1896 Darwen (h)
5-1 (1-1)
Division Two
P5, 4pts, 11th/16 
Smellie(1-0,3-1,4-1,5-1), Wardrope(2-1)
Lee(1-1)
7,000
In a cost cutting exercise, Darwen (aka the Salmoners) travelled to Newcastle by train on the day of the game, leaving at 5.30am. 

The press later blamed their second half capitulation on tiredness from the trip.

1901 Notts County (a)
2-0 (0-0)
Division One
P5, 6pts, 4th/18 
Peddie(80), A.Gardner(83)
10,000 
There were debuts for Scotman Alex Caie, and local lad Tom Bamlett in a rare Thursday game, taking place at Trent Bridge during the annual Goose Fair in Nottingham.

1903 Derby County (a)
3-1 (1-1)
Division One
P6, 9pts, 4th/18 
Rutherford(35), McColl(55), Howie (83)
Richards(1)
11,000
The Magpies gained their first-ever victory at The Baseball Ground, despite conceding to the Rams within the opening 60 seconds.

1908 Bristol City (a)
3-3 (0-1)
Division One
P7, 11pts, 2nd/20 
Veitch(65pen,87) Higgins(75)
Burton(7), Gilligan(50,76) 
16,000
United recovered from a 0-2 deficit to claim a point, although there was an element of fortune in their first and second goals. 

Colin Veitch converted a penalty awarded for a disputed handball and Sandy Higgins was then able to level after the ball struck the referee on the head and presented him with a open goal.

City promptly scored again but Newcastle hit back to earn a draw despite having played 80 minutes with ten men after Dave Gardner was unable to continue due to injury. 

1910 North West Durham XI (n)
0-0 (0-0)
Friendly 
1,000
Newcastle provided the opposition in a game arranged to raise funds for improvements at Annfield Plain, who were the hosts.

1914 Tottenham Hotspur (h)
4-0 (2-0)
Division One
P7, 7pts, 6th/20 
Booth(10), Hibbert(43), Hall(57,88) 
22,000
Having scored just twice in their opening four home games, Newcastle hit form against Spurs with winger Angus Douglas crossing three times to good effect. 

1925 Arsenal (h)
7-0 (6-0)
Division One
P8, 8pts, 12th/22 
Loughlin(9), Urwin(18), Clark(20,37,41),
Seymour(45,50)
35,000
This hammering of the Gunners remains their largest top-flight away reverse to date, with Blackburn, West Brom and West Ham all inflicting defeats by the same scoreline in the first three decades of the 20th century.

The severity of the defeat has been blamed on Arsenal's failure to alter their formation to reflect a change in the offside law that came into effect that season - manager Herbert Chapman bowing to player pressure after this loss and altering his tactics

That rethink was to serve Arsenal well, with a 0-3 win at Highbury in the reverse fixture as the Gunners went on to finish second in the league - eight places ahead of United.  

1931 Bolton Wanderers (a)
1-2 (1-1)
Division One
P7, 6pts, 17th/22 
J.R.Richardson(8) 
Blackmore(11), og(Davidson)(62)
13,833
Visiting centre half Dave Davidson ensured that the points remained at Burnden Park when diverting the ball beyond his own goalkeeper.

1936 Bury (a)
2-1 (2-1)
Division Two
P9, 10pts, 5th/22 
Park(35), Cairns(36) 
Whitfield(18pen)
17,893
Newcastle came from behind to win, inflicting a first defeat of the season on the Shakers and their third successive victory at Gigg Lane.

1942 Leeds United (a)
7-1 (3-0)
Wartime
Carr 3, Dixon, Taylor 3
Powell(90)
3,000
Having lost 3-5 at Gallowgate to Leeds a week earlier, the tables were turned at Elland Road, with Ernie Taylor and Eddie Carr registering trebles.

1951 A below-par England stuttered to a 2-2 draw with France at Arsenal's Highbury Stadium, Jackie Milburn having a quiet game.

1953 Charlton Athletic (h) 0-2 (0-1)
Division One
P12, 10pts, 14th/22 
Fenton(32pen), Leary(75) 
47,516 
Newcastle were in their worst run of home league form for over half a century, losing at Gallowgate for the fourth time in as many games.    

Referee, Mr K.A.Collinge from Sale, was pelted with fruit after awarding the visitors a penalty for handball and one apple core hit Addicks' goalie Sam Bartram, slightly injuring his eye.

Centre Half Ron Greener deputised for Frank Brennan on this, the first of three senior appearances for the Magpies. 

He eventually left for Darlington and went on to complete over 500 games for the Quakers.

1956 Hibernian (Scotland) (h) 2-1 (0-1) Friendly  Milburn(67), Hannah(71) Turnbull(16) 16,668 Two goals in four second half minutes turned around this Wednesday evening Friendly. Team: Simpson, Keith, Batty, Keery, Stokoe, Crowe, White, Eastham, Milburn, Hannah, Mitchell. HFC: Proudfoot, Grant, Muir, Higgins, Paterson, Combe, Buchanan, Turnbull, Reilly, Nicol, Ormond.
	1959 West Ham United (h) 0-0 (0-0) Division One P11, 9pts, 18th/22  41,924 Ivor Allchurch tumbled in the box on half time, but George Eastham's penalty kick was saved.
1964 Ipswich Town (a) 1-3 (0-3) Division Two P11, 14pts, 3rd/22  Burton(1-3)  Brogan(25), Hegan(36,38pen) 14,444

	1970 Manchester City (a) 1-1 (0-0) Division One P11, 12pts, 8th/22  Ford(60)  Doyle(75) 33,139 Joe Corrigan was equal to Pop Robson's 40th minute spot kick.
1981 Cardiff City (a) 4-0 (2-0) Division Two P8, 12pts, 10th/22  Varadi(8,57,65), Davies(35pen)  5,764 After seven scoreless games following his move from Everton, striker Imre Varadi hit form at Ninian Park.

1987 Chelsea (a)
2-2 (1-2)
Division One
P9, 9pts, 15th/21 
Goddard(30), Wharton(82)
og(McCreery)(12), Dixon(25)
22,071
What looked like being a hard afternoon in SW6 almost became a memorable one, United recovering from going 0-2 down to make it three games unbeaten at Stamford Bridge.

Paul Goddard shot home to half the arrears before future Magpie Steve Clarke's tackle on Mirandinha saw a penalty kick awarded.

Neil McDonald put his effort straight at Eddie Niedzwiecki but a point was still salvaged after substitute Kenny Wharton scored with his first touch - Mirandinha then coming agonisingly close to stealing the points near to full time.
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1990 Middlesbrough (h) 
0-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P8, 12pts, 12th/24 
17,023
United extended their winless run to five games after a Boro side featuring old boys John Hendrie and Ian Baird left Gallowgate with a point. 

Following his substitute debut at Bristol City five days earlier, there was a first senior start for 17 year-old Magpie midfielder Lee Clark.
Youtube footage is online here

1998 Newcastle reserves began their Northumberland Senior Cup campaign with an 8-1 victory over Lemington Social Club.

Icelandic striker Bjarni Gudjonsson notched a treble, Paul Barrett claimed a brace and Terry Burghall, Paul Robinson and Jamie McClen got the others.

1999 Middlesbrough (h)
2-1 (2-0)
Premiership
P10, 7pts, 19th/20
Shearer(17,44)
Deane(89)
36,421
Newcastle won their second league game of the season thanks to a pair of trademark headers from a revitalised Alan Shearer.

United's number 9 was reunited with Kevin Gallacher, who debuted after completing his transfer from Blackburn Rovers.
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Youtube footage is online here

2004 Birmingham City (a)
2-2 (1-1)
Premiership
P8, 12pts, 6th/20
Jenas(3), Butt(67)
Yorke(23), Upson(57)
29,021
Nicky Butt's well-struck volley was his first goal for this United and salvaged a point against Steve Bruce's side.

Travelling fans were charged £38 to access this miserable pit of a ground, while many home followers paid just £5, as City resorted to drastic measures to fill their seats. 
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2006 Albert Luque scored two memorable 30 yard efforts as Newcastle Reserves recorded a resounding 4-1 victory over Liverpool.

James Troisi and Carl Finnigan were also on target at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground.
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2009 Bristol City (h)
0-0 (0-0)
Championship
P11, 24pts, 1st/24
43,326
The Manager of the Month curse struck yet again, as Magpies boss Chris Hughton retained the accolade he'd collected for August.

However, it was the heroics of stand-in City goalkeeper Dean Gerken - plus the woodwork and referee Graham Salisbury - that saw a frustrated SJP made to settle for a point.
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2010 Manchester City (a)
1-2 (1-1)
Premier League
P7, 7pts, 15th/20
Gutierrez(24)
Tevez(18pen), Johnson(75)
46,067
A decent display at the CoM Stadium brought no reward, injuries to Hatem Ben Arfa and Fabricio Coloccini overshadowing all else. 
 
Just four minutes had elapsed on a wet day in East Manchester when Ben Arfa was left sprawled out on the pitch a few yards outside the City area, following a disgraceful challenge from Nigel De Jong. 

Although referee Martin Atkinson saw nothing wrong and allowed play to continue, Ben Arfa received treatment before departing for hospital on a stretcher with a double fracture of his left leg, receiving oxygen on the field.

Coloccini meanwhile limped out of the fray in the first half, continuing a run of ill-fortune on this ground that saw Michael Owen and Joey Barton crocked during previous visits.
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2015 Manchester City (a)
1-6 (1-1)
Premier League
P8, 3pts, 20th/20
Mitrovic(18)
Aguero(42,49,50,60,62),
De Bruyne(53)
53,850
1-0 up through Aleksandar Mitrovic's first goal for the club, United then spectacularly disintegrated at the Etihad Stadium.

Only a linesman's flag and the right boot of Joe Hart had prevented United going 3-0 up but once Sergio Aguero equalised before the break, it all went awry.

Three Aguero goals in barely four minutes then turned the game on its head and that became four in seven minutes as Steve McClaren's side capitulated.

Kevin de Bruyne and Aguero again made it 1-6 and with almost half an hour left, our record loss (0-9 in 1895) looked under threat. Thankfully City took pity.
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2018 A bizarre evening found the players, manager Rafa Benitez and club owner Mike Ashley at Rialto's restaurant in Ponteland.

A TV crew and press photographers just happened to be outside to capture the occasion for posterity, Ashley appearing to give a two-fingered salute when leaving.

Meanwhile, in the city centre, a second Magpie Group meeting was staged. Speakers included Ian Mearns MP, Chi Onwurah MP and Kevin Miles of the Football Supporters Federation.

2020 Burnley (h)
3-1 (1-0)
Premier League
P4, 7pts, 6th/20
Saint-Maximin(14)
Wilson(65,77)
Westwood(61)
BCD
United deservedly collected three home points for the first time in six attempts, thanks to the dribbling skills of Allan Saint-Maximin and the finishing prowess of Callum Wilson.

The game was played at 8.00pm on a Saturday evening as live TV coverage of the COVID-affected games continued.
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2022 U21 assistant coach Kevin Richardson announced his exit from SJP.

The 59 year-old Tyneside-born former Everton and England midfielder had been  with United's Academy for 12 years.