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Season 2026-27
York City (a) EFL Trophy Northern Group C

Date: Tuesday 15th September 2026, 7pm
Live on Sky Sports+

Venue: LNER Stadium, York

Admission: Ł10

Programme: Ł3.50 (joint issue with Rotherham United tie)

York City		Newcastle U21s
	1 - 3
Half time:	1 - 1

Score Sheet:
(8) Felix		Salia (44) Thompson (46) Ca (83)

	Teams
Sykes-Kenworthy J.Hunt McArthur Palmer Felix Stiver Read Medley Malcolm Pearce Akinyemi		Dowell Johnson Craggs Watts Pivas Bailey Alabi Charlton Thompson Ferreira Salia

Substitutes:
(1) Farrar for Pearce (67) Beadle for J.Hunt (67) Belleh for Felix (67) Ozisik for Akinyemi		Ca for Salia (70) Emerson for Johnson (70) Seldon for Ferreira (71) F.Harper for Alabi (85) Wooster for Thompson (90)
Subs not used:
Turner Webster White		Mair Durrant

Bookings:
None		None
Dismissals:
None		None

Referee: Gareth Rhodes

Attendance: 1,835 including 110 in the away section.

Goals

8 mins Felix shot 0-1

44 mins Salia shot 1-1

Half time: Minstermen 1 Magpies 1

46 mins Thompson shot 2-1

83 mins Ca shot 3-1

Full time: Minstermen 1 Magpies 3

A sight for wor eyes

We Said

Robbie Stockdale said:

"We're really pleased with the result. We had to weather the storm for the first 20-25 minutes and I was a little bit disappointed with our one-v-one duels.

"I felt we were a little timid in them, having the goalkeeper to thank that the score was only one-nil after making some top saves.

"We then grew into it, got a bit of control and the game changed after scoring right at the end of the first half. In the second half, I thought we were worthy of the result, creating the better chances and we stuck to our shape, staying disciplined.

"I thought we got we deserved in the end against a really good team."

On goalscorers Thompson and Ca:

"(Kyran's) a really good player. It's not easy for anybody to come into a new club and team. We lost some players on loan, others are in the first team squad which is brilliant and it's the next group that come through that need to grasp their opportunity. (Kyran's) a really good player. It's not easy for anybody to come into a new club and team. We lost some players on loan, others are in the first team squad which is brilliant and it's the next group that come through that need to grasp their opportunity.

"Afner's a different kind of profile player to what we've had in the past. It's not easy for a young player that doesn't speak a lot of English to come into our programme. There's a lot of work to be done with Afner but the raw tools, being quick and strong, are there.

"We were really young at one stage tonight and that's great experience for those players. They'll have dips, moments where it doesn't look great for them and we have to support them when that happens but we demand and push them as much as we can.

"For me, the EFL Trophy and National League Cup are great games for our learning.

"There's been a couple of performances we haven't been happy with but, results aside, I actually thought the first block of games was really good for us.

"It felt like what the senior team would do. We play Tuesday, Saturday and Tuesday this week and if our players go out on loan or play for the first team, they'll be expected to perform in those games.

"I've really enjoyed our first part of the season. We certainly let ourselves down in the Fulham game but tonight was gritty and there was good football on show, much more what we expect from a Newcastle United team."

Stats

Mason Miley and Michael Mills were omitted after both were in the first team party at Elland Road on Monday - Mason making the bench against Leeds United. Trevan Sanusi wasn't in the party here.

As well as those players out on loan and involved with the senior squad, United are without Park Seung-soo, who is in the South Korea U23 squad at the Asian Games.

Robbie Stockdale's side will make two further visits to Yorkshire in this competition, beginning with a game at Bradford City on Wednesday week, September 22nd. They then face Rotherham United on Tuesday November 3rd.

PS: This the first of two visits to the LNER Stadium this week for Newcastle U21s, with a PL2 fixture against Leeds United to be played there on Saturday.

NUFC in the EFL Trophy - all time:

Played 32, Won 8, Drawn 5, Lost 19, goals for 32, goals against 67.

2017/18 Crewe Alexandra won 2-1
2017/18 Port Vale lost 0-1
2017/18 Oldham Athletic lost 1-4
2018/19 Doncaster Rovers won 3-1
2018/19 Notts County won 2-0
2018/19 Grimsby Town won 3-2
2018/19 Macclesfield Town drew 1-1 (won 5-3 pens)*
2018/19 mackems lost 0-4
2019/20 Macclesfield Town lost 1-2
2019/20 Shrewsbury Town lost 0-3
2019/20 Port Vale lost 1-2
2020/21 Shrewsbury Town lost 0-3
2020/21 Crewe Alexandra lost 0-1
2020/21 Bolton Wanderers lost 2-3
2021/22 Sheffield Wednesday lost 0-3
2021/22 Harrogate Town lost 0-2
2021/22 Mansfield Town lost 3-6
2022/23 Doncaster Rovers drew 0-0 (lost 2-4 pens)
2022/23 Barnsley lost 0-2
2022/23 Lincoln City lost 0-2
2023/24 Wrexham lost 0-1
2023/24 Port Vale drew 1-1 (lost 2-3 pens)
2023/24 Crewe Alexandra lost 1-2
2024/25 Bradford City drew 2-2 (won 4-3 pens)
2024/25 Rotherham United lost 1-3
2024/25 Mansfield Town lost 0-3
2025/26 Huddersfield Town lost 2-6
2025/26 Mansfield Town drew 2-2 (won 5-3 pens)
2025/26 Harrogate Town lost 1-3
2026/27 York City won 3-1

* At SJP, all others were away ties.

Waffle

Newcastle U21s memorably won their first game of the season on Tuesday night at the fifth attempt, coming from behind to defeat League Two York City at the LNER Stadium.

Goals from Vakhtang Salia, Kyran Thompson and Afner Ca saw the Magpies collect maximum points in the EFL Trophy for the first time in eight years - their three wins since beating Grimsby Town in 2018 coming via penalty shootouts after drawn ties.

Retaining just Ollie Pearce from the starting line-up against Swindon Town four days earlier, City then withdrew that player within seconds of the first whistle - an increasingly common ploy to comply with EFL Trophy regulations regarding the number of senior players named in the starting line-up.

The Minstermen went ahead in the eighth minute when a shot from Joe Felix took a deflection and eluded Roman Dowell in the Newcastle goal - although the 16 year-old custodian more than justified his selection over the course of the game with a succession of noteworthy stops.

United levelled on 44 minutes when Salia exploited Ash Palmer's defensive error, hammering home a loose ball from inside the box to register a fourth league and cup goal of the season.

And the Magpies found the net again in the opening stages of the second half, 17 year-old Thompson marking his first start at this level by steering home a low shot from the left side of the box.

City came close to levelling just after the hour mark when Jack Hunt turned and shot against the goal frame, but that proved to be their best chance and Thompson fired over when well placed at the other end on 76 minutes.

2-1 did become 3-1 seven minutes before the end of normal time however, when substitute Ca took Thompson's pass and fired in his maiden Toon strike, SJP old boy Charlie McArthur at fault.

Thanks to GW

Page last updated 21 September, 2026