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Playoffs: line-up fixed
Saturday saw the final round of Championship fixtures take
place, Leeds United pipping Burnley to the title on goal
difference in the two automatic promotion spots.
With Sheffield United and the mackems already confirmed as third and fourth
finishers, the playoff line up is completed by Bristol City and Coventry City
with Millwall, Blackburn Rovers and Boro all missing out:
Thu 08.05.2025 Bristol City v Sheffield United
(8pm)
Fri 09.05.2025 Coventry City v mackems (8pm)
Mon 12.05.2025 Sheffield United v Bristol City (8pm)
Tue 13.05.2025 mackems v Coventry City (8pm)
Sat 24.05.2025 Playoff final @ Wembley (KO tbc)
Premier
League:
Brighton (a)
United's penultimate Premier League away game of the season takes them to
Sussex on Sunday for a 2pm kick-off at
the Amex Stadium, live on Sky Sports.
Manchester City's 1-0 home win over Wolves on Friday saw Newcastle
drop one place to fourth, although the Citizens have now played a game more.
All 3,000 away tickets are sold out, with forwarding
available until 9am on Sunday.
Match ticket holders can use buses and trains in the Falmer area on Sunday
free of charge. The valid area for trains is bordered by Brighton, Haywards
Heath, Seaford, Polegate, Eastbourne and Worthing.
The home side report that lane closures on the A27 in both directions will
impact journey times on Sunday.
This will be Newcastle's eighth attempt at winning a PL fixture at this
venue, having drawn four and lost the other three of their previous seven
visits.
Their sole victory in 10 league and cup matches at the Amex came during the
2016/17 Championship season.
The Seagulls are bidding for a winning treble against Newcastle this season,
following 1-0 PL and 2-1 FA Cup victories on Tyneside.
Team: Speaking
to the media on Friday, Eddie Howe confirmed that Joelinton in Brazil to rest
his problematic knee. Although unlikely to play again this season, it's not
totally out of the question that he will be sighted.
Lewis
Hall and Jamaal Lascelles remain out while Matt Targett has picked up a
hamstring injury that may prematurely end his season.
Jason Tindall will serve a one game touchline suspension at the Amex,
following his third caution of the season during that win against Ipswich.
Coral rate this game as follows:
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The draw 13/5
BHAFC win 17/10
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BHAFC: Striker Joao Pedro remains suspended following a straight
red card against Brentford.
Ferdi Kadioglu, Georginio Rutter, Adam Webster and James Milner miss out
through injury, while Jason Steele, Jan Paul van Hecke and Igor Julio could
return.
Ahead of our visit, Albion defeated West Ham 3-2 at home on Saturday to end
a winless run of five PL games.
Former Magpie Yankuba Minteh has contributed six goals in all competitions
for Albion this season, including five in the Premier League. His most
recent strike came in the FA Cup on Tyneside back in March.
Referee: Craig
Pawson - a fourth appointment to a Newcastle PL game this season for the
South Yorkshire whistler, after the 1-0 home win over Southampton, 0-0 draw
at Everton and 0-2 home defeat by West Ham.
VAR: Andrew
Madley
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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Stats:
Alexander Isak
has faced Albion five times as a Magpie in the Premier League without
finding the net.
Newcastle's top-flight record against Brighton leaves much to be
desired: going into this sixteenth meeting, the Magpies have taken just 13
points from a possible 45 - winning two, drawing seven and losing the other
six.
Seagulls v NUFC - all time:
2023/24 lost 1-3 Wilson (PL)
2022/23 drew 0-0 (PL)
2021/22 drew 1-1 Hayden (PL)
2020/21 lost 0-3 (PL)
2019/20 drew 0-0 (PL)
2018/19 drew 1-1 Perez (PL)
2017/18 lost 0-1 (PL)
2016/17 won 2-1 Diame, Perez (Ch)
2012/13 lost 0-2 (FAC)
2011/12 lost 0-1 (FAC)
1991/92 drew 2-2 G.Peacock, Kelly (D2)
1990/91 lost 2-4 Quinn, Brock (D2)
1989/90 won 3-0 Quinn 3 (D2)
1983/84 won 1-0 Waddle (D2)
1982/83 drew 1-1 McDermott (FAC)
1978/79 lost 0-2 (D2)
1961/62 won 4-0 Allchurch, Thomas, Kerray, Suddick (D2)
1958/59 drew 1-1 Hughes (FR)
(At the Goldstone Ground until 1991/92 then Amex)
Latest PL results/fixtures:
Thu
01.05.2025:
Nottingham Forest
0-2 Brentford
Fri 02.05.2025:
Manchester City 1-0 Wolves
Sat 03.05.2025:
Aston Villa 1-0 Fulham
Everton 2-2 Ipswich Town
Leicester City 2-0 Southampton
Arsenal 1-2 Bournemouth
Sun 04.05.2025:
Brentford v Manchester United (2pm)
Brighton & Hove Albion v Newcastle (2pm) Sky
West Ham v Spurs (2pm)
Chelsea v Liverpool (4.30pm) Sky
Mon 05.05.2025:
Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest (8pm) Sky
50s
favourite recalled:
The remarkable
story
of a Wembley winner
The latest book
from author Spencer Vignes is a biography of Chilean
international Jorge ("George") Robledo, who arrived at
St.James' Park from Barnsley along with his brother Eduardo
("Ted") during 1949.
Interviewing family members and their contemporaries, Spencer tells
their largely unknown story, culminating in George's FA Cup Final
winning goal for United in 1952.
Buy copies via Amazon here
(affiliate link)
Spencer will be present at a trio of book launch events during the
coming days as follows:
Tue 06.05.2025 Newcastle
Back Page, St Andrew's Street NE1 5SF (12.30pm-2pm)
Sat 10.05.2025 Barnsley
Library @The Lightbox S70 1GW (11.30am-12.30pm)
Tue 13.05.2025 London
Chilean Embassy, 37-41 Old Queen Street, SW1H 9JA (6.30pm onwards -
ticketed event, register here)
Non-league:
D-Day
for Tynesiders
The mission for Gateshead at the International Stadium on
Monday is clear: defeat Southend United to grab the final National League
promotion playoff place, or fail to secure three points and see the Shrimpers
pip them in the race.
It's a 3pm kick-off and tickets can be purchased online here
and at the turnstiles on the day.
Temps:
Loan lads
Harrison Ashby
(QPR):
Starting Saturday's Championship season closer at the mackems at left back, Harrison's fifth minute cross led to
the only goal of the game for the R's. He played 90 minutes.
Isaac Hayden
(Portsmouth):
The midfielder appeared as a 71st minute substitute in the Championship
season-ending home game against Hull City on Saturday. It ended 1-1, which was
enough for the Tigers to avoid relegation on goal difference.
Alex Murphy
(Bolton Wanderers):
Alex kept his place in the Trotters side held 1-1 at home by Stevenage in League
One on Saturday, playing the full game.
Charlie McArthur (Carlisle United):
Charlie was omitted from the squad for Saturday's home meeting with Salford City.
The relegated Cumbrians bade farewell to League Two with a 2-2 draw.
Joe White
(MK Dons):
It finished goalless as MK hosted Swindon Town
in League Two on Saturday, Joe arriving from the bench for the closing 14
minutes.
Max Thompson
(Chesterfield):
The usual unused substitute spot for goalkeeper Max as the Spireites won 1-0 at
Accrington Stanley on Saturday - a result that saw them claim the final League
Two promotion playoff postition.
Miodrag Pivas
(Willem II):
The youngster was named as one of the replacements for Saturday's Eredivisie
trip to NEC.
Vakhtang Salia
(Dinamo Tblisi):
a 3-0 victory over Kolkheti Polki (h) in the Erovnuli Liga on Saturday saw
Salia named in the starting line-up. He wasn't among the goalscorers.
Travis Hernes
(AaB):
SønderjyskE (a) SuperLiga, Monday.
Run
Geordie Run:
Jersey boy
NUFC.com reader Mark Allison aka Run Geordie Run
is now in New Jersey, having kicked off his charity trek
across the USA from Coney Island in New York on Thursday.
A 3,200 mile route to Huntington Beach in just 100 days takes him through conditions ranging from the chills in the Rockies to the searing heat of
Death Valley.
Mark's motivation is to raise funds for St.Benedicts Hospice - a cause that has
great personal significance. If you're able to contribute, then this can be
done online here
The Run Geordie Run home page is online here
with links to his various social media accounts and details of his
fundraising runs both past and present.
M agic
Weekend XVIII:
Egg chasers return
Rugby
League's showpiece event returned to Newcastle this weekend for the eighth time
since debuting in 2015:
Magic Weekend
results/fixtures:
Sat 03.05.2025:
Leigh Leopards 26-24 Catalans Dragons
Hull KR
54-0
Salford Red Devils
St Helens
4-17
Leeds Rhinos
Sun 04.05.2025:
Huddersfield Giants v Hull FC (Noon)
Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors ( 2.45pm)
Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Trinity ( 5.30pm)
Purchase weekend and single day tickets online
here
Update:
Ramble on
Evolving from a fortnightly show in 2007 to
the current daily offering, the Football Ramble Podcast is
going out on the road for live performances, calling at the Tyne Theatre in
Newcastle on Saturday May 10th.
Tickets for that are available online here
now and episodes of what was voted Podcast of the Year by the Football
Supporters Association are online here
We had pairs of tickets to the Newcastle show
to give away and asked the following question:
The Football Ramble's maiden broadcast in March 2007 coincided with
Newcastle's PL defeat at a Charlton Athletic side managed by which future
Magpie boss?
The answer was Alan Pardew and the
ticket winners are:
Nigel Lehmann-Taylor
Steven Sinton
U18s:
Six goal thriller
Newcastle U18s 3 Leeds United U18s 3
An equaliser scored deep into second half time added on gave
Newcastle U18s a point from their penultimate league fixture of the season on
Wednesday evening.
The rearranged game against Leeds took place in perfect conditions at Whitley
Park; the black and whites looking to complete a seasonal double after a 5-4
win in Yorkshire.
That began well for a Magpies side retaining just three of the starting line-up
that won Saturday's wear-Tyne derby - a youthful selection including two U15
players and one from the U16s, the trio all making their first U18 starts.
Visiting defender Jacob Howard nudged Jake
Durrant on the left edge of the box and Kacey Wooster sent Alex Baird
the wrong way from the spot with eight minutes played.
A similar incident midway through the first half saw Leeds level, Lesecond
Yeutembip making illegal contact with Will Firth and Oliver Boast converting
the subsequent penalty.
Two minutes after the restart Sam Alker gave the visitors the lead for the
first time, placing his shot under debutant George Mair from the right side of the six yard box.
Matthew Taylor should have equalised instantly but he stabbed his effort
wide of the post when well-placed.
The third penalty of the game saw Wooster score his second in the
57th minute, after a mazy run from Trevan Sanusi had been illegally halted in the box.
Leeds regained the lead in the 72nd minute after Firth centred from the right
side of the area and Boast bundled home his second goal of the net.
The latter stages of the game saw Newcastle push upfield in search of an
equaliser, aided by injuries to visiting players that saw the time added on
extend to ten minutes.
The third leveller of the night came in the eighth minute, after the
visitors were unable to clear a concerted attack on their goal,
Wooster eventually forcing the ball in to complete his hat-trick and
deny Leeds the victory.
Team: Mair, Johnson, Durrant, Old, Yeutembip (Epia 83),
Finneran, Fitzgerald, M.Taylor (Brayson 78), Wooster, Yildiz (O'Donovan 56),
Sanusi (Ferreira 56).
Sub n/u: Jones.
Booked: Mair.
England youth international goalkeeper Mair made his first appearance at this
level, while there were maiden U18 starts for Thomas Old, Lesecond Yeutembip
and Turkish prospect Baran Yildiz.
United's youngsters conclude their season with a home game
against a Manchester
City side who secured the Northern section Premier League title last
Saturday.
That is confirmed as a
10.30am start on Saturday May 10th, not May 3rd as previously advertised. City
contest the FA Youth Cup Final on May 5th, which looks to have prompted the
change.
2024/25:
Champions League
bid back on course
Newcastle 3
Ipswich Town 0
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Match
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Toon
tunes:
CD giveaway winners
Thanks to everyone who entered
our competition to win the new album by Tyneside singer-songwriter Andrew
Cushin - "Love
is For Everyone", out now.
The 25 year-old Tynesider follows up his 2023 debut with a second collection
of self-penned tunes, with copies heading off to:
Rich Harle
Johnny Herbert
Card wallet CDs of "Love is..." can be pre-ordered now
here
for just £5, including a bonus unreleased track.
Carabao
Cup:
Book winners
In production by
Lower Block is "Toon Army 2025" a photographic
record of Newcastle fans during the Carabao Cup Final victory at Wembley,
brilliantly capturing the range of emotions on view that day.
The limited edition soft cover publication has over 70 photos across 60 pages
and costs £8.50 plus postage.
They can be pre-ordered now online
here
We had two copies to give away and asked
who apart from Miguel Almiron received a Carabao Cup winner's medal despite having left Newcastle before the Final.
It was Lloyd Kelly and winning entries
came from:
Valerie McDonald
James Liddle
Premier
League:
PL run-in
Following this weekend's fixtures,
each Premier League side will have three games remaining:
Sat 10.05.2025:
Fulham v Everton (3pm)
Ipswich Town v Brentford (3pm)
Southampton v Manchester City (3pm)
Wolves v Brighton & Hove Albion (3pm)
Bournemouth v Aston Villa (5.30pm) Sky
Sun 11.05.2025:
Newcastle v Chelsea (Noon) TNT
Manchester United v West Ham (2.15pm)
Nottingham Forest v Leicester City (2.15pm) Sky
Spurs v Crystal Palace (2.15pm)
Liverpool v Arsenal (4.30pm) Sky
Fri 16.05.2025:
Chelsea v Manchester United (8pm) Sky
Sun 18.05.2025:
Everton v Southampton (Noon) TNT
Aston Villa v Spurs (2.15pm) Sky
West Ham v Nottingham Forest (2.15pm) Sky
Brentford v Fulham (3pm)
Leicester City v Ipswich Town (3pm)
Arsenal v Newcastle (4.30pm) Sky
Mon 19.05.2025:
Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool (8pm) Sky
Tue 20.05.2025:
Crystal Palace v Wolves (8pm)
Manchester City v Bournemouth (8pm)
Sun 25.05.2025 (TV picks awaited):
Bournemouth v Leicester City (4pm)
Fulham v Manchester City (4pm)
Ipswich Town v West Ham (4pm)
Liverpool v Crystal Palace (4pm)
Manchester United v Aston Villa (4pm)
Newcastle v Everton (4pm)
Nottingham Forest v Chelsea (4pm)
Southampton v Arsenal (4pm)
Spurs v Brighton & Hove Albion (4pm)
Wolves v
Brentford (4pm)
2025/26:
Arsenal (n) tickets
etc.
Tickets for United's pre-season meeting
with Arsenal in Singapore on July 27th are on sale now online here
The NUFC section is indicated on the ticket
options - converting to £116.50 per seat, excluding add-ons....
Confirmation of other pre-season games is awaited, amid claims of a visit to
Celtic on July 19th, plus two games in the South Korean city
of Seoul following Singapore.
The opposition in the latter two games is claim to be Spurs and a K-League
XI - Spurs are yet to confirm that they play in Seoul but face Arsenal in
Hong Kong on July 31st.
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€20 Conference League
Sun 04.05.2025 Brighton & Hove (a)
@ Amex Stadium, 2pm. Premier League.
SOLD OUT. Allocation: 3,000. Live on Sky Sports.
Sat 10.05.2025 U18s v Manchester City (h) @ Little Benton, 10.30am. U18 Premier
League. Note new date, KO time.
Sun 11.05.2025 Chelsea (h)
@ SJP, Noon. Premier League.
ST forwarding now. Member General Sale now. Live on TNT Sports.
Wed 14.05.2025 Heaton Stannington
v Morpeth Town @ SJP, 7.30pm. Northumberland Senior Cup
Final. £8 adults, £4 concessions and £2 U18s.
East Stand turnstiles open.
Sun 18.05.2025 Arsenal (a)
@ Emirates Stadium, 4.30pm. Premier League. SOLD
OUT. Allocation: 3,000 tbc. Live on Sky Sports.
Sun 25.05.2025 Everton (h)
@ SJP, 4pm. Premier League.
ST forwarding open now. Member General Sale Tue 06.05.2025, 10am.
Live UK TV tbc (if any).
NUFC live on TV:
Sun 04.05.2025 Brighton (a) 2pm Sky
Sun 11.05.2025 Chelsea (h) Noon TNT
Sun 18.05.2025 Arsenal (a) 4.30pm Sky
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Sam Fender:
Thu 12.06.2025 supported by CMAT and Pale White.
Sat 14.06.2025 supported by CMAT, Olivia Dean and Ernie.
Sun 15.06.2025 supported by CMAT, Olivia Dean and Hector Gannet.
Euro 2028
- date(s) awaited
2025/26 season
dates:
Sun 27.07.2025 Arsenal (n)
@ National Stadium, Singapore, KO tbc. Friendly.
Wed 18.06.2025
PL fixture release (9am)
Sat 16.08.2025
PL begins
Sun 24.05.2026 PL ends
Summer transfer window:
Sun 01.06.2025 to Tue 10.06.2025 and
Mon 16.06.2025 to Mon 01.09.2025.
(33 weekend, five midweek games.
No games played on 24.12.2025).
Thu 21.08.2025 ECL playoff 1L
Thu 28.08.2025 ECL playoff 2L
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International breaks:
02.06-10.06.2025
14.06-06.07.2025 Concacaf Gold Cup
01.09-09.09.2025
06.10-14.10.2025
10.11-18.11.2025
23.03-31.03.2026
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Born Or Died:
1922 Leonard Francis Shackleton born, Bradford. (1946-48)
The "Clown Prince of
Football" moved to SJP from Bradford Park Avenue in 1946 at a cost of £13K and
instantly started to repay that outlay with six goals on his home debut as
Newport County were rattled 13-0 (although one of the six was netted by an
opponent).
By 1948 though he'd departed for Roker Park, after his crowd-pleasing playing
style failed to meet with universal approval at SJP - captain Joe Harvey
expressing the opinion that the team would win nothing with him.
Just over six months after defecting to the red and whites in a £20K deal,
Shack won the first of five England caps but fell foul of the FA selectors and
was often overlooked.
He played out the rest of his career on wearside until forced into
retirement aged 35 due to an ankle injury suffered against Arsenal - the
club who had released him as a youngster.
A career as a sports journalist saw him write for the Daily Express &
Sunday People, while he owned a barbers shop in mackemland and was also
qualified as a boxing referee!
Len settled in Grange-over-Sands in later years and was living there at the
time of his death in November 2000.
1933 Bill Tulip born, Gateshead.
(1951-56)
Reserve centre forward who failed to make a senior competitive appearance
for United moving on to Darlington and forming a strike force with former
Magpie Charlie Wayman.
Sadly a spinal problem caused his retirement in 1958 - and left him in plaster
for six months before learning to walk again.
Later working for a Tyneside Ford dealer, Bill passed away during December
2013.
1961 Steve McClaren born, York
(2015-16,
manager)
Midfielder who made over 300 appearances between 1979 and 1992
for Hull City, Derby County, Lincoln City, Bristol City and Oxford United.
Beginning his coaching career at the Manor Ground, Steve returned to Derby County
in 1995 as assistant to Rams boss Jim Smith, moving on to Old Trafford in 1999.
Serving under Alex Ferguson for two years, his first managerial role came at
Boro in 2001, winning the League Cup and reaching the UEFA Cup final.
Appointed England manager in 2006, Steve lasted just 16 months in post,
resurfacing at Dutch club FC Twente - where he won the title with a side
including Cheick Tiote.
Following an unsuccessful spell at Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, McClaren resurfaced
in
England with Nottingham Forest in 2011 but returned to Twente
after his City Ground misadventure lasted less than six months.
By 2013 he was on Harry Redknapp's QPR coaching staff, quickly moving on take
over at Derby County and losing in the promotion playoffs that
season.
The 2014/15 campaign saw the Rams among the Championship front runners
until the turn of the year - when speculation that Steve would succeed Alan Pardew
at Gallowgate coincided with a total loss of form by his side.
Sacked by Derby in May 2015 - just ten months after signing a new three year
deal - he was presented as Magpies Head Coach within days, also joining the
board.
Just six league wins from 28 Premier League games left United second bottom
by mid March, when he was relieved of his role(s) after a week in limbo and
immediately succeeded by Rafa Benitez.
Improbably reappointed by Derby during October 2016, McClaren survived barely
five months before returning to Sky Sports and supplying more cringeworthy punditry.
He then became a coaching consultant to Maccabi Tel Aviv in August
2017 but only lasted four months before leaving.
Second tier side QPR were desperate enough in May 2018 to replace Ian Holloway with
Steve and he lasted for 10 months until common sense
prevailed.
Unbelievably, a fifth spell at Derby began in November
2020 as Technical Director of football to Manager Wayne Rooney but he
stepped down in September 2021 after the club entered administration.
Another surprising return
followed when he joined Erik ten Hag's backroom staff at Old Trafford in May
2022 and was in the dugout for our League Cup defeat by them at Wembley the
following February.
Although the Red Devils retained Ten Hag after their 2024 FA Cup win,
McClaren left and resurfaced as the Jamaican national team coach, where another
change of accent was eagerly anticipated....
1969
Chris Zoricich
born, Auckland, New Zealand (1990)
Central defender who was on the books of
Leyton Orient when he appeared for New
Zealand in a friendly match at SJP against
Newcastle in February 1992.
However that wasn't his first experience of
Tyneside, having made one appearance for our
reserve side in December 1990 after being
invited for a trial by Jim Smith.
Leaving Brisbane Road due to work permit
difficulties, Chris was briefly with
Doncaster Rovers, before moving on to
Central United in his native New Zealand in
1994.
Zorro then tried his luck in Australia with
the Brisbane Strikers before returning to
the UK, where after turning out for Welling
United, Chris spent some time on trial with
Chelsea.
1997 saw him sign for Newcastle Breakers in
Australia (aka Newcastle United) before
settling again in England after his London
-born wife became homesick in 2003.
That came after calling a halt to a 15 year
international career in which he'd gained
over 70 caps and captained his side many
times.
After a trial at Mansfield Town, Chris
played non-league football for Margate,
St.Albans City, Harlow Town, Borehamwood,
Heybridge Swifts and Wealdstone - also
coaching at Eastlea Community School in East
London.
He was also involved with a
London-based taxi firm before returning to
New Zealand in 2009 and becoming manager of
Auckland -based side Central United a year
later.
Also running a cafe in the suburb of Three Kings
with his brother, Zorro later took up a
coaching role with Auckland City Youth and
New Zealand U17 national side.
1989
Death of George Lowrie, 69.
(1946-48)
1998
Death of Justin Fashanu, 37.
(1991)
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1922 Rest of League XI
(h)
2-3 (1-1)
Friendly
Hagan(1-0), Smailes(2-1)
Moore(1-1), Simms(2-2), og(Russell)(3-2)
8,000
A Testimonial Match for Jack Carr was staged on a
Wednesday evening at SJP (6.30pm), although the
recipient had moved on to become the Blackburn Rovers
manager some months earlier.
Recently-signed custodian John Archibald was in goal for
United, five days after making what was to be his only
senior competitive appearance for the Magpies.
Derby County's Jimmy Moore and Ernie Simms of South
Shields were on target for the League XI, who were
overseen by Magpie Bill McCracken.
1922 At Portland Park meanwhile, a crowd of 4,000
saw Ashington defeat Newcastle Reserves 3-1 in the Final
of the Tyne Charity Shield.
Scoreless at the break, United went ahead through Pyke
but then conceded three times to the hosts.
1924
A week after their Wembley triumph over Aston Villa,
Newcastle fielded their entire FA Cup
winning side away to West Stanley in a North Eastern League game.
15,000 spectators saw a 2-1 victory for the Magpies,
with Stan Seymour bagging a brace.
1930 West Ham United
(h)
1-0 (0-0)
Division One
37pts, 19th/22
Devine(63)
50,000
The final game the season left Newcastle in need of a win
in order to avoid relegation and thanks to Joe Devine's
goal, they survived at the expense of Burnley and Everton.
It was to be the last game Hughie Gallacher played for United and at his own
request, he was sold to Chelsea for £10,000 days
later.
1941 Leeds United (h)
3-2 (2-1)
Wartime
Stubbins(1-0,90), Myers(30)
Short(31,50)
3,187
 1947 Manchester City
(a)
2-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P37, 44pts, 5th/22
Walker(49), Wayman(55)
46,492
United became the first side to win at Maine Road since the
previous November, a result that prevented City from
sealing promotion and left the Magpies with a chance of
Division One themselves.
However, the Citizens would go on to finish top of the
table while Newcastle remained fifth - ten points behind
second-placed Burnley.
1951 The victorious Newcastle
side returned to Tyneside five days after beating Blackpool at Wembley in
the FA Cup Final.
An estimated 250,000 people lined the streets from the Central Station to
cheer the lads, who had returned to their Brighton base
after the trophy success and then won 1-0 at Wolves in a First Division
game.
 1952
Arsenal (n)
1-0 (0-0)
FA Cup Final
G.Robledo(83)
100,000
Newcastle made a successful defence of the FA Cup at
Wembley thanks to Chilean George Robeldo, who played in
every round alongside his brother Ted.
The referee was
Arthur Ellis - later to be known as "Uncle
Arthur" on TV's "It's A Knockout." Again
Joe Harvey received the trophy, this time from Sir Winston
Churchill.
Youtube
footage is online here
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 1956 Altona &
St.Pauli (Hamburg) (a)
1-1 (1-0)
Friendly
Keeble(10)
Muench(1-1)
18,000
Following a game in Madrid, Newcastle's post-season tour moved on to Germany
for the first of three kickabouts.
 1960 Shamrock Rovers
(a) 3-0 (2-0)
Friendly
White 2, Eastham
20,000
United travelled to Dalymount Park in Dublin to
provide the opposition in a benefit match for
two Rovers players.
One of them, 25 year-old outside left Liam Tuohy, made a
£9,000 move to Tyneside within a week.
 1972 West Bromwich
Albion (h) 4-2 (2-0)
Division One
P41, 40pts, 11th/22
og(Wile)(2),
Macdonald(16pen,73),
Green(85)
Gould(50,53)
18,927
Albion's County Durham-born defender John Wile
registered an own goal, as United completed a seasonal double
following their 3-0 victory at the Hawthorns the previous
December.
 1976 Leeds United (a)
5-4 (2-2)
Friendly
Gowling(1),
Macdonald(45,60),
Burns(66),
Kennedy(76),
Lorimer(6,62pen), Clarke(19),
Stevenson(64)
16,000
Testimonial Match for Paul Reaney who made in excess
of 700 appearances for Leeds.
As part of the pre-match
entertainment, Leeds striker Duncan McKenzie demonstrated
his party piece, jumping over a Mini!
Team: Mahoney
(Jones 46), Nattrass, A.Kennedy. Hudson (Blackhall 46),
McCaffrey, Oates, Burns, Cassidy, Macdonald, Gowling,
T.Craig.
 1980
Luton Town (h)
2-2 (1-2)
Division Two
44pts, 9th/22
Shoulder(3), Rafferty(62)
Hatton(14,24)
13,765
A season that promised so much came to a
disappointing end, United having won just one league
game in 16 since they topped the table in January.
Striker Peter Withe completing
a solo lap of honour after his final game for the
club, having turned down a new contract and opened talks over a move to Aston
Villa
A photo in "Jackie Milburn's Newcastle United Scrapbook" shows
that one half of NUFC.com was among those accompanying him around the SJP
pitch.
 1986 Leicester City
(a)
0-2 (0-1)
Division One
63pts, 11th/22
Mauchlen(39), Banks(70pen)
13,171
Managed by future Magpie Director of Football
Gordon Milne, the Foxes avoided relegation by one point in
the season finale.
After early Toon pressure failed to bring a goal, Ally Mauchlen
fired past Dave McKellar to the delight of home fans
at Filbert Street.
And a home win was assured when Glenn Roeder dived
full length to handle a Simon Morgan shot, Ian Banks
converting the penalty as Roeder was booked.
 1989 West Ham United
(h) 1-2 (1-1)
Division One
P36, 30pts, 20th/22
Lormor(2)
Keen(8), Ward(79)
14,445
Relegation was confirmed by this defeat, the fateful goal
being scored by Mark Ward.
 1995 Tottenham Hotspur
(h)
3-3 (2-3)
Premier League
P40, 69pts, 5th/22
Gillespie(7), Peacock(10), Beardsley(70)
Barmby(22), Klinsmann(24),
Anderton(26)
35,603
An enthralling midweek game as Darren Peacock and Keith Gillespie
both scored their first league goals for United, before
Spurs hit back with a rapid fire trio of their own.
Pavel Srnicek was sent off for upending Nick Barmby, but
Mike Hooper earned
the cheers of the crowd by coming on to block Jurgen Klinsmann's penalty with
his first touch.
Peter Beardsley then hit a great equaliser and
both teams were applauded off.
 1997
Arsenal (a)
1-0 (1-0)
Premier League
P35, 63pts, 4th/20
Elliott(44)
Gillespie(79-2nd yellow)
38,179
Robbie Elliott nodded Darren Peacock's centre past
David Seaman and United held on for
a victory that was vital to their hopes of Champions
League qualification.
Victory came despite Keith Gillespie's 79th minute
dismissal, the winger having played just 27 minutes since
arriving from the bench - coming close to scoring, but yellow-carded for two ludicrous fouls.
 2003
Birmingham City (h)
1-0
(1-0)
Premiership
P37, 68pts, 3rd/20
Viana(42)
52,146
Hugo Viana curled a free kick past former Toon 'keeper
Ian Bennett at the Leazes End to seal a third place finish.
That goal came after a foul on Craig Bellamy that saw
Matthew Upson dismissed - giving Blues boss Steve Bruce something to moan
about at full time.
NUFC.com match
report
2005 Carl Finnigan
scored twice but four goals in the opening 17 minutes by
Aston Villa Reserves had already put this game beyond
doubt at Kingston Park. It ended
2-5.
NUFC.com
match report
2006 The
reserves triumphed 2-1 in the Northumberland Senior Cup
final against Blyth Spartans at the Wheatsheaf Ground.
Tommy Craig's young
side had to come from behind after ex-Magpie Jamie
McClen netted for the non-leaguers before Alan O'Brien scored either side
of half time.
NUFC.com match report
 2009
Liverpool (a)
0-3 (0-2)
Premier League
P35, 31pts, 18th/20
Benayoun(22),
Kuyt(27),
Lucas(88)
Barton(77-violent
conduct)
44,121
As expected, United failed to pull off "Mission
Impossible" in front of an Anfield
crowd including "007", Daniel Craig.
Despite missing the prolific Fernando Torres, this proved
to be a routine win for Liverpool and the home fans' taunt
to Alan Shearer of "you should have stayed on the
sofa" brought a rueful grin from the Newcastle
boss.
He was rather less amused by the dismissal of Joey Barton
however, sent off following a needless foul on Alonso and
putting himself out of our final three games of the
season.
Harsh words were later exchanged between manager and player, amid
claims that the spat had escalated into physical contact.
NUFC.com match report
2012 The reserves
concluded a mixed league season with a 0-3 loss to Blackburn
Rovers at their training ground.
NUFC.com match
report
2013
Despite suffering their
first defeat in eleven games with a 1-2 reverse at home to Bolton, the reserves held on to top
spot in Group Two of the Premier U21 League to line up an elimination match
against Everton.
NUFC.com match
report
 2014
Cardiff City (h)
3-0 (1-0)
Premier League
P37, 49pts, 9th/20
Sh.Ameobi(18), Remy(88), S.Taylor(90+1)
50,239
The
fact that United ended a six match losing streak and
condemned the visitors to the drop was almost forgotten
amid the madness and mayhem of St. James' Park.
Protests, walkouts and a poisonous atmosphere were abiding memories of a day when both Shola Ameobi and Loic
Remy took their leave of SJP by finding the net.
NUFC.com match report
2018 The brief United career of Islam Slimani was
over after he was banned for three matches following a charge of violent conduct.
The forward, on loan from Leicester City, was involved in an
off-the-ball incident during the game against West Bromwich
Albion.
With just a trio of games still to be played, that ended his time on Tyneside
having failed to score during 130 minutes of
action spread over four games.
2022 Seventy years to the
day that he scored the FA Cup Final winner, a plaque
honouring George Robledo was unveiled.
Mounted on the house in
Fenham George and brother Ted occupied while at SJP,
George's daughter Elizabeth unveiled the plaque.
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