1904 Preston North End (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P9, 10pts, 7th/18 
Wilson(65)
13,000

1910 Bury (a)
1-1 (0-1)
Division One
P10, 10pts, 8th/20 
Shepherd(49) 
Hibbert(38)
14,986

1921 Preston North End (h)
3-1 (2-1)
Division One
P12, 16pts, 4th/22 
Curry(19), McDonald(29,82) 
Woodhouse(12)
40,000
Only six of the Newcastle side beaten 0-2 at Deepdale the previous Saturday kept their places for a rather more enjoyable return meeting with PNE on Tyneside.

1927 Aston Villa (a)
0-3 (0-1)
Division One
P12, 16pts, 2nd/22 
Dorrell(20), Walker(84), og(Spencer)(89)
50,000 
United arrived at Villa Park with Stan Seymour, Roddie MacKenzie and Willie Gibson all unavailable, while Bob McKay and Hughie Gallacher were absent due to international selection by Scotland. 

Monte Wilkinson made his debut at centre forward in place of Gallacher.

1932 Sheffield Wednesday (a)
0-2 (0-1)
Division One
P11, 14pts, 9th/22 
Rimmer(24), Ball(66)
9,496
Wednesday's Jack Ball also missed a spot-kick ten minutes from time.

1938 Bradford Park Avenue (h)
1-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P13, 16pts, 2nd/22 
Cairns(88) 
40,000
Visiting goalkeeper Chick Farr kept United at bay for most of the match, but couldn't prevent Billy Cairns netting with a late header from Tom Mooney's centre.

1949 Arsenal (h)
0-3 (0-1)
Division One
P14, 13pts, 14th/22 
Roper(9,62,69)
54,670
Despite being without the injured Jackie Milburn, the Magpies dominated much of the game, but could find no way past centre half Ray Daniel, who helped keep out a dozen corners.

Despite playing on the left wing rather than his regular centre forward spot, Don Roper netted a hat trick for the Gunners.

Roper found himself out of position again against Newcastle in 1952 - deputising in defence during the FA Cup Final, when Wally Barnes was unable to continue.

1953 24 hours after Alan Monkhouse completed his move from Millwall, United acquired inside right Ivor Broadis from Manchester City.

1955 Aston Villa (a) 
0-3 (0-1)
Division One
P14, 12pts, 16th/22 
Dixon(1), Crowe(48), Lockhart(78)
26,851
Opening the scoring for Villa after just 30 seconds was Hebburn-born inside forward Johnny Dixon, who had begun his playing career with Spennymoor United before becoming a Villan in 1944.

1956 Reading (a)
3-2 (1-0)
Friendly 
Curry(1-0), Eastham(65), White(85)
Dixon(2-1), Reeves(87pen) 
7,023
Two days after playing out a 1-1 draw at Charlton, United provided the opposition to the Royals in the last of a short series of midweek matches to christen the recently-installed Elm Park floodlights.

The Division Three (South) hosts made a game of it, scoring through Tommy Dixon and a penalty from Ray Reeves.

Team: Simpson, Keith, McMichael, Keery, Paterson, Casey, White, Eastham, Curry, Davies, Mitchell. 

1960 Tottenham Hotspur 
(h) 3-4 (2-1)
Division One
P15, 11pts, 17th/22 
White(33,36), Hughes(62)
Norman(35), White(50), Jones(58), Smith(85)
51,369
En route to doing the Double, Spurs scored four goals on their travels for the third successive time as they made it 14 games unbeaten.

Len White's two solo strikes put United ahead before Maurice Norman headed in a corner to reduce the arrears before half time.

John White levelled before Cliff Jones made it 2-3 despite claims he was offside. Gordon Hughes saw his cross missed by goalkeeper Bill Brown for 3-3, but Bobby Smith had the last word, finishing Les Allen's centre. 

1966 Sunderland (h)
0-3 (0-2)
Division One
P14, 10pts, 20th/22 
Mulhall(7), Martin(41),
O'Hare(80)
57,643 
Following a 0-6 pasting the previous Saturday at Blackpool, Newcastle saw their run of seven home league derby games without defeat emphatically ended. 

There was a not-so-mighty debut for Wyn Davies following his arrival from Bolton Wanderers, but better was to come....

1977 Everton (a)
4-4 (2-1)
Division One
P13, 5pts, 22nd/22 
T.Craig(11), Gowling(43,77), Cassidy(57) 
Pejic(6), Latchford(55,70), Lyons(82)
37,574
Ex-Magpies boss Gordon Lee saw his Toffees side come from behind three times to earn a point at Goodison Park.

Behind to an early effort from Mike Pejic, Tommy Craig volleyed past fellow Scot George Wood before Alan Gowling put United ahead.

The two sides then traded goals, Tommy Cassidy and then Gowling again giving the visitors the lead only for Mike Lyons and Bob Latchford (twice) to peg them back.   

1983 Manchester City (h)
5-0 (2-0)
Division Two
P12, 26pts, 2nd/22 
Beardsley(8,60,78), Keegan(38), Waddle(88)
33,675 
Peter Beardsley became the first Newcastle player to hit a home treble since Alan Gowling in 1976, as "United ran riot" according to the Football Pink.

Despite conceding five goals, City's man of the match was goalkeeper Alex Williams - whose heroics kept the score down.
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1983 The Magpie Club on Barrack Road closed with debts of over £200,000.

1988 Nottingham Forest (h) 0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P10, 8pts, 18th/20 
Chapman(64)
24,765 
The match programme for this game had a blank space next to the job title "team manager", with Willie McFaul having walked the plank three weeks earlier.

Coach Colin Suggett was in caretaker charge for a fourth game, but unable to follow up a midweek home beating of the smoggies with three points against Clough & Co.  

1991 Peterborough United (a) 0-1 (0-0)
League Cup 3rd Round 
Charlery(85)
10,382 
Having crept past Fourth Division Crewe Alexandra in the second round, Ossie Ardiles saw his Division Two Magpies eliminated by third tier opposition at London Road.

The only goal of a forgettable tie came as a replay looked odds-on - ex-Newcastle defender Peter Johnson crossing for Ken Charlery to head past Tommy Wright.

This was to be the solitary first team appearance of striker Justin Fashanu, who failed to make any impact in his 20 minute outing from the substitute's bench.

His misery was complete when the visiting dressing room was broken into and ransacked while the game was in progress - Fashanu losing £500 in cash and other players robbed of money and jewellery.

1994 Manchester United (a) 0-2 (0-1)
Premier League
P12, 29pts, 1st/22 
Pallister(11), Gillespie(77)
43,795 
Newcastle's unbeaten start to the season in both league and cup finally came to an end at the eighteenth time of asking.

Gary Pallister headed home a Ryan Giggs free kick awarded by referee Joe Worrall for Steve Watson's clean challenge on Paul Ince.

And a spirited Newcastle display was finally quashed late on by a fine effort from Keith Gillespie - catching the eye once again as he faced his future employers.

Magpies striker Andy Cole missed what would the first of four league games with shin splints, with Paul Kitson also absent following the midweek League Cup meeting between these two sides.

"We were like toothless tigers... there were too many square pegs in round holes" bemoaned Kevin Keegan afterwards.

10,000 fans watched on big screens at SJP, while those at Old Trafford without one of the 1,200 away tickets were confronted by Manc touts charging (and getting) up to £150 per ticket. 
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1995 Tottenham Hotspur (a) 1-1 (0-1)
Premier League
P11, 28pts, 1st/20 
Ginola(47)
Armstrong(21)
32,279 
Newcastle's run of eight consecutive wins in all competitions ended in a well-contested Sunday clash on TV.

Geordie Chris Armstrong put Spurs ahead, only for David Ginola to level early in the second half with a well-struck shot.

Fellow future Cockerel Les Ferdinand came agonisingly close to becoming the first United  player to score in nine consecutive matches, but his late effort was blocked on the line.
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1996 Ferencvaros (Hungary) (h) 4-0 (1-0)
(6-3 on aggregate)
UEFA Cup 2nd Round
2nd Leg 
Asprilla(42,58), Ginola(65)  Ferdinand(90),
35,740
Trailing 2-3 after the first leg and without Alan Shearer, United were given the opportunity to equalise when Tino Asprilla was hauled over the box after 23 minutes.

Peter Beardsley stepped up to send the visiting goalkeeper the wrong way at the Leazes End, only for his penalty to strike a post and deflect out for a goal kick.

Asprilla did net from close range before the break though and the hosts then swept the Magyars aside in the second period.

David Ginola's effort was the pick of the goals; controlling the ball with one foot, knocking it up and sending a scorching volley into the Gallowgate goal with the other.

"That is our best display yet; it was tremendous and I know it was a great advertisement for English football" enthused Kevin Keegan.
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2002 Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) (h) 2-1 (0-0)
Champions League Group Match 5
Speed(58), Shearer(69pen)
Shatskikh(47)
40,185
The Ukrainians were beaten despite the absence of United's central defensive pairing of Titus Bramble and Andy O'Brien through injury.

The winner came when Alan Shearer was held in the box and the fourth official (who replaced the injured referee at half time), awarded a fairly soft penalty.

Al scored to take the fight for qualification to the final set of matches, United away to Feyenoord and Juventus in Kiev.

As Bobby Robson said: "...if Juventus play their best team and play to win and do win, then we have a big chance.

"But I can't predict results - if I could, I would be a rich man, not a football manager."
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2003 West Bromwich Albion (h) 1-2aet 1-1 (0-1) 
Carling Cup 3rd Round
Robert(65)
og(Ameobi)(29), Hughes(101)
46,932
Despite almost total domination from United, Gary Megson's Baggies advanced via a Lee Hughes goal in extra time - just minutes after Alan Shearer came off the bench. 
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2007 A classic game of two halves for the reserve side at St. James' Park - the Alnwick variety, not the Gallowgate one.

Northern Alliance Premier Division Town made it through to half time with this Northumberland Senior Cup tie still 0-0.

However, James Troisi broke the deadlock on 53 minutes and United scored six times more in the next half hour for a 7-0 win.
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2014 Manchester City (a)
2-0 (1-0)
Capital One Cup 4th Round
Aarons(6), Sissoko(75)
40,752
Newcastle broke their Etihad hoodoo at the eleventh time of asking with an unexpected but thoroughly merited win.

Ryan Taylor claimed an assist for the opener on his first senior appearance for over two years, later making a fine goal line clearance and playing as if his life depended on it.

United should have been awarded a penalty with the score at 1-0 when Gabriel Obertan was felled by Aleksandar Kolarov who would have been red-carded but rotten referee Stuart Attwell waved away the appeals.

Obertan's shot was disallowed, Paul Dummett had a volley cleared off the line, Fabricio Coloccini hit his own post and Rob Elliot made some vital stops. What a night.
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2015 Defender Mike Williamson joined Championship side Wolves on a month's loan.

2016 Preston North End (a)
2-1 (0-0)
Championship
P15, 34pts, 1st/24
Mitrovic(59,71)
og(Lascelles)(90)
20,724
United cemented their place at the top of the Championship with a sixth consecutive league win, thanks to Aleksandar Mitrovic's second brace in a week. 

Mitro's double ensured back-to-back wins over PNE but it was a very different performance to the 6-0 stroll against the Lilywhites in the League Cup.
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2021 United's U23 coach Elliott Dickman was at Whitley Park as his new side twice took the lead against Norwich City, but were unable to hold on to the three points. It ended 2-2, Jay Turner-Cooke and Jack Young on target.
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2022 Aston Villa (h)
4-0 (1-0)
Premier League
P13, 24pts, 4th/20
Wilson(45+6,56), Joelinton(59), Almiron(67)
52,233
A game of two halves, but Villa played no active part in either of them. Instead, a trio of sizeable breaks in play for visiting players to get medical attention resulted in 10 minutes of time added to the opening period, during which United regained their scoring touch.

That continued after the break as Callum Wilson, Joelinton and Miggy Almiron all netted and the goal frame also took a battering.
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2023 Newcastle U21s made it seven games unbeaten in all competitions with a 1-0 victory over Everton at Little Benton.

Amadou Diallo's penalty conversion in the second minute of first half added time proved decisive.
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2024 Newcastle U21s ended their group stage games in the EFL Trophy with a 0-3 loss at Mansfield Town ending hopes of progression to the last 32.
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2025 Tottenham Hotspur (h) 2-0 (1-0)
Carabao Cup 4th Round
Schar(24), Woltemade(50)
51,216
Goals from Fabian Schar and Nick Woltemade propelled United into the last eight of the Carabao Cup and a home tie against Fulham as Spurs were twice caught napping at Gallowgate.

Sandro Tonali shaped to take a corner but the flag kick was delayed while Djed Spence fiddled with his bootlaces, the visiting defender belatedly trotting into the area as the ball came over from the right and was headed straight into the Leazes End net by Schar.

An outraged Richarlison led prolonged protests that his side weren't ready, but referee Chris Kavanagh was unmoved and the goal stood - the Spurs striker lucky to only be booked for manhandling the referee and knocking Joe Willock to the ground.

Joe Willock capped an encouraging display when pinging in a centre that Woltemade reached ahead of dawdling goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky and nodded into the net.
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