Newcastle's winless start to the PL2 season was extended to six games on Sunday, as Tottenham Hotspur became the latest side to leave Tyneside with maximum points.

United slipped to defeat at an almost deserted Whitley Park, thanks to some contrary scheduling that saw the U21 game kicking off just moments after United's Premier League meeting with Nottingham Forest at SJP had ended.

Having scored five times at the mackems and six times at Leicester in their opening two PL2 away games, Spurs were soon on the offensive and Tynan Thompson shot against the goal frame within the opening two minutes.

The visitors went ahead on 20 minutes when midfielder Lucas Williams-Barnett drove past Max Thompson but the Magpies levelled thanks to Cathal Heffernan's header from Alfie Harrison's free kick six minutes before the break.

Sadly that's as good as it got for the black and whites and coach Adam Lawrence as a talented Spurs side fully imposed themselves after the restart.

Williams-Barnett grabbed his second of the game from distance in the 53rd minute, Rio Kyerematen struck the woodwork four minutes later and Thompson emulated him on 66 minutes, finding the goal frame for the second time.

The third goal duly arrived for Spurs with 14 minutes remaining, when Dane Scarlett converted his free kick before Thompson finally got his goal on 78 minutes.

Defeat saw Newcastle slip to second bottom of the 29 team table, with only pointless Derby County below them.

The unavailability of attacking quartet Ben Parkinson, Sean Neave, Jonny Emerson and Park Seung-soo saw Kacey Wooster handed his first PL2 start and the 17 year-old twice came close to netting in the opening exchanges.