2025/26:
Marseille (a) update

Update:
He's a 'keeper

Update: the Premier League blamed "complexities" for their failure to announce further fixture changes and say only that those games will be confirmed "as soon as possible."

Earlier: Wednesday saw the Premier League announce some changes to the December fixture list, with three Newcastle games rescheduled for TV as follows:

Tue 02.12.2025 Spurs (h) 8.15pm Sky
Sat 06.12.2025 Burnley (h) 3pm (no live TV)
Sun 14.12.2025 mackems (a) 2pm Sky
Sat 20.12.2025 Chelsea (h) 12.30pm TNT

Although fixtures up to the end of January were due on Wednesday, only those up to Mon 22.12.2025 appeared. There's no word on when the remainder will be released, leaving seven Newcastle games still subject to change:

Sat 27.12.2025 tbc Manchester United (a)
Tue 30.12.2025 tbc Burnley (a)

Sat 03.01.2026 tbc Crystal Palace (h)
Wed 07.01.2026 tbc Leeds United (h)
Sat 17.01.2026 tbc Wolves (a)
Sat 24.01.2026 tbc Aston Villa (h)*
Sat 31.01.2026 tbc Liverpool (a)

The initial fixture release in June didn't list any games on either December 26th or January 1st, but the PL's only "blackout" days are December 24th and 25th.

On that basis, some PL fixtures are liable to be played on both Boxing Day and New Years Day. 

* Aston Villa's visit to SJP will move from Sat 24.01.2026 due to their Europa League tie on Thu 22.01.2026. 

The borrowers:
Loan lads

Magpies on temporary postings:

Matt Targett (Middlesbrough):
Ipswich Town (h) Championship, Friday.

Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville):
Real Mallorca (h) Primera Liga, Saturday.

2025/26:
Everton (a) tickets

U21s:
Stag party!

Following the final round of World Cup qualifiers involving African nations this week, the four sides contesting the play-off tournament next month are now confirmed - and one of them is DR Congo.

Assuming he's fit by then, Newcastle's Yoane Wissa would be in contention for selection when The Leopards travel to Morocco during the November international break.

Semi-finals are set for November 13th when DR Congo play Cameroon, with the winners of that facing either Gabon or Nigeria three days later.

The winner of that then qualify for a further inter-confederation qualification tournament involving six teams in USA/Mexico during next March's international break.

NB: this is all over and above DR Congo's participation in the African Cup of Nations Final tournament, staged between December 21st and January 18th in Morocco.

Theoretically, players can be called up 14 days in advance, but it's anticipated this will be delayed until after Premier League fixtures on and around December 13th.

Whether that could be stretched further to include the Carabao Cup ties the following midweek remains to seen.

Internationals:
Goalden Gordon

Giveaway:
Scarf compo winner

Following the success of matching bucket and bobble hats, a Lee scarf has been added to the range of products on offer from Tyneside's own Football Bobbles.

Inspired by United's distinctive 1997/98 season change kit and echoing the current change ensemble, these are available online here now.

(Anyone purchasing Lee scarves qualifies for reduced prices on Ferdinand scarves and Tino bobble hats - see link above for further details).

We had a Lee scarf to give away and asked what was distinctive about Rob Lee's UEFA Cup hat-trick at Royal Antwerp back in 1994.

Most folks knew that all three goals were headers and the winning entry came from Paul Johnson (the Bristol one). 

Book:
Belfast boy

The Belfast-born defender served Newcastle for 15 seasons, winning three titles and one FA Cup while generating headlines worldwide for his revolutionary offside tactic.

Bill's life in football then extended for over half a century in managerial and scouting roles, included that of transfer advisor to Magpies supremo Stan Seymour in the 1950s.

"Bill McCracken..." is available to direct from the publisher via their Amazon shop here with an exclusive discount.

Check out the Pitch catalogue here and find offers on current and future NUFC titles on Amazon here

Champions League:
Benfica (h)

Team: To follow

SLB: To follow

Ahead of their trip to Tyneside, Benfica are in Cup action at second tier side GD Chaves on Friday night.

The Lisbon side remain pointless after their opening two CL fixtures, a 2-3 home defeat by FK Qarabag and a 1-0 loss away to Chelsea.

Jose Mourinho is set to take charge of a side at SJP for the thirteenth time in his career, having won just three of his dozen visits to date (scores below are for NUFC): 

2004/05 Chelsea (h) lost 0-2 (LC)
2004/05 Chelsea (h) won 1-0 (FA)
2004/05 Chelsea (h) drew 1-1 (PL)
2005/06 Chelsea (h) won 1-0 (PL)
2006/07 Chelsea (h) lost 0-1 (LC)
2006/07 Chelsea (h) drew 0-0 (PL)
2013/14 Chelsea (h) won 2-0 (PL)
2014/15 Chelsea (h) won 2-1 (PL)
2015/16 Chelsea (h) drew 2-2 (PL)
2017/18 Man United (h) won 1-0 (PL)
2019/20 Spurs (h) lost 1-3 (PL)
2020/21 Spurs (h) drew 2-2 (PL)

UK TV: Live on TNT Sports

Overseas TV: To follow

UK Radio: Live on talkSPORT

Roads: Barrack Road will be closed to traffic post-match between Stanhope Street and St. James' Boulevard, beginning at the final whistle or earlier and continuing up to 45 minutes after full time or when crowds disperse.

Buses: Due to the closure of Barrack Road, Go North East X50 football services to the Metro Centre will depart from St. James’ Boulevard, outside the Citygate building.

Stagecoach buses stopping on Barrack Road will be diverted and passengers required to use alternative bus stops while the post-match closure is in place. Details here

Metro: No scheduled disruptions

Rail: Scheduled disruptions are online here

Stats: 

This will be Newcastle's eighth competitive home fixture against a side from Portugal and we're yet to lose one:

1968/69 Sporting Lisbon (h) won 1-0 Robson
1968/69 Vitoria Setubal (h) won 5-1 Davies, Foggon,
Gibb, Robson 2
1969/70 Porto (h) won 1-0 Scott
2004/05 Sporting Lisbon (h) drew 1-1 Bellamy
2004/05 Sporting Lisbon (h) won 1-0 Shearer
2012/13 Maritimo (h) drew 1-1 Marveaux
2012/13 Benfica (h) drew 1-1 Cisse

Premier League:
Fulham (h)

UK TV: None

Overseas TV: To follow

UK Radio: tbc

Metro: No scheduled disruptions (a six closure of the Metro line between Benton and Wallsend begins the day after).

Rail: Scheduled disruptions are online here

No trains will run all weekend between Doncaster and Northallerton in both directions. Rail replacement bus services will operate.

Stats: 

Carabao Cup:
Spurs (h)

United's third home game in a third different competition during a nine day period sees them receive Spurs in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday October 29th.

It's an 8pm kick-off, live on ITV1 and Sky Sports and if the scores are level after 90 minutes, the tie will be settled by a penalty shootout.

The winners will take their place in the quarter final draw, which will be staged after the full time whistle.

While Newcastle enjoy home comforts for the third successive game, the visitors will complete a trio of away fixtures: trekking to Monaco in the Champions League, Everton in the Premier League and Newcastle. 

Spurs will be back by 4,900 fans - the same away allocation that Bradford City received in the last round. On that basis expect temporary post-match closures of the walking route from the Leazes End to Barrack Road for home fans as was the case against the Bantams (confirmation awaited).

Fourth Round ties:

Tue 28.10.2025:
Grimsby Town v Brentford (7.45pm)
Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham (7.45pm)
Wrexham v Cardiff City (8pm)

Wed 29.10.2025:
Arsenal v Brighton (7.45pm)
Liverpool v Crystal Palace (7.45pm)
Swansea City v Manchester City (7.45pm)
Wolves v Chelsea (7.45pm)
Newcastle United v Spurs (8pm)

Team: To follow

THFC: To follow

Entering at the Third Round stage due to their European involvement like Newcastle, Spurs made it to the last 16 thanks to a routine 3-0 home win over Doncaster Rovers.

The two sides last faced each other in pre-season, a Harvey Barnes goal giving United a 1-1 draw in the South Korean capital, Seoul on the night that Son Heung-Min ended his decade-long association with the Cockerels.

Referee: tbc
 
VAR: n/a

UK TV: Live on ITV1 and Sky Sports

Overseas TV: To follow

UK Radio: None as yet

Metro: The line between Benton and Wallsend will be closed for a six day period between Sunday 26th October and Friday 31st October. More details online here

Rail: Scheduled disruptions are online here

Stats: This is the fourth time that the two sides have been paired in this competition, United winning the 1975/76 semi-final on aggregate - beaten 0-1 in North London but then triumphing 3-1 on Tyneside in the second leg.

The Magpies lost the next meeting 1-2 at Gallowgate in September 2008, before going down 0-4 at White Hart Lane in the most recent pairing during December 2014.

Thomas Frank has defeated Newcastle in this competition before, guiding Brentford to a 1-0 home win in 2020/21.

Spurs in Toon: PL era:

2024/25 won 2-1 Barnes, Isak
2023/24 won 4-0 Isak 2, Gordon, Schar
2022/23 won 6-1 Murphy 2, Joelinton, Isak 2, Wilson
2021/22 lost 2-3 Wilson, og (Dier)
2020/21 drew 2-2 Joelinton, Willock
2019/20 lost 1-3 Ritchie
2018/19 lost 1-2 Joselu
2017/18 lost 0-2
2015/16 won 5-1 Gini 2, Mitrovic, Janmaat, Aarons
2014/15 lost 1-3 Colback
2013/14 lost 0-4
2012/13 won 2-1 Ba, Ben Arfa
2011/12 drew 2-2 Ba, Sh.Ameobi
2010/11 drew 1-1 Coloccini
2008/09 won 2-1 N'Zogbia, Duff
2008/09 lost 1-2 Owen (LC)
2007/08 won 3-1 Martins, Cacapa, Milner
2006/07 won 3-1 Dyer, Martins, Parker
2005/06 won 3-1 Bowyer, Sh.Ameobi, Shearer
2004/05 won 1-0 Kluivert (FAC)
2004/05 lost 0-1
2003/04 won 4-0 Shearer 2, Robert 2
2002/03 won 2-1 Speed, Shearer
2001/02 lost 0-2
2000/01 won 2-0 Speed, Cordone
1999/00 won 6-1 Shearer 2, Speed, Dabizas, Ferguson, Dyer (FAC)
1999/00 won 2-1 Glass, Dabizas
1998/99 drew 1-1 Ketsbaia
1997/98 won 1-0 Barton
1996/97 won 7-1 Shearer 2, Ferdinand 2, Lee 2, Albert
1995/96 drew 1-1 Ferdinand
1994/95 drew 3-3 D.Peacock, Gillespie, Beardsley
1993/94 lost 0-1

2025/26:
Senior Cup latest

1896 Manchester City (a)
2-1 (0-0)
Division Two
P7, 8pts, 7th/16 
Auld(1-0), Smellie(2-0) 
Robinson(2-1)
10,000 
Debutant John Auld opened the scoring for United at Hyde Road following his arrival from the mackems. 

1903 Notts County (a)
2-3 (1-2)
Division One 
P8, 11pts, 4th/18
Howie(20), Templeton(49) 
Prescott(34), Green(36), Ross(86)
9,000
"A rattling game was witnessed" at Trent Bridge according to the Sporting Life.

1908 Middlesbrough (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P9, 14pts, 2nd/20 
20,000

1914 Middlesbrough (a)
1-1 (0-0)
Division One
P9, 9pts, 7th/20 
Hall(52) 
Tinsley(57)
18,000

1925 sunderland (h)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P11, 11pts, 11th/22 
50,000

1931 Blackburn Rovers (a)
3-0 (2-0)
Division One
P9, 10pts, 13th/22 
Allen(37), Lang(41), Boyd(75) 
15,000
The Magpies ended a five match losing run in league and cup visits at Ewood Park with this resounding success.

1934 Middlesbrough (h)
3-2 (2-1)
Friendly 
Smith(14), Boyd(29), Lang(50) 
Warren(37), Camsell(3-2)
3,200 
All proceeds from this game went to the Gresford Colliery Disaster Fund, where a staggering 266 men and boys had lost their lives a month earlier in North Wales.

Team: Burns, Richardson, Russell, Imrie, Leach, Hughes, Boyd, Williams, Smith, McMenemy, Lang.

1936 Chesterfield (h)
1-2 (1-0)
Division Two
P11, 12pts, 8th/22 
Cairns(30) 
Ponting(67), Hughes(73)
27,442
Chesterfield's first visit to St. James' Park saw them recover from a half time deficit, the Sunday Sun scribe reporting that "nearly all the (home) forwards were dilatory or remiss in some way when their turn came".

1936 While the first team entertained Chesterfield, the Reserves faced Aston Villa at Villa Park. However, they perished 1-4, their late consolation strike from Pearson.

1942 York City (h)
3-3 (0-2)
Wartime
Carr, Stubbins, McCormack
F.Scott, Gledhill, Brown
5,967

1953 Aston Villa (a)
2-1 (0-1)
Division One
P14, 12pts, 14th/22 
Milburn(66) Davies(71)
Thompson(43)
29,556
Trailing to a first half goal by former Magpie Tommy Thompson, United got back into the game when home 'keeper Dennis Parsons allowed a 30 yard shot from Jackie Milburn to roll under him.

Newcastle then ended Villa's 100% home record when Bobby Mitchell played in Reg Davies, who successfully lobbed Parsons. 

1956 Partick Thistle (Scotland) (a)
1-4 (1-3)
Friendly 
Milburn(28) 
Hogan(26,39), Smith(27), Ewing(90)
10,000
United's opening game in the second season of what was an unofficial Anglo Scottish League (organised despite the wishes of the English and Scottish League) ended in a heavy defeat at Firhill. 

Team: Simpson, Keith, Batty, Scoular, Stokoe, Casey, Taylor, Eastham, Milburn, Keeble, Mitchell.

1959 Fulham (a)
3-4 (1-3)
Division One
P13, 11pts, 16th/22 
Hale(32,84), Eastham(89) 
Key(15), Cook(27), Haynes(29), Hill(73) 
37,200 
Having memorably won 5-4 at Craven Cottage in 1956, United's next visit there was goal-laden but not in their favour on this occasion.

On a day when the visiting defence was all at sea for a large part of the game, there was a debut for George Luke, at outside left.

1964 Bury (a)
2-1 (1-0)
Division Two
P14, 18pts, 3rd/22 
Cummings(13), Robson(51) 
Parry(70)
8,950
Despite the absence of Ron McGarry due to suspension, United took maximum points from their visit to Gigg Lane.

At SJP meanwhile, visitors Manchester City beat United 5-3 in the Central League. Barrie Thomas scored two and Bill McKinney one.

1970 Wolverhampton Wanderers (a)
2-3 (1-0)
Division One
P13, 13pts, 11th/22 
Davies(43), og(Holsgrove)(69)
Bailey(51), Gould(63), Wagstaffe(71) 
24,083
United's seven match unbeaten league run came to an end thanks to some mid game defensive madness, undermining what had been an excellent attacking display.

Among the Molineux crowd was England manager, Alf Ramsey.

1981 Barnsley (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Division Two
P10, 15pts, 11th/22 
Aylott(17)
18,477
The first unaccompanied away game for one of us ended in defeat after Trevor Aylott's first half goal.

Mick McCarthy's throw-in ended up with Ronnie Glavin and although his effort rebounded off Kevin Carr's post, Aylott was well placed to convert the rebound. 
Youtube footage is online here

1987 Everton (h)
1-1 (1-1)
Division One
P10, 10pts, 16th/21 
Mirandinha(11) 
Snodin(9)
Heath
20,266 
Mirandinha had the ball in the visitors net inside 15 seconds - but play was brought back for an earlier foul, much to his disgust.

Ian Snodin gave Everton the lead but after the dismissal of Adrian Heath, United really should have taken all three points.
Youtube footage is online here

1988 Arthur Cox turned down the Newcastle Manager's position recently vacated by Willie McFaul, preferring to stay at Derby County rather than have a second stint at SJP.

Cox would later return to United as part of Kevin Keegan's backroom staff in both 1993 and 2008.

1998 Derby County (h)
2-1 (2-0)
Premiership
P9, 14pts, 6th/20
Dabizas(13), Glass(17)
Burton(73)
36,750
An unhappy 58th birthday for ex-Toon boss Jim Smith, as his Rams side were twice undone by Solano in the opening stages - Paul Dalglish also hitting the woodwork.

Solano missed three good chances himself though and when Deon Burton bundled the ball home off via future Derby defender Andy Griffin, the final stages of the game were rather less comfortable than desired.
NUFC.com match report 

2000 A wet night in Widnes and a reserve game notable for a trio of penalties.

Everton ran out 3-1 winners with Phil Jevons and Danny Cadamarteri beating John Karelse from the spot, with Stephen Glass replying for United past Steve Simonsen.
NUFC.com match report

2004 Charlton Athletic (a) 1-1 (1-0)
Premiership
P9, 13pts, 8th/20
Bellamy(39)
og(Carr)(51)
26,553
United's unbeaten run was extended to seven games, but the chance to move up into fourth was missed.

A dominant first half brought just one goal from a Craig Bellamy header, Lee Bowyer having had an earlier effort disallowed.  

Defensive frailties again proved our undoing: Andy O'Brien's hesitance letting Kevin Lisbie in - only for Stephen Carr to nip in and hit it goalward back to O'Brien, who was unable to prevent the ball crossing the line.
NUFC.com match report

2007 David Rozehnal was part of the Czech Republic defence that kept a clean sheet in Munich, registering an emphatic 3-0 victory in a Euro qualifier.

2009 Nottingham Forest (a) 0-1 (0-1)
Championship
P12, 24pts, 2nd/24
Blackstock(45)
29,155
United followed up a pair of draws with a loss at the City Ground that unseated them off the top of the table.

Injury meant that future Magpie James Perch didn't feature for the home side, while ex Tricky Tree Marlon Harewood appeared for the visitors but contributed little as wee Billy Davies savoured another success against us.
NUFC.com match report

2011 Derby County boss Nigel Clough failed in an attempt to take James Perch on loan, the former Forest player remaining at SJP and forcing his way back into first team contention with United later in the season.

2020 Manchester United (h) 1-4 (1-1)
Premier League
og(Shaw)(2)
Maguire(23), Fernandes(86),
Wan-Bissaka(90), Rashford(90+6)
BCD
A bizarre game at SJP ended with Newcastle on the wrong end of a heaviest home defeat in over six years - although the score was 1-1 four minutes from the end of normal time.

Karl Darlow saved a 58th minute penalty from Bruno Fernandes, by which time the hosts could have been ahead again - Callum Wilson denied moments earlier by David de Gea.

However, a trio of emphatic late finishes made the scoreline look more one-sided than it should have been, ending Newcastle's four game unbeaten run in all competitions.
NUFC.com match report

2021 Tottenham Hotspur (h) 2-3 (1-3)
Premier League
P8, 3pts, 19th/20
Wilson(2), og(Dier)(89)
Shelvey(78 - second yellow)
Ndombele(17), Kane(22),
Son(45+4)
52,214
The post-Ashley era at Newcastle began memorably, but mainly for the wrong reasons as the new owners were left in no doubt about the size of their task.

But for a few hours before kick-off and the first few minutes of the match, they got a glimpse of what could be possible.

A dream start saw Callum Wilson net within two minutes before reality soon intervened with two quick Spurs strikes.

Things deteriorated further as a fan suffered a medical emergency, the visitors scored again and Jonjo Shelvey was red-carded.

The scoreline flattered Steve Bruce's side in his 1,000th game as a manager but thankfully it was his last in charge at SJP.
NUFC.com match report