2025/26:
Bee littled

Brentford  3  Newcastle  1

For the second successive Sunday, Newcastle and their fans endured a fruitless trip to London; taking the lead before suffering further capital punishment as they imploded.

Ahead thanks to a smart finish from Harvey Barnes in the 28th minute, United made it to half time with that lead intact before things went awry at the Gtech Stadium - although they were forced into an early change when Joelinton once again pulled up with a leg injury.

An uninspiring home side levelled eleven minutes from the restart when Nick Pope made attempted to punch Michael Kayode's throw-in from the right away. Sven Botman beat him to the ball but headed it across goal to Kevin Schade, who simply nodded it over Dan Burn and into the net.

That gave Brentford fresh hope and almost immediately Dango Ouattara went to ground in the United area with Burn in proximity - only for referee Stuart Attwell to caution the home player for simulation before a VAR check confirmed the defender's innocence.

The blue-clad Magpies didn't escape a second penalty shout on 73 minutes however, Burn this time adjudged to have impeded Ouattara and dismissed for a second booking.

That was a sadly logical conclusion after the Bees sought to target the left back following his initial caution; the arrival of Lewis Hall to take up that position once United had been reduced to ten men a case of too little, too late.

Before the kick was taken, the visitors made a quartet of substitutions including that of Aaron Ramsdale for Pope, a legacy of an earlier incident when the visiting custodian fell heavily under challenge and required lengthy treatment.

Ramsdale's first action as Newcastle player in the Premier League was to retrieve the ball from his net as Igor Thiago sent him the wrong way from 12 yards.

The ten men tried to up the tempo and add to what was a meagre output of goal attempts up until that point; Hall's low centre tailor-made for Anthony Elanga to end his goal famine, only for the substitute to miss getting a touch.

More self-inflicted misery gifted the Bees a clinching third goal halfway into 11 minutes of time added on - Malick Thiaw sliding in to nick the ball from Reiss Nelson, only for Botman to fatally hesitate and Thiago appear before ushering the ball past Ramsdale from 12 yards.

That prompted choruses of "Wissa, Wissa what's the score" from joyous home followers, as the away end rapidly emptied before the final whistle for the second successive Sunday.

Eddie Howe's side occupy 14th place in the table, just two points off the relegation zone, and although the manager correctly claimed that this was a superior display to last Sunday at West Ham, the records show two 1-3 losses at the hands of uninspiring opponents in what is a poor league.

Deficiencies in his squad continue to dog him - the absence of messrs Gordon and Osula adding to that of Livramento and Wissa - but sympathy for him was in short supply today after what looked like a series of self-inflicted problems.

An unwillingness to rotate his squad in areas where options exist seems to betray a lack of confidence in some players - whoever thought Joelinton was capable of starting three games in eight days needs to get their lenses checked....

In Woltemade meanwhile they have a player leading the line who is never in remote danger of straying offside - one excursion into the box here today seeing him provide an assist for the Barnes goal, but other than that, barely providing even nuisance value to opponents.

Quite when actual learning and development on the training pitch can actually happen is difficult to pinpoint: a hectic schedule means that it's play, rest and repeat at present - with the added distraction of international breaks.

The struggles of Liverpool and a certain striker may be mirthsome, but our current reality isn't much different - both paying the price for disjointed pre-season preparations.

Full match report to follow.

Team: Pope (Ramsdale 77), Trippier, Botman, Thiaw, Burn, Joelinton (Ramsey 24), Guimaraes (L.Miley 90+6), Tonali (Willock 77), J.Murphy (Elanga 77), Barnes (Hall 77), Woltemade.
Subs n/u: Krafth, Lascelles, Schar.

The replacement of Nick Pope due to a concussion injury allowed United to make a later, sixth substitution.

Booked: Burn, Trippier.

Sent off: Burn 73 (second yellow)

Goal: Barnes 28.

BFC: Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Hickey (Henry 70), Yarmolyuk (Janelt 84), Henderson, Ouattara (Nelson 90+2), Damsgaard (Jensen 84), Schade, Thiago.
Subs n/u: Valdimarsson, Lewis-Potter, Onyeka, Pinnock, Carvalho.

Booked: Outtara, Kayodae.

Goals: Schade 56, Thiago 78pen, 90+6.

Crowd: 17,207 including a sold out away section of 1,800 disgruntled fans.

Eddie Howe said:

"There is no excuse for it. It is a disappointing performance and result, and we have to take that on the chin.

"We defended their throws and set-pieces well in the first half, and then it went from bad to worse with the penalty, and then we never really recovered.

"The analysis will take place and it is going to be a long international break. We need to find a solution to the away form and we need to stick together.

"We still feel the love and support of the supporters. This group has got the character to come back.

"My initial feeling after that game today is different to West Ham (another 1-3 defeat the previous Sunday).

"I thought the players were there, I thought they were present, I thought they gave everything to the game physically, but I think it was clear, if you watch Newcastle regularly, we were lacking in confidence today.

"There were a lot of technical mistakes, which is really unlike us, especially in the middle of the pitch where we're usually really fluent. And that contributed then to putting us under pressure.

"I think it's really important today that I support the players and we know we're good players. We know we've got a really good team, but we just need to stay grouped together in this difficult period.

"We knew the start of the season would potentially be slightly choppy for us as we entered into a transitional period with the team, but there are no excuses for us.

"We take full accountability for what we are delivering and only we can change it.

"We haven't done our jobs and we feel we have let everybody down. When you do that, when you make mistakes, it's not intentional from anyone.

"All you can do is hold your hands up and go: 'Right, let's try and fix it.' That's what we are going to try and do.

"I think we need to be very calm, but we need to be measured and we need to be reflective. If there is a reshuffle, it needs to be done in the right way.

"It needs to be done with analysis and then detailed thoughts as to how the team's going to go forward. I'm not adverse to that. We're never going to do the same thing continually.

"My message is that we know it's not good enough and I take full responsibility for that. And the work to putting that right starts now.

"That's all that I can do in this moment.”

On Nick Woltemade:

"I don't think it's just on Nick. I think he's had a great start to his career here. I think we haven't helped him be as effective as he can be, especially today.

"I thought it was a difficult game for him. Difficult in the respect that he's the only fit centre-forward we have. So, again, more pressure and more weight on his shoulders."

Referee: Stuart Attwell - first appearance in charge of a game involving United for the Warwickshire whistler since last February's Premier League defeat at Liverpool.

VAR: Paul Tierney.

Stats:

Newcastle are winless in their last nine Premier League away games, matching their barren run spanning the opening nine games of the 2021/22 season.

Their worst sequence on the road previous to that was in failing to win any of their closing 11 games in 2015/16 - plus the first one of their next top-flight season, 2017/18.

The first dismissal of Dan Burn's Newcastle career was the club's second of the season, following Anthony Gordon's red card in the 2-3 home defeat by Liverpool back in August.

Burn is the first Magpie to be sent off in a Premier League away game since Ryan Fraser at Sheffield United back in January 2021.

Harvey Barnes scored his 15th Premier League goal for Newcastle, one ahead of both Loic Remy and current colleague Joe Willock. Drawing level with Andy Carroll, the next target for Barnes is the 17 goals of Yohan Cabaye.

Barnes has now scored in all three visits to this venue with Newcastle, all of those goals coming in the first half when the Magpies were attacking the West Stand. He also netted for Leicester City at Brentford in the 2022/23 season.

Aaron Ramsdale made his Premier League bow for United, becoming the 274th player to have represented the club in that competition to date.

Newcastle last lost successive PL away games by more than one goal in February 2025: 0-4 and Manchester City and then 0-2 at Liverpool.

Magpies @ Bees - all-time:

2025/26 lost 1-3 (PL) Barnes
2024/25 lost 2-4 (PL) Isak, Barnes
2023/24 won 4-2 (PL) Barnes, J.Murphy, Isak, Bruno
2022/23 won 2-1 (PL) og(Raya), Isak
2021/22 won 2-0 (PL) Joelinton, Willock
2020/21 lost 0-1 (LC)
2016/17 won 2-1 (Ch) Gayle, Murphy
1992/93 won 2-1 (D1) Kelly, G.Peacock
1947/48 lost 0-1 (D2)
1938/39 won 2-0 (FA) Clifton, Mooney
1934/35 lost 0-3 (D2)

Latest PL results:

Newcastle U21s  3  Burnley U21s  2

Saturday also saw Newcastle and Burnley in action at PL2 level, striker Sean Neave's second goal of the afternoon earning his side their first home win of the campaign.

The fixture was staged at United's Little Benton academy, rather than the usual venue of nearby Whitley Park. The Magpies included goalkeeper Max Thompson and full back Alex Murphy following Champions League bench duty.

There was also an outing for full back Harrison Ashby and a appearance of the season for attacker Ben Parkinson after recovering from injury. 

Following a quiet opening to the contest, Sean Neave's shot from the edge of the area clipped the top of the Clarets' crossbar in the tenth minute.

Neave then put United ahead ten minutes before the break; fouled in the box for a penalty and sending Oisin Cooney the wrong way from 12 yards.

Thompson then preserved that lead either side of half time; getting down well to save a deflected effort from Joe Bevan on 43 minutes and pulling off an even better stop to deny Vernon Masara when he was clean through after 51 minutes.

The Newcastle custodian was powerless to prevent Burnley from levelling on 58 minutes however - a speculative shot from Bevan looking to be going wide before it took a deflection off Cathal Heffernan and found the net.

Burnley then took the lead just five minutes later, when a corner kick from the left wing was nodded down by Hannes Delcroix for Jesse Williams to net from close range.

Back came the black and whites though and good work by midfielder Anthony Munda gave substitute Joe Brayson an opportunity to turn and shoot into the corner of the net with 11 minutes of normal time remaining.

Neave then struck in the second minute of added time; registering his ninth U21 goal this season in all competitions when latching on to a right wing cross from Alfie Harrison and finishing well.

Team: M.Thompson, Ashby (Shahar 46), A.Murphy, Heffernan, Pivas, Bailey, Al.Harrison, Munda, Parkinson (Brayson 46), Neave (McArthur 90+3), Charlton (Park 63).
Sub n/u: J.Taylor.

BFC: Cooney, Campbell, Pimlott, Williams, Ashton, Delcroix, Clark (Veevers 76), Brierley (Leuluai 80), Bevan (Wetshi 69), Masara, Pouani (Johnson 76).
Sub n/u: Chester.

Booked: Johnson

Referee: Dale Baines

Crowd: tbc

Thanks to GW

Competition:
Photo record: final ones

Having sold out the original run, a limited reprint of the Seen.By Carabao Cup special has now been produced.

Seen.by is a softback publication covering the work of a group of regional photographers. Issue 2 covered the events of March 16th 2025 capturing scenes at Covent Garden, Wembley and Tyneside, plus the subsequent parade.

Cost is £15 (overseas postage rates available on request) available online here and we have copies to give away.

To stand a chance of winning, email your answer to the following question to [email protected] by 11am on Saturday 15th November. Subject line of Photos. 

Whose record as the last then-current Magpie to score a goal for the club at Wembley was ended by Dan Burn's memorable header in the Carabao Cup Final?

No age limit, open to anyone on the planet. Delivery only to UK addresses. One entry each please per person.

Internationals:
More glory for Rory

Newcastle midfielder Rory Finneran is the club's only representative at the U17 World Cup Finals in Qatar, captaining Ireland once again as they won their second group stage fixture on Saturday.

A 2-1 success over Uzbekistan followed a 4-1 victory on Wednesday, leaving the boys in green top of Group J ahead of Tuesday's third and final tie against Paraguay in Doha.

Joe White (Leyton Orient)
Appearing for the reserve side in midweek as he continues his comeback from injury, the midfielder played no part in Orient's 1-4 loss at Wycombe Wanderers in League One on Saturday.

Matt Targett (Middlesbrough):
A 60 minute shift for the defender as Boro won 2-1 at home to Birmingham City in the Championship on Saturday.

Aidan Harris (Coleraine):
It finished honours even at Windsor Park in the Irish Premiership on Saturday night as Coleraine drew 1-1 with Linfield. Goalkeeper Aidan played the full game.

Tyler Jones (Ashington):
A difficult afternoon for the goalkeeper on Saturday, part of the Colliers side beaten 0-5 at Pontefract Colleries in Northern Premier League East.

Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville):
The goalkeeper completed the entirety of a 1-0 home win over Real Osasuna in La Liga on Saturday.

Antonio Cordero (KVC Westerlo):
The Spanish youngster wasn't in the squad on Saturday as Westerlo lost 0-2 at Charleroi in the Belgian Pro League.

Travis Hernes (Groningen)
Sunday brought a 0-2 loss at NEC Nijmegen in the Eredivisie, with the midfielder once again nowhere to be seen.

Trevan Sanusi (Lorient):
It ended 1-1 at home to Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Sunday, but Sanusi wasn't involved.

Champions League:
Burn's Bonfire
Night sparkler!

Newcastle  2  Athletic Club  0

To be in with a chance of winning the trio, we asked who the most recent German-born player before Woltemade to appear in the Premier League for Newcastle was.

Incorrect answers included Dietmar Hamann, Joselu, Loris Karius and Odysseas Vlachodimos but it was Dusseldorfer Malick Thiaw we were after, preceding big Nick by three weeks when debuting against Liverpool back in August.

The winning entry came from Michael Burn.

U19 Youth League:
Basques prevail

Newcastle U19s  2  Athletic Club U19s  3
 

The latest off-field departure from Gallowgate is now confirmed as Chief Commercial Officer Peter Silverstone, placed on immediate gardening leave after declaring his intention to take up an unspecified post overseas*.

*reported to be at Serie A club Juventus.

Silverstone arrived at the club in October 2022 having fulfilled a similar role with Arsenal.

Newcastle's Carabao Cup Quarter Final tie against Fulham will be played at St. James' Park on Wednesday December 17th at 8.15pm. Ticket sale details are awaited.

The tie will be live on both Sky Sports and ITV1.

Quarter Finals:

Tue 16.12.2025 Cardiff City v Chelsea (8pm)
Wed 17.12.2025 Manchester City v Brentford (7.30pm)
Wed 17.12.2025 Newcastle v Fulham (8.15pm)
Tue 23.12.2025 Arsenal v Crystal Palace (8pm)

The tie comes between a Sunday visit to the mackems and a home game against Chelsea the following Saturday. 

U21s:
EFL Trophy interest over

A 3-1 victory for Huddersfield Town over Mansfield Town on Tuesday night ended any hopes that Newcastle U21s had of progressing in this season's EFL Trophy with a game left.

United's second string were relying on Mansfield avoiding defeat to have any chance of a top two finish by winning away at Harrogate Town on Tuesday week.

However three points for the Terriers confirmed their own qualification and also that of Harrogate, rendering next week's final fixture meaningless in the process.

Premier League:
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