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Compo:
NUFC sock giveaway
Tyneside-based Football Bobbles
are offering three pair bundles of three NUFC socks at a special
price, with eight different designs to choose from.
Find them online
here with orders shipping in time for Father's Day on Sunday
week (21st).
We have one bundle to give away in another free-to-enter competition and to
stand a chance of winning it, simply require you to answer the following question:
A unique pairing in black and white, whose testimonial saw Kevin
Keegan and Kenny Dalglish on the SJP pitch in 1999?
Email that to [email protected]
with subject Socks
Closing date is 7pm on Monday June 15th. No age limit, open to
anyone on the planet. Delivery only to UK addresses. One entry each please
per
person.
Update:
Club reveal
season ticket waiting list response
Following the closure of the NUFC season ticket waiting list, almost
50,000 individuals have taken up the opportunity to be in with a
chance of owning the 250 places available.
Those who registered to join the waiting list should have
received emails confirming their place in the queue, with future
membership purchases required to remain eligible.
Update:
Magpies
near Jaouen deal
U pdate:
It's claimed by several outlets that Jaouen travelled to Newcastle on
Monday ahead of Tuesday's medical.
Earlier: Media reports in France suggest that
United have reached agreement with Ligue 2 side Reims to sign
their goalkeeper, Ewen Jaouen.
The 20 year-old Parisian is a French U21 international and made 34
appearances last season as Reims finished sixth, two points shy of a
promotion playoff spot.
A four year contract at a cost of between £15m and £24m depending on
which journalist you believe is speculated upon, but as
yet, neither club have commented on the story.
Update:
Colin Veitch book
offer
We have fresh stocks of Keith Colvin Smith's fine hardback biography of
Magpies
legend Colin Veitch available now for just £10
+delivery* (originally published at £35).
To
reserve copies, email
[email protected] confirming your postcode. Deliveries will
arrive in time for Fathers Day.
* due to book size & weight, only UK delivery is possible.
Update:
Ashley:
twist
in the (re)tail?
From Sky News - from shouting at shops to buying them?
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group is weighing up a £500m bid for the Metrocentre in Gateshead, underlining the retail tycoon's burgeoning
appetite to own some of Britain’s most popular shopping
destinations.
Sky News has learnt that Frasers is among the parties considering
making offers for the north-east’s biggest shopping centre, which
boasted 16 million visitors last year.
Once part of Intu, the retail property group which collapsed into
administration in 2020 after amassing £4.5bn in debt, the
Metrocentre remains the UK’s biggest regional shopping hub outside
London.
Majority-owned by Mr Ashley but now run by his son-in-law,
Michael Murray, the company - which owns Sports Direct and a broad
portfolio of other retail brands - has a market valuation of £3.3bn.
If Frasers did buy the Metrocentre, it would mark a return on a
greater scale to the region where Mr Ashley had a 14-year stint as
the owner of Newcastle United.
Frasers Group declined to comment.
National service:
Internationals
Yoane Wissa (DR Congo):
Tue 09.06.2026 Chile (n) Orleans FR
Wed 03.06.2026 Denmark (n) drew 0-0 FR
The forward played 87 minutes in Liege, making his first start in
any game since his previous DRC appearance, in March.
Rory Finneran (Ireland U21s):
Tue 09.06.2026 Qatar U23s (n) Vrbovec FR
Sat 06.06.6026 Croatia U21s (a) drew 2-2 FR
Fresh from his senior Irish bow, the Newcastle midfielder won his
first U21 cap with a starting spot in Vrbovec.
Rory was replaced on 60 minutes, with the score 1-1.
Dan Burn, Tino Livramento (England):
Wed 10.06.2026 Costa Rica (n) Orlando FR
Sat 06.06.2026 New Zealand (n) won 1-0 FR
Both Magpies began on the bench in Tampa, arriving for the second
half as England changed all 11 players. Alongside them were a trio
of ex-black and whiters, in the shape of Elliot Anderson, Anthony
Gordon and Ivan Toney.
SJP old boy Chris Wood started for the Kiwis.
Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece):
Sun 07.06.2026 Italy (h) lost 0-1 FR
Vlach returned to the starting line-up in Heraklion.
Thu 04.06.2026 Sweden (a) drew 2-2 FR
The goalkeeper was an unused substitute in Stockholm.
William Osula (Denmark):
Sun 07.06.2026 Ukraine (h) won 2-1 FR
Osula made his first senior start for Denmark on the right of a
front three. He was still on the field in Odense when the game was
abandoned on 65 minutes due to his colleague Christian Eriksen
collapsing. He thankfully recovered.
Wed 03.06.2026 DR Congo (n) drew 0-0 FR
The Newcastle forward appeared at half time in Liege for his senior
international debut. Osula becomes the first current Magpie to play
for Denmark since Peter Lovenkrands.
Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil):
Sat 06.06.2026 Egypt (n) won 2-1 FR
The United man was in the starting XI in Cleveland and took just
seven minutes to net his third international goal, dispossessing a
defender before firing home from the edge of the area.
Bruno was subbed at half-time with the scores level and Endrick
got Brazil's winner early in the second half.
Sun 31.05.2026 Panama (h) won 6-2 FR
The Newcastle midfielder was in the starting line-up and made way at
half-time for Lucas Paqueta at Rio's Maracana stadium. The score was
2-1 to Brazil at that point.
Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade (Germany):
Sat 06.06.2026 USA (a) won 2-1 FR
The Toon duo were named among the replacements in Chicago and didn't
get called into action.
Sun 31.05.2026 Finland (h) won 4-0 FR
Woltemade arrived as a 73rd minute replacement when the scoring was
over in Mainz while Thiaw remained unused.
Alex Murphy (Ireland):
Sat 06.06.2026 Canada (a) drew 1-1 FR
Another unused substitute role for the Newcastle defender, as
Ireland drew with a World Cup host nation in Montreal.
Thu 28.05.2026 Qatar (h) won 1-0 FR
Alex remained on the bench in Dublin, having made the senior squad
for the first time.
Anthony Elanga (Sweden):
Thu 04.06.2026 Greece (h) drew 2-2 FR
The Newcastle man arrived from the bench in the 63rd minute, with
the score 1-1 in Stockholm.
A collision with an opposition player saw Elanga briefly
hospitalised post-match but he quickly returned to confirm his
fitness when speaking to journalists.
Mon 01.06.2026 Norway (a) lost 1-3 FR
Elanga was in the starting line-up for the game in Oslo, replaced at
the interval when his side trailed 0-3.
Unlikely lads:
Dyer tribe
Following the installation of Lee Clark at Hartlepool United and Rob
Elliot at Carlisle United, a third National League club have turned
to a former Magpie as their manager.
That club is Southend United, who have confirmed that Kieron Dyer
will take charge of first team affairs at Roots Hall next season. He
most recently coached at fellow National League side Chesterfield.
Compo:
Gerry & Sewell
giveaway
winner
Returning to
Newcastle's Theatre Royal this week is "Gerry & Sewell", a tale of two
Toon fans searching for their holy grail of season tickets, despite being
totally skint....
Based on Jonathan Tulloch's book "The Season Ticket" and
previously filmed as "Purely Belter", seven performances take
place from Tuesday June 9th to
Saturday June 13th, with matinees on both the Thursday and
Saturday.
Tickets are on sale
here
We had
two tickets to give away for opening night on June 9th and asked
which Blaydon building hosted Blaydon Races lyricist Geordie
Ridley's show on that day in 1862.
It was the Mechanics' Hall and from the correct entries received,
two tickets will go to Paul Ross.
Update:
I got stripes
Launched on Wednesday (June 10th) in the UK, some
overseas Mags have already found Newcastle United's 2026/27 home
shirt out in the wild.
The new design has drawn comparisons with the Umbro "barcode"
shirt from the early 1990s.
Update:
Magpies miss out
Newcastle's hopes of signing Zadok
Yohanna have been dashed after Brighton and Hove Albion
confirmed they had agreed a deal for AIK's 18 year-old Nigerian
winger.
The Magpies were reported* to have matched the Swedish club's £21.8m
valuation for the player along with Brighton in recent days - but
Saturday saw Fabian Hurzeler's side announce his capture on a five
year contract.
* it's disputed by other outlets whether a bid for Yohanna actually
materialised from SJP.
Update:
Staying, going etc.
Squad updates:
Contracts extended (2):
Mark Gillespie (to 2027)
Fabian Schar (to 2027)
Senior players released (5):
Emil Krafth, Kieran Trippier, John
Ruddy, Matt Targett,
Max Thompson.
Senior player loan expired (1):
Aaron Ramsdale (returned to Southampton)
Senior player sold (1):
Anthony Gordon (Barcelona)
Development squad players released (7):
Joe Brayson, Thomas Bryant, Adam Harrison, Alfie Harrison,
Darren
Palmer, James Taylor, Ciaran Thompson.
(Goalkeeper Will Anderson has also confirmed his departure)
Development squad player
sold (1):
Travis Hernes (Groningen)
2026/27:
Everton (n) confirmed
Newcastle are to visit Edinburgh's Murrayfield
Stadium as part of their pre-season programme, facing
Everton.
The Magpies and Toffees meet on
Wednesday August 12th at 5.15pm with all ticket sales via Ticketmaster.
As NUFC aren't selling tickets direct, there's no loyalty point
requirement and no point will be issued to attendees.
Prices ranged from
£35 to £75 for adults plus booking fees of up to £13 - an
incredible uplift in cost compared to the £25 tickets at Celtic last
July.
While outrageous, the pricing is little shock to anyone attending
the Premier League Summer Series of games featuring Newcastle in the
USA during 2023.
That was also handled by Ticketmaster, with the cheapest ticket for
United's games against Aston Villa (in Philadelphia) and Chelsea (in
Atlanta) £49 when including booking fees.
There has been an inevitable backlash from fans unhappy at paying
the equivalent of Champions League ticket prices, the line "from
£35" factually correct but grossly misleading.
Although not administering this game (but presumably approving the
ticket prices), Newcastle's opportunity to make amends will arise in
the form of the home friendlies.
A sensible pricing policy for those games would seem like a small
but necessary action after the Lothian shakedown.
The teatime kick-off does mean that it's possible to get back to
London Kings Cross via train post-match - which may be handy, given
the price of hotels in Edinburgh due to the annual Fringe Festival
taking place at the same time.
We're uncertain whether this really is a "dry run" to test the
viability of staging future NUFC games at Murrayfield, were SJP to
be unavailable due to reconstruction.
Regarding the rest of pre-season, the players will report back
around
July 13th and include a training camp in the Spanish resort of La Manga.
A pair of home friendlies over the weekend of August 15th/16th are
anticipated, with Serie A side AS Roma and French League Strasbourg
among rumoured opponents.
Update:
World Cup fixtures
When and where for our lot in the USA:
Find
Coral's WC betting markets
online here
Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil,
Group C):
Sat 13.06.2026 Morocco (New Jersey, USA) 11pm bbc
Sat 20.06.2026 Haiti (Philadelphia, USA) 1.30am itv
Wed 24.06.2026 Scotland (Miami, USA) 11pm bbc
Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade (Germany, Group E):
Sun 14.06.2026 Curacao (Houston, USA) 6pm itv
Sat 20.06.2026 Ivory Coast (Toronto, Canada) 9pm itv
Thu 25.06.2026 Ecuador (New Jersey, USA) 9pm bbc
Anthony Elanga
(Sweden, Group F):
Mon 15.06.2026 Tunisia (Monterrey, Mexico) 3am itv
Sat 20.06.2026 Netherlands (Houston, USA) 6pm bbc
Fri 26.06.2026 Japan (Dallas, USA) 12am bbc
Yoane
Wissa (DR Congo, Group K):
Fri 17.06.2026 Portugal (Houston, USA) 6pm bbc
Wed 24.06.2026 Colombia (Guadalajara, Mexico) 3am itv
Sun 28.06.2026 Uzbekistan (Atlanta, USA)
12.30am bbc
Dan Burn, Tino Livramento (England, Group L):
Wed 17.06.2026 Croatia (Dallas, USA) 9pm itv
Tue 23.06.2026 Ghana (Boston, USA) 9pm bbc
Sat 27.06.2026 Panama (New Jersey, USA) 10pm itv
PS: former Magpies off to the USA include:
Miguel Almiron (Paraguay)
Elliot Anderson (England)
Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria)
Bradley Cross (South Africa)
Anthony Gordon (England)
Grant Hanley (Scotland)
Alexander Isak (Sweden)
Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo)
Mikel Merino (Spain)
Ivan Toney (England)
Chris Wood (New Zealand)
Unlikely lads:
Comings and goings
Update: confirmation awaited of the following:
Allan Saint-Maximin to Charlotte FC
SJP old boys on the move recently include:
Dan Barlaser left Boro
Rafa Benitez left Panathinaikos (Manager)
Adam Campbell left Hartlepool United
John Carver left Lechia Gdansk (Manager
Ian Cathro left Estoril (Head Coach)
Ian Cathro now St.Etienne (Head Coach)
Lee Clark left Rotherham United (Manager)
Lee Clark now Hartlepool United (Manager)
Luuk de Jong left Porto
Kieron Dyer now Southend United (Manager)
Rob Elliot left Gateshead (Manager)
Rob Elliot now Carlisle United (Manager)
Isaac Hayden left QPR
Chris Hogg now Northampton Town (Manager)
Jamaal Lascelles left Leicester City
Jamal Lewis left Preston North End
Kevin Mbabu left Midtjylland
Steve McClaren now Rotherham United (Head of Football)
James Milner left Brighton & Hove Albion
Michael O'Neill left Blackburn Rovers (Manager)
Scott Parker left Burnley (Manager)
Matt Ritchie left Reading
Matt Ritchie now Bournemouth (Technical Director)
Callum Roberts left Scunthorpe United
Callum Roberts now Notts County
Allan Saint-Maximin left RC Lens
Josh Scott now West Auckland Town
Islam Slimani left Cluj
Dylan Stephenson left Dagenham & Redbridge
James Tavernier left Rangers
Kieran Trippier now Wolves
Dan Ward left South Shields
Georginio Wijnaldum left Al-Ettifaq
Latest:
KK/KD
updates
Kevin
Keegan has confirmed that he's suffering from stage four
stomach cancer, but responding well to treatment.
Kenny Dalglish has confirmed
an unspecified cancer diagnosis, reporting that his
treatment is going well.
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Season 2025/26 |
NUFC ticketing website online
here
NUFC Box Office:
0344 372 1892 line manned:
Monday
to Friday: 10am to 5pm
Home games: 10am to 30 minutes from KO
Away games: Three hours from KO until KO
Milburn Stand Box Office manned:
Wednesdays only: 10am to 5pm
Home games: 10am to half time
2026/27 ST prices
here
PL
home ST limits:
ST left unused, limit is 5
ST sold/transferred limit is 10
SJP seating plan online
here
Home ticket transfers are possible from three weeks until one hour
before KO.
Away ticket
transfers are possible between 72 hours and five hours before KO (times
may vary). A maximum of two are permitted per season (PL only).
More info online
here
and
here
ST holders have 24
hours to apply for away tickets, 24 hours to determine success, then 48 hours to
buy.
Success is based on the loyalty point total calculated from applications
received. Any applications from ST holders with less points are entered into a
ballot, which will have taken place before tickets go on sale.
Regardless of the loyalty point level a game sells out at, to purchase a
ticket you must have applied in the initial 24 hour window.
The initial purchase window is divided into two sections determined by a loyalty
point division that alters for each game - those successful applicants above
that point division usually get two hours head start.
NB: emails from NUFC confirming success may arrive after the purchase
window opens - if you think you qualify due to your points total, log
on and complete your purchase.
Tickets not bought by successful applicants are then offered to unsuccessful applicants with a
reduced loyalty points total - new applications cannot be made at this time.
Only those within the new loyalty point total are
eligible to buy - even if you had more, your purchase window has already
closed.
PL away ticket prices will remain unchanged at £30 for both 2026/27 and
2027/28.
Fixtures:
Wed
10.06.2026 home kit launch @ 8am.
Mon
15.06.2026
Transfer window opens @ Midnight.
Fri 19.06.2026
PL fixture release @ 10am.
Wed 12.08.2026 Everton (n) @ Murrayfield Stadium, 5.15pm. Friendly.
Ticket sales via Ticketmaster, not NUFC.
Sat 22.08.2026
Premier League begins.
Tue 01.09.2026 Transfer window closes @ 11pm.
Fri 01.01.2027
Transfer window opens @ Midnight.
Mon 01.02.2027 Transfer window closes @ 11pm.
Sun 30.05.2027
Premier League ends.
Carabao Cup:
(NUFC enter in Round 2 regionalised into Northern and Southern
sections. The draw takes place after Round 1 ties, played from Fri 07.08.2026 to
Sun 09.08.2026).
Round dates tbc
FA Cup:
(NUFC enter in Round 3: draw takes place on or around Sun 06.12.2026).
R3: Sat 09.01.2027
R4: Sat 13.02.2027
R5: Sat 06.03.2027
QF: Sat 03.04.2027
SF: Sat 24.04.2027
F: Sat 22.05.2027
FA Youth Cup:
NUFC U18s enter in Round 3, ties be played on or before Sat
12.12.2026.
Other events @ SJP:
Euro 2028:
Four group stage games
and one last 16 tie will be played at SJP on the following dates:
Mon 12.06.2028
Thu 15.06.2028
Sat 17.06.2028
Tue 20.06.2028
Sun 25.06.2028
(Kick-off times will be advised in 2027)
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National Service |
2025/26:
11.06.2026-19.07.2026 World Cup Finals
2026/27:
21.09-09.10.2026*
09.11-17.11.2026
22.03-30.03.2027
* the early September break is replaced by an extended late
September/early October in which four internationals will be
staged.
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What's this all about then?
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for a rambling explanation of sorts....
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On This Day in History |
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9th June |
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Born Or Died:
1948 John Bird born, Rossington, Doncaster. (1975-80)
Central
defender who was with local league side Doncaster United when neighbours
Rovers - managed by Lawrie McMenemy - came calling in 1967.
Joining Preston North End four years later, Bird's move to Newcastle caused
PNE boss Bobby Charlton to resign in disgust, although the part-exchange deal
did bring Alex Bruce to Deepdale - a future Lillywhites cult hero.
Debuting in a 0-4 defeat to Manchester City at Maine Road in August 1975, John
missed out on the League Cup Final defeat to the Sky Blues the following
February.
Injuries and inconsistency saw him in and out of the starting XI for five
seasons, before a free transfer took him to Hartlepool United ahead of the
1980/81 campaign.
Bird remained at the Victoria Ground after retiring, serving as both coach and
manager, later taking charge at York City and Halifax - with a coaching return
to Donny in between.
Exiting from the Shay in 1996, John focused on his painting career and ran a
successful art gallery in Bawtry near Doncaster.
His landscape work was commissioned by English
Heritage and the National Trust and some of
his work hung at St. James' Park.
1970 Andy
Hunt born, Thurrock, Essex.
(1991-93)
Striker who
was brought up in Norfolk and began his career with village side Ashill.
Three trial appearances as substitute for Norwich City reserves failed to lead
to a contract offer from the Canaries, but Hunt was spotted and signed up by
Kings Lynn - keeping his day job as a pensions administrator for Norwich
Union.
1990 saw him move up to Conference level when he joined Kettering Town, where
his displays attracted the attention of scouts from both Everton and
Newcastle.
Magpies boss Jim Smith watched Hunt in a midweek game at Slough before
agreeing that he was worth a £150K bid - which was accepted by the Poppies in
January 1991.
Introduced initially at reserve level and finding the net against Nottingham
Forest's second string, Andy's league debut came from the bench at Watford in
March 1991.
His first touch proved to be a memorable one, setting fellow striker Mick
Quinn away to score the winner in a 2-1 success.
Hunt's first senior strike came in a 2-2 home draw with Oxford United a month
later, by which time he had a new manager - World Cup winner Ossie Ardiles.
The following season saw Andy get a run in the side and shoulder the scoring
burden after a serious injury to Mick Quinn.
Kevin Keegan's arrival though saw Hunt lose out to David Kelly and Gavin
Peacock (plus the fit-again Quinn), omitted from the squad for a successful
relegation fight and failing to earn a recall despite then scoring seven goals
in four reserve games.
A year on and with his only senior action for KK coming in two Anglo Italian
Cup ties, Hunt was made available for loan in March 1993.
A reunion with Ardiles - by now at West Bromwich Albion - followed and that
soon bore fruit, with a seven minute hat trick on his home debut.
Scoring in the Division Two playoff final victory over Port Vale at Wembley
then paved the way for a permanent £100k move.
Hunt made over 200 appearances for the Baggies before joining Charlton
Athletic on a free transfer in 1998.
However, he was forced to retire prematurely in 2001; unable to train properly
and playing with what was later diagnosed as post-viral fatigue syndrome.
Relocating to Belize, the climate aided Andy's recovery to such an extent that
he rejoined Charlton in late 2003 and made a playing comeback for their
reserve team.
That was partially successful, but Hunt opted to return to Belize, running the
Green Dragon Adventure Travel Centre.
Hunt has said about his time on Tyneside:
"I have very fond memories of Newcastle. I left home
to set up a new life there, started a career as a footballer, was introduced
regretfully to the nightlife of the Big Market (my head hurts thinking about
that place), froze my #$%* off practicing at the old Training Ground (the name
eludes me).
"Of all the places to put a training ground, the top of a hill was not
one of them. We get hurricane season here in Belize, but Newcastle used to
have ice cold wind season for what felt like most of the year.
"Add the rain to this and you get a lot of unhappy faces trudging out
onto the practice field every morning. Which brings me back to the hardcore
fans.
"I still remember seeing the fans walking down the streets before and
after the game, wearing little more than their short sleeved replica shirts
protecting them from the biting wind.
"Newcastle was my initiation into the world as an independent person,
away from friends and family, a place where my career started and where the
generous Geordie spirit and infectious sense of humour always made me laugh.
"They really are the definition of the phrase 'Sleeping Giant'."
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What Else?
1862 We went to
Blaydon Races....
A version of the song
lyrics is here.
1965 Days after his initial two season
deal expired, Joe Harvey agreed a new five year contract to manage Newcastle;
The Magpies boss commented:
"All I can say now is that I am very thrilled to be managing
Newcastle in Division One and I cannot speak too highly of the services given by
coach Jimmy Greenhalgh, the rest of the training and treatment staffs and of
course a grand set of players and loyal club men.
"In addition the board have backed us all to the hilt and we all applaud
the best supporters in the country."
1972 Javanan (Iran) (a)
1-1 (1-1)
Friendly
Tudor(30)
scorer tbc(11)
Crowd tbc
The Far East tour concluded in Iran after stops in Thailand and Hong Kong,
with this game staged in the capital, Tehran.
1979 Kevin Keegan was at number
31 in the UK Pop Charts with a ditty entitled "Head Over Heels in
Love" and lost classic 'B' side "Move On Down".
The nation then suffered further punishment
when KK appeared on the BBC's "Little and Large Show" for some
witty badinage with the hosts before miming to his tune.
HoH... was
originally composed for pint-sized rocker Suzi Quattro
by ex-Smokie members, Chris
Norman & Pete Spencer. It stayed in the charts for six weeks.
Norman & Spencer went on to
write "This Time (We'll Get it Right)" - the Official England
World Cup song for Spain '82.
"HoH" was KK's second single, a belated follow up to 1972's lost
classic "Do I know you" / "It ain't easy".
2000 Peter Lovenkrands spurned SJP for Ibrox as the transfer saga ended with
the Dane joining Rangers.
2005 Transfer rumours had
Andy O'Brien joining Portsmouth, Darren Ambrose off to Charlton and Steve Harper
switching to Celtic.
Alleged arrivals
included Chelsea midfielder Scott Parker and Blackburn Rovers 'keeper Brad Friedel - the latter on United's books over a decade earlier but unable to
secure a work permit.
2005 Aston Villa boss David
O'Leary couldn't hide his glee at news that his midfielder Nobby Solano was
retiring from international football.
Little did he know that he wouldn't get the benefit of the decision as Solano
would return to Tyneside a few months later.
2007 Mike Ashley (in the
guise of St. James' Holdings Limited) was homing in on the magical 75%
shareholding in the club, a statement released by the Shepherd camp
suggesting the battle had been lost:
"The time since Newcastle's flotation
in 1997 has seen a radical transformation in the club and its fortunes, with the
club now being one of the 20 wealthiest clubs in Europe with one of the finest
stadiums in European football, a Premier League participant and a regular
participant in European UEFA competitions with a fantastic fan base.
"The offer from SJHL is at a level
which fully reflects both the performance of Newcastle and its prospects and
ambitions for the future.
"The board believes that SJHL and Mike
Ashley will be excellent custodians of Newcastle United's heritage and will
provide the best possible opportunity for the club to flourish in the future, to
the benefit of the company and its fans."
A city source close to the
deal asserted that Freddy Shepherd would remain in post as chairman, but
this subsequently proved to be no more than a brief stay of execution.
2008 Confirmation
appeared on the official Lazio website that they had reached agreement with
Newcastle for the permanent transfer of David Rozehnal.
The 27 year-old defender, who cost £2.9m when arriving from Paris Saint-Germain
in June 2007, had been on loan to the Serie A side since the January transfer
window.
2009 From
The Chronicle:
A Far Eastern group has officially declared an interest in taking over
Newcastle United.
The news comes a day after Toon owner Mike
Ashley put the club up for sale for £100m and invited people to e-mail in with
bids.
The Singapore-based organisation has
already said it intends to keep Alan Shearer on as manager if the move is
successful.
Later editions contained confirmation that the
potential bidders were the Profitable Group.
However, the "interest" proved to be kite-flying and yet another
organisation after what seemed to be a bit of cheap publicity.
2012 United's Tim
Krul watched from the bench as Netherlands lost 0-1 to Denmark on the second day
of Euro 2012.
2014 Jack Colback became the first senior player
to move from wear to Tyne (and play competitively, unlike Lionel Perez) since Paul Bracewell in 1992.
The midfielder joined on a free transfer having allowed his contract on wearside
to expire.
2015
Ahead
of the expected announcement of Steve McClaren as Newcastle Manager, the
departure of coaches John Carver and Steve Stone from SJP was reported.
2018 The
second night of Ed Sheeran's
trio of live gigs at SJP saw another 50,000
sellout crowd in attendance. Support came from with from Anne-Marie and Jamie
Lawson.
2020
Middlesbrough (h)
3-2 (0-2)
Friendly
Muto(1-2),
Almiron(2-2),
Joelinton(3-2)
Saville(0-1),
Assombalonga(0-2)
BCD
Preparations for restarting the COVID-blighted 2019/20 season continued
against second tier Boro at Darsley Park.
Neil Warnock's side were 2-0 up at half time before Yoshinori Muto, Miguel
Almiron and Joelinton turned the game around.
NUFC.com match report
2023 The first of two sold-out shows at SJP saw
North Shields native Sam Fender headline, supported by Inhaler, Holly Humberstone and Hector Gannet.
2025 Newcastle's Garang Kuol netted for Australia
U23s with an effort from fully 40 yards out against
South Korea in Yongin.
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