1902 Sheffield United (h)
1-1 (0-1)
FA Cup 3rd Round 
Stewart(75) 
Priest(30)
20,418

1905 Tottenham (h)
4-0 (2-0)
FA Cup 2nd Round Replay
Orr(26,85) Howie(33) Appleyard(65) 
26,755
Following a 1-1 draw in North London, United made no mistake at the second time of asking against their Southern League opponents. 

1908 Liverpool (h)
3-1 (0-1)
FA Cup 3rd Round 
Appleyard(50), Speedie(66), Rutherford(68) 
Saul(25)
45,987
Trailing at half time, United prospered after the break when the gale force wind was in their favour.

Newcastle prepared for this tie in the Welsh town of Rhyl and only returned to Tyneside on the eve of the game.

1913 Liverpool (a)
1-1 (0-1)
FA Cup 3rd Round 
Shepherd(52) 
Lacey(14)
37,093
1-0 up, the visitors crucially missed a 31st minute penalty when Jimmy Lawrence denied Arthur Goddard.

Lawrence's opposite number Ken Campbell was then penalised for carrying the ball out of his area and Albert Shepherd drove the free kick through the defensive wall to level.

United would prevail 1-0 in the replay, but then exited from the competition after a marathon three game tie against the mackems - who went on to be beaten finalists.

1919 South Shields (a)
1-1 (1-0)
Wartime
Cooper(20)
Sibbald(50)
10,000
It ended honours even at Horsley Hill against a Shields side who made their debut in the Football League the following August.

1926 Leicester City (a)
2-3 (1-2)
Division One
P29, 30pts, 10th/22 
Gallacher(30,86) 
Chandler(23), Lochhead(33), Duncan(67)
20,000
What turned out to be the winning goal for the Foxes at Filbert Street came from a free kick given inside the Newcastle box after goalkeeper Willie Wilson carried the ball more than his allotted steps.

United's FA Cup commitments saw this game played on a Monday afternoon rather than the previous Saturday as was scheduled.

PS: At this time, Leicester were referred to by their nickname of "The Knuts." We continue to use a version of that.

1930 sunderland (h)
3-0 (1-0)
Division One
P28, 22pts, 21st/22 
Hutchinson(25), Boyd(63), Lang(59) 
60,000
Having conceded 13 goals across three successive league defeats, Newcastle secured what the Athletic News called "points without price" from their rivals.

Victory was achieved without the considerable presence of Hughie Gallacher, who had netted three times in the FA Cup a week earlier but was called up for to play for Scotland against Ireland.

1930 The absent Gallacher netted twice for Scotland in a 3-1 Home International victory staged at Celtic Park in Glasgow.

1936 Leicester City (a)
1-2a (0-1)
Division Two 
Weaver(53pen)
O'Callaghan(43), Muncie(48)
This game was abandoned on 80 minutes due to heavy snow that turned the ground into a quagmire and obliterated the pitch markings.

The ball bursting and referee W.R. Jennings from York also getting an eye full of mud didn't help matters either.

Fixtures at Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion and Walsall were also abandoned. 

1941 Rochdale (a)
3-1 (2-1)
Wartime
Stubbins(10,29,83)
Wynn(36)
2,551
Trailing 1-2 after the first leg of this War Cup First Round tie on Tyneside, United eased to victory thanks to a treble from the prolific Albert Stubbins.

This would be United's sole visit to Spotland until the FA Cup Third Round draw took them back there in 2020.

1947 Newcastle's Division Two meeting with Bradford Park Avenue was postponed after heavy snowfall on Tyneside.

The pitch was initially passed fit to play on, but following a further heavy shower which obscured the markings, the referee deemed it unplayable just over an hour before kickoff, with fans waiting outside for the gates to open. 

1950 St. James' Park hosted an England 'B' International, with 43,068 fans watching a 1-0 win over Holland - the highest crowd for an England home game at this level.

Nat Lofthouse of Bolton Wanderers scored the only goal of the game in the second half for England, who included former Magpie Len Shackleton in their line-up, by then a firm favourite on wearside. 

1956 Portsmouth (a)
2-0 (1-0)
Division One
P31, 33pts, 3rd/22 
Curry(31), Keeble(79) 
15,100
A first league success at Fratton Park in 11 visits coincided with the return of Vic Keeble to the side.

This game is notable as being the first in the Football League to be played under floodlights, although power supply problems meant that it came close to being postponed.

The diesel for the backup generator was frozen, meaning the teams had to get changed by candlelight and with minutes to spare a blown fuse was located and the lights came back on - the match eventually kicking off eight minutes late. 

1958 Everton (a) 
2-1 (0-1)
Division One
P29, 23pts, 18th/22 
Bottom(47,62)
Thomas(45)
22,448 
Forward Arthur Bottom made his debut following a move from York City and netted twice in the second half to secure the points - denied a hat trick by the width of the post at the Park End.

1961 Cardiff City (a) 2-3 (0-2) Division One P30, 21pts, 20th/22  Allchurch(44), White(70)  Moore(8,57), Walsh(15) 22,502 Newcastle's sieve-like defence made it 21 goals conceded in six league games.  Bluebirds' 'keeper, Maurice Swan, broke his collar bone in the 70th minute but United couldn't take advantage with Welsh forward, Derek Tapscott, deputising in goal.

1964 Rotherham United (a) 3-2 (1-2)
Division Two
P30, 33pts, 6th/22 
Penman(4), Suddick(70,88) 
Tiler(10,14)
8,853
Victory at Millmoor left the Magpies in sixth position, but a late season downturn saw them slip into eighth.

1971 Pop Robson moved to Ron Greenwood's West Ham for a fee of £125,000, four months after publicly criticising United's tactics and lack of professionalism in a press conference held in a Newcastle hotel.

1975 Chelsea (a) 
2-3 (0-2)
Division One
P30, 32pts, 11th/22 
Macdonald(51),
Tudor(54)
Finnieston(36), Cooke(44), Hollins(52pen) 
26,770
Newcastle missed the chance to take a point from their visit to Stamford Bridge when John Philips was equal to a 66th minute penalty attempt by Supermac.

1979 Wolves (a) 
0-1 (0-1)
FA Cup 4th Round Replay
Bell(39)
19,588
Nearly four weeks after a 1-1 draw on Tyneside, the replay went ahead on a Thursday night at the tenth time of asking.

Top-flight Wolves made it to the Fifth Round thanks to a goal from mackem-born Norman Bell but United left Molineux aggrieved at not being awarded a 68th minute penalty kick.

Referee John Homewood spoke to his linesman for some time after Peter Withe was fouled in the area - only to then restart proceedings with a drop ball outside the area.

Magpies boss Billy McGarry called the decision "the strangest I've seen in my career in the game" and "the joke of the century."

1992 Barnsley (h)
1-1 (0-0)
Division Two
P33, 33pts, 22nd/24 
Kelly(70)
Curry(86) 
27,670 
Kevin Keegan's third game in charge saw David Kelly net for the fourth time, heading in Franz Carr's right wing cross at the Leazes End.

His side were made to settle for point however when former Smoggie David Currie snuck a shot between Tommy Wright and the near post.

Two new signings debuted: Brian Kilcline signing on loan from Oldham Athletic and Kevin Sheedy arriving from Everton on a free transfer.
Youtube footage is online here

1995 The Premiership home game against Tottenham Hotspur was postponed due to heavy rain on Tyneside.

Match referee Graham Poll made the decision after a lunchtime pitch inspection, with a further deluge due.

1997 Middlesbrough 
(a) 1-0 (1-0)
Premier League
P26, 48pts, 3rd/20 
Ferdinand(8) 
30,063 
Following back to back home wins over Everton and Leicester City, this victory moved United up to third.

Boro's expensively-imported Italian cheat Ravanelli had a goal chalked off when the referee spotted his earlier foul.
Youtube footage is online here

1998 Leeds United (h) 
1-1 (0-0) 
Premier League
P26, 33pts, 13th/20 
Ketsbaia(87)
R.Wallace(82) 
36,519 
Rod Wallace scored a late goal for the visitors, only for substitute Temuri Ketsbaia to watch a hopeful punt wriggle through Nigel Martyn's grasp and into the net for an even later equaliser.

Shearer goes close at St. James'

2003 Leeds United (a)
3-0 (1-0)
Premiership
P27, 52pts, 3rd/20 
Dyer(17,48), Shearer(54)
40,025
Talk of Newcastle's new signing Jonathan Woodgate was in the air, although the player didn't feature, days after a completing his controversial £9m switch from Leeds.

The hosts were ripped apart by a rampant Magpies; the fleet-footed Kieron Dyer to the fore - and indulging in his smoking gun salute.

Bobby Robson was in upbeat mood after the game - perhaps also due to having added another player to his wish list, a half time replacement for Leeds named James Milner.  
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2006 Charlton Athletic (h) 0-0 (0-0)
Premiership
P26, 33pts, 13th/20
50,451
A disappointing night in this rescheduled fixture, as United kept another clean sheet and extended their unbeaten run to four matches, but couldn't maintain Glenn Roeder's 100% record.

Fitness concerns over Alan Shearer and Kieron Dyer saw Shola Ameobi bearing the burden alone up front, while Michael Chopra and Albert Luque looked on from the subs bench.
NUFC.com match report

2007 Zulte-Waregem (Belgium) (h) 1-0 (0-0)
(4-1 on aggregate)
UEFA Cup Round of 32, 2nd leg
Martins(68)
30,083
Magpies striker Obafemi Martins produced a rare moment of class to see off the Belgians on an otherwise frustrating night at SJP.

There was never any real doubt about which team would progress into the last 16 but after Steven Taylor had an early header cleared off the line, chances were few and far between for both sides until Oba's precise lob.
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2009 Everton (h)
0-0 (0-0)
Premier League
P26, 28pts, 14th/20
Nolan (44)
47,683
Ten-man United held out for a point after Kevin Nolan was red-carded for a challenge on Toffee Victor Anichebe.

Standing in once again for heart attack victim JFK, Chris Hughton spoke of resilience and character, but in retrospect this was another self-inflicted blow in our ultimately fruitless attempt to avoid relegation.
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2015 An auction of football memorabilia at SJP belonging to lifelong Newcastle fan John Alder raised a massive £26K for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.

Along with Liam Sweeney, John was killed in July 2014, when their flight was shot down. They were en route to watch the Magpies play in New Zealand.

2020 Crystal Palace (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Premier League
P27, 31pts, 14th/20
van Aanholt(44)
Lazaro (90+5 - straight red)
25,486
Old boy Patrick van Aanholt's free kick beat United; a poor day completed when Valentino Lazaro saw red deep into added time.

Speaking post-match, Steve Bruce said, "We played Joelinton wide for a bit of the game today and it’s something we can look at..." Truly a football visionary.
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2021 First half goals from Tom Allan, Elliot Anderson and Stan Flaherty put Newcastle U21s on course for a comfortable win over West Bromwich Albion at Little Benton.

Anderson's 57th minute penalty miss then prompted a Baggies revival with two quick goals, the game ending with both sides a man short after United's Florian Indalecio and Albion's Jamie Soule were dismissed following a mass brawl.
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2022 On-loan Newcastle defender Oisin McEntee's first senior goal secured a 1-0 win for Morton over Partick Thistle at Firhill in the Scottish Championship.

2023 Goals from Anthony Munda and Shaun Mavididi gave United U19s a 2-0 victory over Saudi Green Falcons in the Al Abtal International Cup.

The game against Saudi Arabian opposition was behind closed doors at Little Benton.