1913 Blackburn Rovers (h)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P30, 28pts, 13th/20
18,000 
Orr(24)
United gave a debut for Edward Cooper at outside right, just days after completing a transfer from Glossop North End. 

He was one of nine changes to the side that had drawn again with the mackems in the FA Cup three days earlier and faced their rivals in a third meeting 48 hours later.

Rovers collected both points despite having provided no less than four players for the England versus Wales international staged at Bristol City's Ashton Gate the same day.

1924 West Bromwich Albion (h)
1-1 (1-0)
Division One
P33, 35pts, 9th/22
Harris(17) 
Reed(85)
20,000
A Neil Harris header put Newcastle ahead and they believed that Stan Seymour had doubled their advantage when his shot bounced down from the crossbar and crossed the line. Sadly though the match officials begged to differ.

The visiting defence was marshalled by Scotswood-born Fred Reed and he got upfield late on, firing home powerfully to claim a point. 

1930 Sheffield Wednesday (a)
2-4 (0-3)
Division One 
P31, 26pts, 21st/22
Devine(75), McDonald(67) 
Rimmer(20,35), Allen(45), Burgess(56)
9,350
Newcastle's run of three victories was ended by a Wednesday side who returned to the top of Division One, thanks in part to the threat of future Magpie forward Jack Allen.

Despite heavy snowfalls in the Sheffield area this match went ahead, with the touchlines at Hillsborough marked out in blue.

1952 Portsmouth (h)
3-3 (2-1)
Division One 
P33, 38pts, 6th/22
Milburn(22), G.Robledo(25), Mitchell(70)
Phillips(1,90), Harris(84)
62,870
Beaten 1-3 in the first league meeting at Fratton Park and returning there to triumph 4-2 in the FA Cup, United were denied another success after a pair of late slip-ups.

Leading 3-2, Newcastle's Jackie Milburn saw his 87th minute penalty saved after future Magpie Jimmy Scoular handled in the box. 

That miss proved costly when Pompey stole a point following a last-minute corner.

1958 Leicester City (h) 5-3 (3-2)
Division One 
P32, 25pts, 18th/22
Bottom(20,67) White(39,43,84) 
Walsh(30), Reilly(33), McNeill(53)
33,840
This thriller between two sides on the edge of the relegation zone gave United a first home win of 1958.

Having netted twice from close range earlier in the game, Len White memorably rounded off his hat-trick six minutes from time by running from halfway, dribbling round three defenders and hammering home. 

1958 Meanwhile at Old Trafford, Newcastle Reserves also triumphed in another goalfest, defeating hosts Manchester United 7-4 in a Central League fixture. 

Bill Curry led the way with four goals after his demotion from the first team, Jimmy Hill hit a brace and Reg Davies also netted for the Magpies.

1969 A waterlogged pitch at Goodison Park saw Newcastle's Division One fixture against Everton postponed at Noon the previous day. It was resarranged almost a month later, on April 14th.

1975 Ipswich Town (a) 
4-5 (3-2)
Division One 
P32, 34pts, 13th/22
Macdonald(7,84), Tudor(25,40)
Hamilton(4,53,64), Hunter(33), Johnson(50) 
23,450 
A memorable debut for Aiden McCaffery, at centre half, as Bobby Robson's Town side recovered from a 2-3 interval deficit to lead 5-3 by the 64th minute.

Supermac's second of the game six minutes from full time then reduced the arrears, but United just couldn't find a leveller.

1977 Stoke City (a) 0-0 (0-0) Division One  P29, 34pts, 5th/22 12,708 Former Magpie John Tudor headed in on 55 minutes, only to be denied by a raised offside flag.

1978 Birmingham City (h)
1-1 (0-1)
Division One 
P29, 17pts, 21st/22
Nattrass(85)
Francis(8) 
19,493 
The City line-up included former mackem custodian Jimmy Montgomery, who was powerless to prevent Irving Nattrass netting from an under-hit back pass by Gary Pendrey. 

Future United manager Jim Smith was in the opposition dugout, as he took charge of the visitors for the first time.

1980 West Ham United (h) 0-0 (0-0)
Division Two 
P33, 38pts, 7th/22
25,474 
Newcastle's winless run was stretched to seven games - during which their only goal came from a penalty kick.

This match is recalled for an infamous petrol bomb incident, which as legend has it, landed at the feet of Tony Cottee and John Cornwell in the North East corner of the Leazes end where the Hammers fans were housed (sign-fixer Brian Short reportedly received treatment for burns to his legs).

Benches were subsequently installed in front of the former East Stand standing paddocks, where the projectile had been thrown from.

The thrower (an 18 year-old) was caught and received a three year custodial sentence. Andrew Smith from Buddle Street, Scotswood reportedly said on arrest:

"I thought what Manchester could do with darts, Newcastle could do with petrol bombs, I wanted them in the news for a change."

After the conviction, Smith's mother Sally claimed others had put him up to it "just for a laugh" and explained, "Andy wasn't as intelligent as they were; he just wouldn't have thought of it."   

1986 Ipswich Town (h)
3-1 (0-1)
Division One 
P30, 48pts, 9th/22
Beardsley(69), Whitehurst(83), Gascoigne(90)
Wilson(10) 
19,451 
Goalkeeper Dave McKellar made his United debut against the club that gave him his first chance, some thirteen years earlier. 

Trevor Putney was dismissed for Town at 1-1 while Billy Whitehurst scored his first goal in a Newcastle shirt, turning home Tony Cunningham's centre.

Paul Gascoigne then rounded off his side's fourth successive league win, taking a pass from Paul Stephenson and whacking the ball beyond goalkeeper Paul Cooper.

1989 Nottingham Forest (a) 1-1 (0-1)
Division One 
P27, 23pts, 19th/20
Brock(64) 
Clough(34pen)
20,800 
Nigel Clough scored from the spot for Forest in this Wednesday night meeting, but Kevin Brock deservedly levelled to salvage a point for the relegation-threatened visitors.

"Newcastle are not dead yet. Believe me, we feel we can still get out of trouble" said a defiant Jim Smith afterwards. He was wrong.
Youtube footage is online here

1997 Coventry City (h) 
4-0 (2-0)
Premier League 
P29, 51pts, 4th/20
Watson(12), Lee(45) Beardsley(76pen), Elliott(87)
36,571 
Tino Asprilla inspired United to victory over the Sky Blues without actually scoring.

His back heel set up Steve Watson, a cross gave Rob Lee the second and the Colombian hit a post from a free kick given for a foul on him, which saw Brian Borrows dismissed.

Tino then tumbled for a penalty Peter Beardsley converted, before leaving on a stretcher saluting the crowd.

Once at the dugout, he then hopped off - miraculously recovered from his ankle injury. "He's different from anything I've ever seen before" said Kenny Dalgish. You and us both.

1998 United Directors Freddy Shepherd and Douglas Hall featured on the front page of the "News of the World" in what hacks branded the "Toongate" scandal. 

Allegations included; calling Newcastle women "dogs", lambasting fans for buying over-priced replica shirts; calling Shearer Mary Poppins and claiming Andy Cole was crocked when sold. Oh, and making drunken boasts about the number of prostitutes they'd paid for.

2000 United's Reserves drew 2-2 at Bedlington Terriers in the semi-final of the Northumberland Senior Cup. 

Goals from Garry Brady and Diego Gavilan took the tie to extra-time but a replay was required to settle things.

2003 Charlton Athletic (a) 
2-0 (1-0)
Premiership
P30, 58pts, 3rd/20
Shearer(33pen), Solano(49)
26,728
After one of the toughest trips in Europe (Inter Milan in the San Siro), United returned to winning ways at the Valley.

Alan Shearer went clear third in the list of United scorers with his 144th goal - joining Peter Beardsley on 108 league goals. 

The penalty that he smashed in to open the scoring was our 600th Premiership goal - fitting on Al's 200th league appearance.
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2006 Hopes of a third-ever FA Youth Cup final success hung in the balance after Manchester City recorded a 3-2 victory at SJP in the Semi-Final first leg.

Trailing 0-1, Jonny Godsmark marked his first start at this level by equalising on 43 minutes - and did it again on 49 minutes.

However the visitors soon levelled and went on to claim victory.

2007 AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) (a)
0-2 (0-1)
UEFA Cup Round of 16, Second Leg
(4-4 agg, lost on away goals)
Arveladze(14), Koevermans(56)
16,401
Defeat in the Netherlands ended our dreams of a UEFA Cup final appearance at Glasgow's Hampden Park and marked the point at which Glenn Roeder's grip on power began to slip.

Losing on away goals was especially galling after having led the first leg 3-0 before gifting Louis Van Gaal's AZ side two goals that almost became three as we imploded.

Apparently looking to keep the home side at bay for the whole game, an early defensive blunder from rookie Paul Huntington had us on the back foot before an inevitable second.

And even then United still left their fans in limbo as they mounted a half-hearted late attempt to grab the goal that would have taken them through - Roeder giving N'Zogbia just four minutes as substitute.
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2014 Fulham (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Premier League
P29, 43pts, 9th/20
Dejagah(68)
25,664
A fifth successive loss at Craven Cottage was no shock for a side who looked desperately short of ideas and badly missed a high-profile absentee.

However, it wasn't banned boss Alan Pardew whose absence was bemoaned by the away fans, but rather injury victim Loic Remy.
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2015 Everton (a)
0-3 (0-1)
Premier League
P29, 35pts, 11th/20
Coloccini(59-violent conduct)
McCarthy(20), Lukaku(56pen), Barkley(90+3)
38,806
Thoughts of mid-table mediocrity looked wildly optimistic as the relegation-haunted Toffees strolled to victory.

Fabricio Coloccini's stupid red card capped a gutless showing that did nothing to suggest interim boss John Carver was in control but with nine games to go, 35 points looked more than enough to allay any relegation fears....
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2019 U23 Premier League Cup duty took Newcastle into uncharted territory, in the form of Woking's Kingfield Stadium.

Jamie Sterry and Tom Allan gave Ben Dawson's side a 2-1 win over temporary tenants Reading and saw them advance to the quarter finals of the competition.
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