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Latest:
Defender extension
details emerge 

The Athletic report that Jamaal Lascelles has agreed a contract extension that will keep him at SJP until summer 2026, not 2025 as was previously assumed.

It's claimed that a deal for an additional 12 months was done late last year, but no official announcement has yet come from the player or club. 

The 31 year-old defender joined United from Nottingham Forest back in 2014, making the first of 251 league and cup appearances in September 2015.

Suffering an ACL injury during a home victory over West Ham in March 2024, Lascelles is yet to kick a ball this season but has recently returned to training.

Toon tunes:
All you need is.... 

"Love is For Everyone", the new album from singer songwriter Andrew Cushin is released on May 2nd.

The 25 year-old Tynesider follows up his 2023 debut with a second collection of self-penned tunes.

Card wallet CDs of "Love is..." can be pre-ordered now here for the special price of just £5, including a bonus unreleased track that's downloadable straight away.

We have CDs to give away and to stand a chance of winning one, email your answer to the following question to [email protected] by Noon on Thursday April 17th, subject line of Cushin. 

Which Andrew memorably put the ball in the mackem net back in April 2001? 

No age limit, open to anyone anywhere in the world but delivery only to UK addresses. One entry per person.

Find Andrew's videos online here

2025/26:
Take five 

Arsenal's 3-0 win over Real Madrid on Tuesday confirmed that the team finishing fifth in the Premier League will qualify for next season's Champions League.  

That additional space has been granted by UEFA under their European Performance Spot (EPS). The relevant Premier League press release is online here

All five sides will enter at the group stage.

PS: UEFA have agreed an away ticket price cap for next season's three European competitions as follows:

€50 Champions League
€35 Europa League
€20 Conference League

Premier League:
Murphy brace boosts Champs League bid

Leicester City  0  Newcastle  3

Latest PL results:

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 0-3 Newcastle

U21s:
Royals rumbled

Newcastle U21s  7  Reading U21s  1

Match report

2024/25:
Manchester United (h)

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

Team: Sven Botman, Lewis Hall and Jamaal Lascelles remain unavailable, while Anthony Gordon is yet to recommence training since pulling out of the England squad last month and Joe Willock won't be allowed to feature in accordance with concussion protocols.

Joelinton and Dan Burn continue to walk the suspension tightrope, the Brazilian needing to avoid a booking in the next two games in order to evade a two game ban.

Blyth's favourite son meanwhile will miss out on a similar punishment assuming that doesn't pick up yellow cards in both of Newcastle's next two fixtures. 

Coral rate this game as follows:

NUFC win 7/10
The draw 16/5
MUFC win 17/5

New customers receive a £20 bet when staking £5 (T's & C's apply). Find those markets online here 

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 on Thursday.

They've taken 17 PL 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: Chris Kavanagh - fourth Toon posting of the current season for the Lancastrian whistler, following the 2-1 win at Wolves, 2-0 home Carabao Cup defeat of Chelsea and 1-2 home loss to Fulham.

VAR: Peter Bankes

Latest 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

City centre bars with live TV coverage include:

The Dog & Parrot on Clayton Street West.
Frate in the Bigg Market
Pumphreys in the Bigg Market

The game will be live at WonderBar in The Gate.

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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 success 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

U21s:
Citizen's test for Stiffs

With their place in the one-off playoff round confirmed,
Newcastle U21s play their final regular game of the PL2 season this coming Monday evening (7pm).

The opponents at the Joie Stadium are a Manchester City side who sit two points clear of their nearest challengers Fulham at the top of the table, enjoying a vastly superior goal difference over the Cottagers.

At the same time as City are hosting Newcastle in their last game, Fulham close out their fixtures against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

The Magpies are currently ninth but could end up anywhere between fifth and eleventh. 

The top eight teams then host one additional playoff round game each against the sides finishing ninth to sixteenth, with the first place finisher hosting the sixteenth, second the fifteenth etc.

Those 16 teams won't be confirmed until after the final two regular games of the season take place on Friday week (18th).

Advance tickets are on sale now online here priced at £3 adults and £1 concessions. It's unclear whether walk-ups will be accepted on the night.

This will be the first time that any Newcastle side has played at City's purpose-built ground for development and Women's teams that opened in 2014.

Temps:
Loan lads 

Alex Murphy (Bolton Wanderers):
The Trotters were defeated 0-1 at home in League One on Tuesday by Rotherham United, with Alex among the unused replacements.

Max Thompson (Chesterfield):
Another night watching the action from the bench for the goakeeper, as Chesterfield drew 1-1 at home to Gillingham in League Two on Tuesday.

James Huntley (Spennymoor Town):
Moors won 3-0 at Curzon Ashton in National League North on Tuesday but Huntley was absent with a knee injury and may not play again this season. 

Harrison Ashby (QPR):
The defender entered the field with 83 minutes of Wednesday's Championship visit to Oxford United, with the R's 2-1 ahead. The visitors ended up winning 3-1.

Isaac Hayden (Portsmouth):
An 84th minute arrival from the bench away at Coventry City in the Championship on Wednesday, Hayden was powerless to prevent the hosts from scoring the only goal of the game in second half added time.

Vakhtang Salia (Dinamo Tblisi):
Iberia 1999 (h) Erovnukli Liga, Wednesday.

Travis Hernes (AaB):
Lyngby (h) Danish SuperLiga, Friday.

Charlie McArthur (Carlisle United):
Morecambe (a) League Two, Saturday.

Joe White (MK Dons):
Gillingham (a) League Two, Saturday.
An ankle issue has kept the midfielder out of the most recent three games.

Miodrag Pivas (Willem II):
Ajax (h) Eredivisie, Sunday.

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

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:

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 last 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 now takes 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.

2024/25:
Crystal Palace (h)

Wednesday night sees Newcastle play their PL game in hand, hosting the Eagles in a 7.30pm kick-off at SJP live on Sky Sports.

Team: To follow 

CPFC: To follow

Ahead of their visit to Tyneside, Oliver Glasner's side travel to Manchester City on Saturday lunchtime.

The South Londoners go into that unbeaten in all 10 PL away games since October - six wins and four draws.  

Referee: Darren England - a third appointment so far this season involving the Magpies for the official from Doncaster, following our 1-1 PL draw at Selhurst Park and the 3-0 PL home victory over Wolves. 

VAR: Craig Pawson

UK TV: Live on Sky Sports

Overseas TV: To follow

UK Radio: None (tbc)

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: 

Eagles @ Magpies - PL era:

2023/24 Won 4-0 Murphy, Gordon, Longstaff, Wilson
2022/23 Drew 0-0 (won 3-2 pens) (LC)
2022/23 Drew 0-0
2021/22 Won 1-0 Almiron
2020/21 Lost 1-2 Shelvey
2019/20 Won 1-0 Almiron
2018/19 Lost 0-1
2017/18 Won 1-0 Merino
2015/16 Won 1-0 Townsend
2014/15 Drew 3-3 Janmaat, Aarons, Williamson
2013/14 Won 1-0 Cisse
2009/10 Won 2-0 og(Derry), Ranger
2004/05 Drew 0-0
2001/02 Won 2-0 Shearer, Acuna (FAC)
1998/99 Won 2-1 Speed, Shearer (FAC)
1997/98 Lost 1-2 Shearer
1994/95 Won 3-2 Fox, Lee, Gillespie

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.

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.

Parade:
Silverware
celebrated

Parade report