1946 SK Brann (Norway) (a)
7-0 (4-0)
Milburn(3,20), Wayman(4,81), Stubbins(30,47,52)
10,500
Newcastle began a post-season tour of Scandinavia with victory in Bergen; Albert Stubbins supplying a 22 minute treble against a side with players from the Austad club augmenting rivals Brann.

United were forced into an early change when Ernie Brown was unable to continue. George Hair replaced him, as the game was played under Norwegian rules permitting a first half substitute in the event of injury.

Team: Swinburne, Corbett, Graham, Harvey, Smith, Woodburn, Milburn, Brown (Hair), Stubbins, Wayman, Pearson.

1950 England continued their World Cup warm up with a 5-3 win over Portugal in Lisbon. Newcastle's Jackie Milburn was restored to the team but failed to find the net.

1960 Schalke 04 (Germany) (a)
3-0 (1-0)
Friendly 
White(1-0,2-0) McGuigan(3-0)
10,000
The opening fixture of a five-game post -season tour taking Newcastle to Germany, Yugoslavia and Spain was staged at the Glückauf-Kampfbahn stadium.

What sounds like a feisty affair saw United's Gordon Hughes dismissed after clashing with an opponent in the 69th minute.

Team: Harvey, Keith, McMichael, Scoular, Stokoe, Bell, Hughes, Allchurch, White, McGuigan, Luke. 

1965 Holstein Kiel (Germany) (a)
1-1 (0-1)
Friendly 
Anderson(62)
Oenig(43) 
4,000
After three wins, the penultimate game of United's post-season tour saw them held in the North German city of Kiel by the newly-crowned Regionalliga Nord champions.

Team: Marshall, Craig, Clark, Anderson, Thompson, Iley, Hilley, McGrath, Cummings, Penman, Suddick.

1969 Rangers (Scotland) a) 0-0 (0-0)
Fairs Cup Semi Final 1st Leg 
75,580 
This game hinged on a first half penalty save by Willie McFaul from Andy Penman, after the Newcastle 'keeper fouled Orjan Persson to concede the spot-kick.

In a fighting performance, Wyn Davies broke his cheekbone but United held out for the draw, backed by around 12,000 travelling fans. 

1973 sunderland (h)
2-1 (1-0)
Friendly 
Cassidy(1-0), Tudor(2-0)
Guthrie(2-1) 
35,873 
Former Magpie Ron Guthrie netted for the recent FA Cup winners in a testimonial match staged for Ollie Burton.

Before kickoff, promising United goalkeeper Eric Steele marked his 19th birthday by facing a series of penalty kicks.

Among those lining up was Burton (who was unable to play in the game), former Magpies including visiting mackem boss Bob Stokoe and members of the press.

The red and whites brought the FA Cup that they'd won at Wembley days earlier.

Team: Burleigh, Nattrass, Clark, McDermott (Gibb), Howard, Moncur, Cassidy, Smith, Tudor (K.Robson) Hibbitt (Green), Barrowclough.

1977 Aston Villa (h)
3-2 (3-1)
Division One
P41, 49pts, 4th/22 
Cannell(4,24), Oates(15) 
Little(1,74)
29,873 
UEFA Cup qualification was gained by victory in this eventful game, despite falling behind straight from the kick-off. 

Paul Cannell soon beat John Burridge in the Villa goal to equalise, before Graham Oates and Cannell again gave Newcastle the lead.

Brian Little then pulled a goal back, but United held on to take both points.

1983 Wolves (a)
2-2 (2-2)
Division Two
67pts, 5th/22 
McDonald(40), Varadi(43)
Matthews(25), Gray(38)
22,446
Six years on and Burridge had moved from Villa Park to Molineux, taking to the field game dressed as Superman for the already-promoted home side.

The Magpies were notionally still in with the chance of sneaking into the third promotion spot, but a failure to win coupled with a point for Leicester left them three points and two places short. 

1995 Crystal Palace (h)
3-2 (3-0)
Premier League
72pts, 6th/22 
Fox(6), Lee(26), Gillespie(28)
Armstrong(51), Houghton(81)
35,626 
Already relegated, the Eagles bowed out with goals from Chris Armstrong and Ray Houghton to ensure a nervous ending. 

This was the last game at St. James' Park where fans stood on terraces, with the Milburn Stand paddocks converted to seating ahead of the following season.
Youtube footage is online here

2000 Arsenal (h)
4-2 (2-1)
Premiership
52pts, 11th/20
Speed(6,59), Shearer(23), Griffin(63)
Kanu(7), Malz(53)
36,450
Alan Shearer netted his 300th career goal against a weakened Gunners side who warmed up for their UEFA Cup Final. Unlikely scorer of the final goal was Andy Griffin although the main TV camera failed to pick up his effort. 

Shay Given almost got on the scoresheet but his counterpart Alex Manninger just managed to tip a long clearance away from goal.
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2005 Fighting talk (aka season-ticket selling talk) from the-then Toon Chairman Freddy Shepherd, with his side 12th in the table on the eve of our last game, against Chelsea:

"If I told you who wants to come to Newcastle, you'd be astounded. Of course they want to come to Newcastle - they all want to come to Newcastle.

"Anybody leaving here, unless they go to Chelsea, is going down. Let's face it, one of the big reasons for Chelsea is the rewards at Chelsea. 

"Fine, I have not got a problem with that and I would probably be the same if I was a player. But where do you go when you leave Newcastle?"

Before the following season we signed Scott Parker, Craig Moore, Albert Luque, Lee Clark, Nolberto Solano... and Michael Owen.

And at the time the latter deal was made public, we can honestly say that Freddy's use of the word 'astounded' was valid.

2007 Newcastle convened a 1pm press conference for the following day, with no-one in any doubt that it was to unveil Sam Allardyce as the new manager.

2013 A 1-4 loss at Arsenal confirmed Wigan's Premier League relegation and meant that the mackems escaped the drop. 

United's safety had been assured 48 hours earlier thanks to a 2-1 victory at QPR in their penultimate game of the season.

2018 A bizarre situation involving a Magpie unfolded at Chesterfield's stadium as Ireland and the Netherlands played an U17 European Championship Quarter Final.

Tied at 1-1 and with a penalty shootout standing at 4-4, Irish goalkeeper Jimmy Corcoran was dismissed after collecting a second booking for moving early.

He was replaced by Newcastle defender Oisin McEntee, who was unable to stop the Netherlands netting the winner.  

2021 Manchester City (h)
3-4 (2-2)
Premier League
P36, 39pts, 16th/20
Krafth(25), Joelinton(45+6pen), Willock(62)
Cancelo(39), Torres(42,64,66)
BCD
Having clinched the title without kicking a ball a few days earlier - and reportedly partying afterwards - Manchester City added the record for consecutive away wins to their considerable honours list at SJP.

Far from strolling to that 12th victory on the road though, they encountered a patient and precise Newcastle side who gave a decent account of themselves apart from failing to repel the rapier-like attack of Pep's side.
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