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Season 2025-26
Real Sociedad U21s (h) Premier League International Cup Group C

 
Date: Tuesday 18th November 2025, 7pm

Venue: Whitley Park

Admission: Free to ST holders or else £3 / £1



Newcastle U21s

Real Sociedad U21s

 

 0 - 0


Half time: 0 - 0  
Score Sheet:
   
 

Teams
Taylor
Ashby
McArthur
Heffernan
Pivas
Bailey
Al.Harrison
Munda
Parkinson
Neave
Seung-soo

 

 

 Folgado
Dadle
Agote
Oleaga
Calderon
Ayo
Diaz
Eceizabarrena
Osazuwa
Mariezkurrena
Marchal
Substitutes:
(70) Brayson for Parkinson
(76) Bryant for Neave		   Rodriguez for Dadie (46)
Ramirez for Diaz (46)
Chavez for Osazuwa (76)
Elcano for Marchal (88)
Shuaib for Eceizabarrena (88)
Subs not used:
Ad.Harrison
C.Thompson
Harper
Palmer
Ferreira		   Saenz
Pereira
Chavez
Bookings:
McArthur
Seung-soo
Neave
Al.Harrison
Heffernan		 Eceizabarrena
Ramirez
Agote
Dismissals:
None None
Referee: Ben Robinson

Attendance: 126

Goals

Half time: Newcastle 0 Sociedad 0

Full time: Newcastle 0 Sociedad 0

We said

Adam Lawrence said:

"“The clean sheet is the positive - but not only that but I think the lads deserved the clean sheet for being so defensively solid and restricting the opposition to minimal chances.

"How we built from the back and progressed our play was good but we were just lacking a little in the final third with the decisions in and around the box and the lads were a bit frustrated with that."

Stats


With no equivalent side in the U21 age range, the visitors fielded an XI comprising of players born in 2004 or later who are in their B team, C team and and "Juvenil A" (U19) team.

Newcastle entered this competition for only the third time since it was established in 2014. All group stage ties are now between domestic and overseas sides, avoiding the previous situation where domestic sides faced each other and overseas ones also played each other in the UK.

NUFC in the PLIC:

2017/18 Sparta Prague (h) won 2-1 og, Barlaser
2017/18 Liverpool (a) lost 1-2 Roberts
2017/18 PSV Eindhoven (h) won 3-1 Gallacher, Fernandez, Roberts
2017/18 mackems (a) drew 2-2 Good, Roberts (won 11-10 on pens)
2017/18 Porto (h) lost 0-1*
2019/20 Benfica (h) drew 1-1 Francillette
2019/20 Hertha Berlin (h) won 3-1 Allan 2, Fernandez
2019/20 Blackburn Rovers (h) lost 2-3 Allan 2
2025/26 Real Sociedad (h) drew 0-0

All home games at Whitley Park except * SJP.

 

Waffle

Newcastle U21s began their Premier League International Cup fixtures on Tuesday, playing out an incident-free draw against Spanish opposition at a sodden Whitley Park.

A small crowd saw a game of few chances: what proved to be Newcastle's most dangerous moment coming when Alfie Harrison's early corner kick struck the crossbar.

At the other end, goalkeeper James Taylor denied Dario Ramirez before the full time whistle sounded and those present squelched their way home - perhaps thankful that there's no requirement for extra time or penalties in the group stage of the competition.

The second of Newcastle's group games sees PSG provide the opposition at Whitley Park on Friday.

The Magpies then conclude their Group C ties by hosting Croatia Zagreb in December and Benfica in January. The format of the 32 team competition means that none of the 16 Premier League teams meet, but each host four continental sides.

Biffa