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Premier League:
Leicester City (a)

(At Filbert Street until 2001/02 then at Walkers/King Power Stadium)

Latest PL results/fixture:

Sat 05.04.2025:
Everton 1-1 Arsenal
Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion
Ipswich Town 1-2 Wolves
West Ham 2-2 Bournemouth
Aston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Sun 06.04.2025:
Brentford 0-0 Chelsea
Fulham 3-2 Liverpool
Spurs 3-1 Southampton
Manchester United 0-0 Manchester City

Mon 07.04.2025:
Leicester City v Newcastle (8pm) Sky

2024/25:
Bellissimo!

Newcastle  2  Brentford  1

Match report

Match action

U18s:
Third time unlucky

Stoke City U18s  5  Newcastle U18s  3

Newcastle U18s were beaten for the first time away from home in 2025 on Saturday, losing a see-saw league encounter at Stoke's Clayton Wood Academy.

Enjoying 4-2 and 4-1 victories over the Potters already this season, the young Magpies found themselves two down at the interval; Charlie Wood heading home following 29th and 42nd minute corner kicks.

Joe Brayson's 58th minute effort reduced the arrears before Matheos Ferreira levelled six minutes later.

Back came the hosts and substitute Ryan Liu regained their lead on 71 minutes, only for United's Alex O'Donovan to restore parity within another six minutes.

The Magpies had no answer to Pedro Nzau's 79th minute goal however and a late penalty conversion from Lewis Bailey opened up a decisive two goal lead for Stoke. 
  
Team: Harrison, Bloomer, Cogdon, Johnson, Durrant, Taylor (Yildiz 85), Fitzgerald, Alabi, Brayson (Wooster 63), O'Donovan (Lucas 85), Ferreira. 
Subs n/u: Epia, Jones

Booked: Durrant

U21s:
Stiffs back at SJP

Newcastle U21s conclude their home programme in PL2 this coming Monday night with their first fixture of the season at St.James' Park.

Reading provide the opposition in a 7pm kick-off and it's expected that the usual admission arrangements will apply: free entry to season ticket holders, or else £3 adults and £1 concessions at East Stand turnstiles.

The Magpies sit tenth in the table with two games to play, requiring a top 16 finish to land a place in the end-of-season single match playoff round and a top eight spot to gain home advantage for that game.

Attaining a top 16 place also confirms qualification for next season's Premier League U21 International Cup. 

Premier League:
Thanks for nothing

As we predicted, the Premier League have given two possible slots for the visit of Chelsea to SJP in May, depending on their European status.

Should Chelsea win their Conference League quarter-final against Legia Warsaw on Thu 10.04.2025 and Thu 17.04.2025, they will visit SJP for a Noon KO on Sunday May 11th. 

Should Chelsea lose their Conference League quarter-final against Legia Warsaw on Thu 10.04.2025 and Thu 17.04.2025, they will visit SJP for a 12.30pm KO on Saturday May 10th. 

Newcastle's confirmed PL games:

Mon 07.04.2025 Leicester City (a) 8pm Sky
Sun 13.04.2025 Man United (h) 4.30pm Sky
Wed 16.04.2025 Palace (h) 7.30pm Sky
Sat 19.04.2025 Aston Villa (a) 5.30pm Sky
Sat 26.04.2025 Ipswich Town (h) 3pm no TV
Sun 04.05.2025 Brighton (a) 2pm Sky
Sat 10.05.2025 tbc Chelsea (h) 12.30pm TNT
Sun 25.05.2025 Everton (h) 4pm TV tbc*

The date and KO time of one game remains tbc:

Sun 18.05.2025 tbc Arsenal (a) TV tbc (if any)

The deadline for confirming was this Friday, but as expected, nothing was forthcoming from the PL. 

No PL games will be played on Sat 17.05.2025 to avoid clashing with the FA Cup Final, but in theory we could visit the Emirates on Fri 16.05.2025, Sun 18.05.2025 or Mon 19.05.2025.

We did speculate on whether the rescheduling of the Arsenal versus Crystal Palace game would have any bearing on when we faced The Gunners - that will now take place on Wed 23.04.2025 so becomes irrelevant.

* The final PL games will all kick off at the same date and time regardless of whether they are chosen for TV or not. Those TV selections will be announced following the penultimate round of PL games.

Wor Flags:
Shirt draw winners

Thanks to the multitudes of you who bought tickets for the recent Wor Flags fundraising prize draw, with three match worn and signed NUFC shirts up for grabs.

Footage of the draw can be watched online here and the winning numbers are as follows:

Wembley shirt: 2348
Isak shirt: 949
Burn shirt: 932

Winning ticket holders will be contacted via email.

Temps:
UK subs.... 

Travis Hernes (AaB):
The only one of our loanees to start a game during the weekend, midfielder Travis played 62 minutes of a 1-1 draw at basement side Velje in the Danish SuperLiga on Sunday, going off with the scoring complete.

Charlie McArthur (Carlisle United):
Named among the substitutes at home to Newport County in League Two on Saturday, defender Alex was called into action after just 24 minutes as the Cumbrians won 3-2.

Harrison Ashby (QPR):
The full back languished on the bench as the R's were held 0-0 at home by Cardiff City in the Championship on Saturday.

Isaac Hayden (Portsmouth):
Pompey were beaten 1-2 at Millwall in the Championship on Saturday, Hayden an unused replacement.

Alex Murphy (Bolton Wanderers):
A 1-0 home win over Bristol Rovers in League One on Saturday but the defender was nowhere to be seen.

Max Thompson (Chesterfield):
Another unused substitute role for the goalkeeper, as Chesterfield conceded four goals without reply at Tranmere Rovers in League Two.

Joe White (MK Dons):
Joe remains sidelined with an ankle problem - in his absence, MK lost 0-3 at home to Barrow in League Two on Saturday.

Vakhtang Salia (Dinamo Tblisi):
Saturday saw Dinamo top the Erovnukli Liga following a 4-0 win at Gagra. Our man appeared as a 72nd minute replacement with his side leading 2-0.

James Huntley (Spennymoor Town):
Moors drew 2-2 at Rochdale in their FA Trophy semi-final on Saturday, taking the tie to a penalty shootout that the Durham side won 5-4. Huntley was omitted once again - we're unsure whether he's still at the club.

Spenny will face Aldershot Town in the final at Wembley on Sunday May 11th.

Miodrag Pivas (Willem II):
Willem II remain winless in all ten Eredivisie games in 2025, their latest setback a 1-3 loss at Heerenveen on Friday. Miodrag remained on the bench as usual.

2025/26:
PL fixture release 
date revealed

The Premier League confirm that next season's fixtures will be released at 9am on Wednesday 18.06.2025.

The 2025/26 season will run from Saturday 16.08.2025 through to Sunday 24.05.2026.

Latest:
Fab: deal done

Update: NUFC confirmed on Thursday that a 12 month contract extension had been signed by Schar.

Speaking to the media on Tuesday morning, Eddie Howe confirmed that Fabian Schar was in the process of signing a contract extending his stay on Tyneside.

The former Swiss international defender turns 34 in December and has made 220 appearances scoring 19 goals since his £3m arrival from Deportivo La Coruna ahead of the 2018/19 season.

That leaves a trio of current squad members out of contact this summer - Jamaal Lascelles, Callum Wilson and John Ruddy - plus Mark Gillespie and Jamal Lewis.

2025/26:
PL trio off to 
Hong Kong

Monday brought confirmation that Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool will join AC Milan in a pre-season tournament staged at Hong Kong's new Kai Tak Stadium.

Speculation continues that Newcastle will play friendly matches in Asia ahead of next season, but there's no confirmation of any friendly matches as yet. 

The I newspaper on Thursday mentioned a three game pre-season tour of Asia for United, repeating claims that Singapore will be on the itinerary and also mentioning South Korea for the first time we've seen.

2024/25:
Manchester United (h)

The Magpies face the Red Devils in a 4.30pm kick-off at SJP this coming Sunday. It's live on Sky Sports.

Team: To follow

MUFC: To follow

Ahead of their visit to Tyneside, Ruben Amorim's side are away to Lyon in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie.

They've taken 17 points from a possible 45 away from Old Trafford this season, but conceded just 16 goals - bettered only by Arsenal (14) and Crystal Palace (12).

Referee: tbc

VAR: tbc

Upcoming PL fixtures:

Sat 12.04.2025:
Manchester City v Crystal Palace (12.30pm) TNT
Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City (3pm)
Nottingham Forest v Everton (3pm)
Southampton v Aston Villa (3pm)
Arsenal v Brentford (5.30pm) Sky

Sun 13.04.2025:
Chelsea v Ipswich Town (2pm)
Liverpool v West Ham (2pm) Sky
Wolves v Spurs (2pm)
Newcastle v Manchester United (4.30pm) Sky

Mon 14.04.2025:
Bournemouth v Fulham (8pm) Sky

UK TV: Live on Sky Sports

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Overseas TV: To follow

UK Radio: Live on BBC 5 Live Sport

Local Radio: Live on BBC Radio Newcastle

Hospital Radio: Radio Tyneside commentary is free of charge in local hospitals via Spark Media.

Buses: The Go North East X50 football service from the Metro Centre will be in operation. Details here

Metro: No scheduled disruptions

Rail: Scheduled disruptions are online here

Roads: The Tyne Bridge refurbishment programme continues, with one lane in each direction closed at all times until further notice. 

That will lead to congestion and delays, especially with the ongoing closure of the Gateshead Highway closure. More details here

Temporary road closures around SJP apply from an hour before kick-off until 30 minutes after the final whistle.

Food Bank: The usual stall and bucket shakers will be on and around Strawberry Place, with NUFC Director Jamie Reuben again matching all matchday donations.

Stats: 

Following a 2-0 win at Old Trafford in December, Newcastle go in search of the victory that would seal their first league win double over Manchester United since the 1930/31 season.

Red Devils @ SJP - Premier era:

2023/24 won 1-0 Gordon
2022/23 won 2-0 Willock, Wilson
2021/22 drew 1-1 Saint-Maximin
2020/21 lost 1-4 og(Shaw)
2019/20 won 1-0 M.Longstaff
2018/19 lost 0-2
2017/18 won 1-0 Ritchie
2015/16 drew 3-3 Wijnaldum, Mitrovic, Dummett
2014/15 lost 0-1
2013/14 lost 0-4
2012/13 lost 0-3
2011/12 won 3-0 Ba, Cabaye, og(Jones)
2010/11 drew 0-0
2008/09 lost 1-2 Lovenkrands
2007/08 lost 1-5 Ab.Faye
2006/07 drew 2-2 Milner, Edgar
2005/06 lost 0-2
2004/05 lost 1-3 Shearer
2003/04 lost 1-2 Shearer
2002/03 lost 2-6 Jenas, Ameobi
2001/02 won 4-3 Robert, Lee, Dabizas, og(Brown)
2000/01 drew 1-1 Glass
1999/00 won 3-0 Ferguson, Shearer 2
1998/99 lost 1-2 Solano
1997/98 lost 0-1
1996/97 won 5-0 D.Peacock, Ginola, Ferdinand, Shearer, Albert
1995/96 lost 0-1
1994/95 drew 1-1 Kitson
1994/95 won 2-0 Albert, Kitson (LC)
1993/94 drew 1-1 Cole

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