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Match
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Celtic (a)
SOLD
OUT
Atletico Madrid (h)
ST
holder/member sale now
2025/26:
£30's still plenty
Tuesday saw the Premier League confirm that the £30 adult away
ticket price cap will continue into the 2025/26 season - the tenth
successive season this limit has applied.
UEFA announced last year that away ticket prices for 2025/26 Champions
League games would be pegged at €50.
2025/26:
Sela Cup (h) update
Spanish side Atletico Madrid are
confirmed as United's pre-season friendly opponents at SJP, contesting the Sela Cup over a single match as was the case in 2024.
Finishing third in La Liga last season, Diego Simeone's side visit
Gallowgate on Saturday August 9th with a 4pm start, following
a game between the respective women's teams that will kick off there at 1pm.
Tickets are on sale now to season ticket holders and members, with
public sale from 10am this Friday.
Tckets will include access to both games and are £25 for standard areas and
£30 for others.
PS: Newcastle lost 1-4 to Atletico in Madrid during a post-season tour of
Spain and Germany back in 1956.
2025/26:
Celtic (a) update
Tickets for Newcastle's visit
to Parkhead next month are now on public sale to home fans, Celtic season
ticket holders having largely voted with their feet during the dedicated
sales period for them that ended on Monday.
That apathetic response has been explained by Celtic's decision to charge
season ticket holders to attend, having previously included a friendly game
in their renewals.
United's last visit to the east end of Glasgow in 2004 saw the same
situation unfold, resulting in a crowd of 20,000 - almost 40,000 less than
were present for our 1999 game.
Initially at least, only the areas opened up to home season ticket holders
appear on the seating plan for public sale - the Main Stand and lower tier
of opposite North Stand.
The Magpies were allocated and sold 7,200 tickets.
Update:
CEO: new name linked
Following confirmation that current Newcastle United CEO Darren Eales is to
stand down this month on medical grounds, speculation over his successor has
intensified.
Links with Collette Roche - formerly of Manchester United - were followed by
mentions of Donna-Maria Cullen after news of her departure from Spurs was
confirmed, before more substantial claims of a different candidate emerged.
According to the Mail that is David Hopkinson, who they reported on
Monday had been interviewed by the Magpies regarding the soon-to-be-vacant
role at Gallowgate.
The 54 year-old Canadian had been in charge of the US-based Madison Square
Garden Sports Corporation and was Global Head of Partnerships for Real
Madrid between 2018 and 2020.
Hopkinson also had an earlier involvement with sports
teams in Toronto, which included MLS side Toronto FC.
Giveaway:
Cup duo honoured
The latest designs from Magpin
extend his Carabao Cup winner special editions to include Bruno Guimaraes
and Joelinton posing with the silverware.
The badges are sold in a double pack, in stock now online here
and we have a pair to give away.
To stand a chance of winning, send your answer to the following question via
email to [email protected]
by 10am on Monday June 9th, subject line of Magpin.
Now known as the Carabao Cup, which drink became the League Cup's very first
sponsor, back in 1982?
No age limit, open to anyone anywhere in
the world but delivery only to UK addresses. One entry per person.
Update:
Box office hours
NUFC have announced a
reduction in box office opening hours, in recognition that the majority of
purchases and supporter queries are now processed online or by phone.
The Milburn Stand box office will now only be open on Wednesdays, between
10am and 5pm.
Home matchday opening is from 10am until half time.
Telephone lines will be open as follows:
Monday to Friday: between 10am and 5pm.
Home matchdays: 10am until 30 minutes before kick-off.
Away matchdays: Three hours before kick off until kick off.
Internationals:
National service
Latest international action:
Newcastle's Lewis Miley has withdrawn from the England U19 squad
selected for the European Championship Finals later this month in Romania -
reason unknown.
Garang Kuol (Australia U23s):
Thu 05.06.2025 South Korea U23s (a) FR
Mon 09.06.2025 South Korea U23s (a) FR
Alex Murphy (Ireland U21s):
Fri 06.06.2025 Croatia (a) Zagreb FR
Tue 10.06.2025 Qatar (n) Zagreb FR
Sandro Tonali (Italy):
Fri 06.06.2025 Norway (a) Oslo WCQ
Mon 09.06.2025 Moldova (h) Reggio Emilia WCQ
Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil):
Fri 06.06.2025 Ecuador (a) Guayaquil WCQ
Wed 11.06.2025 Paraguay (h) Sao Paulo WCQ
Dan Burn/Anthony Gordon (England):
Sat 07.06.2025 Andorra (n) Barcelona WCQ
Tue 10.06.2025 Senegal (h) Nottingham FR
Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece):
Sat 07.06.2025 Slovakia (h) Crete FR
Tue 10.06.2025 Bulgaria (h) Crete FR
Martin Dubravka
(Slovakia):
Sat 07.06.2025 Greece (a) Crete FR
Tue 10.06.2025 Israel (h) Debrecen FR
Isaac Hayden (Jamaica):
Sat 07.06.2025 British Virgin Islands (a) Road Town WCQ
Wed 11.06.2025 Guatemala (h) Kingston WCQ
Tue 17.06.2025 Guatemala (n) Carson, USA GC
Sat 21.06.2025 Guadeloupe (n) San Jose, USA GC
Wed 25.06.2025 Panama (n) Austin, USA GC
William Osula (Denmark U21s):
Thu 12.06.2025 Ukraine (n) Presov ECF
Sun 15.06.2025 Netherlands (n) Presov ECF
Wed 18.06.2025 Finland (n) Kosice ECF
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
RGR:
Born to run
Mark Allison aka Run
Geordie Run has now reached Illinois, the seventh different
state that he's run through on his 3,200 mile charity route from New York to California.
Mark is raising funds for St.Benedicts Hospice and his total for this
challenge is nearing £19K. That means over £360K has gone to worthy causes
as a result of his charity efforts - a decent chunk coming from NUFC.com
readers.
If you can contribute, please do so online here
Links to the various RGR online outlets appear here
Old
boys:
Comings & goings
SJP old boys with new clubs/jobs include:
Jean-Alain
Boumsong Auxerre C
Mark Boyd Carlisle City AM
Lewis Cass Harrogate Town
Stan Flaherty Hampton & Richmond
Oisin McEntee Hearts
John Robertson Ross County AM
Former Magpies leaving
their clubs include:
Tom Allan Gateshead
Graeme Carrick Boro C
Lewis Cass Grimsby Town
Nicky Deverdics Blyth Spartans
Paul Dummett Carlisle United
Stan Flaherty Kingstonian
Fraser Forster Spurs
Dwight
Gayle Hibernian (retired)
Jeff Hendrick Derby County
JJ Hooper Blyth Spartans
Tim Krul Luton Town
Oisin McEntee Walsall
James Milner Brighton & Hove Albion
Greg Olley Gateshead
Jonjo Shelvey Burnley
Ben Tozer Forest Green Rovers (retired)
Jonathan Woodgate Boro C
Freddie Woodman Preston North End
Update:
Howe award confirmed
Wednesday
saw City councillors approve the motion awarding Eddie Howe the
Honorary Freedom of the City of Newcastle, in recognition of winning the
Carabao Cup.
Howe is the latest Magpie-related addition to the list of those afforded
this honour, which now consists of:
2025 Eddie Howe
2022 Shaka Hislop
2017 Freddy Shepherd (Chairman)
2017 Bruce Shepherd (Director)
2005 Bobby Robson
2000 Alan Shearer
1993 NUFC*
1980 Jackie Milburn
1966 William McKeag (Chairman)
1909 William Sanderson (Director)
* the club itself was collectively honoured, "in recognition of over
100 years' sporting achievement in the Football League and FA Cup and
European competitions and of the Club's contribution to the reputation of
the City and its place in the hearts of Geordies everywhere."
PS: It was Dan Burn's turn on Friday, receiving the Freedom of
Northumberland in a ceremony at County Hall in Morpeth.
That gives the England international defender access to benefits including a
guaranteed parking space in Bamburgh, sea coal collection rights at
Lynemouth and queue jumper status at Delaval Ices. Allegedly.
2025/26:
Korea opportunities
From NUFC:
Our men's team will play matches in South Korea for the first time in the
club's history this summer.
Ahead of the 2025/26 campaign, we will
take part in the prestigious Coupang Play Series 2025, one of Asia's biggest
summer sporting events.
Eddie Howe's men will head to South
Korea for two highly anticipated games where we will face a K-League Select
XI, followed by an all-Premier League clash against Tottenham Hotspur.
Venues and fixture dates are set to be
announced in coming weeks, along with ticket details for fans in South Korea
as well as those wishing to travel to support us.
This will be the fourth staging of the annual Coupang Play event, with
four of the six games to date played at the 65,000 capacity World Cup
Stadium in Seoul (pictured above), including both 2024 fixtures.
The football-asian.com website claims United's game against the K-League XI
will be played at the 42,000 capacity Suwon World Cup Stadium near
Seoul.
2025/26:
Champions League dates
Next
season's CL timetable is as follows:
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.
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
Privacy policy
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Season 2025/26 |
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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.
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 will apply
in 2025/26.
Away ticket FAQ is online
here
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 (Scotland) (a)
@ Parkhead, 3pm. Friendly.
SOLD OUT. Allocation:
7,200 (paper tickets).
Sun 27.07.2025 Arsenal (n)
@ National Stadium, Singapore, 7.30pm local. Friendly.
Tickets
available online here
Sat 09.08.2025 Atletico Madrid (Spain) (h) @ SJP, 4pm.
Friendly. ST holder/ member sale now,
public sale Fri 06.06.2025, 10am.
Other pre-season games:
Date tbc K-League
XI (n) Seoul tbc
Date tbc Spurs (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:
(NUFC enter in Round 3).
Round dates tbc
F: Sun 22.03.2026
FA Cup Round:
(NUFC enter in Round 3).
Round dates tbc
F: date tbc
EFL Trophy:
Group Stage draw 26.06.2025
Matchday One: w/c Mon 01.09.2025
Other dates tbc
U19 Youth League:
League fixtures replicate the first six in the Champions League (not eight)
before the competition switches to knockout phase from the last 32.
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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That's three the way we count.....
(Stuart A, Peter Briggs, Jon Wright)
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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4th June |
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Born Or Died:
1924
Death
of William Bramwell.
(Director,
1895-1924)
1905
David Leighton Davidson
born, Aberdeen. (1930-37)
Centre
half who began his playing career at local league side
Aberdeen Argyll before moving
on to Forfar Athletic.
Acquired by Liverpool in 1928, Davidson was then
transferred to Newcastle during January 1930 at a cost of
£4,000.
Debuting
in a 0-2 defeat at Huddersfield the following month, David
kept his place in the side for a 3-5 home loss to
Sheffield United the following week but was then confined
to reserve team duty until that November.
Displacing Jack Hill in the side, he became a regular
starter and played at Wembley in the 1932 FA Cup Final
victory over Arsenal.
Transfer-listed by United in March 1935 after losing his
place, he remained at the club and earned a recall that
September - a month before his FA Cup winner's medal was
stolen in a burglary at his home in Monkseaton.
What proved to be his final senior game was
at Nottingham Forest in October 1936 and he left
Gallowgate the following June - opting to join Hartlepools
United and signing forms in his home just as a telegram
from rivals Darlington requesting his services arrived.
After just a handful of games though, he was allowed to
leave on a free transfer that October and signed for
Gateshead.
Developing his business as a chiropodist and masseur, Davidson
assisted Forest Hall and then became Monkseaton FC boss in
1948.
Later taking charge of Whitley
Bay Athletic and scouting locally for West
Bromwich Albion, David managed Ashington
for over a decade from 1955.
(He
did verbally agree to join Gateshead in 1960, only
to backtrack within 24 hours and remain at Portland Park).
Davidson passed away in May 1969.
David's son Peter joined Newcastle as an amateur
during 1948 and after a spell at the mackems played golf
for Northumberland.
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What Else?
 1949
Vancouver All Stars (a) 5-2 (2-1)
Friendly
Milburn(40,4-1),
Mitchell(45) Walker(3-1,5-2)
Stewart(42),Harvey(4-2)
7,408
The fifth game of
United's North American tour saw them in action at
Callister Park on a pitch that had hosted a rodeo
just a week earlier and was virtually grassless.
Amongst those in attendance was former Magpie George
Wilson, who had emigrated to Canada in the 1930s.
Jackie Milburn netted twice and added five more at the
same venue against the same opposition just three days
later.
By the end of the ten game tour we'd scored 79 goals - and
he was responsible for 31.
Team:
Fairbrother, Cowell, Graham, Harvey, Fraser, Dodgin,
Walker, Houghton, Milburn, G.Robledo, Mitchell.
1952 Griqualand West
(a)
3-0 (1-0)
Friendly
G.Robledo, T.Robledo, Milburn
8,000
The never-ending South African tour continued with
this match in Kimberley.
1972 Santos (Brazil)
(a)
2-4 (2-1)
Friendly
Tudor(20), Green(2-1)
Alcindo(35), Pele(2-2,3-2,61)
28,000
Following a
victory and a draw in their two games staged in Thailand,
United moved on to face Brazilian opposition in Hong Kong.
John Tudor's header and a fine long range effort from Tony
Green gave the Magpies a half-time lead in the National
Stadium.
However, the Magpies then encountered the brilliance of
Brazilian legend Pele, who hit a 15 minute hat-trick
before being substituted in the 65th minute.
"We might as well have been trying to stop a flash
of lightning" bemoaned Frank Clark.
Match
footage is online here
The Maestro....and Pele
 1983
Yamaha Motor (a)
1-0 (1-0)
Friendly
Waddle(6)
Crowd tbc
Newcastle's third game in the Japan Cup saw them in
the city of Nagoya, facing a side who had qualified for
the tournament by winning the previous season's all Japan
Championship finals (aka the Emperor's Cup).
The victory meant that United only needed to draw their
last game to win the trophy, which was a large blue Jade
vase provided by the sponsors, Kirin.
Team: Thomas,
Anderson, Wharton, McCreery, Clarke, Carney, Keegan,
McDonald, Varadi, McDermott (Martin), Waddle.
1985 Bruce
Springsteen & the E Street Band brought their "Born
in the USA" tour to SJP, playing on a stage built
at the Leazes End.
In the first of two gigs on consecutive nights at SJP, a
slightly below capacity crowd of 35,000 was in attendance.
The Boss @ The Mansion on
the Hill
Set list:
Born in the USA, Badlands, Out in the Street, Johnny
99, Atlantic City, The River, Working on the Highway,
Trapped, Prove it all Night, Glory Days, The Promised
Land, My Hometown, Thunder Road, Cover Me, Dancing in the
Dark, Hungry Heart, Cadillac Ranch, Downbound Train, I'm
on Fire, Pink Cadillac, Racing in the Street, Rosalita,
Born to Run, Bobby Jean, Ramrod, Twist & Shout.
1999
Two future Newcastle
players caught the eye for England U21s in a 3-0 victory
against Sweden at Huddersfield Town.
Wimbledon striker Carl Cort netted twice for Peter
Taylor's side, while Ipswich Town midfielder Kieron Dyer
impressed and earned promotion to the full squad.
Dyer soon made his way to SJP for £6m, Cort following for
£7m just over a year later.
2003
United duo James Beaumont and Ross
Gardner were transfer-listed following a failed action
against Academy coaches, Kenny Wharton and Peter Beardsley.
In an unfortunate
statement the club announced they were: "delighted
with the outcome" and "disappointed that
the two players took this course of action."
It went on: "The
decision clearly vindicates the support given to Kenny
Wharton and Peter Beardsley by the Club."
2005 A bad night for the men in Green, as Ireland
surrendered a two-goal lead in Dublin to Israel, who
levelled before the interval.
The second half saw the home side search for a winner in
vain, with United's Andy O'Brie sent off in the closing
stages - just days before completing a transfer to Pompey.
O'Brien was the victim of
some disgraceful play-acting from the Israeli keeper, Dudu
Awat, near the end of an enthralling World Cup qualifier
which the home side were desperately unlucky not to win.
Shay Given was between the posts, while future Magpie
Damien Duff also appeared.
2011
Newcastle 'keeper Tim Krul had a full international debut
to remember, keeping a clean sheet as Holland drew 0-0
with Brazil in a friendly match in Goiania.
The 23 year-old managed to frustrate both the hosts
and 54,000 Brazilian fans as he confidently completed 90
minutes.
2019 A reshuffle of Newcastle's Academy staff saw Neil
Redfearn take permanent charge of the U23s and Shola
Ameobi appointed to a new post of loans co-ordinator aka
the Loan Arranger...
2023 The seventh staging of the Rugby League Magic
Weekend at SJP concluded with three Super League games
watched by just over 26,000 fans.
That took the combined attendance for the event at
Gallowgate past 450,000.
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