Half time: Shaymen 0 Magpies 0

Full time: Shaymen 0 Magpies 0

The shootout:

Al.Harrison scored 1-0
Harris scored 1-1
Neave scored 2-1
Mills scored 2-2
Brayson saved 2-2
Adetoro scored 2-3
Bailey scored 3-3
Jenkins scored 3-4
McArthur scored 4-4
Kawa saved 4-4
Palmer saved 4-4
Johnson saved 4-4
Charlton scored 5-4
Cummings scored 5-5
Heffernan scored 6-5
Latty-Fairweather scored 6-6
C.Thompson hit bar 6-6
Emmerson scored 6-7

Halifax won 7-6

Newcastle's U21 side concluded their National League Cup group stage on Tuesday night with a goalless draw at The Shay, losing the subsequent penalty shootout.

Needing to defeat hosts FC Halifax Town to reach the knockout stages at their expense, a strangely cautious display from Adam Lawrence's side never looked liked producing a goal until visiting defender Miodrag Pivas shook the crossbar with an 88th minute shot following a corner.

The hosts also struck the goal frame, through Jay Turner-Cooke's long-distance free kick on 69 minutes. The former Magpie then burst into the box only to theatrically tumble over in a failed attempt at winning a penalty kick but managed to avoid a booking

Newcastle's failure to take three points from the tie then made the shootout for the extra point entirely academic: Alfie Harrison, Ben Parkinson, Scott Bailey, Charlie McArthur, Dylan Charlton and Cathal Heffernan converting, but home custodian Nathaniel Ford denying Joe Brayson and Darren Palmer while Ciaran Thompson hit the bar.

United's James Taylor was equal to efforts from David Kawa and Cody Johnson meanwhile, but couldn't prevent Zak Emmerson from slotting home the eighteenth penalty of the evening.

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