1903 Liverpool (a)
0-3 (0-3)
Division One
P24, 19pts, 15th/18 
Raybould(10,20), Raisbeck(25)
15,000 
The only senior appearance of Bob Benson and debut for Bobby Templeton, a famed Scottish dribbler, at outside left.

Reds scorers were Sam Raybould and Alex Raisbeck, the Liverpool Echo's account of the opener referring to a defensive lapse so great that it came amid "the laughter of the crowd."

1908 Grimsby Town (h)
5-1 (3-0)
FA Cup 4th Round 
Gardner(5), Appleyard(9pen,41,82),
og(Vincett)(68)
Kilbourne(53)
44,788
United enjoyed home advantage for the fifth time in the FA Cup, holding a commanding half time lead with the wind in their favour.

The Gallowgate pitch was heavily sanded after heavy rain in the days before the game left patches of standing water. 

1925 Preston North End (h)
3-1 (1-0)
Division One
P34, 41pts, 3rd/22 
Cowan(34), Low(67), Harris(90) 
Woodhouse(75)
20,000
The Athletic News report of the second goal:

"...when the simplest goal imaginable came to the unmarked Low, who was playing in the place of Urwin. Low, with a smile on his face, stood still and gently tapped the ball past Prout amid the laughter of the spectators."

PNE were left rooted to the foot of the table.

1931 Leeds United (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Division One
P32, 30pts, 13th/22 
Turnbull(15pen)
10,000
Beaten 1-4 at Leeds in the FA Cup six weeks earlier, Newcastle fared little better as the hosts won in the league for the first time in 1931. 

Reporting for the Evening Chronicle, former Magpie Colin Veitch deemed the frozen pitch at Elland Road, "treacherous in the extreme" and "a skating rink".

1936 Doncaster Rovers (a)
2-2 (1-1)
Division Two
P29, 30pts, 12th/22 
Pearson(32), J. Smith(70) 
Burton(21,60)
14,245
Following a 2-1 victory on Tyneside the previous November, United paid their first-ever competitive visit to Belle Vue in the return and were indebted to a fine display by custodian Norman Tapken. 

Trailing 1-2, the Magpies scraped a point when Rovers goalkeeper Jock Imrie misjudged a cross and Jack Smith headed home. The hosts were down to ten men at the time, defender Vic Dodsworth off the field for treatment.

1953 Charlton Athletic (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P32, 28pts, 15th/22 
33,222
Injury deprived Newcastle of both Jackie Milburn and George Robledo, but Bobby Mitchell did return for this Valley visit.

Charlton's South African-born forward Eddie Firmani had the ball in the net twice only to be denied by offside flags, also striking the United crossbar and seeing another goalbound effort unwittingly deflected wide by a colleague.   

1956 Cardiff City (a)
1-1 (1-1)
Division One
P33, 36pts, 3rd/22 
Curry(40) 
Baker(4)
32,000
United visited Ninian Park for a 4.30pm start on a Wednesday afternoon in pre-floodlight days.

A solid display with future Bluebirds boss Jimmy Scoular yielded a point for the Magpies, who were without the services of Alf McMichael after he was injured during the previous weekend's FA Cup defeat to Sunderland.

1959 Preston North End (h)
1-2 (0-1)
Division One
P31, 29pts, 12th/22 
White(70) 
og(Whitehead)(13),
Alston(68), 
31,962
The visitors ended a seven game winless run despite fielding a much-changed side due to injury and illness.

North End's margin of victory could have been even larger; Jimmy Scoular and Alf McMichael both making vital goal line clearances.  

1962 Middlesbrough (a)
0-3 (0-2)
Division Two
P32, 26pts, 15th/22 
Orritt(16,59), Harris(20)
21,296 
Jimmy Fell debuted at Ayresome Park in place of Liam Tuohy, but he and his new colleagues failed to prevent a winless streak reaching four games. 

Both clubs were left just two points above the drop zone, The Journal labelling United's display as "disheartened drabness."

1963 Bradford City (a)
6-1 (2-1)
FA Cup 3rd Round 
Hughes(10,70), Thomas(38), Hilley(75), McGarry(80,85) 
Kelly(35)
13,605
There was a spectacular return to first team action for Gordon Hughes, netting just 10 minutes into his first game since December 1961.

Postponed on January 5th due to the weather, this tie was eventually, staged over two months later on the twelfth different date to have been set.

1964 Northampton Town (a) 2-2 (1-1)
Division Two
P32, 36pts, 6th/22 
Cummings(36), Suddick(48) 
Hunt(40), Leck(68)
11,440 
A draw at the County ground with the Cobblers left United in sixth spot, but their promotion push soon began to falter and they finished eighth.

Magpies goalkeeper Gordon Marshall attempted to cope with the snow-covered County Ground pitch by appearing in tracksuit bottoms, but was forced to discard them by the referee as their maroon colour resembled Northampton's shirts.

1981 West Ham United (a) 0-1 (0-1)
Division Two
P32, 31pts, 14th/22 
Cross(2)
26,274 
An early David Cross effort preserved the Hammers 16 game winning streak at home and left them 20 points ahead of us, topping Division Two.

1987 Aston Villa (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Division One
P29, 25pts, 22nd/22 
Cunningham(9), Beardsley(59) 
Daley(44)
21,224
With both sides at the wrong end of the table and United without a win in nine league games, this was a massive victory.

Ahead through Tony Cunningham and then pegged back by Tony Daley, Peter Beardsley rattled a fine effort past Nigel Spink from the edge of the Gallowgate area to win it.
Youtube footage is online here

1990 Hull City (h)
2-0 (1-0)
Division Two
P32, 53pts, 4th/24 
McGhee 41,74pen
20,684
A third home win in eight days propelled Jim Smith's side up into fourth spot, thanks to Mark McGhee's 19th and 20th goals of the season. 
Youtube footage is online here

1992 Brighton and Hove Albion (h)
0-1 (0-0)
Division Two
P35, 36pts, 21st/24
Gall(78)
24,597
Our mini-revival under Kevin Keegan stuttered badly, as a team soon to lose their ground and come close to dropping out of the Football League won at a depressed SJP thanks to a soft Mark Gall goal.
Youtube footage is online here

1999 Everton (h)
4-1 (1-0)
FA Cup 6th Round
Ketsbaia(21,73), Georgiadis(61), Shearer(81)
Unsworth(57)
36,584
Prolonged rain left the SJP pitch sodden but an early inspection gave the OK to play, with Silvio Maric making his debut. 

A brace from Georgian loon Temuri Ketsbaia helped United to avenge their Goodison exit at the same stage of the competition four seasons earlier.

The Toffees briefly drew level after the break but United built up a head of steam attacking the Gallowgate end and deservedly won.

History records that Greek flop George Georgiadis scored, but he knew very little about it: a weak poke in the vague vicinity of the goal somehow ending up in it via Toffee Marco Materazzi. 
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2006 ex-Magpie Craig Bellamy was arrested in connection with an alleged assault on a woman in a Cardiff city centre nightclub.

The Blackburn Rovers striker was released on bail after being questioned about an incident at the Number 10 club in February.

2009 The U18s lost their 12-game unbeaten run, beaten 0-3 by Leeds United at Darsley Park.

2013 Anzhi Makhachkala (Russia) (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Europa League Round of 16, 1st Leg
9,948
Birthday boy, Hatem Ben Arfa almost made a scoring return as United went close to a vital win on plastic in arctic conditions.

He tried to chip Vladimir Gabulov, midway through the second half but the Anzhi 'keeper stood tall and easily saved, as United spurned their best chance of an away goal.

Due to ongoing civil upheaval in the Dagestan region of Russia, the tie was switched 1,200 miles to Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.
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2015 Papiss Cisse was banned for seven of the remaining ten games after accepting an FA charge of spitting.

Manchester United's Jonny Evans was given a six game suspension after denying a similar charge arising from the same incident at SJP; Cisse's extra game was due to an earlier ban for elbowing Everton's Seamus Coleman.

2017 Reading (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Championship
P36, 77pts, 1st/24
23,121
Following wins at promotion rivals Brighton and Huddersfield, a hat-trick of away successes eluded United, a remarkable week ending in an unremarkable stalemate at the Madejski Stadium.

Both sides hit the woodwork as Matt Ritchie struck a post before half-time, while Garath McCleary clipped the bar in injury time as Newcastle made it 11 games without defeat and edged a point closer to promotion.
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2018 The U23s reached the last four of the Premier League International Cup after an epic 120 minutes at the stadium of plight, followed by a penalty shootout.

Ahead through Curtis Good, United were seconds away from losing 1-2 when a Callum Roberts free kick forced extra time.

Roberts then missed a spot-kick in the first period before the penalty shootout ended 11-10 to United.
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2020 Southampton (a)
1-0 (0-0)
Premier League
P29, 35pts, 13th/20
Saint-Maximin(79)
Djenepo(28-violent conduct)
30,096
Allan Saint-Maximin ended United's prolonged goal drought and secured three valuable points with a rare win in Hampshire.

He poked the ball past Alex McCarthy following a defensive blunder for our first Premier League goal in 439 minutes.

Saints were reduced to ten men midway through the first half when Moussa Djenepo saw red for a bad challenge on Isaac Hayden and Matt Ritchie had a penalty saved just before half-time.

We didn't know at the time, but this was to be the last game before the COVID pandemic caused a shutdown of the league until June.
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2021 West Bromwich Albion (a) 0-0 (0-0)
Premier League
P27, 27pts, 16th/20
BCD
Both sides fired blanks in this High Noon shootout at The Hawthorns - an outcome that all but sealed relegation for Sam Allardyce's Albion, while Steve Bruce's Magpies inched up one place. 

However, a shock win at Anfield for Fulham saw United end the day just a point above the relegation zone.
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2025 The U21 side continued their pursuit of a PL2 play-off spot, scoring a goal in each half to beat Middlesbrough 2-1 at Bishop Auckland's Heritage Park.

A Sean Neave penalty and a Ben Parkinson strike just after half-time secured the win.
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