1927 Middlesbrough (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Friendly 
21,000 
Newly-crowned Division One champions Newcastle visited Ayresome Park to provide the opposition in a benefit match for Boro trainer Charlie Cole. 

The hosts - who had won the Second Division title and secured promotion - believed that they'd taken an early lead when George Camsell's shot looked to have gone under the crossbar and bounced back out of the net.

Team: Wilson, Maitland, Little, MacKenzie, Spencer, Curry, Low, Urwin, Gallacher, McDonald, Seymour.

1927 At SJP meanwhile, United Reserves lifted the Infirmary Cup following a 5-0 win over Consett.

Loughlin gave the Magpies a 1-0 interval lead before Lang and a Smith treble completed the scoring.

1929 Everton (h)
2-0 (0-0)
Division One 
44pts, 10th/22
Gallacher(69,89) 
20,000
Newcastle's final game of the season saw Hughie Gallacher notch his 23rd and 24th goals of the campaign.

The wee Scots lad was in the right place to head the rebound home after McDonald's effort from an Urwin centre struck the woodwork.

And Gallacher then wrapped things up late on as the visitors waited in vain for an offside decision.

1932 Everton (h)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One 
P41, 42pts, 11th/22
40,000
The visitors were already confirmed as Champions, going into this penultimate game of the season five points ahead of Arsenal.

FA Cup winners Newcastle meanwhile made slight amends for a 1-8 reverse at Goodison the previous October - aided by the absence of Everton's top scorer, Dixie Dean.

1935 Burnley (h)
2-0 (2-0)
Division Two 
48pts, 6th/22
McMenemy(41), Pearson(44) 
7,000
United played their final game of the season in front of the smallest crowd seen at St. James' in 1934/35.

1940 Middlesbrough (a)
2-2 (1-1)
Wartime
Stubbins(40), Clifton(56)
Stobbart(35), Fenton(90) 
10,229

1946 Sheffield Wednesday (a) 3-2 (2-0) Wartime Stubbins(26), Brown(30), Wayman(70) Kippax(50), Robinson(67pen) 20,000

1959 Peterborough United (a) 5-3 (4-3)
Friendly 
Eastham 2, Curry 2, Mitchell(47)
Rayner (0-2,1pen), Hails(0-1) 
11,000 
Newcastle visited London Road to provide the opposition in a benefit match for the Professional Footballers (Peterborough) Testimonial Fund, who dispensed funds to many ex-footballers.

The first to benefit was former Magpie, Andy Donaldson.

Team: Harvey, Keith, McMichael, Franks, Scoular, Bell, Hughes, Allchurch, Curry, Eastham, Mitchell.

1963 Norwich City (a)
2-1 (1-0)
Division Two 
P40, 46pts, 5th/22
McKinney(19), McGarry(55)
Staton(70)
16,665
Joe Harvey's side gained some revenge for a 0-5 FA Cup Fourth Round loss at Carrow Road two months earlier by completing the league double over the Canaries.

Ron McGarry scored despite wearing odd boots - putting a size bigger than usual on his left foot to lessen the pain of a swollen toe.

1968 Manchester United (a) 0-6 (0-3)
Division One 
P41, 41pts, 9th/22
Kidd(10,60), Best (23,27pen,55pen), Sadler(65)
59,697 
A hat-trick from George Best, two from Kidd and one from Sadler as Alex Stepney was hardly called into action. 

This was in stark contrast to the Red Devils' previous game when their goalkeeper had conceded six to West Bromwich Albion. 

1974 Liverpool (n)
0-3 (0-0)
FA Cup Final 
Keegan(58,88), Heighway(75)
100,000
Bruce Forsyth may have conducted the pre-match community singing at Wembley Stadium, but this was anything but a "good game, good game" for United.

Losing their unbeaten Wembley record at the sixth time of asking, Joe Harvey's side made it to halftime without conceding, but that only delayed the inevitable.

Alec Lindsay thought he'd put the Reds ahead only to see a questionable offside chalk his effort off, but Kevin Keegan (pictured below) struck twice and Steve Heighway once.

United were desperately disappointing, with Malcolm Macdonald never looking like maintaining his record of having scored in every round of the competition.

Future Liverpool legends Terry McDermott and Alan Kennedy were in the Magpies line-up.

Off the pitch there are a wealth of tales that have now passed into legend: United fans drowning out the cheers as Emlyn Hughes lifted the Cup, emotional scenes in Trafalgar Square, post-match brown ale drinking in a graveyard, overnight bus trips (fish & chips for breakfast, dinner and tea, apparently...) 

In the end though, the only Wembley success in black & white was Brendan Foster, winning a pre-match race in a Toon vest. 

1977 Leicester City (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One 
P39, 47pts, 4th/22
Earle(90)
14,289
Visiting custodian Mick Mahoney made a fine penalty save to deny Frank Worthington after 30 minutes.

Stonewalling for a point, Newcastle were raging when Steve Earle bundled the ball home via his hand in the closing seconds - the scorer later admitting to his indiscretion. 

1983 Barnsley (a)
5-0 (1-0)
Division Two 
P40, 63pts, 5th/22
McDonald(25,89),
Keegan(57), Varadi(68,80)
10,958 
Newcastle won at Oakwell for the first time in their history to raise hopes that they could sneak into a promotion spot with two games remaining.

Goalkeeper Martin Thomas enjoyed a quiet debut in this rescheduled midweek fixture after joining on loan from Bristol Rovers.

1985 Stoke City (a) 
1-0 (1-0)
Division One 
P40, 51pts, 12th/22
og(Dyson)(45)
7,088 
United's first away league victory since the opening day of the season came at the Victoria Ground against basement side Stoke.

The goal that divided the sides came on the stroke of half time from Potter Paul Dyson into his own net.

1987 Charlton Athletic (h) 0-3 (0-2)
Division One 
P41, 47pts, 17th/22
Miller(16), Crooks(30), Leaburn(82)
26,950
Having lost just once in twelve games as they dragged themselves out of the relegation places, United were out-gunned in their last home game by an Addicks side fighting their own survival battle.

"I thought we were a disgrace" said manager Willie McFaul afterwards.

1988 Former Magpies striker Malcolm Macdonald resigned as Huddersfield Town boss, after relegation to Division Three was confirmed for the Terriers.

1991 West Bromwich Albion (a) 1-1 (0-1)
Division Two 
P44, 58pts, 11th/24
Quinn(65)
Goodman(8)
16,706 
The relegation-haunted Baggies went ahead through future mackem striker Don Goodman, but Mickey Quinn equalised. 

Lee Makel made his senior debut from the bench, doing enough to earn a place in the starting line-up at Barnsley the next week.
Match footage online here

1991 United youngster Alun Armstrong had a Wembley debut to remember, netting four in a 6-1 win for Durham Boys over Middlesex.

1993 Grimsby Town (a)
2-0 (0-0)
Division One
P44, 90pts, 1st/24
Cole(46), Kelly(90) 
14,402 
Travelling Toon hordes drank Cleethorpes dry, staging a midweek shindig before and after their heroes confirmed promotion to the Premier League.

Those celebrations were on temporary hold after a tense first half, before Andy Cole shot past Mariners 'keeper Rhys Wilmot within 20 seconds of the restart.

David Kelly then sealed promotion and the title when finishing from a tight angle in the closing seconds with an effort that Wayne Routledge emulated at Plymouth some 17 years later when United went up again as champions. 

Both United goals sparked pitch invasions, but it was mostly good-natured and both fans and players partied after full-time, Kevin Keegan famously pictured wearing a crown that was plonked on his head by a supporter.

TV cameras entered the dressing room post-match to capture KK getting a good soaking and Sir John Hall promise to give "Man United" a "run for their money". Heady stuff.
Youtube footage is online here

2002 Newcastle won 3-2 at Old Trafford in the first leg of their U17 playoff Final.

Goals from Calvin Zola and Lewis Guy (2) put the young Magpies three up at half time, the hosts replying through Kieran Richardson and David Poole - the latter on 88 minutes. 

Not without precedent at this particular venue, the referee produced an astonishing five minutes of injury time but the Toon youngsters held on for a tremendous victory in front of around 1,000 spectators.

The visitors were without midfielder Ross Gardner due to an England U17 call-up. 

Team: Collin, Brittain, Gate, Webster, Carr, Taylor, McDermott, Beaumont, Guy, Zola, O'Brien.

2005 Fulham (a)
3-1 (1-0)
Premiership
P36, 43pts, 12th/20
Ambrose(18), Kluivert(62), Ameobi(75)
Radzinski(86)
19,003
An Alan Shearer-less United won their first away league game for nearly six months as a seven-game winless run thankfully came to an end.

The result was as unexpected as Fulham's 4-1 win at SJP back in November as the victory saw United creep back up the table above Birmingham and Blackburn into 12th spot.

Darren Ambrose, Patrick Kluivert and Shola Ameobi put us three goals to the good before Tomasz Radzinski's late consolation for the home side. Sections of this victory were filmed and later cut into the "Goal" film.
NUFC.com match report

2006 The Premier League board rejected the bid for dispensation from Newcastle to allow Glenn Roeder to become their permanent manager, releasing this statement:

The Premier League Board has considered Newcastle United's inquiry regarding the potential appointment of Glenn Roeder as their Manager.

Premier League Rules require that Managers hold the UEFA Pro Licence and do not provide for any dispensation.

The only way the Board would be prepared to allow Newcastle United to appoint Glenn Roeder as Manager without the Pro License is if so directed by member Clubs.

In the event of permission being sought, sufficient support from Clubs would have to be obtained and a formal resolution tabled at the forthcoming Premier League AGM.

That final paragraph proved key - member clubs allowing special dispensation on the grounds that ill health had prevented Glenn from completing the Pro Licence that he'd originally begun in 2003.

2010 The U18s wrapped up their home league programme with a 4-1 win over Leeds. Ryan McGorrigan scored twice, while Sammy Ameobi and Brad Inman were also on target.

2011 Twelve months on and the U18s were away at Sheffield United to close off the season with a 1-1 draw - Ryan McGorrigan finding the net once more for Newcastle.

2013 West Ham United (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Premier League
P36, 38pts, 16th/20
34,962
Having conceded ten goals in three games, Newcastle at least stopped the rot at the Boleyn Ground.

However, away wins for Aston Villa and Wigan ensured that the spectre of relegation remained with two games to play. The Latics and mackems had three left and were three points and one point behind, respectively. 

A linesman's slip may well have cost Alan Pardew's side the win though: a shot from Papiss Cisse was judged not to have crossed the line before Winston Reid cleared the ball.

One of four TV replays from different angles looked to show the whole of the ball over the line - the linesman slipping over at that point, so unable to award a goal.
NUFC.com match report

2019 Liverpool (h)
2-3 (1-2)
Premier League
P37, 42pts, 14th/20
Atsu(20), Rondon(54)
Van Dijk(13), Salah(28),
Origi(86)
52,209
What would be the final home game of the Rafa Benitez era was eventful on and off the field, due in no small part to the TV-inspired 7.45pm Saturday start time.