1898 Grimsby Town (a)
4-4 (1-1)
Friendly 
Smith 2, Birnie, Harvey 
Cockshutt, Jenkinson, Greenwood, Ratcliffe
3,500
Having beaten Town 6-2 on Tyneside a week earlier, United were involved in another eight goal affair at Abbey Park.

The two kickabouts were related to the transfers of William Lindsay and Joseph Rodgers from Grimsby to Newcastle.

Team: Kingsley, Lindsay, Higgins, Ghee, Ostler, Stott, Harvey, Aitken, Birnie, Smith, Wardrope.

1900 Stoke (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Division One
P3, 4pts, 6th/18
MacFarlane(10), Peddie(68) 
Wood(23)
18,000 
Debut for fellow Scots Edward Allan and Jimmy Laidlaw. Following a complaint from Laidlaw's former club Burnley over an illegal approach, United were fined one Guinea.

1906 Everton (h)
1-0 (0-0)
Division One
P4, 6pts, 3rd/20
McWilliam(70) 
38,000 
A ninth unsuccessful attempt by the Toffees to post a victory at Gallowgate saw United gain a small measure of revenge for their 0-1 loss in the last meeting of the sides -  the FA Cup Final at Crystal Palace six months before.

There was a debut for inside left Jimmy Soye, who deputised for Bill Appleyard.

Peter McWilliam's winner followed a throw-in down the right flank and saw him beat two opponents to convert a 20 yard shot that took a slight deflection, sending it past visiting goalkeeper Billy Scott. 

A rather excited Liverpool Courier reporter asserted that 50,000 were present and that:

"It was a real treat to the vast assemblage who, to their credit be it said, warmly recognised the niceties of play, exhibited by both sides."

1923 Sheffield United (a)
1-2 (1-1)
Division One
P6, 9pts, 3rd/22
Hudspeth(42pen) 
Johnson(14), Gillespie(85)
27,000
Frank Hudspeth netted from the spot against the Blades for the second successive Saturday, but the Magpies proved unable to replicate the 2-2 draw on Tyneside at Bramall Lane. 

1928 Aston Villa (a)
1-1 (1-1)
Division One
P6, 4pts, 19th/22
Chalmers(23) 
Chester(18)
34,146 
Contemporary reports claim that Newcastle were fortunate to take a point from their visit to Villa Park, with Hughie Gallacher shackled well by Villan Vic Milne - who in addition to playing professionally was a qualified doctor.

This was the first of three senior appearances for Newcastle's Glaswegian-born left half, David Flannigan.

1934 Bradford Park Avenue (h)
0-1 (0-0)
Division Two
P6, 2pts, 21st/22
Robertson(78)
26,504
Newcastle's fifth defeat in their opening six games came via a hotly-disputed effort that home players insisted was offside.

United had earlier looked certain scorers when Samuel Weaver directed his shot towards an unguarded net - only for it to deflect off an unwitting team mate and away to safety.

1937 Luton Town (h)
1-3 (1-2)
Division Two
P6, 3pts, 20th/22
Livingstone(8) 
Payne(21), Stevens(33), Griffiths(48)
17,622
The first meeting of these two sides since 1898 went the way of the newly-promoted Hatters, despite Newcastle scoring first.

1945 Middlesbrough (h) 
1-1 (1-1)
Wartime
Wayman(45)
Stobbart(7)
32,211
Trailing to a goal from future Magpie George Stobbart, the hosts levelled through Charlie Wayman just on half time. 

Jackie Milburn then missed the chance to win it for United when he blasted his penalty at the visiting goalkeeper.

1951 Burnley (h)
7-1 (4-1)
Division One
P8, 10pts, 7th/22
G.Robledo(21,44,59,82),
Hannah(26,69), Mitchell(27)
Morris(16)
51,278
Having opened up the season with a 6-0 home win over Stoke City and then defeated Spurs 7-2 in their third game at Gallowgate, United hit the goals trail once again in their fourth home fixture.

Striker George Robledo continued his lightning start to the new season, moving on to 13 goals in just eight matches. 

1956 Arsenal (a)
1-0 (0-0)
Division One
P8, 9pts, 11th/22
Hannah(75) 
46,318
Having lost their two previous away games 0-4 and 1-6, this success at Highbury was a high point in a mediocre season. 

Goalscorer George Hannah had suffered the heartbreak of his son dying just hours after being born earlier the same week. 

1962 Grimsby Town (a)
1-0 (1-0)
Division Two
P9, 9pts, 10th/22
Kerray(15) 
12,318
Jimmy Kerray's fifth goal in nine games ensured victory at Blundell Park and gave Joe Harvey his first away success as manager.

1962 Meanwhile at SJP, the Newcastle reserves were also having a good day, beating  Sheffield Wednesday 4-1.

On target against the Owls in the Central League were Alan Suddick, Billy Day, Charlie Woods and Dave Turner.

1965 Manchester United (a) 1-1 (1-0)
Division One
P8, 6pts, 17th/22
McGarry(42pen)
og(Burton)(85) 
30,401 
Bob Moncur made his First Division debut as Newcastle were five minutes away from victory, before a Nobby Stiles shot hit Ollie Burton for the equaliser.

1969 Dundee United (Scotland) (a)
2-1 (0-0)
Fairs Cup 1st Round 1st Leg
Davies(56,59)
Scott(77)
21,000
The mighty Wyn hit the woodwork twice in the first half but found the net with two second half headers.

That made it advantage United for the defending champions at Tannadice, although Ian Scott did scramble a late reply to give the Tangerines heart ahead of the second leg on Tyneside.

1971 Hearts (Scotland) 
(a) 0-1 (0-0)
Texaco Cup 1st Round
1st Leg
Lynch(57)
18,000
Glaswegian-born outside left Andy Lynch headed home the only goal of the night as United debuted in the second-ever Texaco Cup competition (missing out on the inaugural tournament due to their Fairs Cup campaign in 1970/71).

1973 Wolverhampton Wanderers (h)
2-0 (0-0)
Division One
P7, 10pts, 3rd/22
Nattrass(85), Howard(90)
36,412 
Two late goals won it, firstly an Irving Nattrass rocket into the Leazes goal and then a last minute Pat Howard header.

1976 Ayr United (Scotland) (a) 0-3 (0-1)
Anglo-Scottish Cup Quarter Final First Leg
Fleming(15), Robertson(51), Phillips(83) 
3,600 
Newcastle were fined £4,000 and disqualified from the Anglo -Scottish Cup after fielding an under-strength team at Somerset Park.

With the second leg never played, the Honest Men were handed a semi-final tie against Nottingham Forest. 

Team: McFaul, Kelly, Owen, Craig, Smith, Barker, Mitchell, Oates, Guy, Hudson, Chambers (Blackhall).

1979 Leicester City (h) 
3-2 (1-1)
Division Two
P6, 9pts, 1st/22
Shoulder(18,49pens), Cartwright(67)
Smith(34pen,62) 
26,443 
An eventful afternoon; three penalties (all converted, all for handball), six booked and Tommy Williams sent off for the Foxes. The win put United top of Division Two by a point.

1984 Everton (h)
2-3 (1-1)
Division One
P6, 9pts, 10th/22
Beardsley(13pen), Wharton(46)
Sheedy(26), Steven(53), Gray(89)
29,452
Future Toffee Beardsley shot United ahead after Chris Waddle was fouled in the box, only for future Magpie Kevin Sheedy to level.

Kenny Wharton then seized on a Mountfield back pass seconds after the restart to give the home side the lead, before Berwick-born midfielder Trevor Steven levelled once more.

Both sides then had chances to win it, but Howard Kendall's men left with the points after Andy Gray accepted a late gift.
Youtube footage is online here - part I
Youtube footage is online here - part II

1990 Port Vale (a)
1-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P4, 9pts, 5th/24
Quinn(66) 
10,025 
United gained their second successive league away victory despite the debut of midfielder Neil Simpson from the bench.
Youtube footage is online here

1997 A crowd of over 2,000 were at Craik Park to see Morpeth Town face a Newcastle reserve side. Trialist Carlos Sierra Fumero Sandro scored twice, with Bernard Allou and Paul Brayson netting in a 4-1 success. Kevin Henderson replied for the Highwaymen.

Our first goalscorer was a 23 year-old central midfielder on trial from Real Madrid who went on to appeared for for Las Palmas, Malaga and Levante before returning to Real. 

The second trialist on show was French striker Allou, then of Paris SG. He subsequently played for Nottingham Forest via a spell in Japan with Grampus 8 and later turned up in Belgium with RWD Molenbeek and various other clubs.

1998 Two days before United's European Cup winners Cup home tie against Partizan Belgrade, they faced York City in a 75 minute training match behind closed doors.

Stephane Guivarc'h netted a penalty at the Chester-le-Street training ground, Steve Howey and George Georgiadis also on target.

After a 45 minute first period, the Minstermen netted through Rory Prendergast during an additional 30 minutes of play.

Keith Gillespie, Carl Serrant, Nolberto Solano, Nicos Dabizas, Andy Griffin and David Batty featured - the latter playing his first game of the season. Alan Shearer wasn't risked. 

2000 Striker Lomana Tresor LuaLua made a £2.2m switch to Newcastle from Colchester United, despite a rival offer by Spurs. 

LuaLua was reunited with former U's boss Mick Wadsworth, who had moved on to SJP as no.2 to Bobby Robson.

Free agent defender Robert Ullathorne also joined United on trial, having severed his connections with Norwich City.

2001 Manchester United (h) 4-3 (2-1)
Premiership
P4, 8pts, 4th/20
Robert(5), Lee(34), Dabizas(51), og(Brown)(83)
van Nistelrooy(29), Giggs(62), Veron(64)
52,056
An epic way to complete a century of Newcastle matches in charge for Magpies boss Bobby Robson, as his side made it 13 games unbeaten.

Our third successive four goal haul in a week included what was to be the final goal Rob Lee scored for the club, while the winner was credited to Wes Brown after he tried in vain to stop Alan Shearer's shot going in.

Bobby summed this one up thus:

"It was an absolute belter of a game. It had everything, really. What do you need in a match? You need spills and thrills and goals at both ends and the game was on a knife edge." 
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Youtube footage is online here

"Shearer was right, I am a prick"

2003 Newcastle Reserves beat their Wolves counterparts 1-0 at Kingston Park, thanks to a Robbie Elliott goal.
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2007 Following two wins and two draws from side's opening four league fixtures that left them fifth in the table, Newcastle manager, Sam Allardyce, had this to say:

"I am not saying it (the team) is good enough to break into the top four because we are all new and we are only just coming together.

"But if it realises its potential as quickly as it can, then we could go a long way this year - if we steer clear of injuries."

Four months later he had left his post.

2009 Two wins out of two for the Reserves thanks to a 4-2 success
away to Huddersfield Town.

Wesley Ngo Baheng (2), Frank Wiafe Danquah and Greg McDermott were on target.
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2014 The U21s made it three games unbeaten as first half goals from Gael Bigirimana and Tom Heardman overcame a Wolves side coached by Scott Sellars. It finished 2-1 at Gallowgate.
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2018 Arsenal (h)
1-2 (0-0)
Premier League
P5, 1pt, 18th/20
Clark(90+1)
Xhaka(49), Ozil(58)
52,165
United lost their first three home games of the season for the first time since 1987, Arsenal following Spurs and Chelsea in winning by the odd goal in three at SJP.

Just one point from a possible 15 was also the club's worst-start to a top-flight season since back in 1999 - under Ruud Gullit.
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2020 Blackburn Rovers (h)
1-0 (1-0)
Carabao Cup 2nd Round
Fraser(35)
BCD
Debutant Ryan Fraser's goal gave United their first victory in the League Cup since 2016, ending a run of three successive Second Round exits.

Goalkeeper Mark Gillespie also made his Magpies bow.
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2024 Wolverhampton Wanderers (a)
2-1 (0-1)
Premier League
P4, 10pts, 3rd/20
Schar(75), Barnes(80)
Lemina(36)
30,255
Behind at the break, two spectacular second half goals left United went third in the Premier League behind Manchester City and Arsenal.

Fabian Schar's long shot was nodded out of the reach of goalkeeper Sam Johnstone by Craig Dawson to level the game before Harvey Barnes fired in a fabulous winner five minutes later to pinch the points.
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