1993 Nearly a double transfer swoop by Kevin Keegan; firstly he frightened John Hall into agreeing to pay Everton £1.5m for Peter Beardsley after inventing a fake mackem bid and then flew to Heathrow to meet Soviet Striker Sergei Yuran and his battalion of advisors. 

After hearing the outrageous wage demands Keegan chose not to do business, being proved right when Yuran later appeared for Millwall, looking overweight and ineffective in a lower league team.

1994 Full back Mark Robinson joined Swindon Town for £600k, having failed to secure a first team spot after recovering from an injury inflicted on him by Ian McGuckin during a pre-season visit to Hartlepool United.

He went on to play over 300 games at the County Ground before being released in May 2002. Robbo then briefly joined non-league Chippenham Town before retiring.

2002 The Sunday Sun claimed that Peruvian midfielder Martin Hidalgo, who spent some time training with Newcastle, was on Tyneside finalising a five-year move to United. If he was on Tyneside he never finalised any deal.

2003 It was confirmed that United's Olivier Bernard would not face any criminal charges following allegations linking him to a reported rape incident in the city.

However, the club were still facing negative headlines; Craig Bellamy, Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate all still embroiled in other legal procedures.

2004 West Bromwich Albion attempted to hijack Portsmouth's bid for Lomana LuaLua but the DR Congo international made his loan switch to Fratton Park permanent for £1.75m.

2005 Newcastle midfielder Darren Ambrose became a Charlton Athletic player after an undisclosed fee was agreed.

Ambrose's Addicks debut would come at the Stadium of Plight on the opening day of the season. Ambrose wouldn't last the full 90 minutes - being red-carded in the 55th minute, although Charlton won 3-1.

2007 Marc Viduka captained Australia as they salvaged a 1-1 draw against minnows Oman an Asia Cup game in Bangkok.

2008 Despite constant speculation about the future of James Milner with links to Aston Villa and Liverpool, Kevin Keegan assured the player he had a big future at the club.

That big future turned out to be less than two months....

2013 Dan Gosling seemed certain to be on the move to Premier League new boys, Crystal Palace, for around £1m. 

However, the move broke down in farcical circumstances when the player arrived in South London but wasn't met by anyone.

Gosling later joined Blackpool on loan before returning to United for a run in the first team during the closing months of the season.

2016 Newcastle's fourth summer signing was confirmed, Atletico Madrid full back Jesús Gámez signing on a two year deal.

2020 Manchester City (a)
0-5 (0-2)
Premier League
P34, 43pts, 13th/20
Jesus(10), Mahrez(21),
og(Fernandez)(58), Silva(65), Sterling(90+1)
BCD
Newcastle lost for the first time in the Premier League since the COVID-delayed season resumed, although annihilated was probably be more accurate.

United went into the game unbeaten in six league outings, while City had scored 14 times without reply in winning their previous quartet of home games.
NUFC.com match report

2021 Newcastle confirmed Jacob Murphy, Federico Fernandez and Dwight Gayle had all signed new deals, while options to extend the contracts of Paul Dummett and Fabian Schar were also exercised.

2023 United's Anthony Gordon started for England U21s as they defeated Spain 1-0 in Batumi to win the Euros.