandy Higgins was then able to level after the ball struck the referee on the head and presented him with a open goal. City promptly scored again but Newcastle hit back to earn a draw despite having played 80 minutes with ten men after Dave Gardner was unable to continue due to injury.  1910 North West Durham XI (n) 0-0 (0-0) Friendly  1,000 Newcastle provided the opposition in a game arranged to raise funds for improvements at Annfield Plain, who were the hosts. 1914 Tottenham Hotspur (h) 4-0 (2-0) Division One P7, 7pts, 6th/20  Booth(10), Hibbert(43), Hall(57,88)  22,000 Having scored just twice in their opening four home games, Newcastle hit form against Spurs with winger Angus Douglas crossing three times to good effect.  1925 Arsenal (h) 7-0 (6-0) Division One P8, 8pts, 12th/22  Loughlin(9), Urwin(18), Clark(20,37,41), Seymour(45,50) 35,000 This hammering of the Gunners remains their largest top-flight away reverse to date, with Blackburn, West Brom and West Ham all inflicting defeats by the same scoreline in the first three decades of the 20th century. The severity of the defeat has been blamed on Arsenal's failure to alter their formation to reflect a change in the offside law that came into effect that season - manager Herbert Chapman bowing to player pressure after this loss and altering his tactics That rethink was to serve Arsenal well, with a 0-3 win at Highbury in the reverse fixture as the Gunners went on to finish second in the league - eight places ahead of United.   1931 Bolton Wanderers (a) 1-2 (1-1) Division One P7, 6pts, 17th/22  J.R.Richardson(8)  Blackmore(11), og(Davidson)(62) 13,833 Visiting centre half Dave Davidson ensured that the points remained at Burnden Park when diverting the ball beyond his own goalkeeper. 1936 Bury (a) 2-1 (2-1) Division Two P9, 10pts, 5th/22  Park(35), Cairns(36)  Whitfield(18pen) 17,893 Newcastle came from behind to win, inflicting a first defeat of the season on the Shakers and their third successive victory at Gigg Lane. 1942 Leeds United (a) 7-1 (3-0) Wartime Carr 3, Dixon, Taylor 3 Powell(90) 3,000 Having lost 3-5 at Gallowgate to Leeds a week earlier, the tables were turned at Elland Road, with Ernie Taylor and Eddie Carr registering trebles. 1951 A below-par England stuttered to a 2-2 draw with France at Arsenal's Highbury Stadium, Jackie Milburn having a quiet game. 1953 Charlton Athletic (h) 0-2 (0-1) Division One P12, 10pts, 14th/22  Fenton(32pen), Leary(75)  47,516  Newcastle were in their worst run of home league form for over half a century, losing at Gallowgate for the fourth time in as many games.     Referee, Mr K.A.Collinge from Sale, was pelted with fruit after awarding the visitors a penalty for handball and one apple core hit Addicks' goalie Sam Bartram, slightly injuring his eye. Centre Half Ron Greener deputised for Frank Brennan on this, the first of three senior appearances for the Magpies.  He eventually left for Darlington and went on to complete over 500 games for the Quakers. 1956 Hibernian (Scotland) (h) 2-1 (0-1) Friendly  Milburn(67), Hannah(71) Turnbull(16) 16,668 Two goals in four second half minutes turned around this Wednesday evening Friendly. Team: Simpson, Keith, Batty, Keery, Stokoe, Crowe, White, Eastham, Milburn, Hannah, Mitchell. HFC: Proudfoot, Grant, Muir, Higgins, Paterson, Combe, Buchanan, Turnbull, Reilly, Nicol, Ormond.    1959 West Ham United (h) 0-0 (0-0) Division One P11, 9pts, 18th/22  41,924 Ivor Allchurch tumbled in the box on half time, but George Eastham's penalty kick was saved.   1964 Ipswich Town (a) 1-3 (0-3) Division Two P11, 14pts, 3rd/22  Burton(1-3)  Brogan(25), Hegan(36,38pen) 14,444       1970 Manchester City (a) 1-1 (0-0) Division One P11, 12pts, 8th/22  Ford(60)  Doyle(75) 33,139 Joe Corrigan was equal to Pop Robson's 40th minute spot kick.   1981 Cardiff City (a) 4-0 (2-0) Division Two P8, 12pts, 10th/22  Varadi(8,57,65), Davies(35pen)  5,764 After seven scoreless games following his move from Everton, striker Imre Varadi hit form at Ninian Park.   1987 Chelsea (a) 2-2 (1-2) Division One P9, 9pts, 15th/21  Goddard(30), Wharton(82) og(McCreery)(12), Dixon(25) 22,071 What looked like being a hard afternoon in SW6 almost became a memorable one, United recovering from going 0-2 down to make it three games unbeaten at Stamford Bridge. Paul Goddard shot home to half the arrears before future Magpie Steve Clarke's tackle on Mirandinha saw a penalty kick awarded. Neil McDonald put his effort straight at Eddie Niedzwiecki but a point was still salvaged after substitute Kenny Wharton scored with his first touch - Mirandinha then coming agonisingly close to stealing the points near to full time. Youtube footage is online here 1990 Middlesbrough (h)  0-0 (0-0) Division Two P8, 12pts, 12th/24  17,023 United extended their winless run to five games after a Boro side featuring old boys John Hendrie and Ian Baird left Gallowgate with a point.  Following his substitute debut at Bristol City five days earlier, there was a first senior start for 17 year-old Magpie midfielder Lee Clark. Youtube footage is online here 1998 Newcastle reserves began their Northumberland Senior Cup campaign with an 8-1 victory over Lemington Social Club. Icelandic striker Bjarni Gudjonsson notched a treble, Paul Barrett claimed a brace and Terry Burghall, Paul Robinson and Jamie McClen got the others. 1999 Middlesbrough (h) 2-1 (2-0) Premiership P10, 7pts, 19th/20 Shearer(17,44) Deane(89) 36,421 Newcastle won their second league game of the season thanks to a pair of trademark headers from a revitalised Alan Shearer. United's number 9 was reunited with Kevin Gallacher, who debuted after completing his transfer from Blackburn Rovers. NUFC.com match report PL highlights are online here 2004 Birmingham City (a) 2-2 (1-1) Premiership P8, 12pts, 6th/20 Jenas(3), Butt(67) Yorke(23), Upson(57) 29,021 Nicky Butt's well-struck volley was his first goal for this United and salvaged a point against Steve Bruce's side. Travelling fans were charged £38 to access this miserable pit of a ground, while many home followers paid just £5, as City resorted to drastic measures to fill their seats.  NUFC.com match report PL highlights are online here 2006 Albert Luque scored two memorable 30 yard efforts as Newcastle Reserves recorded a resounding 4-1 victory over Liverpool. James Troisi and Carl Finnigan were also on target at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground. NUFC.com match report 2009 Bristol City (h) 0-0 (0-0) Championship P11, 24pts, 1st/24 43,326 The Manager of the Month curse struck yet again, as Magpies boss Chris Hughton retained the accolade he'd collected for August. However, it was the heroics of stand-in City goalkeeper Dean Gerken - plus the woodwork and referee Graham Salisbury - that saw a frustrated SJP made to settle for a point. NUFC.com match report 2010 Manchester City (a) 1-2 (1-1) Premier League P7, 7pts, 15th/20 Gutierrez(24) Tevez(18pen), Johnson(75) 46,067 A decent display at the CoM Stadium brought no reward, injuries to Hatem Ben Arfa and Fabricio Coloccini overshadowing all else.    Just four minutes had elapsed on a wet day in East Manchester when Ben Arfa was left sprawled out on the pitch a few yards outside the City area, following a disgraceful challenge from Nigel De Jong.  Although referee Martin Atkinson saw nothing wrong and allowed play to continue, Ben Arfa received treatment before departing for hospital on a stretcher with a double fracture of his left leg, receiving oxygen on the field. Coloccini meanwhile limped out of the fray in the first half, continuing a run of ill-fortune on this ground that saw Michael Owen and Joey Barton crocked during previous visits. NUFC.com match report PL highlights are online here 2015 Manchester City (a) 1-6 (1-1) Premier League P8, 3pts, 20th/20 Mitrovic(18) Aguero(42,49,50,60,62), De Bruyne(53) 53,850 1-0 up through Aleksandar Mitrovic's first goal for the club, United then spectacularly disintegrated at the Etihad Stadium. Only a linesman's flag and the right boot of Joe Hart had prevented United going 3-0 up but once Sergio Aguero equalised before the break, it all went awry. Three Aguero goals in barely four minutes then turned the game on its head and that became four in seven minutes as Steve McClaren's side capitulated. Kevin de Bruyne and Aguero again made it 1-6 and with almost half an hour left, our record loss (0-9 in 1895) looked under threat. Thankfully City took pity. NUFC.com match report PL highlights are online here 2018 A bizarre evening found the players, manager Rafa Benitez and club owner Mike Ashley at Rialto's restaurant in Ponteland. A TV crew and press photographers just happened to be outside to capture the occasion for posterity, Ashley appearing to give a two-fingered salute when leaving. Meanwhile, in the city centre, a second Magpie Group meeting was staged. Speakers included Ian Mearns MP, Chi Onwurah MP and Kevin Miles of the Football Supporters Federation. 2020 Burnley (h) 3-1 (1-0) Premier League P4, 7pts, 6th/20 Saint-Maximin(14) Wilson(65,77) Westwood(61) BCD United deservedly collected three home points for the first time in six attempts, thanks to the dribbling skills of Allan Saint-Maximin and the finishing prowess of Callum Wilson. The game was played at 8.00pm on a Saturday evening as live TV coverage of the COVID-affected season continued. NUFC.com match report PL highlights are online here 2022 U21 assistant coach Kevin Richardson announced his exit from SJP. The 59 year-old Tyneside-born former Everton and England midfielder had been  with United's Academy for 12 years.