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Sunday 25th May
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Premier
League:
United effort confirms
Champions League spot
Newcastle
0
Everton
1
Match action is online here
Sunday saw Newcastle round off their trophy-winning season by claiming a
place in next season's Champions League tournament - thanks in no small part
to the match-winning efforts of Manchester United.
Before kick-off, the Red Devils were on course to set a new club record of
just six home league wins in a season, but Ruben Amorim's mob rode their
luck before scoring twice to inflict a priceless defeat on Aston Villa at
Old Trafford.
The Villans endured a trio of contentious decisions that began with the
dismissal of Emiliano Martinez in first half added time, continued with a
Morgan Rogers goal that referee Thomas Bramall ruled out and concluded with
a penalty award that led to the home side's crucial second
goal.
At Gallowgate meanwhile, the Magpies were inflicting cruelty on their fans
in the form of a shapeless, aimless performance that helped a certain
wearside custodian keep a clean sheet - although our shoddiness was as
pivotal as his proficiency....
That pain increased when an unmarked Carlos Alcaraz was left alone to head
Vitalii Mykolenko's centre past Nick Pope in the Gallowgate goal just after
the hour mark.
Barely 10 minutes later however, roars from those fans inside SJP with a
functioning phone signalled that events elsewhere were shaping our destiny
in the shape of a Manchester United goal - and then another one for good
measure.
A season when results elsewhere never seemed to benefit us concluded with
the biggest payback since Villa knocked Brighton off the top of the
Championship in 2017.
That it was Manchester United also had a certain symmetry - a year to the
day that their FA Cup Final win over Manchester City deprived us of Europe.
Concentrating on the domestic cups this season has proved to be a canny
ploy....
Newcastle's attempts to dredge up an equaliser that would be meaningless in
terms of qualification chances as long as Villa lost saw them end up with an
obviously unfit Alexander Isak flanked by Callum Wilson and William Osula.
Anthony Gordon had kept his place in the side, but failed to appear after
the break following a shift as unproductive as his colleagues.
Home players clustered on the edge of the Leazes box as the visitors
acknowledged their supporters and the giant screen beamed out the latest
scores elsewhere.
Moments later, the Champions League logo appeared on the scoreboard as the
competition anthem rang out, confirming that there was no late collapse at
Old Trafford and Eddie Howe's side had secured fifth place on goal
difference.
Wilson confirmed his exit from the club with a tearful solo lap of honour
before the now-familiar post-match scenes unfolded, culminating in a group
photo taken in front of the Gallowgate End featuring the Carabao Cup, club
CEO Yasir Al-Rumayyan and countless squad relatives and bairns.
When people had urged the players all week to "Do it for Bobby" -
we didn't realise they meant Charlton....
The fact that Newcastle are back in the Champions League will be remembered
long after today's events. An upturn following the defeat at Brentford in
December that dropped them into twelfth position was followed by a sequence
of results meant that today's outcome didn't matter.
They may have stumbled over the line with sections of the team running on
fumes, but they got there. Somehow.
For Howe, the relief is two-fold; not only achieving qualification but also
securing the financial rewards for the club that finally allow him to significantly
reshape his squad - something that today underlined is long overdue.
Rightfully, there's also celebration for the manager, who reflected on the
season just finished as follows:
"First domestic trophy in 70 years, Champions League place, just how
big an achievement is it? It’s a massive achievement. A massive season for
us."
Team: Pope, Livramento, Schar,
Botman (Trippier 63), Burn, Guimaraes, Tonali, J.Murphy
(Wilson 70),
Gordon (Willock 46), Barnes (Osula 88), Isak.
Subs n/u: Dubravka, Krafth, Lascelles, Longstaff, Miley.
Booked: Schar
EFC: Pickford, Young, O'Brien, Keane, Mykolenko, Garner, Gueye,
Harrison, Alcaraz (Duocoure 76), Ndiaye (McNeil 76), Beto (Calvert-Lewin
88).
Subs n/u: Begovic, Broja, Virginia, Patterson, Chermiti,
Welch.
Goal: Alcaraz 65
Booked: Gueye, Young, Mykolenko, Garner.
Crowd: 52,221 including 3,000 away fans.
SJP old boys in attendance included Mick Quinn, while former Magpie coach
Alan Irvine was among the Everton staff, reunited with Moyes at the age of
66.
Thanks
to everyone who entered our prediction competition to win copies of the new
book by ex-Magpie Paul Ferris.
We asked you to
predict Newcastle's finishing place in the Premier League which
didn't prevent several readers from submitting score predictions - all of
which were wrong...
The overwhelming majority of
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A random draw of those correct answers then brought the following three
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and "The Magic in the Tin", "Once Upon a Toon"
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A host of scarcely believable stories are retold, featuring a cast of Magpie
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Eddie Howe:
"I think we’ve had an incredible season, and
the players deserve a lot of credit and praise, in terms of how they’ve
handled the season, how they’ve conducted themselves.
"We’ve had some sticky moments, we’ve had some
massive ups and downs, but we got there and it was fully deserved.
"In the beginning of the season, there was a
little bit of uncertainty, but we’ve always given our best. I think we’ve
tried to give real honesty in our performances.
"The players have given their all, and with the
amount of games, including the cup run, the players’ mindsets have been
incredible.
"You know what the hypotheticals are, but now you
have to do it. First domestic trophy in 70 years, Champions League place,
just how big an achievement is it? It’s a massive achievement. A massive
season for us.
"To win a cup was a game-changer for us. The
quality of teams and players should never be underestimated. It’s enough
to get back into the Champions League, which really sets the appetite for
what next season could be.
"I almost think we were too desperate to win today - I've said that
maybe before in games, where that desperation can sometimes lead to poor
decisions and a disjointed performance.
"Obviously, as you go through the season and you adjust to what you're
achieving, sometimes you think differently, but overall this will be
remembered as an unbelievable season in the future for Newcastle to look
back on and reflect on.
"You’re thinking, ‘This might not happen today, what’s happening
elsewhere?’. That was where my brain went.
"The last stage of the game was strange because we
knew bar a miracle we were going to get there, but we still wanted to try to
come back and win.
"The achievement is huge. Naturally, when we lose the game, there is a
disappointment. I think we have to override that with the 38 games of the
season to qualify for the competition. It is a huge moment for the club.
"The experience we had there the first time (in 2023) will help
us no end, I think.
"We felt we grew through the competition, so I
think we are stronger. I think we are better prepared both physically and
mentally for the competition ahead."
On transfers:
"I do think it's a window we have to be active in
and I'm sure we will be. We haven't recruited strongly in three windows and
I think eventually that catches up with you continue not to change.
"We felt that potentially last summer which is why
it's an amazing achievement from the players to see this season through. But
yes, it is going to be a big transfer window for us.
"The power of the Champions League and the pull of the Champions League
is huge and we can’t get away from that, the excitement that this will
bring for the people here.
"And of course it’s a selling point for us now,
it’s an opportunity for us to sell that dream to future players that might
be considering coming to us.
"We’ve got to get the financials right, we’ve
got to get every other aspect of trying to sign players here right, and
hopefully we can do that.
"Speed is key for us and I have reiterated that many times
internally. Speed is key because we have to be dynamic, we have to be ready
to conclude things very quickly because good players don’t hang around for
long.
"That’s always been my thought and my message on recruitment really
because you can have a period when you think you have time - but then you
look around quickly and you see that time has elapsed and you missed
opportunities you won’t get again.
"That’s what we will be trying but the reality of that is it’s not
always in your hands - but we will do our best to do things early.”
On Callum Wilson:
"Let's wait and see. We're
going to sit down and talk with his representatives.
"What I can say is Callum Wilson is
and has been just an incredible footballer for Newcastle, someone who
epitomises the spirit that's got us to where we are.
"Really
professional, brave. I mean, to come here and be the number nine in the
manner and the moment that he did in the club's history, it was a difficult
moment.
"The club needed hope and Callum
gave them hope. He led the line with that responsibility and the pressure
that that role brings unbelievably well.
"He
brings a positivity to the group. He's a leader within the changing room.
He's just been incredible and let's wait and see what happens.
"It
was great to see him have that relationship with the supporters. There's
still so much respect there between the two.”
Final
Premier League table - top 10:
| 1 |
Liverpool |
38 |
+45 |
84 |
| 2 |
Arsenal |
38 |
+35 |
74 |
| 3 |
Manchester City |
38 |
+28 |
71 |
| 4 |
Chelsea |
38 |
+21 |
69 |
| 5 |
Newcastle |
38 |
+21 |
66 |
| 6 |
Aston Villa |
38 |
+7 |
66 |
| 7 |
Nottm Forest |
38 |
+12 |
65 |
| 8 |
Brighton |
38 |
+7 |
61 |
| 9 |
Bournemouth |
38 |
+12 |
56 |
| 10 |
Brentford |
38
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+9
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56 |
Final day PL results:
Bournemouth 2-0 Leicester City
Fulham 0-2 Manchester City
Ipswich Town 1-3 West Ham
Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace
Manchester United 2-0 Aston Villa
Newcastle 0-1 Everton
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea
Southampton 1-2 Arsenal
Spurs 1-4 Brighton & Hove Albion
Wolves 1-1 Brentford
Nine of the 20 sides in the Premier League next season will play in
some form of European competition. Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City,
Chelsea, Newcastle and Spurs qualify for the Champions League. Aston Villa
and Crystal Palace qualify for the Europa League. Nottingham Forest qualify
for the Europa Conference League.
Referee: Tony Harrington - first Newcastle game of the season
for the Hartlepool-born whistler. His most recent Toon games were both at
SJP in the latter stages of the 2023/24 season - a 1-1 draw with Everton and
a 5-1 win over Sheffield United.
VAR: Paul Tierney
Stats:
Following last week's 0-1 defeat at Arsenal, Newcastle lost successive
Premier League games without scoring for the first time since March 2023
(Liverpool home lost 0-2 then Manchester City away lost 0-2).
One has to go back to 2011/12 to find the last top-flight campaign that
ended in back to back defeats for the Magpies (Manchester City home 0-2,
Everton away 1-3). Then as now, David Moyes was Toffees boss and United
finished the season in fifth position.
Everton - and their goalkeeper - became the only side to have prevented
Newcastle from scoring at least once in the PL this season. The Goodison
encounter ended 0-0.
The Magpies debuted their 2025/26 season Adidas home kit, the first time
that they'd previewed a kit in the last game of the season since 2019/20
(Liverpool home lost 0-1).
Toffees @ SJP - PL era:
2024/25 Lost 0-1
2023/24 Drew 1-1 Isak
2022/23 Won 1-0 Almiron
2021/22 Won 3-1 og(Holgate), Fraser, Trippier
2020/21 Won 2-1 Wilson 2
2019/20 Lost 1-2 Schar
2018/19 Won 3-2 Rondon, Perez 2
2017/18 Lost 0-1
2015/16 Lost 0-1
2014/15 Won 3-2 Cisse, Perez, Colback
2013/14 Lost 0-3
2012/13 Lost 1-2 Cisse
2011/12 Won 2-1 og, R.Taylor
2010/11 Lost 1-2 Best
2008/09 Drew 0-0
2007/08 Won 3-2 Butt, Emre, Owen
2006/07 Drew 1-1 Ameobi
2005/06 Won 2-0 Solano 2
2004/05 Drew 1-1 Bellamy
2003/04 Won 4-2 Bellamy, Dyer, Shearer 2
2002/03 Drew 3-3 Dyer 2, og (LC: 2-3 on pens)
2002/03 Won 2-1 Shearer, Bellamy
2001/02 Won 6-2 Shearer, Cort, O'Brien, Solano 2, Bernard
2000/01 Lost 0-1
1999/00 Drew 1-1 Shearer
1998/99 Lost 1-3 Shearer
1998/99 Won 4-1 Ketsbaia 2, Shearer, Georgiadis (FAC)
1997/98 Won 1-0 Lee
1996/97 Won 4-1 Ferdinand, Lee, Shearer, Elliott
1995/96 Won 1-0 Ferdinand
1994/95 Won 2-0 Fox, Beardsley
1993/94 Won 1-0 Allen
Closing home game results - PL era:
2024/25 Everton lost 0-1
2023/24 Brighton drew 1-1
2022/23 Leicester City drew 0-0
2021/22 Arsenal won 2-0
2020/21 Sheffield United won 1-0
2019/20 Liverpool lost 1-3
2018/19 Liverpool lost 2-3
2017/18 Chelsea won 3-0
2016/17 Barnsley won 3-0 (Ch)
2015/16 Spurs won 5-1
2014/15 West Ham won 2-0
2013/14 Cardiff City won 3-0
2012/13 Arsenal lost 0-1
2011/12 Manchester City lost 0-2
2010/11 West Bromwich Albion drew 3-3
2009/10 Ipswich Town drew 2-2 (Ch)
2008/09 Fulham lost 0-1
2007/08 Chelsea lost 0-2
2006/07 Blackburn Rovers lost 0-2
2005/06 Chelsea won 1-0
2004/05 Chelsea drew 1-1
2003/04 Wolves drew 1-1
2002/03 Birmingham City won 1-0
2001/02 West Ham won 3-1
2000/01 Aston Villa won 3-0
1999/00 Arsenal won 4-2
1998/99 Blackburn Rovers drew 1-1
1997/98 Chelsea won 3-1
1996/97 Nottingham Forest won 5-0
1995/96 Spurs drew 1-1
1994/95 Crystal Palace won 3-2
1993/94 Arsenal won 2-0
2025/26:
Carabao Cup boost Confirmation
that Newcastle's return to European club competition in the 2025/26 season
means their defence of the Carabao Cup will begin at the Third Round stage.
Round dates for next season's Carabao Cup are yet to be published, but the
final will be staged at Wembley Stadium on Sunday March 22nd 2026.
2025/26:
Europe: dates
Next
season's CL timetable is as follows:
(UEFA have agreed an away ticket price cap of €50 for the 2025/26
Champions League).
Champions League
2025/26:
NUFC are one of 36 clubs qualifying for the League stage.
All 36 clubs play 8 matches against different opponents in a single
league. For the purpose of the draw the clubs are divided into 4 pots. The
CL title-holder is placed in pot 1.
The remaining places of pot 1 and the other pots are filled according to the
club ranking. Each club will be drawn against two opponents from each of the
4 pots, playing one match at home and one match away against them.
Clubs from the same country will not be drawn against each other in the
league phase and each team plays at most against a maximum of two opponents
from any other country (providing a deadlock in the draw can be avoided).
The top 8 clubs of the league stage qualify directly for the round of 16,
while the clubs at rank 9 to 24 go to the play-off round of the knockout
stage. The clubs that finish at rank 25 to 36 are eliminated. In the
knockout stage there is no country protection.
(Source: https://kassiesa.net/uefa/index.html)
Thu 28.08.2025 CL League stage draw
Tue 16.09/Wed 17.09/Thu 18.09.2025 CL League 1
Tue 30.09/Wed 01.10.2025 CL League 2
Tue 21.10/Wed 22.10.2025 CL League 3
Tue 04.11/Wed 05.11.2025 CL League 4
Tue 25.11/Wed 26.11.2025 CL League 5
Tue 09.12/Wed 10.12.2025 CL League 6
Tue 20.01/Wed 21.01.2026 CL League 7
Wed 28.01.2026 CL League Match 8
Fri 30.01.2026 CL Knockout PO draw
Tue 17.02/Wed 18.02.2026 CL Knockout PO 1st leg
Tue 24.02/Wed 25.02.2026 CL Knockout PO 2nd leg
Fri 27.02.2026 CL Ro16 draw
Tue 10.03/Wed 11.03.2026 CL Ro16 1st leg
Tue 17.03/Wed 18.03.2026 CL Ro16 2nd leg
Tue 07.04/Wed 08.04.2026 CL QF 1st leg
Tue 14.04/Wed 15.04.2026 CL QF 2nd leg
Tue 28.04/Wed 29.04.2026 CL SF 1st leg
Tue 05.05/Wed 06.05.2026 CL SF 2nd leg
Sat 30.05.2026 CL Final (Budapest)
PS: Champions League qualification for Newcastle also opens up a
place in the UEFA U19 Youth League, with fixtures mirroring the first team.
Internationals:
Kuol recalled
Amongst the latest national
team selections for Newcastle players is a return to the Australian set-up
for Garang Kuol for the first time since March 2023.
The 20 year-old is the squad for two kickabouts in South Korea next
month during which the Aussies will prepare for September's U23 Asian Cup
qualifiers in Saudi Arabia.
Garang Kuol (Australia U23s):
Thu 05.06.2025 South Korea U23s (a) FR
Mon 09.06.2025 South Korea U23s (a) FR
Dan Burn/Anthony Gordon (England):
Sat 07.06.2025 Andorra (n) Barcelona WCQ
Tue 10.06.2025 Senegal (h) Nottingham FR
Alexander Isak
(Sweden):
Fri 06.06.2025 Hungary (a) Budapest FR
Tue 10.06.2025 Algeria (h) Stockholm FR
Tino Livramento (England U21s training squad):
Thu 12.06.2025 Czechia (n) ECF
Sun 15.06.2025 Slovenia (n) ECF
Wed 18.06.2025 Germany (n) ECF
Alex Murphy (Ireland U21s):
Fri 06.06.2025 Croatia (a) Zagreb FR
Tue 10.06.2025 Qatar (n) Zagreb FR
Lewis Miley (England
U19s):
Sat 14.06.2025 Norway (n) Ploiesti ECF
Tue 17.06.2025 Germany (n) Bucharest ECF
Fri 20.06.2025 Netherlands (n) Bucharest ECF
Wembley
winner:
MG maestro
Sunday's
League One play-off Final at Wembley Stadium saw Charlton Athletic book a
return to the Championship, thanks to a 1-0 victory over Leyton
Orient.
The Addicks hero with a 37th minute free kick conversion was Ashington-born Macaulay
Gillesphey, whose career began at Newcastle's academy, leaving there in
2018.
Update:
Dan deal done
Newcastle
United have confirmed a one year contract extension for Dan Burn, keeping
the England international defender at Gallowgate until 2027.
Burn, who turned 33 earlier this month, has made 148 appearances in all
competitions since completing a £13m switch from Brighton and Hove Albion
in January 2022.
Sky Sports report that provision for an additional 12 month deal
exists in Burn's revised contract.
Championship:
Up North
A 2-1 win over Sheffield
United at Wembley on Saturday confirmed that the mackems will return to the
Premier League next season for the first time since 2016/17.
The red and whites will join Burnley and Leeds United in the top flight,
with Southampton, Ipswich Town and Leicester City returning to the
Championship.
That all means that Newcastle's PL mileage in 2025/26 will drop by a
whopping 1,300 miles from 9,462 to 8,162.
RGR:
"An incredible
effort"
Speaking to the media on
Friday, Magpies boss Eddie Howe had this to say about Mark Allison
and his charity exploits:
"I'm not sure I could be doing that at this moment in time....but an
incredible effort, first and foremost, to run across the United States of
America isn't something that everyone can do. So I'd just like to wish him
all the luck.
"I think when you're feeling tired, and I will always say this to the
players, you've just got to try and keep going. From his perspective, just
put one leg in front of the other and really you're going to have to go
deep.
"You're going to have to go to all your motivational tools that you
have and he's probably going to spend a lot of time going back to his family
and his childhood experiences to try and get through in amongst the pain.
"I have heard about his story and I think it's an incredible effort.
What a brilliant cause to raise money for. So congratulations to him and
fingers crossed he can finish the job."
The man also known as Run
Geordie Run continues his coast to coast trek across the
USA, aiming to complete a 3,200 route from New York to California in
just 100 days.
He's raising funds for St.Benedicts Hospice online here
Links to his various online outlets appear here
Update:
Home kit confirmation
Friday
morning saw Newcastle reveal their 2025/26 home kit, which they debuted
against Everton on Sunday.
The new kits will go
on sale from NUFC stores at 9am on Thursday, May 29th.
News of the second and third kit launches and designs is awaited, with
strong claims that one will be green and the other a version of the 1997/98
blue shirt with a green and orange stripe.
Temps:
Loan lads
Miodrag Pivas
(Willem II):
A gripping Eredivisie relegation playoff second leg on Saturday ended with
Willem II overcoming a 1-2 first leg deficit against Dordrecht in front of
their own fans.
Miodrag stayed on the bench as his current side won 3-2 and then triumphed
5-4 in the penalty shootout that followed.
Their reward is a two-legged shootout against second tier Telstar on
Thursday (away) and Sunday week (home).
Vakhtang Salia
(Dinamo Tblisi):
The youngster appeared as a 74th minute substitute in Saturday's 2-0 home
win over Torpedo Kutaisi. That left Dinamo third in the Erovnuli Liga.
Travis Hernes
(AaB):
With relegation from the Danish
SuperLiga already assured, AaB ended their season with a 1-3 loss at Lyngby on Saturday.
Midfielder Travis was among the unused subs, failing to add to his 12
appearances (nine starts).
Premier
League:
Still in our own hands
Arsenal 1 Newcastle 0
Match
report
Old
boys:
Hoyoots
Former Magpies leaving
their clubs include:
Paul Dummett Carlisle United
Fraser Forster Spurs (tbc)
Dwight
Gayle Hibernian (retired)
Jeff Hendrick Derby County
Tim Krul Luton Town
James Milner Brighton & Hove Albion
Jonjo Shelvey Burnley
Freddie Woodman Preston North End
NUSC:
NUSC renewals open
A reminder that memberships
of NUSC (Newcastle United Supporters Club) can now be renewed
online here
Find more details of NUSC online here
Wor
Flags:
Wor Flags raffle
There's the chance to win
one of three autographed boots in a Wor Flags fundraising
raffle, with ones from Joelinton, Sandro Tonali and Alexander Isak
up for grabs.
Tickets cost £5 each and can be bought online here
Closing date is Saturday 31st May at 3pm.
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NUFC ticketing website online
here
NUFC Box Office: 0344 372 1892
Future STs: No additional sale, none
planned, no waiting list in operation.
2025/26 ST prices online here
2025/26 ST home cup scheme sign-up
details awaited.
ST home cup scheme pricing:
CC: tbc
CL: tbc
FA: tbc
2025/26 Memberships
- ££ unchanged, auto renewal in early June.
SJP seating plan
online
here
(to read this, right click to save and zoom)
Away ticket
transfers are possible between 72 hours and five hours before kick-off (times
can occasionally vary).
Home ticket transfers are possible between three weeks and one hour
before kick-off.
More info online
here
Away tickets: The PL-wide £30 away ticket price cap for adults has now
expired - it's unclear whether a cap will apply in 2025/26.
Away ticket FAQ is online
here
Thu 29.05.2025 New
home kit goes on sale from NUFC stores @ 9am.
Sun 01.06.2025
Transfer window opens.
Tue 10.06.2025 Transfer window closes.
Mon 16.06.2025 Transfer window re-opens.
Wed 18.06.2025
PL fixture release @ 9am.
Sat 19.07.2025 Celtic (a)
@ Parkhead, 3pm. Friendly.
SOLD OUT. Allocation:
7,200.
Sun 27.07.2025 Arsenal (n)
@ National Stadium, Singapore, 7.30pm local. Friendly.
Tickets
available online here
Other pre-season games tbc:
Date tbc Spurs (n) Seoul tbc
Date tbc K-League
XI (n) Seoul tbc
Sat 16.08.2025
PL begins.
Thu 28.08.2025 CL
League stage draw.
Mon 01.09.2025 Transfer window closes.
Sun 24.05.2026
PL ends.
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Live TV release dates:
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Carabao Cup Round dates:
(NUFC enter in Round 3).
Round dates tbc
F: Sun 22.03.2026
FA Cup Round dates:
(NUFC enter in Round 3).
Round dates tbc
Other events @ SJP:
Thu 12.06.2025 Sam Fender plus CMAT and The Pale White.
Sat 14.06.2025 Sam Fender plus CMAT, Olivia Dean and Ernie.
Sun 15.06.2025 Sam Fender plus CMAT, Olivia Dean and Hector Gannet.
Euro 2028
- date(s) awaited.
Winter transfer window:
Thu 01.01.2026-Mon 02.02.2026 @ tbc
(33 weekend, five midweek games.
No games played on 24.12.2025).
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National Service |
2025/26
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
11.06.2026-19.07.2026 World Cup
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Coxy's Corner |
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Whoops, He did it Again... |
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An unexpected question for Toon fans from the BBC....we couldn't
give a toss frankly...
(James Thow)
What's this all about then?
Click here
for a rambling explanation of sorts....
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On This Day in History |
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26th May |
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Born Or Died:
1894 Edward Stanley Dixon born, Choppington,
Northumberland
(1914-23)
Inside right who joined United from local side Barrington
Albion at a cost of £5 in February 1914, debuting for the first team in a 1-2
home defeat by Liverpool that April.
After just one further appearance (at home to Bradford a year later), league
football was suspended and Ed (also known as Stan) served with the Army
Engineers Corps.
Playing for United in the Northern Victory League of 1918/19, Dixon soon found
a starting berth once Division One resumed the following season - hitting his
first goals with a hat trick at home to Chelsea.
Gradually falling from favour, Ed's final senior outing for Newcastle came in
a 1-0 win at Oldham on New Years Day 1924.
And within three months he was back in Lancashire, after Blackburn Rovers paid
£1,100 for his services.
Nominated as a reserve for both England and the Football League Select, Dixon
ended his career at Hull City - playing on past his retirement in 1930 for
East Riding Amateurs.
Settling in Hull and working as a cinema manager, he later returned to his
native Northumberland. He died in August 1979.
1949 Death
of Dave Willis, 67.
(1907-13)
1957 Kenny
Mitchell born, S*nderland.
(1975-81)
Although most frequently used in defence, Kenny appeared in
both attack and midfield during his time at SJP - and was also back-up 'keeper
for the reserve side.
Debuting in a 2-2 home draw with Manchester City in February 1977, Mitchell
eventually exited in the summer of 1981, as manager Arthur Cox overhauled his
first team squad.
While at Gallowgate he had a loan spell in Scotland with Morton, while
also playing one summer in the USA for Tulsa Roughnecks.
A move to Darlington saw him play a season at Feethams before embarking on a
career in the non-league with Workington, Seaham Red Star, Gateshead,
Newcastle Blue Star, North Shields and back to Red Star again.
Kenny also played out in Finland for Kuusysi Lahti in 1984 and four years
later was a losing finalist in the 1988 FA Sunday Cup Final with Wearsiders
Humbledon & Plains Farm, along with fellow ex-Mag Kevin Todd.
He also coached the Plains Farm U18 side but died in September 2019 at the age
of just 62.
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1906
German Sport XI (a)
4-1 (?-?)
Friendly
Orr, Carr, Gardner 2
scorer tbc
4,000
Game seven of United's nine game end of season tour
saw them in Prague and maintaining their 100% win record.
1927 Dutch Olympic XI (a)
4-2 (4-1)
Friendly
Gallacher 4
van de Broek 2
crowd tbc
United's Dutch tour reached Eindhoven, with the
home goals coming from NAC Breda's van de Broek.
Team: Wilson,
Maitland, Hudspeth, Curry, Spencer, Harris, Low, McKay,
Gallacher, McDonald, Seymour.
1929 CSK Bratislava (a)
1-8 (1-2)
Friendly
Gallacher
scorers tbc
6,000
Following games in Milan and Vienna, what was proving
to be a stormy end-of-season tour of the continent reached
Bratislava and a then-rare Sunday fixture.
"Goal Avalanche" was the Evening
Chronicle headline and their correspondent claiming
that, "the defeat was brought about by a
combination of bad refereeing, amazing bad luck and the
brilliance of the home keeper who gave a brilliant
display."
The hosts struck twice in the first five minutes
before Hughie Gallacher replied and after the second half
saw a trio of offside looking goals all allowed for the
locals, "the game then degenerated into a
scramble."
 1947
West Ham United (h)
2-3 (0-2)
Division Two
P41, 48pts, 4th/22
Shackleton(68), Milburn (74)
Hall(18), Wood(21), Bainbridge(54)
30,112
Newcastle's closing home league game of the season
kicked off at 6.30pm on a Whit Monday night.
Proceedings began badly when Roy Bentley's 14th minute
penalty was saved by 'keeper Ernie Gregory.
The visitors then galloped into a three goal lead before a
classic piece of Len Shackleton trickery and a close range
finish from Jackie Milburn reduced the arrears and set up
a classic finish.
A point would elude the hosts however; Gregory touching an
86th minute shot by Milburn on to the goal frame.
Newly-appointed Magpies boss George Martin was present
ahead of his official installation.
 1951
RSC Anderlecht (Belgium) (a) 6-0 (2-0)
Friendly
Taylor(16,3-0),
og(Matthys)(25), G.Robledo (4-0
tbc), Milburn (5-0,6-0)
crowd tbc
A month after their FA Cup Final win, United ended
their season in Brussels against the Belgian Champions at
the Heysel Stadium.
Winger Hugh Cameron was in the squad after arrivingl from
Torquay United a month earlier, but had to wait until the
following November to make his competitive senior debut.
Team (tbc):
Fairbrother, Cowell, Harvey, McMichael, Brennan, Crowe,
Walker, Taylor, Milburn, G.Robledo, Cameron.
 1977
Bradford City (a)
4-3 (2-0)
Friendly
Burns(22,38), Callachan(63), Barrowclough(66)
Spark(46), Watson(58), Martinez(78)
3,292
Newcastle made a Thursday night visit to Valley Parade
for Ian Cooper's Testimonial Match - the Bantams veteran
having clocked up 15 years of service.
Team: Mahoney
(Hardwick), Blackhall, Kelly, Callachan, Bird, McCaffery (Barrowclough),
Oates, Cannell, Burns, Gowling, T.Craig.
1985 Fiji FA (a)
0-3 (0-2)
Friendly
Vosuga(10), Waqa(15),
Work(60)
4,800 (local reports claim 7,000)
After four games in New Zealand, United's tour moved
on to Fiji for two further friendlies - the first of which
was staged at Prince Charles Park in the town of Nadi.
Lautoka midfielder Kelemedi ‘Cheetah’ Vosuga opened
the scoring, with Nadi forward Rusiate Waqa doubling the
lead.
Striker Sam Work of Lautoka then netted for Billy Singh's
men after the break - and they also had a fourth strike
ruled out.
Peter Beardsley encouraged star man Vosuga to visit
Tyneside for a trial but he failed to take up the offer
and later played club football in both Australia and New
Zealand.
1992 Newcastle
midfielder Kevin Sheedy won what turned out to be the
penultimate senior cap of his international career, as the
Republic of Ireland beat Albania 2-0 in a World Cup
Qualifier at Lansdowne Road.
1996 Wembley joy for Bradford City, as they beat
Notts County in the playoffs to make into the second tier
of domestic football.
Their opening goal in a 2-0 win was especially memorable;
the scorer beating four players before blasting home a
memorable effort. His name? Des Hamilton....
2001 Peter Beardsley became a full-time employee of
Newcastle United for the third time after accepting a post
in the United Youth Academy working with Kenny Wharton and
Director Alan Irvine.
Beardsley had already
been working with the Academy youngsters for three months
on a part-time basis as a striking coach.
2004 Portsmouth completed the free transfer signing
of defender Andy Griffin, who had let his contract run
down at SJP.
2007 Despite
positive press comments, Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp
passed up the chance to sign former Magpie Titus Bramble
on a free transfer.
Other clubs linked with the former Ipswich Town defender
Bramble included Fulham, Celtic and Birmingham City. Wigan
were nowhere to be seen at this stage.
2007
Newcastle winger Alan O'Brien won his fifth full cap for
the Republic of Ireland - and made his first start - in a
1-1 draw against Bolivia in a friendly staged in Boston,
USA.
Within weeks the out-of-favour O'Brien had left SJP to
join Scottish side Hibernian.
2009 24 hours after MD Derek
Llambias went public with his thoughts, Magpies owner Mike
Ashley issued his own statement:
"Seeing Newcastle United relegated from the Premier
League has been a catastrophe for us all.
"I fully accept that mistakes were made during this
and previous seasons and I am very sorry for that.
"I would like to say sorry to our magnificent
supporters who have turned up in their thousands, home and
away, up and down the country and who have given the team
amazing backing throughout.
"And I would also say sorry to all of the Club's
hard-working staff, who have gone about their jobs all
year long.
"Bringing Alan Shearer back to Newcastle United was
the best decision I have made. Alan and his staff did all
they could to try and keep us up in the short space of
time they had.
"Talks are now ongoing between us about how we can
take this Club forward again."
2019
Ex-Magpie, Lee Bowyer inflicted a second Wembley
defeat for the mackems when his Charlton Athletic side
scored six seconds from the end of normal time to clinch
promotion from the third tier.
The unwashed had taken an early lead thanks to an own goal
but back came the Addicks before half-time to level.
With extra time and possibly penalties looming, Patrick
Bauer secured victory and left the inbreds languishing in
League One.
2022 Newcastle confirmed that U23 forward Tom Allan
had left the club following the expiration of his
contract.
He'd made a solitary senior competitive appearance, coming
off the bench during an FA Cup tie against Rochdale in
2020.
Also departing were Ryan Barrett, Brad Cross, Oisín
McEntee, Mo Sangare, Regan Thomson, Jake Turner and Adam
Wilson.
2023 Magpies boss Eddie Howe confirmed that he was
hopeful of securing both Paul Dummett and Matt Ritchie on
12 month contract extensions.
2024 On-loan Magpie Ryan Fraser was in the
Southampton side that
defeated Leeds United 1-0 at Wembley in the Championship
promotion playoff Final.
SJP old boy Adam Armstrong scored the only goal of the
game for the Saints.
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