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2023/24:
Cottagers in the Cup

The Met police proposal for another bubble match.... 

The final ball pulled out in Monday's FA Cup Fourth Round draw was number 15, sending the Magpies to fellow Premier League side Fulham.

Fourth Round ties are scheduled to take place over the weekend of Saturday January 27th. 

Newcastle will have a fortnight to prepare after facing Manchester City at SJP in the Premier League this Saturday. They then visit Aston Villa on Tuesday (30th).

Fulham travel to Anfield in the first leg of their Carabao Cup Semi-Final this Wednesday, then make the short trip to Chelsea in the PL on Saturday.

Following a free weekend, Liverpool then visit Craven Cottage on Wednesday (24th) in the Carabao Cup before Fulham host Everton in the PL on Tuesday (30th).

That would appear to make our FA Cup tie certain to be played on Saturday 27th (KO tbc) unless Fulham were made to play twice in three days.

The first PL meeting of the Magpies and Cottagers this season ended in a 3-0 victory for Eddie Howe's side, with the return in SW6 scheduled for April.

This will the fifth time that the clubs have played each other in this competition and United have a 100% record to date:

1907/08 won 6-0 (n) SF
1909/10 won 4-0 (h) R2
1955/56 won 5-4 (a) R4
1960/61 won 5-0 (h) R3

The Magpies have won each of their last three visits to Craven Cottage (4-1, 2-0, 4-0). All three games came in the Premier League.

NUFC last 10 Fourth Round appearances:

2019/20 Oxford United (a) won 3-2 replay (0-0 h)
2018/19 Watford (h) lost 0-2
2017/18 Chelsea (a) lost 0-3
2016/17 Oxford United (a) lost 0-3
2011/12 Brighton (a) lost 0-1
2009/10 West Bromwich Albion (a) lost 2-4
2007/08 Arsenal (a) lost 0-3
2005/06 Cheltenham Town (a) won 2-0
2004/05 Coventry City (h) won 3-1
2003/04 Liverpool (a) lost 1-2

Travel update: there are no scheduled engineering works on the Newcastle to London Kings Cross route during Fourth Round weekend.

FA Cup Fourth Round draw:

Blackburn Rovers v Wrexham
Bournemouth v Swansea City
Chelsea v Aston Villa
Crystal Palace/Everton v Luton Town/Bolton
Fulham v Newcastle United
Ipswich Town v Maidstone United
Leeds United v Plymouth Argyle
Leicester City v Hull City/Birmingham City
Liverpool v Norwich City/Bristol Rovers
Newport County/Eastleigh v Manchester United
Sheffield United v Brighton & Hove Albion
Sheffield Wednesday v Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City
Watford v Southampton
West Bromwich Albion v Brentford/Wolves
West Ham/Bristol City v Nottingham Forest/Blackpool

2023/24: 
Last-gasp Foxes 
make their point

Leicester City U21s  2  Newcastle U21s  2 

Newcastle U21s returned to action after the festive break on Monday night, facing Leicester City at their Seagrave training ground.

The Magpies drew first blood, going ahead through Dylan Stephenson in only the second minute.

City replied through Harvey Godsmark-Ford after 18 minutes only for Newcastle to regain the lead on 74 minutes when Ben Parkinson converted a James Huntley cross.

However the Foxes levelled again on four minutes into second half added time, Oliver Ewing's late strike from close range ensuring that the points were shared.

Team: Byrne, C.Thompson, A.Murphy (Hackett 76), McArthur, Heffernan, Carlyon (Stanton 65), Parkinson, Hernes (Ndiweni 89), Stephenson, Huntley (Scott 76), Diallo. Sub n/u: Janusz.

There was a belated competitive debut for 20 year-old goalkeeper Reece Byrne, who joined United from Bohemian last June.

Booked: McArthur

LCFC: Young, Cover, Wormleighton, Cartwright, Godsmark-Ford, Ali (Grist 82), Richards (Ewing 61), Joseph (Otchere 77), Thomas, Briggs, Maswanhise. Subs n/u: Doherty, Amartey.

Booked: Wormleighton, Richards, Maswanhise.

Referee: Abigail Byrne

Crowd: 210

The revamped format of PL2 means that this is the only time that the Foxes and Magpies are scheduled to face each other this season.

Update: 
Defender extends

Newcastle confirmed on Monday that Fabian Schar had signed a contract extension keeping him at SJP until 2025.

The Swiss international turned 32 last month and is in his sixth season at the club after making a bargain £3m switch from Spaniards Deporto de La Coruna.

Schar was one of several defenders set to be out of contract later this year, along with Paul Dummett, Emil Krafth, Jamaal Lascelles and Javier Manquillo. News on their futures is awaited.

Matt Ritchie plus goalkeeping duo Mark Gillespie and Loris Karius also see their deals expire in 2024.

2023/24:
Sad mackems
get battered!

mackems  0  Newcastle  3 



Match report

Match action is online here

Third Round results/fixture:

Thu 04.01.2024:
Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton

Fri 05.01.2024:
Brentford 1-1 Wolves
Fulham 1-0 Rotherham United
Spurs 1-0 Burnley

Sat 06.01.2024:
AFC Wimbledon 1-3 Ipswich Town
Millwall 2-3 Leicester City
Coventry City 6-2 Oxford United
Maidstone United 1-0 Stevenage 
mackems 0-3 Newcastle United
Stoke City 2-4 Brighton & Hove Albion
Norwich City 1-1 Bristol Rovers
Southampton 4-0 Walsall
Watford 2-1 Chesterfield
Blackburn Rovers 5-2 Cambridge United
Gillingham 0-4 Sheffield United
Queens Park Rangers 2-3 Bournemouth
Plymouth Argyle 3-1 Sutton United
Newport County 1-1 Eastleigh 
Hull City 1-1 Birmingham City
Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 Cardiff City
Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa
Swansea City 2-0 Morecambe
Chelsea 4-0 Preston North End

Sun 07.01.2024:
Luton Town 0-0 Bolton Wanderers
Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Wrexham
West Ham 1-1 Bristol City
West Bromwich Albion 4-1 Aldershot Town
Peterborough United 0-3 Leeds United
Nottingham Forest 2-2 Blackpool
Manchester City 5-0 Huddersfield Town
Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool

Mon 08.01.2024:
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Manchester United

Internationals: 
Minteh off to AFCON

Newcastle's Yankuba Minteh has been named in the 27 man squad that will represent Gambia in the Africa Cup of Nations later this month.

The 19 year-old attacker is currently on loan at Dutch side Feyenoord and has one senior international cap.

Gambia were drawn in Group C at the finals in the Ivory Coast and in action as follows:

Mon 15.01.2024 v Senegal (Yamoussoukro)
Fri 19.01.2024 v Guinea (Yamoussoukro)
Tue 23.01.2024 v Cameroon (Bouaké)

The 24 team tournament concludes on February 11th.

Compo: 
Anarchy winner

Thanks to Anarchy Brew Co. we had a mixed case of 12 cans to give away to one NUFC.com reader. 

Tyneside-based Anarchy are synonymous with Wor Beer and their support of Wor Flags, but also brew a range of other Pale Ales and IPAs online here

We simply asked you to predict the final score in Saturday's derby game and 3-0 proved to be very popular choice, exceeding only by number of you believing that we'd repeat our 2006 4-1 success.

From the correct 3-0 entries received, the one from Fred Malkin was randomly picked.

2023/24:
Bairns win again

Newcastle U18s  3  Wolves U18s  2 

A quick-fire brace from Sean Neave and an 86th minute winner from Johnny Emerson extended Newcastle's season-long winning streak on home soil to five games on Saturday.

Team: Harrison, Charlton, Bailey, H.Powell, R.Powell, Palmer (Craggs 90+1), Neave (O'Donovan 90+1), Watts, Emerson, Sanusi, Brayson (Ferreira 16).
Subs n/u: Janusz, Durrant.

Booked: Watts

The Magpies face a stern test in their next game, when league leaders Manchester United are the visitors to Little Benton on Saturday (12.30pm).

The Red Devils have won all 10 games so far this season, scoring 34 goals and conceding just six. They have kept four consecutive clean sheets.

The first meeting of the two sides earlier this season ended in a 5-1 home victory at Carrington.

2023/24: 
Villa (a) tickets

Tickets for Newcastle's forthcoming Premier League visit to Aston Villa are now on sale to season ticket holders with 30 points.

The next points drop is scheduled for 2pm on Tuesday.

Allocation size is tbc and in the usual upper and lower areas of the Doug Ellis Stand as usual. Both digital and paper tickets will be issued.

Villa's concessionary prices are particularly mean: £30 adults, £29.50 U21s/over 66s, U18s £28, U14s £19.

2023/24:
Annual Anfield anguish

Liverpool  4  Newcastle  2

Match report

The Borrowers: 
Loan lads

Ryan Fraser (Southampton):
Two goals and an assist for the "wee man" as the Saints stuck four past Walsall without reply at St.Mary's in the FA Cup on Saturday.

Harrison Ashby (Swansea City):
There was a winning start for new Head Coach Luke Williams on Saturday as his City side beat Morecambe 2-0 at home in the FA Cup. Ashby continues his recovery from injury and didn't feature.

Jeff Hendrick (Sheffield Wednesday):
Injury prevented Hendrick from playing any part in Saturday's 4-0 FA Cup success against Cardiff City at Hillsborough.

Jamal Lewis (Watford):
Lewis sat out a last-gasp 2-1 home victory over Chesterfield in the FA Cup on Saturday, with the Hornets advancing thanks to a 95th minute goal.

Matty Bondswell (Newport County):
The Exiles were held 1-1 at home by National League Eastleigh in the FA Cup on Saturday, with Matty a 65th minute arrival from the bench.

Joe White (Crewe Alexandra):
Playing the penultimate game of his current loan spell, the midfielder struck the only goal of the game at Mansfield Town in League Two on Saturday - his third for the Railwaymen.

Max Thompson (Northampton Town):
A clean sheet for goalkeeper Max as the Cobblers defeated Cheltenham Town 1-0 at home in League One on Saturday.

Cameron Ferguson (Forfar Athletic):
A 1-2 loss away to Stenhousemuir in Scottish League Two on Saturday saw Ferguson appear as an 82nd minute substitute.

Kelland Watts (Wigan Athletic):
Kell wasn't involved in Monday night's FA Cup Fourth Round home tie against Manchester United.

Isaac Hayden (Standard Liege):
Borussia Dortmund (n) Friendly, Tuesday.

Garang Kuol (Volendam):
Almere City (h) Eredivisie, Sun Jan 14th 2024.

Jay Turner-Cooke (St. Johnstone):
Airdrieonians (a) Scottish Cup, Sat Jan 20th 2024.

Yankuba Minteh (Feyenoord)
tbc

Rodrigo Vilca (Vozdovac):
tbc

2023/24: 
Transport updates

Trains:

Sat 03.02.2024 Luton Town (h)
Buses replace trains between York and Newcastle in both directions, except for an hourly LNER service via a diversionary route that will take additional time. 

NB: similar disruption on Sun 04.02.2024

Sat 17.02.2024 Bournemouth (h)
Kings Cross is closed. LNER train services will start and terminate at Peterborough, with rail replacement bus services in operation via Kettering.

NB: same disruption on Sun 17.02.2024, Mon 18.02.2024 and Tue 19.02.2024.

Sat 02.03.2024 Wolves (h) tbc
Buses replace trains between York and Newcastle in both directions, except for an hourly LNER service via a diversionary route that will take additional time. 

NB: similar disruption on Sun 03.03.2024.

Sat 09.03.2024 Chelsea (a) tbc
Buses replace trains between Newcastle and York in both directions, except for an hourly LNER service via a diversionary route that will take additional time. 

NB: similar disruption on Sun 10.03.2024.

Metros:

Sat 17.02.2024 Bournemouth (h)
Sat 24.02.2024 Arsenal (a)
Buses replace Metros between Regent Centre and Airport for a nine day period until Mon 26.02.2024.

Sat 16.03.2024 Palace (a) tbc
Buses replace Metros between South Gosforth and Heworth.

NB: similar disruption on Sun 17.03.2024.

Sat 30.03.2024 West Ham (h) tbc
Buses replace metros between South Gosfoth and Heworth for a four day period until Tue 02.04.2024.

2023/24:
Manchester City (h) 

The Magpies return to Premier League action on Saturday, when the defending champions visit SJP. 

It's a 5.30pm kick-off, live on TNT Sports. 

Team: Callum Wilson remains sidelined while the thigh injury that forced Joelinton off during the FA Cup win at the mackems is predicted to keep him out.

MCFC: John Stones remains unavailable for selection while Erling Haaland is pencilled in to make his return from injury at Gallowgate. 

This will be the third meeting of these two sides this season, with both having won one to date. City recorded a 1-0 PL success at the Etihad in August, Newcastle triumphing by the same scoreline the following month at SJP in the Carabao Cup.

Ahead of their visit to Tyneside, Pep Guardiola's side defeated Huddersfield Town 5-0 in the FA Cup Third Round on Sunday. Kevin De Bruyne made his return after a five month absence due to injury.

UK TV: Live on TNT Sports

City centre bars with live TV coverage include:

FRATE Newcastle behind High Bridge
Pumphreys in the Bigg Market
The Dog & Parrot on Clayton Street West

Overseas TV: to follow

UK Radio: Live on BBC Radio 5 Live

Local Radio: Live on BBC Radio Newcastle

Hospital Radio: Radio Tyneside commentary is accessible free of charge in local hospitals via Hospedia.

Referee: tbc

VAR: tbc