1907 Mannheim (Germany) (a)
5-0 (?-?)
Friendly 
Howie 2, Hall 2, McWilliam
crowd tbc  

1911 Koln 1899 (Germany) (a)
5-0 (?-?)
Friendly 
Fleming 4, Kelly
crowd tbc
Newcastle began a six game post-season tour of Germany and Switzerland with this Sunday fixture.

Two recent signings netted for United; Scotsman John Fleming leading the way with four goals and Tynesider Bill Kelly adding one.

A trio of Magpies were absent after having failed to sign contracts; Colin Veitch, Bill McCracken and Jock Rutherford all omitted from the touring party. 

1921 Manchester City (h)
1-1 (1-0)
Division One 
50pts, 5th/22
Pyke(10)
Browell(47pen) 
35,000
The season ended with this home draw to the runners-up, who finished behind Burnley.

1927 Leicester City (a)
1-2 (1-1)
Division One 
56pts, 1st/22
Low(1)
Lochhead (6,1-2pen) 
25,000
City's debutant goalkeeper James McLaren was fishing the ball out of his net within 30 seconds of the first whistle, but his side recovered to beat League Champions Newcastle.

1932 Birmingham (h)
0-3 (0-1)
Division One 
42pts, 11th/22
Bradford(23,80), Smith(87)
10,000
A mid-table finishing position but United were already FA Cup Winners.

1938 Luton Town (a)
1-4 (0-2)
Division Two 
36pts, 19th/22
Park(81) 
Stephenson(35), Redfern(44,88), Finlayson(49) 
15,344 
Despite losing this final game of a desperate season, United stayed in Division Two by one tenth of a goal, at the expense of Barnsley - who actually beat United home and away. The closest United have come to third tier football.

Newcastle handed a debut to 18 year-old Albert Stubbins, who was fielded at centre forward. 

1949 Sheffield United (a) 0-0 (0-0) Division One  52pts, 4th/22 20,000 This was United's fifth game without a win as the season came to a disappointing end. Had they all been victories they would have won the Championship....

1955 Manchester City (n) 3-1 (1-1)
FA Cup Final 
Milburn(1), Mitchell(49), Hannah(60)
Johnstone(45)
100,000 
Just 45 seconds after kick-off, the FA Cup was already inching it's way back to Newcastle after Jackie Milburn headed Len White's corner past City custodian Bert Trautmann. 

This time Jimmy Scoular collected the Cup from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and streets were deserted as the game was televised and those who owned sets suddenly became very popular.
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Scoular and some silverware

1966 Fulham (h) 1-1 (1-1) Division One  P41, 35pts, 19th/22 McGrath(16)  Robson(8) 18,818 As it turned out this point wasn't needed and Northampton Town joined Blackburn Rovers as the two relegated sides.

1971 Newcastle beat off late interest from Chelsea to sign striker Malcolm Macdonald from Second Division Luton Town for a fee of £180K. 

Macdonald had ended his Kenilworth Road career with a hat trick in his final match against Cardiff City.

1973 Middlesbrough's Ayresome Park hosted a testimonial for Harold Shepherdson in which a 'Boro side beat an England XI 7-5. 

Newcastle's Terry Hibbitt guested for 'Boro along with former Magpies Alan Foggon and John Craggs. Stuart Boam and David Mills were also in action.

Shepherdson had been a Boro player then manager on three occasions and also right-hand man to Alf Ramsey when England won the World Cup in 1966. 

Awarded the MBE in 1969 for services to football, he also assisted Stan Anderson and Jack Charlton while they were in charge of Boro.

1977 Ipswich Town (a)
0-2 (0-0)
Division One 
P40, 47pts, 4th/22
Osborne(53), Wark(72)
24,760
Bobby Robson's Ipswich side were en route to a third place finish, while Richard Dinnis led us to fifth - three points behind Town and eight behind Liverpool. 

1983 Sheffield Wednesday (h) 2-1 (0-0)
Division Two 
P41, 66pts, 5th/22
Varadi(48), og(Sterland)(79)
Heard(62) 
29,874 
Future Toon flop Pat Heard netted in what was to be the penultimate game of Jack Charlton's five and a half year stint as Manager of the Owls. 

Midway through the second half, a rumour spread round SJP that the other promotion candidates were all losing by improbable results, putting us in a promotion place. 

The rumour was of course false, but a pitch invasion at the final whistle ended with the team saluting the fans from the West Stand Directors Box - an echo of 1965 when promotion actually had been achieved.

1984 Huddersfield Town (a) 2-2 (2-2)
Division Two 
P41, 77pts, 3rd/22
Beardsley(41), Mills(45)
Cooper(22), og(Carney)(26) 
25,101
48 hours after defeating Derby County at SJP, promotion was mathematically assured after this Bank Holiday Monday game.

With Kevin Keegan missing due to injury, United found themselves two goals behind before Peter Beardsley took over. Hammering home a 20 yard effort to reduce the arrears, he then set up David Mills to level - with John Anderson having seen his effort mysteriously ruled out in between times. 

Clad in their silver strip, Newcastle were unable to produce a second half winner, but that didn't matter to the Geordie hordes that had taken over Leeds Road and invaded the pitch at full time.

1988 West Ham United (h)
2-1 (0-1)
Division One 
P40, 56pts, 8th/21
O'Neill(67), Gascoigne(69)
Robson(11) 
23,731
A winning end to the season and an eighth place finish for Magpies boss Willie McFaul. 

Paul Goddard made his last appearance for the club before a move to Derby County, while also saying their farewells were Neil McDonald and Paul Gascoigne, prior to joining Everton and Spurs respectively.

1991 Barnsley (a)
1-1 (1-0)
Division Two 
P45, 59pts, 11th/24
Peacock(24)
Smith(54)
9,534
Gavin Peacock's volley gave United a half time advantage at Oakwell, only for Mark Smith to soon level.

Thereafter the Tykes pressed in vain for a winner to keep their playoff hopes alive.

1991 While the first team were away at Oakwell, United's reserves travelled to Coventry having escaped relegation after beating Derby County the previous week. 

A measure of the turnover at the club was that the fiftieth player of the season played for the reserves and this was coach Derek Fazackerley who had named himself as an emergency sub to make the numbers up. 

Faz appeared for the last ten minutes by which time City were already 4-0 ahead.

1994 Arsenal (h)
2-0 (0-0)
Premier League 
77pts, 3rd/22
Cole(47), Beardsley(66pen) 
32,216 
United formed a guard of honour to welcome Arsenal, who had won the Cup Winner's Cup in Copenhagen three days earlier against a Parma side featuring future Magpie Tino Asprilla.

Andy Cole extended the club's seasonal scoring record to 41 and Peter Beardsley scored from the spot to prompt celebrations across the city. A remarkable first season in the Premier League had ended in a third-place finish and a UEFA Cup place. 

Pedro beats Alan Miller for 2-0

2003 Newcastle Reserves regained the Northumberland Senior Cup at St. James' Park against Whitley Bay thanks to two second half goals from Magpies substitute Marc Walton. 

The trophy was presented to Newcastle captain Peter Ramage by Sir Bobby Robson.
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2005 Everton (a)
0-2 (0-1)
Premiership
P37, 43pts, 12th/20
Weir(43), Cahill(59)
Ameobi(56-violent conduct)
40,438
Shola Ameobi and Patrick Kluivert gave Magpies boss Graeme Souness every reason to ready their P45s with two mindless moments at Goodison Park.

Trailing to a Weir first half goal, Shola's senseless swipe at Tim Cahill resulted in a straight red card. Cahill promptly went up the other end and made it 2-0.

Kluivert then reacted in a similar fashion but referee, Barry Knight, resisted the chance to make it five red cards against our players this season - only booking the Dutchman.

A miserable season on the road ended in suitably downbeat style and the defeat meant United were assured of a bottom half finish in the Premiership. They ended up 14th.
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2005 The U19s exited from the League playoffs at the semi-final stage, beaten 1-0 by Coventry City in the last-ever competitive game at Highfield Road.

The match ended in disaster for Magpies midfielder Matty Pattison, stretchered off in the second half, He would miss the next eight months through injury.

2006 Chelsea (h) 
1-0 (0-0)
Premiership
58pts, 7th/20
Bramble(73)
Carr (75 - violent conduct)
52,309
The unlikely figure of Titus Bramble was United's hero; caretaker manager Glenn Roeder's side beating the newly-crowned Champions to ensure Intertoto Cup qualification.

Chelsea lost goalkeeper and captain Carlo Cudicini to injury in the warm-up and had two goals disallowed as United claimed the victory despite Stephen Carr's red card.
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2011 Birmingham City (h)
2-1 (2-1)
Premier League
P36, 44pts, 10th/20
Ameobi(36pen), Taylor(43)
Bowyer(45)
47,409
Goals from Shola Ameobi and Steven Taylor secured a double over the ten-man Blues and made top-flight football a certainty on Tyneside for another season with two games remaining.

Liam Ridgewell's handball allowed Ameobi to score from the spot and saw the City player red-carded, before Steven Taylor's second from Joey Barton's corner. 

Old boy Lee Bowyer reduced the arrears before half time but neither side could find a goal after the break, leaving the visitors staring into the abyss of relegation.
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2013 Swansea City's 3-2 victory at Wigan left the Latics three points behind United with two games remaining and slightly eased our relegation fears.

2013 Newcastle's involvement in the inaugural season of the Premier U21 League ended at Goodison Park.

The Toffees won the promotion playoff semi-final tie 5-3 on penalties after the two sides shared six goals across 120 minutes of play - Sammy Ameobi, Brad Inman and Michael Richardson all netting.

Gael Bigirimana missed our opening spot kick and goalkeeper Jak Alnwick didn't save any. 
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2016 Aston Villa (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Premier League
P37, 34pts, 18th/20
33,055
As was the case in May 2009, United limped their way into the Championship on a sunny day at Villa Park - with another abject display.

Aston Villa had tumbled out of the league with a paltry points total to rival Derby County and the mackems but revelled in our demise again.

A pathetic inflatable protest hampered our efforts to win, stewards making laughable attempts to clear them away one at a time rather. than just bursting the damn things.

But Rafa's side had no excuses for a woeful display which barely mustered an effort on target against the leakiest defence in the PL.
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2017 Barnsley (h)
3-0 (1-0)
Championship
Perez(23), Mbemba(59), Gayle(90)
52,276
United became Champions of the Championship after a memorable afternoon at SJP, chalking up their 100th league and cup goal in the process.

Fittingly it was Dwight Gayle who netted our third, after coming on as a late substitute but within seconds news filtered through from Villa Park that Aston Villa had equalised against Brighton, despite being down to ten men.

It was met with a mixture of euphoria and disbelief, most present assuming Albion would secure the three points to see them finish top.

The game finished with United celebrating the win and promotion while hanging on for news from Birmingham, and it was suddenly confirmed that Rafa's side had dramatically clinched the title.

Cue huge jubilation and off the pitch as SJP enjoyed a rare moment of unbridled joy on a day when for once, it all went spectacularly right for the Magpies.
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2021 Leicester City (a)
4-2 (2-0)
Premier League
P35, 39pts, 13th/20
Willock(22), Dummett(34), Wilson(64,73)
Albrighton(80), Iheanacho(87)
BCD
Arguably the most unexpected result of Steve Bruce's 84 Premier League games as Magpies boss was this one at the King Power Stadium.

A 4-2 win over a City side eyeing Champions League qualification was eye-catching enough, but to be leading the Foxes by four clear goals at one point was nothing short of sensational.

Three points all but guaranteed top flight survival, unless Fulham won their remaining four games and United lost their final three.
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2022 A wretched conclusion to the season for the U18s saw them concede five goals without reply to Liverpool.

That in itself was light relief though, given that they'd shipped 19 goals in their previous two outings (0-6 against Manchester United and 0-13 against Manchester City).

2022 Loanee Elliot Anderson was the toast of the blue half of Bristol, after his seventh goal of the season ensured promotion from League Two for Rovers.

In order to pip rivals Northampton Town, Joey Barton's side needed to defeat Scunthorpe United by seven goals and duly registered a 7-0 victory; Anderson heading in the seventh with just five minutes remaining.

Fellow loanee Matty Longstaff netted for Mansfield Town in a 2-2 home draw with Forest Green Rovers. The Stags advanced to the League Two playoffs.

2023 Arsenal (h)
0-2 (0-1)
Premier League
P34, 65pts, 3rd/20
Odegaard(14), og(Schar)(71)
52,267
A day when nothing went right for United: from Jacob Murphy hitting the post to Fabian Schar turning the ball past Nick Pope, the visitors got every slice of luck going as the hosts lost only their second PL home game of the season.
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