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Our FA Cup Third
Round replay against Hull City will go ahead as expected, with a 7.45pm
kick-off at SJP on Wednesday January 14th. It won't be televised.
Tickets are on sale now to season ticket holders, at the SJP Box Office in
person (8am to 6pm), on 0191 261 1571 during the same hours or
online at anytime here.
Public sale them commences via the same outlets from 9am on Thursday - with
tickets also then available to purchase from club shops (except the SJP one).
Prices are £20 adults, £15 OAPs and £5 bairns
(higher rates apply in Platinum Club etc)
With Crewe and Millwall scheduled to face each other 24 hours earlier in their
Third Round replay, the identity of
our potential Fourth Round visitors will already be known by the time we
kickoff against the Tigers.
PS: Hull are looking to have a new design of kit made for this visit to SJP, having been forced to
wear their grey away shirt with white Newcastle
shorts for the league game here back in September.
City's South Shields-born boss Phil Brown is known to
favour a white & red combination.....
Latest:
No CM comeback
Following recent media speculation, former Newcastle United Chairman Chris
Mort has made it known that
he's had no contact from Mike Ashley regarding a return
to his previous role - or any other position at SJP.
Mort confirmed that he has attended some Newcastle games this season, but
purely as a fan and not on any official basis.
Latest:
Stuck with Xisco
The situation regarding Magpies striker Xisco is no nearer resolution,
amid confirmation that the early season appearances he made for Deportivo La
Coruna before
moving to SJP in August now prevent him from moving
on elsewhere in the current transfer window.
Under FIFA rules, players can be registered for three clubs in one season, but
only appear competitively for two.
On the basis that he's at least injury-free and has been named on the first
team bench recently, Xisco's failure to play in a single Newcastle reserve
game this season is nothing short of baffling.
His injury-affected Toon career to date consists of three starts and two sub
outings - the last of which came in the closing stages of the home victory
over West Brom back in October 2008.
Reserves:
Go,
Jonny, go!
Newcastle Res 3 Bolton Res 0
A sparse crowd at Whitley Park on Monday evening saw Jonny Godsmark inspire
the Magpies, as they avenged their three goal away loss at the hands of the
Trotters.
The winger claimed two assists and one strike as United registered their first
league success in four attempts.
Striker Nile Ranger took just nine minutes of his first outing of 2009 to find
the target, finishing from 12 yards after Godsmark beat two men down the right
before centring.
And United doubled their lead six minutes before the break, when Godsmark
crossed again for Frank Wiafe Danquah to score his first of the season.
The Trotters had given United some anxious moments before the break, with Sam
Sheridan hitting a post and Fraser Forster equal to Javlon Campbell's
long-range shot.
However the victory was sewn up within a minute of the restart, when Ranger
released Godsmark to shoot home for his first and United's third.
NUFC: Forster, Tavernier, Lough, Airey (Taylor 46), Henderson, Godsmark,
Doninger, Inman (Newton 86), Ranger, Donaldson, Danquah.
Subs n/u: Zamblera, Soderberg, Newton, McCrudden.
FAC3:
Blyth bow out
Sam Allardyce made a winning return to the North East on Monday evening with
his Blackburn Rovers side, although they were pushed all the way by a gallant
Spartans side.
A 58th minute free kick conversion from Carlos Villanueva proved to be the
difference at Croft Park - although the fairytale could have continued had
Andrew Wright's late shot not passed agonisingly wide of the Rovers goal.
Blackburn's failure to sell their allocation and problems with fan segregation
meant that the gates were closed on an all-ticket crowd of 3,445 - over 500
less than saw the victory over Bournemouth in the previous round.
The home side didn't create much in front of goal but kept a much-changed
Rovers side at bay in the first half. And as a measure of the concern
Allardyce was beginning to feel, Villanueva's last act was to score - having
already been nominated for replacement by Jason Roberts.
Rovers never threatened to run away with the tie after taking the lead and the
home side kept plugging away without reward until referee Andre Marriner blew
for time.
Relief for Allardyce then that his weakened team did just enough to make it
through. For the Spartans meanwhile, the financial benefits of their cup run
will live on longer than their fleeting spell in the media spotlight, but
maybe those ghosts of 1978 have finally been laid to rest.
In the best FA Cup tradition, Blyth can now concentrate on the league - where
their position remains perilous.
Crock:
Oba Op claim
Tuesday brought newspaper claims that the groin problem that has sidelined Obafemi
Martins since the victory at Portsmouth last month will after all require
surgery.
The striker is reported to need a hernia op, which will then require around
six weeks of recuperation before he can begin training again.
PS: Martins has also been in the news this week, after escaping with a
fine for admitting a speeding offence.
He'd been clocked at 106mph en route to Newcastle Airport in May 2008, for
which he was given 6 points
and fined £950, including costs.
Crib crime call confusion:
No Ameobi enquiries....
The Mirror carries a tale of Shola Ameobi reporting what he
believed to be a break-in at his home, only to then realise that it was
nothing more than his own untidiness that had caused him to misplace the
"missing" items....
That ever-present club insider cropped up at the local
cop shop to tell the paper that:
"We were told thieves had taken a
number of things, the most important one being the chequebook. Given what
soccer stars earn, that was obviously a matter of great concern.
"We got a call back saying nothing
was missing after all - perhaps he had had a party and the place just looked
as if it had been burgled."
A police spokesman confirmed:
"We received a report of a theft from a house in Jesmond but it appears
to have been a genuine misunderstanding."
Does that mean that Shola's sarcastic nickname of the Fenham Eusebio now
changes to the Jesmond Messi?
FAC4:
Home advantage
Newcastle's
reward for beating Hull City at SJP in their FA Cup Third Round replay would be
a home Fourth Round tie against either Millwall or Crewe
Alexandra.
Former Magpie Dave Beasant selected our ball in Sunday's draw, with Roberto di
Matteo then pairing us with the League One duo (Millwall lie third; Crewe
bottom).
The sides drew 2-2 at the New Den on Saturday and replay
again at Gresty Road on Tuesday January 13th.
Fourth Round ties are scheduled to take place over the weekend of January 24th
- and with the mackems already guaranteed to be in home action that weekend,
it seems unlikely that both they and ourselves would be able to stage 3pm
Saturday kickoffs due to police restrictions.
A trio of players with Newcastle connections are in the current Crewe
squad - although none of them ever made
a competitive appearance for the Magpies.
Striker Calvin Zola was released as a teenager, while defender Dennis Lawrence
was on trial at during the Robson era. Standing at 6'7", the Trinidad
& Tobago international is on loan from Swansea City, but eligible
to play in the FA Cup for Crewe.
The third and final old boy is Stuart Green, who is also on loan at the Alex
but would be ineligible to play after having appeared for his own club
Blackpool in an earlier round.
Much-travelled Green got as far as a place on the Toon bench before moving on
- being one of "other" subs alongside Alan Shearer and Duncan
Ferguson in the SJP mackem monsoon game of August 1999.
Aside from six league meetings in the 1890s, Newcastle's only meeting with
Crewe came back in season's 1991/92 League Cup competition.
A eventful away leg saw the Railwaymen race into an early 3-0 lead, before
Andy Hunt and a hat trick from Gavin Peacock gave us a 4-3 advantage by full
time.
Steve Howey then netted the only goal of a forgettable second leg in front of
less than 10K fans on Tyneside.
More familiar foes at league level, Millwall's last Toon trip came in December
1992, when a David Kelly penalty salvaged a point in a 1-1 draw with the Lions
in what was to be our promotion season.
Millwall had won @ SJP in the previous two seasons, registering another 1-1 in
the final home fixture of our 1988/89 relegation campaign.
We've never beaten the South London side in a cup competition, succumbing 0-2
to them on Tyneside in the 1977/78 League Cup and going down 2-1 at Cold Blow
Lane in an FA Cup Fourth Round tie back in January 1957.
We have no former players in the Lions lineup - but a certain D.Wise managed
them between 2003 and 2005, having joined them as a player in 2002.
FA Cup Fourth Round:
Liverpool v Everton
Manchester United v Tottenham
Hull or Newcastle v Millwall or Crewe
Sunderland v Blackburn
Hartlepool v West Ham
Leyton Orient or Sheffield United v Charlton or Norwich
Cardiff v Arsenal
Portsmouth or Bristol City v Histon or Swansea
Chelsea or Southend v Ipswich
Cheltenham or Doncaster v Aston Villa
West Brom or Peterborough v QPR or Burnley
Torquay v Coventry
Kettering v Fulham
Watford v Leicester or Crystal Palace
Derby v Nottingham Forest
Birmingham or Wolves v Middlesbrough
FAC3:
Tigers untested
in tame tie
Hull
City 0 Newcastle 0
Our first
competitive fixture at the KC Stadium ended goalless, with two below-strength
and average teams serving up an unremarkable FA Cup tie on Saturday.
And for the third successive season, the Magpies are left requiring a home
replay success if they are to advance to the Fourth Round stage of this competition.
There was some small measure of satisfaction for Joe Kinnear in that it
stopped the rot of the last two defeats, and his team have now posted shutouts in four out
of five away games.
However, the home side were left to question the match officials for a second
successive home game, after a 72nd minute header from Michael Turner was
headed onto the goal frame by Damien Duff, before Shay Given grabbed it.
City players appealed as the United 'keeper indicated he'd kept the ball on
the right side of his goal line - while TV replays were inconclusive however,
home fans were more vociferous in complaining than their own
players.
Sebastien Bassong returned from suspension to partner Fabricio Coloccini in
central defence, with Steven Taylor
at right back and Jose Enrique continuing down the left.
After the press coverage of his "despondency" with life at SJP
currently, Given had been warmly applauded by the 2,700 strong away contingent
as he took to the field.
And it was Given who was called into action to pull off a one-handed save to
deny Daniel Cousin on 40 minutes.
United however were forced into a change before half time, as Charles N'Zogbia was forced to leave the field
with a leg injury. Damien Duff switched from right to left with Jonas Gutierrez
arriving from the subs bench.
As expected, Danny Guthrie was repeatedly booed by the home support as a result of the
SJP challenge that broke Craig Fagan's leg last September, also being singled
out for some rough treatment from the City players.
Newcastle's purple change strip got a third airing - after the Coventry League
Cup tie and Fulham Premier fixture - with the visitors shading the early
stages and going close through
Michael Owen's lob and Andy Carroll's shot.
Nicky Butt's first half booking was his fifth of the season, meaning he will serve an
automatic one match
suspension - missing next Saturday's visit of West Ham United.
After the interval Gutierrez was also in Chris Foy's notebook for not
retreating from a free-kick and the Merseyside official then denied Owen an
optimistic penalty shout after 'keeper Duke had bundled him over in the box.
Duff and Gutierrez switched wings, with the Argentinean winger proving our main threat in
closing stages. However he was unable to supply a
killer pass to win the tie for us and continued to shy away from shooting
opportunities.
Both sides rallied belatedly, with Given making another noteworthy stop while
Owen took Butt's knockdown first time but volleyed harmlessly into the away
section.
Full match report to follow.
Team: Given, Coloccini, Bassong, Taylor,
Jose Enrique, Duff, Guthrie, Butt, N'Zogbia (Gutierrez 36), Owen, Carroll.
Subs n/u: Harper, Xisco, Geremi, Kadar, Edgar, LuaLua.
Booked: Butt, Gutierrez.
Hull: Duke, Doyle, Turner, McShane, Ricketts, Fagan (Halmosi 73),
Giannakopoulos, Boateng, Marney, Geovanni, Cousin (King 73).
Subs n/u: Ashbee, France, Zayatte, Warner, Featherstone.
Booked: Giannakopoulos, McShane, Fagan, Geovanni.
Crowd: 20,557, some way below the 25,000 capacity.
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)
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Third Round tie winners get £75K prize money.
Newcastle's Third Round Record - Premier years:
2008/09
Hull City (a) drew 0-0
2007/08
Stoke (a) drew 0-0 (won replay)
2006/07
Birmingham (a) drew 2-2 (lost replay)
2005/06
Mansfield (h) won 1-0
2004/05
Yeading (a) won 2-0
2003/04
Southampton (a) won 3-0
2002/03
Wolves (a) lost 2-3
2001/02
Crystal Palace (h) won 2-0
2000/01
Aston Villa (h) drew 1-1 (lost replay)
1999/00
Spurs (a) drew 1-1 (won replay)
1998/99
Crystal Palace (h) won 2-1
1997/98
Everton (a) won 1-0
1996/97
Charlton (a) drew 1-1 (won replay)
1995/96
Chelsea (a) drew 1-1 (lost replay on pens)
1994/95
Blackburn (h) drew 1-1 (won replay)
1993/94
Coventry (h) won 2-0
Sum
hope:
Creative accountancy
Joe Kinnear's latest utterances
about possible transfer comings & goings have us scratching our heads
slightly:
"I am aware of how much we have bid for players.
"There are certain players I am trying to sell at the moment so a lot will
depend on how much I get back for that. There won’t be any surprise exits.
None of the big boys will go but other players may, with a value of £16m for
three of them."
"It is in Dennis Wise’s quarters at the moment. He is the one wheeling and
dealing, he is the one selling them. We’re trying to get funds back in and he
is aware of the players I want."
Three players worth £16m who aren't any of the "big boys"...?
So if Owen and Given are definitely staying - according to JFK - then we're
struggling to come up with a trio that would bring in £16m, especially with
Xisco's appearances for us and Deportivo meaning he's stuck @ SJP until the
end of the season.
Premier
League:
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Our first league fixture of 2009 sees the
Hammers make the trip to Tyneside for a 3pm kick-off this Saturday.
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NUFC: to follow...Nicky Butt sits this
one out, after receiving an automatic one-game ban following his fifth booking
of the season, incurred at Hull.
Hopes are high though that Charles N'Zogbia will be OK to return after limping
off at the KC Stadium with a dead leg.
Barton, Beye, Gonzalez, Martins, Smith & Viduka remain sidelined, while
news is awaited on the availability - or otherwise - of Ameobi and Cacapa.
WHUFC: to follow...Gianfranco Zola's side began 2009 with a 3-0 home
success in the FA Cup against Barnsley - a game that marked the return of Kieron
Dyer to first team football after a seventeen month absence.
Appearing at SJP would be only his fifth competitive outing for the club he
swapped life on Tyneside for - he's yet to finish on the losing side for
West Ham (3 wins/1 draw).
Dyer is one of a quintet of old boys returning to their former club, along
with Scott Parker, Lee Bowyer, Craig Bellamy and Hammers
assistant boss Steve Clarke.
However that depends upon West Ham holding off the advances of Manchester
City, who have been credited with an interest in signing both Parker and
Bellamy.
Ref: Alan Wiley - second time this Staffordshire-based whistler has
officiated a Toon game this season, following on from the 0-0 draw at the
smoggies.
It will be his first Hammers game of the season.
UK TV: none
Overseas TV: to follow...
Stats:
Having lost 1-3 at the Boleyn Ground in September, this fixture gives West Ham
the chance to do the double over us this season - a feat they last
managed in 1998/99.
This will be our twelfth home game of the season in all competitions
and although Magpies fans have seen just four home wins (plus four losses
and three draws), we haven't yet failed to find the net.
Seventeen goals in all competitions have been scored by eight
Magpies: (Owen 6, Martins 4, Ameobi 1, Barton 1, Duff 1, Edgar 1, N'Zogbia
1 and Xisco 1) plus an own goal.
Of Newcastle's six clean sheets in all competitions this season to
date, only two have come on home soil.
This will be our 300th home Premiership game having so far won 168,
drawn 71 and lost 60, scoring 531 goals and conceding 302 in the process.
Hammers
in Toon - Premier League years:
2007/08:
Won 3-1 Viduka 2, N'Zogbia
2006/07: Drew 2-2 Milner, Solano
2005/06: Drew 0-0
2002/03: Won 4-0 LuaLua 2, Shearer, Solano
2001/02: Won 3-1 Shearer, LuaLua, Robert
2000/01: Won 2-1 Cort, Solano
1999/00: Drew 2-2 Dabizas, Speed
1998/99: Lost 0-3
1997/98: Lost 0-1
1996/97: Drew 1-1 Beardsley
1995/96: Won 3-0 Albert, Asprilla, Ferdinand
1994/95: Won 2-0 Clark, Kitson
1993/94:
Won
2-0 Cole 2
Total record against West Ham:
'keeper update:
Joe: departure
not a Given
Kinnear quotes from Friday's press conference:
"I'm not sure of the facts of what was said, or how it was interpreted, but
what I would say is that Shay Given is contracted to this club until 2011.
"He is our player and he will stay our player. I'm not interested at all (in
letting him go). I want to clear that up.
"He is integral to our team, and the best goalkeeper in the league. As far as
I am concerned he will stay our player.
"He will start tomorrow. This is a distraction, but I will focus on the
football.
"I had a long chat with Shay (today). We had a cup of coffee and had an hour
together.
"He is fine, and he wants to do what is best for this club. He will do the
best he possibly can tomorrow.
"No one has contacted me about Shay Given. As far as the three clubs is
concerned it's all hearsay."
Manchester City are seen as the most likely of the three named clubs (see
below) to make a bid for the Newcastle number one, with Arsene Wenger refuting
suggestions that his Arsenal side were interested, saying that:
"I have high regard for Shay Given as a player, but we do not look for a
goalkeeper."
Lawyer
reveals "despondency":
We're
sh*t - and
Shay's sick of it
Potentially explosive quotes from the
representative of Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given emerged late on
Thursday, proving that it's
not just the fans who look at the state of this club in 2009 with
dismay.
And the statement from Michael Kennedy also confirms recent media reports that
three other named Premier League clubs are looking to sign him this month:
"Shay is very despondent following the very poor performance of the
team against Liverpool last weekend. It was the lowest point of his football
career and a performance that he would not wish to be repeated.
"When he signed a new five-year
contract in 2006 it was on the basis that the club would challenge for major
honours, but on the present evidence all that he can see ahead, with the
turmoil on and off the pitch, is a battle for survival.
"Having served the club loyally for over eleven years, Shay feels
compelled to consider his position in the light of the interest being
expressed in him by Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham."
We've run a feature before transfer windows since 2006, highlighting Given's
regular pleas for action to combat
the recurring issues of squad size and quality.
Now it seems as if he's grown tired of repeating himself and seeing no action
to back up the promises made to
him by the previous administration.
And the events of the previous transfer window are also significant, ending as
it did with some inexplicable signings, equally mystifying failures to bolster
in key areas, a claim that offers had been invited for the whole squad - and
of course the still-to-be-explained demise of Kevin Keegan.
Comparing Kennedy's statement with Joe
Kinnear's latest Given-related quotes below also looks to show a massive
difference between the manager's perception of the situation and the reality
of the SJP dressing room.
JFK on Shay:
"There is no problem there.. He's very happy here, he's very comfortable
at Newcastle United.
"He won't be leaving - he has no
interest in that whatsoever. He loves the football club - he's part of the
city and that suits us because he's a world-class goalkeeper.
"Shay's performance against Liverpool
was brilliant and that got picked up on. But ask the Geordie fans and I think
they already knew how good he is.
They know their football, so to be one of their favourites says it all about
how good he is. He's the best goalkeeper in the Premier League by a
mile."
Following Michael Owen's contract rejection, days after Kinnear's positive
noises, it's another embarrassing contradiction of JFK's media gushings. The
Manager is either badly misjudging his players' feelings or is making a total
hash of the PR game.
Depending on your viewpoint, the statement can be seen either as an attempt to
flush out bids for his services without submitting a transfer request - or an
expression of exasperation from someone as mystified as the rest of us as to
exactly what the **** is going on @ SJP.
Like the departure of Peter Beardsley to Liverpool in 1987, we would struggle
to blame Given if he left. It certainly wouldn't be for the money and any
anger felt would be aimed at the club, rather than the individual.
Putting the sentiment of a player within sight of the all-time appearance
record leaving aside though, Shay's
position is one of the few where we have genuine cover.
The unpalatable reality of our current position may be that he has to be
sacrificed in order to generate funds to plug the gaps in the side he's so
regularly highlighted.
Knowing our past record though, we're far more likely to spunk the lolly away
on another exotic import from the Spanish League that little Dennis thinks is
a top geezer.
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Sat 10.01.09 West Ham United (h)
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Adult tickets from £24.
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Wed 14.01.09 Hull City (h) @ SJP, 7.45pm. FA Cup Third Round Replay.
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General sale from Thu 08.01.09.
Thu 15.01.09 U18s v QPR (a) @ Loftus Road 7pm.
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Sat 17.01.09 U18s v Nottingham
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Sat 17.01.09 Blackburn Rovers (a)
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Sat 24.01.09 U18s v
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Northumberland Senior Cup 2008/09:
Second Round:
03.03.09 Ashington v Bedlington Terriers
07.03.09 Walker Central
v
Newcastle Benfield
Newcastle Blue Star
v Blyth
Spartans
Newcastle Reserves v
Team Northumbria
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On This Day In History |
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7th
January |
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Born
Or Died:
1862 John Auld
born, Cumnock, Scotland. First player to join
United from Sunderland, Oct 1896. (1896-97)
1901 Jimmy Nelson born, Greenock, Scotland. (1930-35)
1917 George Bradley born, Maltby, Yorkshire. (1938-46)
1950 Malcolm Macdonald born, Fulham. (1971-76)
Not universally adored by Toon fans who
are only familiar with his post-playing
career - but an absolute legend in a black
& white shirt (Wembley excepted) |
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 1985 Death of Albert McInroy, 83. (1929-34)
Preston-born goalkeeper who came to the attention of the mackems
while playing local football for Leyland.
He moved from Roker to St.James' in 1929 and was to make the
reverse journey five years later.
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What Else?
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1893 Bolton Wanderers (h)
3-1 (2-1)
Friendly
Reay 2, Thompson
2,000
1899 Everton (h)
2-2 (0-2)
Division One
Aitken, Stevenson
Proudfoot 2
15,000
1905 Derby County (h)
2-0 (2-0)
Division One
Veitch, Gardner
20,000
1911 Oldham Athletic
(h)
3-0 (0-0)
Division One
Shepherd, Stewart, Duncan
20,000
1922 Newport County
(h)
6-0 (1-0)
FA Cup 1st Round
McDonald 2, Harris, Dixon 2, Mooney
28,567
1928 Tottenham Hotspur
(a)
2-5 (0-3)
Division One
McKay, Hudspeth (pen)
Osborne 4, Dimmock
34,710
1933 Liverpool (a)
0-3 (0-1)
Division One
Hodgson 2(1pen), Wright
25,000
Debut for William Gallantree at outside right.
1939 Brentford (a)
2-0 (1-0)
FA Cup 3rd Round
Clifton, Mooney
27,551
Debut for Willie Scott, who had been signed by United
from Aberdeen after he scored five goals in a reserve
match for the Dons.
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1950 Oldham Athletic
(a)
7-2 (3-1)
FA Cup 3rd Round
Milburn 3, Mitchell, Walker 2, og
Spurdle, Haddington
31,706 |
 1956
Sheffield Wednesday (a)
3-1 (0-0)
FA Cup 3rd Round
Curry, Keeble, Milburn
Gibson
48,198
The cup winners began their defence against the Owls
who offered token resistance in the shape of a Don Gibson
effort.
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1961 Fulham (h)
5-0 (3-0)
FA Cup 3rd Round
Neale(19,32,85), Allchurch(29), Woods(49)
36,037 |
1967
The scheduled game at St.James' with Manchester
United was postponed. |
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 1976 Queens Park
Rangers (h)
2-1 (1-0)
FA Cup 3rd Round Replay
Gowling, T.Craig (pen)
Masson
37,225
Third round replay success caught by the Sportsnight
cameras. After Don Masson had equalised for Rangers, a
Tommy Craig penalty took United through. For Gowling, it
was the end of an eleven match goalscoring drought, and he
went on to stick three past Everton in the next league
match.
 1978
Peterborough United (a)
1-1 (1-1)
FA Cup 3rd Round
Hudson
Sargent
17,621
 1989
Watford (h)
0-0 (0-0)
FA Cup 3rd Round
24,217
The start of a four match FA cup marathon, with out of
form Mirandinha demoted to sub.
1991 Forty-eight
hours after his FA Cup baptism, it was back to FA Youth
Cup action for Steve Watson. Unfortunately, United lost
2-1 to West Bromwich Albion, watched by their first team
manager Brian Talbot. It didn't do him much good though,
being informed of his dismissal at half time...
 1996
Chelsea (a)
1-1
(0-1)
FA Cup 3rd Round
Ferdinand(90)
Hughes(35)
25,151
Les Ferdinand conjured up a 93rd minute equaliser to
force a replay after Mark Hughes had put the Blues ahead.
Live TV showed the travelling fans exchanging pleasantries
with Ken Bates and others in the Directors Box as the
final whistle blew. Hughes went through his full
repertoire of shirt and hair pulling, diving and kicking
before finally being deservedly booked.
1998 Liverpool (h)
0-2aet 0-0 (0-0)
League Cup Quarter Final
Owen(95), Fowler(103)
33,207
Two extra-time goals scuppered any hopes of making the
last four.
 2001
Aston Villa (h)
1-1 (0-0)
FA Cup Third Round
Solano(80)
Stone(55)
37,862
Geordie, Steve Stone, put the visitors in front before
Nobby Solano equalised with ten minutes to go. Andy
Griffin did another effective marking job on Ginola, the
former being booked, the latter being substituted....
NUFC.com
match report
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Leeds United (h)
1-0 (1-0)
Premiership
Shearer(4)
52,130
A fourth minute Alan
Shearer strike at the Leazes end was enough to give
Newcastle their first Premiership win in four games and reclaim 6th
position in the table.
By the time referee Phil Dowd blew for half time, Leeds
could have had no complaints if they'd been four goals down and
reduced to ten men after a Shearer effort and two from Dyer went
the wrong side of Robinson's post and the 'keeper was fortunate
to escape after seemingly bundling over Dyer when he was clean
through.
However, on a blustery Tyneside evening, the Magpies failed to
build on their early advantage and were almost made to pay after
the visitors staged a late rally following the introduction of
rumoured Toon target Michael Bridges from the bench.
NUFC.com
match report
2006 Mansfield Town (h)
1-0 (0-0)
FA Cup Third Round
Shearer(80)
41,459
Alan Shearer kept his last trophy
dream alive by firing in a late winner against Division Two side Mansfield, as Newcastle squeezed into the
Fourth Round of the FA Cup to
give underfire Graeme Souness some respite. And, of course, the goal took Al to the
magic 200 league and cup goals, equalling Jackie Milburn's
49-year-old record, securing our 100th home FA Cup victory in the
process.
NUFC.com match report
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