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1894 Darwen (a)
0-5 (0-1)
Division Two
P1, 0pts, 16th/16
Mitchell(0-1),
McKennie(0-2),
A.King(0-3,0-5)
Townley(0-4)
5,000
Newcastle's first visit to Barley Bank saw them and
the hosts get changed in tents before emerging to take
the field.
There were undistinguished debuts for T.Cambell - who didn't even
stick around long enough to tell anyone his Christian name
- Tom Rendell and Jock Smith.
(Some reports credit Maxwell not Townley with Darwen's
fourth).
1894 United's "A" side began their Northern
Alliance season by over-turning a half-time deficit of
1-2 to beat Shankhouse 4-2 at SJP.
The Newcastle Daily Chronicle reporter noted that
the home side wore "the new colours of the club,
black and white jerseys."
1896 Hibernian (Scotland)
(h)
1-1 (1-1)
Friendly
Thompson(40)
Murray(8)
5,000
Darkness fell before the game had ended and the referee
deemed it impossible to continue beyond the 73rd
minute.
The visitors were awarded a spot kick for a foul near to
the final whistle, but such was the gloom that the
identity of the player who blasted it over the crossbar
could not be identified.
Team: Watts,
White, Foyers, Miller, Graham, Stott, Thompson, Collins,
Smellie, Aitken, Wardrope.
1897 sunderland (h)
1-3 (0-1)
Friendly
Ghee(1-3)
Leslie(20),
Morgan(0-2,0-3)
12,000
A wet and miserable evening on Barrack Road meant
that this Wednesday pre-season meeting spanned two 35
minute halves.
Team: Watts, Stewart,
White, Ghee, Ostler, Jackson, Allan, Harvie, Campbell,
Aitken, Wardrope.
1898 sunderland (h)
1-1 (0-1)
Friendly
Peddie(1-1)
Morgan(10)
15,000
United's only warm-up game ahead of their maiden
top-flight season ended honours even against the First
Division visitors.
Jock Peddie struck a second half equaliser after
mackem custodian Ned Doig had saved the same player's
penalty just on half time.
Team:
Kingsley, Lindsay, Jackson, Ghee, Higgins, Aitken,
Rogers, Niblo, Peddie, Smith, Wardrope.
1900 Nottingham Forest
(h)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P1, 1pt, 10th/18
20,000
Debut for Charles Burgess, a Scottish defender who was
an early victim of the SJP boo boys during his 31 game
tenure on Tyneside.
He then signed for Portsmouth - about as far away as he
could get from Gallowgate.
1902 Glasgow Rangers (Scotland)
(h)
3-1 (3-1)
Friendly
Rutherford(5), McColl(2-0),
Orr(3-0)
J.Walker(3-1)
6,000
Due to the gloomy Tyneside weather, this Monday
night kickabout was played as two 40 minute halves.
Team:
Kingsley, Bennie, Agnew, McWilliam, Aitken, Carr,
Stewart, Orr, Rutherford, McColl, Roberts.
1904 Paris Athletic
(France) (h)
11-2 (4-0)
Friendly
Appleyard 5, Howie 2, Orr 2, Templeton, Rutherford
Verlet(pen),Polletier
3,000
United hosted what amounted to a scratch XI of French
players rather than the claimed Parisian club.
The visitors returned later in 1904 for a game at
Arsenal, where they were walloped 26-1.
1906 sunderland (h)
4-2 (1-0)
Division One
P1, 2pts, 3rd/20
Appleyard(27), Rutherford(77,82), Howie(87)
Bridgett(51,69)
56,375
1909 Bolton Wanderers
(h)
1-0 (0-0)
Division One
P1, 2pts, 5th/20
Rutherford(75)
25,000
Debut for centre half Wilfred Lawson.
1910 sunderland (a)
1-2 (0-1)
Division One
P1, 0pts, 16th/20
Shepherd(80pen)
Holley(32), Coleman(87)
30,000
1913 Blackburn Rovers
(a)
0-3 (0-1)
Division One
P1, 0pts, 20th/20
Chapman(30), Latheron(60,70)
20,000
John King debuted for
United at Ewood Park following his signing from Partick
Thistle, while Albert Shepherd returned to the side
after being sidelined since the previous March with a
knee injury.
1920 Everton (a)
1-3 (0-1)
Division One
P2, 1pt, 17th/22
Harris(1-2)
Kirsopp(1,70), Crossley(1-3)
45,000
William Kirsopp's opener came from the
kickoff, before another blow for United came when Tom
Curry was unable to continue past the 25 minute mark due
to an
earlier injury.
The ten-man Magpies levelled through Neil Harris at the
start of the second half but Everton regained the lead
through Charlie Crossley within five minutes, making sure
of the points when Kirsopp added a third.
1923 Arsenal (h)
1-0 (1-0)
Division One
P3, 6pts, 1st/22
Aitken(26)
40,000
1924 Blackburn Rovers
(a)
1-1 (0-1)
Division One
P2, 1pt, 16th/22
Seymour(50)
McKay(10)
20,000
1926 Burnley (h)
1-5 (1-2)
Division One
P2, 2pts, 10th/22
Hudspeth(1-1pen)
Beel(3,1-3,1-4), Page(1-2),
Bruton(1-5)
33,069
1928
Sheffield United (a) 1-3 (0-0)
Division One
P3, 1pt, 20th/22
Chalmers(54)
Johnson(58,60,73)
23,094 |
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1934 Brentford (h)
2-5 (1-1)
Division Two
P3, 0pts, 21st/22
Gallantree(6), Kelly(29)
Muttitt(18,60,89), Holliday(48),
Hopkins(88)
24,000
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1934
Meanwhile, Newcastle Reserves faced West Bromwich
Albion in the Central League but lost by a single
goal at The Hawthorns. |
1937 Barnsley (h)
0-1 (0-0)
Division Two
P2, 0pts, 22nd/22
Bullock(78)
19,065
The first of centre half Jimmy Denmark's 54
appearances at Gallowgate, following his arrival from
Scottish side Third Lanark.
1945
Sheffield United (a) 0-3 (0-0)
Wartime
og(Corbett), Knott,
Nightingale
16,647
Stoke City player Bert Knott guested for the
Blades and netted on his debut. |
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1948 Chelsea (a)
3-2 (1-0)
Division One
P4, 4pts, 11th/22
Milburn(27), Thompson(50), Gibson(90)
Jones(52),
Walker(75pen)
50,207
Many of the home fans had left before Colin
Gibson's last minute winner for Newcastle. |
 1951
Tottenham Hotspur (h) 7-2 (4-1)
Division One
P5, 5pts, 9th/22
Mitchell(4,42), Walker(8), G.Robledo(17,75,80),
Taylor(90)
Scarth(45), Bennett(47)
52,541
An amazing demolition of the league champions,
achieved without the sidelined Milburn.
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1954
West Bromwich Albion (a)
2-4 (1-4)
Division One
P4, 4pts, 10th/22
Hannah(11) Scoular(60)
Nicholls(19,39), Allen(21), Ryan(42)
36,414 |
1956
Sheffield Wednesday (a)
0-4 (0-3)
Division One
P5, 6pts, 11th/22
Finney(39),
Broadbent(41), Shiner(44), Quixall(47)
36,270 |
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 1962
Preston North End (a)
1-2 (1-1)
Division Two
P5, 4pts, 12th/22
Hale(35)
D.Wilson(38), Alston(62)
13,884
Barely 72 hours after beating Boro 6-1 on Tyneside,
United suffered their first Deepdale defeat in five
visits.
 1964
Charlton Athletic (a)
1-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P3, 5pts, 4th/22
Robson(71)
22,939
A goalscoring debut for Pop Robson, who made sporadic
first team appearances until establishing himself fully in
the 1968/69 season.
 1965
West Bromwich Albion (a) 2-1 (1-0)
Division One
P4, 3pts, 16th/22
Hilley(5), McGarry(85)
Kaye(72)
22,043
A first victory back in the top flight was achieved at
the fourth time of asking - just a week after losing 1-0
to the Baggies on Tyneside.
 1971
Leeds United (a)
1-5 (0-2)
Division One
P6, 4pts, 19th/22
og(Hunter)(75)
Charlton(3), Lorimer(45), Giles(pen)(59), Madeley(62),
Yorath(88)
18,623
The disturbances
that followed referee Ray Tinkler's refusal to rule out an
obviously offside goal from West Bromwich Albion the
previous April saw Elland Road closed for a quartet of
home league games as punishment.
However the switch to Hillsborough for this midweek game
made little difference to Don Revie's side, who exploited
the gaps in our defence caused by the absent Ollie Burton.
His replacement, John McNamee played what proved to be his
final game for The Magpies.
 1973
Arsenal (h)
1-1 (1-1)
Division One
P3, 3pts, 12th/22
McDermott(3)
George(6)
30,665
Injury deprived Joe Harvey of both Malcolm Macdonald
and John Tudor, the number nine shirt being worn by
Tommy Cassidy.
Meanwhile the reserves lost 2-3 to
Manchester City at Maine Road, despite a brace from George
Hope.
 1976
Gillingham (a)
2-1 (1-0)
League Cup 2nd Round
Cannell(40), Cassidy(84),
Weatherley(79)
11,203
Reserve striker Alan Guy made his bow as there was a competitive
debut for Newcastle at Priestfield.
 1979
Chelsea (h)
2-1 (0-1)
Division Two
P4, 5pts, 9th/22
Withe(63,72)
Fillery(17)
25,047
A winning debut for Stuart Boam, newly arrived from
Middlesbrough shortly after the crocked Irving Nattrass
had gone the opposite way - one of Bill McGarry's better
pieces of business.
 1982
Blackburn Rovers (a) 2-1 (2-0)
Division Two
P2, 6pts, 1st/22
Keegan(26), Martin(35)
Bell(78)
14,421
After the great emotion of Kevin Keegan's United debut
the previous Saturday, the bandwagon kept rolling at Ewood
Park. There was a debut for John Anderson, on as
substitute.
 1984
Aston Villa (h)
3-0 (0-0)
Division One
P3, 9pts, 1st/22
Waddle(48,82),
Beardsley(77)
31,591
United stood proudly at the top of Division One for
the first time since September 1950 after this fine win.
Youtube
footage is online here
 1987
Norwich City (a)
1-1 (0-0)
Division One
P4, 4pts, 16th/21
P.Jackson
Biggins
16,636
Mirandinha's debut, in doubt up to kick off, tempted
thousands of United fans to Norfolk on a weekday night,
complete with Brazilian shirts and for some never to be
explained reason, sombreros.
Youtube
footage is online here
 1990
Blackburn Rovers (a)
1-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P2, 6pts, 5th/24
O'Brien(90)
11,329
A last gasp winner for Jim Smith's side, with
virtually the only chance they created in the whole game.
Howard Gayle - once on loan at SJP - missed a host of
chances for the home side, to the amusement of the
travelling support.
Youtube
footage is online here
1993 Red Star
Belgrade striker Dragan Lukic was on trial at United, but
after injuring himself in training, returned home without
ever playing for the club.
A friendly arranged for him went ahead regardless, Alex
Mathie scored three in a 6-1 beating of Doncaster Rovers at Belle
Vue.
1996 Keith
Gillespie appeared for Northern Ireland as they lost 1-0
at home to Ukraine in a match at Windsor Park, Belfast.
Chris Holland featured for England U21s as they recorded a
2-0 away win against Moldova and Tino Asprilla scored
three of Columbia's goals as they hammered Chile 4-1.
 1999
The Reserves played at Boro's Riverside and thumped them
4-1, thanks to goals from Brian Kerr(2), Des Hamilton and
Paul Robinson.
Former Magpie reserve Alun Armstrong got a consolation
goal for the Smoggies.
2000 A sheet metal
worker from Newcastle's grandson was born. In other words,
Alan Shearer's third born was a baby boy. The lad had
barely got his first nappy on and bookmakers were laying
odds (ludicrously short) that he would play for
England....
2001 A good night's work for Shay Given, who was
between the posts for Ireland as they beat the Dutch 1-0
in a World Cup Qualifier staged in Dublin.
Future Magpie Damien Duff was in the side, while Newcastle
defender Andy O'Brien won his third full cap, appearing as
a sub.
2003 The Reserves
lost 2-1 to Aston Villa at Kingston Park. Darren Ambrose
scored after the break after Balaban and Davis gave Villa
a 2-0 half-time lead. Steve Harper left the field with
what looked like a hamstring injury on the day after the
transfer deadline.
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match report
2004 Peter
Ramage gave Tommy Craig's second string a winning start to
the Premier Reserve League North campaign with the winner against Everton.
Rammy's header from a
Martin Brittain corner was cleared off the line but the
centre-back crashed the rebound in from close range.
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Not much else happened on
September 1st but that allowed us to reflect on a quite
incredible August:
01
Bobby unhappy about Shepherd quotes in media that this was
his final season
02 Bernard confirms contract stalemate
03 Bowyer ill, joins Given, O'Brien, Ambrose,
Woodgate, Jenas and Taylor on sidelines
04 Lost 1-2
at Celtic: Shearer subbed and academy players on bench.
Dressing room arguments involving Dyer & Shearer
05 Training ground closed due to eye infection -
players told to train on their own in local parks
06 Reserves off, training suspended
07 Training suspended
08 Robson confirms Shearer Celtic bid
09 Robert joins sick list / reserves off
10 Bramble injury requires scan
11 Boro game call-off plea rejected by PL
12 Injury and illness mean Elliott gets recall to
first XI despite being transfer-listed
13 Dyer bust up with Bobby over right wing
14 Concede last minute goal: Boro (a) 2-2
15 Bobby denies any problem with Dyer
16 Shearer linked with Man Utd move
17 Dyer agent rubbishes talk of rift
18 Dyer booed at SJP playing for England / reserves
off
19 Dyer publishes unconvincing apology
20 Woodgate signs for Real Madrid
21 Onfield disarray: Spurs (h) lost 0-1
22 Sunday papers: Freddy says we have a defender
lined up / Bobby says he has no idea who we could sign.
23 Defenders needed: Rooney bid made
24 NUFC Rooney deal conspiracy statement
25 Blow 2 goal lead: Norwich (h) drew 2-2
26 Bobby reacts to Bellamy outburst
27 Shearer / Dyer dropped for Villa (a)
28 Onfield disarray: Villa (a) lost 2-4
29 Bookies cut odds on Bobby sacking
30 Bobby sacked
31 No movement in or out before deadline
2005
After the transfer window closed our movements were
something like this:
Out
Kluivert
Bellamy
Robert
Butt
Ambrose
Hughes
O'Brien
Bernard
Viana
Jenas |
'Replacement'
Luque
Owen
Emre
Clark
Parker
Moore
Boumsong
Babayaro
Faye
Solano |
2006 Following the
signing of Antoine Sibierski and a loan move for Giuseppe Rossi, United's
third deadline day transfer saw free agent Olivier
Bernard return after a miserable stint at Rangers.
 2007
Wigan Athletic (h)
1-0 (0-0)
Premier League
P4, 8pts, 5th/20
Owen(87)
50,461
With just three minutes to play and
our scoreless home league run standing at the 647 minute
mark, another blank return loomed for United.
Enter our old pal Titus Bramble, whose shabby clearance
out of defence fell to former colleague Steven Taylor.
The ball ended up with Oba Martins out on the right flank
and he powered
forward before crossing for Michael Owen to head home at
the near post. Thank you and goodnight.
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2008
"Striker" Xisco was signed from Deportivo La Coruna and midfielder Nacho Gonzalez
borrowed from
Valencia as the James Milner transfer money failed to bring in Kevin
Keegan's promised "wow" signings.
2009
The transfer window closed at 5pm with Newcastle
confirming only that they had re-signed free agent Peter
Lovenkrands on a three-year contract.
2014 Defender Mapou
Yanga-Mbiwa was loaned to AS Roma for the rest of the
season, with the Serie A side stating that a £1m
fee was payable and a £5.5m price was agreed for a permanent move.
Meanwhile, Hatem Ben Arfa was pictured arriving on Humberside to conclude a loan deal to Hull
City that was eventually completed in the small hours.
 2018
Manchester City (a)
1-2 (1-1)
Premier League
P4, 1pt, 18th/20
Yedlin(30)
Sterling(8), Walker(52)
53,946
United failed to avoid their tenth successive Premier League defeat at this venue but left with some pride intact and their best result for eight
years (excepting the miraculous League Cup success).
DeAndre Yedlin scored his first top-flight goal for
Newcastle.
NUFC.com match report
2020 Middlesbrough (a)
1-5 (1-3)
Friendly
Saint-Maximin(1-3)
Assombalonga(7,0-2),
Tavernier(0-3),
Hall(1-4),
Walker(1-5pen)
BCD
Following victories over League One Crewe and
Championship Barnsley, United's third pre-season game saw them come unstuck against second
tier Middlesbrough behind closed doors at Rockcliffe Park.
Jamaal Lascelles and
Boro's Lewis Wing were both
dismissed after an off-the-ball incident early in the second half.
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2023
Newcastle concluded the permanent signing of 17 year-old
Norwegian youth international midfielder Travis Hernes
from League One Shrewsbury Town.
 2024
Tottenham Hotspur (h) 2-1 (1-0)
Premier League
Barnes(37), Isak(78)
og(Burns)(56)
52,211
Newcastle collected a hard-earned three points as they began a season
with back to back home PL wins for the first time in almost quarter of a
century.
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