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Metro: Simonside station is closed until August 29th.

Rail: The RMT union have announced strike action on Monday August 25th involving their members who work for Cross Country Trains. LNER have published guidance confirming that anyone with pre-booked Cross Country tickets cannot use their services.

Timetable amendments and cancellations are forecast.

Other scheduled disruptions are online here

Stats: 

Happy Monday? PL games at SJP on a Monday:

Sep 1993 Sheffield Wednesday (h) won 4-2
Mar 1996 Manchester United (h) lost 0-1
Mar 1996 West Ham (h) won 3-0
Sep 1996 Aston Villa (h) won 4-3
Dec 1996 Liverpool (h) drew 1-1
Apr 1999 Spurs (h) drew 1-1
Oct 1999 Derby County (h) won 2-0
Apr 2002 Fulham (h) drew 1-1
Aug 2002 West Ham (h) won 4-0
Nov 2002 Boro (h) won 2-0
Jan 2004 Fulham (h) won 3-1
Jan 2007 Manchester United (h) drew 2-2
Oct 2007 Spurs (h) won 3-1
Oct 2008 Manchester City (h) drew 2-2
Nov 2008 Aston Villa (h) won 2-0
Apr 2009 Portsmouth (h) drew 0-0
May 2009 Boro (h) won 3-1
Dec 2012 Wigan Athletic (h) won 3-0
Dec 2021 Manchester United (h) drew 1-1
May 2022 Arsenal (h) won 1-0
May 2023 Brighton (h) drew 0-0
Nov 2024 West Ham (h) lost 0-2

Reds @ SJP - Premier League era:

2024/25 Drew 3-3 Isak, Gordon, Schar
2023/24 Lost 1-2 Gordon
2022/23 Lost 0-2
2021/22 Lost 0-1
2020/21 Drew 0-0
2019/20 Lost 1-3 Gayle
2018/19 Lost 2-3 Atsu, Rondon
2017/18 Drew 1-1 Joselu
2015/16 Won 2-0 og(Skrtel), Wijnaldum
2014/15 Won 1-0 Perez
2013/14 Drew 2-2 Cabaye, Dummett
2012/13 Lost 0-6
2011/12 Won 2-0 Cisse 2
2010/11 Won 3-1 Nolan, Barton, Carroll
2008/09 Lost 1-5 Edgar
2007/08 Lost 0-3
2006/07 Won 2-1 Martins, Solano(pen)
2005/06 Lost 1-3 Ameobi
2004/05 Won 1-0 Robert
2003/04 Drew 1-1 Shearer (pen)
2002/03 Won 1-0 Robert
2001/02 Lost 0-2
2000/01 Won 2-1 Solano, Dyer
1999/00 Drew 2-2 Shearer, Ferguson
1998/99 Lost 1-4 Guivarc'h
1997/98 Lost 0-2 (LC)
1997/98 Lost 1-2 Watson
1996/97 Drew 1-1 Shearer
1995/96 Won 2-1 Ferdinand, Watson
1994/95 Drew 1-1 Lee
1993/94 Won 3-0 Cole 3

Latest PL results/fixtures:

Fri 22.08.2025:
West Ham 1-5 Chelsea

Sat 23.08.2025:
Manchester City 0-2 Spurs
Bournemouth 1-0 Wolves
Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa
Burnley 2-0 mackems
Arsenal 5-0 Leeds United

Sun 24.08.2025:
Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest (2pm) Sky
Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion (2pm) Sky
Fulham v Manchester United (4.30pm) Sky

Mon 25.08.2025:
Newcastle v Liverpool (8pm) Sky

PS: The Brentford squad for Saturday's visit of Brentford didn't include Yoane Wissa, while Jorgen Strand Larsen led the line for Wolves at Bournemouth the same day.

Loan lads:
The borrowers

Five Magpies are on temporary postings as follows:

Tyler Jones (Ashington):
An emergency loan deal saw the 17 year-old custodian heading to Northern Premier League Division One East side for a month.

Tyler made his Colliers debut on Saturday when they lost 0-3 at Garforth Town in the FA Trophy.

Joe White (Leyton Orient):
The midfielder was named on the bench for Saturday's League One visit to Mansfield Town. He came on in the 70th minute when it was 1-3 and it ended 1-4.

Aidan Harris (Coleraine):
Aidan played the full game for Coleraine at Glenavon in the Northern Irish Premiership on Saturday and they won 2-1 thanks to a late winner that followed a Glenavon red card.

Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville):
Getafe (h) Primera Liga, Monday.

Antonio Cordero (KVC Westerlo):
The Belgian side aren't in Pro League action this weekend after their game with Club Brugge was postponed due to the opposition having a European qualification playoff.

Update:
Bournemouth (a) :
apply on Monday

Application details for September's visit to Bournemouth:

Applications open: Mon 25.08.2025 @ 2pm
Applications close: Tue 26.08.2025 @ 2pm
Sales open: Wed 27.08.2025 @ 2pm
Sales close: Fri 29.08.2025 @ 2pm

NUFC away ticket process changes are detailed here

Note that this game could yet move depending on the Champions League calendar. On that basis, the club are obliged to offer refunds if a different date means supporters are then unable to attend.

Following their season-opening 3-0 home victory over Blackburn Rovers last weekend, Newcastle U18s collected another three points and a clean sheet on Saturday.

There was an U18 debut for Alfie Seldon, who crossed soon after his arrival from the bench for Alfie Hutchison to head home his first Toon goal since arriving from Rangers.

That gave United a 69th minute advantage and Sam Alabi's 89th minute penalty conversion in the 89th minute ensured that Chris Moore's side triumphed in the Black County.

Team: Mair, Johnson, Goodbrand, Epia (Patterson 87), Old, Lucas (Morgan 74), Pinnington (Seldon 62), Alabi, Hutchison (E.Ndiweni 87), O'Donovan, Waddani.
Sub n/u: Anderson

PS: Newcastle's U18 league home game against Leeds United next Saturday (30th) has been switched and now takes place at Thorp Arch. Kick-off remains Noon.

The other meeting of two sides will now be staged on Tyneside in January 2026.

Latest:
Baltic: Toon takeover

NUFC: The Road to Wembley is an art installation at the Baltic on Gateshead Quayside inspired by Newcastle's Carabao Cup success last season.

That runs through until 6pm this coming Monday (25th). Entry is free but numbers are limited - tickets are required.

Find more details and book here

U21s:
Blue Friday

Newcastle U21s  0  Chelsea U21s  5

It's now two PL2 home defeats in a week for Newcastle U21s after their colours were lowered by Chelsea at Whitley Park on Friday evening.

The Blues had kicked off their season the previous weekend by defeating reigning Champions Manchester City but were second best in the opening quarter of an hour as United dominated possession without creating any chances.

That changed in the 16th minute when the visitors opened the scoring with their first serious effort; a loose ball out of defence reaching Dujuan Richards and the former Magpie trialist supplied a precise low finish.

It looked like Chelsea had doubled their lead in the 26th minute when Harrison Murray-Campbell diverted the ball in from a corner but the referee ruled it out for a push.

The second Chelsea goal duly arrived in the 37th minute when Jesse Derry picked up possession on the left hand touchline, shimmied into the box and struck a low effort emphatically into the far corner of the goal.

A rare moment of creativity from the black and whites saw Trevan Sanusi centre from the right midway through the second period, only for Korean Park Seung-soo to head wide with the goal at his mercy.

Within a minute the Blues had a third; substitute Ryan Kavuma-McQueen bamboozling goalkeeper Adam Harrison when shooting home from a tight angle on the left.

That soon became 0-4 when Harrison blocked a shot from Leo Cardoso but Shumaira Mheuka had the simple task of converting the rebound in the 74th minute.

Chelsea's fifth came in the 84th minute when a free-kick from a central position was clinically executed by Harrison Murray-Campbell giving goalkeeper Harrison no chance.

Team: Ad.Harrison, Shahar, Charlton, A.Murphy (McArthur 61), Heffernan, Hernes (Bailey 61), Sanusi, Munda, Neave (Wooster 80), Al.Harrison, Seung-soo (Fitzgerald 73).
Sub n/u: Taylor.

Booked: Neave, Shahar, McArthur.

CFC: Curd, Antwi (Best 86), Murray-Campbell, Wilson, Emenalo (Olise 76), Harrison (Cardoso 46), Richards, McMahon, Mheuka, Walsh, Derry (Kavuma-McQueen 58).
Sub n/u: Collinson.

Booked: Curd

Crowd: 448.

Comments from Friday's managerial media call:

"The first home game is always going to be electric. Under the lights, evening games are always really special for us.

"I have no doubt this will be a really passionate display from the home support. We need to use that - but not be reckless with it. We've got to concentrate and deliver our game plan, but using the energy from the crowd will be vital for us."

On Alexander Isak:

"He won't be part of the squad this weekend. The club has to act in the best interests of Newcastle United. It will do that in every situation. It looks like it is coming to an end, or it will come to an end pretty quickly."

"I’m disappointed that these things are made public - they should be face-to-face.

"It’s great for you guys (media), but it doesn’t reflect well on us or Alex. It was a sad moment for me trying to deal with it.

On when Isak told him of his desire to leave:

"Me and Alex had conversations towards the end of the season. Yes, I am not going to sit here and deny that. I have always said that individual conversations are better off remaining private but we had conversations at the end of the season."

On whether he'd be fined:

"That is a question I don't know the answer to. I'm not dealing with it. My focus is on the team that we have, all the training that we have to prepare for our game against Liverpool. Someone else is dealing with that.

"Of course, these situations are far from ideal in terms of talking press-wise. But as soon as I leave here I'm back with the team and the job never changes. The outside perception is one that is totally different to the normal.

"I haven't seen him this week, but when I see him, we speak as normal, there are no issues there. Of course, it's a difficult situation from both sides, and it's far from ideal for both parties.

"When we bump in to each we speak but as I say I've not seen him this week as he's training later on and detached from the group. We will catch up at some stage and hopefully speak soon.

"I have no doubt about how the players will feel. They will feel same way I do. Alex is a fantastic player, he's a good person, a good character and a good lad.

"If Alex wanted to come back and play for us the players would welcome him.

"Everything is better behind closed doors, but needs must. The club has spoken, and probably justifiably so in that moment.

"Alex is contracted to us. My wish is he would be playing on Monday night with us, but he won't be. That's regrettable. I 100% want to see him in a Newcastle United shirt.

"The club has to act in the best interests of Newcastle United. It will do that in every situation. I have a said all summer it is a difficult situation for the club. We love Alex.

"I'm not a fortune teller, I've got no way of knowing what will happen in terms of getting some finality on the situation.

"The club has to act in the best interests of Newcastle United and it will do that in every situation. I think it's a lose-lose situation for us to a degree as I don't think we can come out of this winning.

"At the moment that is not an option for us so rather than talk about hypotheticals, I'd rather talk when we get to that point and try and get the best for Alex and get the best for the team. Until the point, we are better off focussing on the players we have available for the team.

"There is always two sides to a story. My job is to support him and care for him, and we will see where we are in a week’s time. I hope I can work with him again and get him back to his best.

On new signings:

"We're working on incomings - I wouldn't say we're close.

"We still have a little bit of time but it'll go quickly. The squad is in a really good place, but we're still looking to replace Callum Wilson. That's the big area we're focusing on.

"We are still actively in the market but any transfer has to be right. With PSR you are always trying to manage that situation. We have to be careful with what we do.

"We can't allow ourselves to go into a difficult moment when we are forced to sell a player like Elliot Anderson and Yakuba Minteh."

On the transfer window closing:

"I'll be pleased when it's here, but pleased if we get what we want.

"Whenever you go through a transfer window, there's always ups and downs. It feels like there's been a lot of downs in this one, but some big positives as well and that shouldn't be forgotten.

"The players we've signed are very good and they'll add a lot to the squad.

"Of course, there's one big, challenging situation that's not resolved, but from that side, I can't wait for the end of the window so we can get back to focusing on what we need to do which is try and win football matches to be successful."

On Jacob Ramsey:

"He'll be available. We've still got training sessions to go before the game but he's in a good place and has looked really impressive in his first couple of days - really, really good technically, very intelligent and I think he'll add a lot to the team. He has standout qualities."

On Anthony Gordon playing as a centre forward:

"He’s done it enough to do the job really well for the team. I have no issue playing him there a number of times both as a starter and a substitute. He plays differently to other strikers but that can be a positive.

"He’s got devastating pace, a really good work ethic and he’s scored goals. I think he played really well last week in lots of different phases of his game."

On Joe Willock:

"Joe trained on Tuesday and Wednesday and trained really well. When he went down in the game (in Suwon) I thought he was going to be out longer term, it didn't look good.

"Credit to him - he's got back fit and looking good."

On Fabian Schar and Dan Burn:

"Fabian and Dan were excellent against Aston Villa - defending, leading, organising, making sure that we concentrated throughout the game. It would have been very easy for one slip to cost us. I thought we looked really good in that respect.

"Sven (Botman), Malick (Thiaw) and Jamaal (Lascelles) are all outstanding players individually and will give us a lot this year but when you're not in the team you have to be patient, train really well so when you do get your opportunity you can grab it."

2025/26:
TV times

The Premier League have confirmed their live TV picks for October, with one Newcastle game rescheduled:

Sun 05.10.2025 Nottingham Forest (h) 2pm Sky
Sat 18.10.2025 Brighton (a) 3pm no live UK TV
Sat 25.10.2025 Fulham (h) 3pm  no live UK TV

If you missed author Andrew Nagy signing copies of his new book "The Battle for Newcastle United," at Waterstones in Newcastle by Greys Monument, limited copies are in stock.

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