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Premier League:
Still unbeaten

Newcastle  2  Bournemouth  2

Goals from Harvey Barnes and Jacob Ramsey saw United recover from a 0-2 deficit to take a point at Gallowgate on Saturday lunchtime, extending Mattias Jaissle's unbeaten start as Magpies boss to four league and cup games.

The Newcastle manager cut an increasingly frustrated figure at pitchside; exasperated with his side's wayward passing and some eccentric refereeing decisions that ultimately ended with bookings for him and one of his staff.

Marcus Tavernier had netted twice at SJP last season and took just nine minutes to repeat the feat, reacting before Amar Dedic to convert when Alex Scott's shot flicked off the unsuspecting Nico Gonzalez and into the six yard box.

That move had begun with what looked to be a clear foul on Anthony Elanga just on halfway and home fans and players were still berating referee Robert Jones two minutes later, when Sven Botman's error allowed Evanilson sight of goal.

The Brazilian fired over the crossbar, but the danger wasn't heeded and Tavernier wasted a great shooting position in the 26th minute with a weak shot at Lukas Hornicek. 

The goalkeeper was scrambling across his line soon after when a deflected shot from Justin Kluivert - who bagged a hat-trick here in 2025 - struck Botman and went wide.

A second Cherries goal arrived in farcical circumstances: Kluivert hitting the post with a shot from distance and the ball rebounding off the head of the prone Hornicek towards Alex Scott lurking on the left side of the six yard box.

He sent it back across goal in the direction of Evanilson, only for the ball to spin up off Malick Thiaw's heel, sending it over his 'keeper and under the crossbar.

At that stage, Newcastle's fifth successive failure to take maximum points from Bournemouth on Tyneside loomed large, but almost immediately Lewis Hall's fine ball down the left released Barnes and he turned infield to elude Tyler Adams before looping home an unstoppable effort.

That at least gave the home side something tangible to show for a half when they'd looked vulnerable in defence, exposed in midfield and sluggish in attack.

Thoughts that United would build from the back ebbed away as Bournemouth's press highlighted shortcomings in both passing and ball retention - neither strong or accurate enough to achieve the desired fluid movement forward.

There may well be reported punishment under this regime for negative passes in training, but our grand plans presumably don't include getting tied up in knots towards the edge of our own box and resorting to aimless hoofs upfield.

The distribution of Hornicek is at least more predictable than his predecessor - quite what we'd have seen today had Pope got off the bench is anyone's guess....

The visiting players were first out after the interval, with Newcastle emerging unchanged but with the entire bench having left the field for the half-time team talk.

Within seven minutes the black and whites came close to levelling, after Yoane Wissa's brilliant run from his own half ended with a right wing centre headed on by Elanga at the near post and Willock glancing his header just wide.

That forward threat wasn't sustained though and it wasn't until debutant Matias Fernandez-Pardo and Jacob Murphy appeared that the Magpies threatened in the final third.

United's Belgian new boy looked both nippy and nimble, soon joining in with the growing frustration around the ground at the referee's inability to discern between fouls and dives by Bournemouth players - which continually disrupted play.

An equaliser did appear after Dedic's deep cross from the right was nodded back across goal by Botman and down by Thiaw for Barnes to blast a first-time shot into a defender.

While he appealed for a handball, the loose ball ran into the path of Ramsey who steered home a low shot from 15 yards out in the Gallowgate net.  

The whistle sounded after the bare minimum of six minutes - despite numerous stoppages in time added on - leaving the Cherries winless this season and the Magpies unbeaten.

Neither of those outcomes seemed likely in the opening stages, but for all United's unsettling lack of control for lengthy periods of time, they managed to avoid losing. 

As Jaissle said before a ball was kicked, what is a season of adaptation requires patience as players develop a collective identity and style. Today was as much of an example of that as last week's victory at Spurs - a work in progress.

Team: Hornicek, Dedic, Botman, Thiaw, Hall (Livramento 90), Gonzalez (Steur 77), L.Miley (Ramsey 63), Elanga (J.Murphy 78), Willock (Fernandez-Pardo 71), Barne, Wissa.
Subs n/u: Pope, Schar, Bamba, Toure.

Injury to Ewen Jaouen saw Nick Pope named on the bench, while Bazoumana Toure was stripped and ready to come on when United levelled - the goal and an injury to Lewis Hall seeing Livramento appear instead as our final substitute.

Goals: Barnes 37, Ramsey 88

Booked: Elanga, Wissa, (Jaissle), (coach tbc)

AFCB: Petrovic, Smith, Truffert, Hill, Antonio Silva, Adams (Cook 76), Scott (Christie 90+6), Rayan (Gannon-Doak 89), Kluivert (Brooks 76), Tavernier (Jebbison 89), Evanilson.
Subs n/u: Di Gregorio, Diakite, Soler, Juanlu Sanchez.

Goals: Tavernier 9, og(Thiaw) 35

Booked: Kluivert, Truffert, A.Smith

Crowd: 52,643 including 1,159 away fans.

That's another new PL record home attendance for Newcastle, 13 more than saw last months' draw with Liverpool here.

Spotted in the crowd were former Magpies Michael Bridges, Kevin Nolan and Matt Ritchie - the former pair on punditry and the latter now Bournemouth's Director of Football.

Referee: Robert Jones - the Merseyside-based official handled four of Newcastle's PL games last season: a 0-0 draw at Bournemouth, 1-3 loss at West Ham, 3-1 win at Burnley and 0-2 defeat at Fulham.

By the end of this game, the continued outrage of the home crowd over his decisions had become self-fulfilling; each debatable call prompting an outcry that encouraged Jones into more stupidity, answered with still greater indignation.

The referee's job was made easier by some foolishness in the home ranks, especially avoidable tackles that invited slips, trips and falls of dubious validity from visiting players.

VAR: Matthew Donohue

Matthias Jaissle said:

"I have mixed feelings over the result. If we performed to our best level today, then we could have ended up with three points.

"Mixed emotions... If you're 2-0 down you can be happy, because it was a great response, but if you see the bigger picture we're a bit frustrated not getting the three points at home.

"If we had performed at our best over 90 minutes, we could have got the three points here, but that's football.

"In general, we are happy with one point, but we see a lot of areas to improve as well.

"We have great characters in the team to respond. We're proud. The mentality and spirit is something we can really build on.

 "We couldn't match Bournemouth's intensity in the first-half and the two goals we conceded were a bit slapstick.

"However, we could have avoided that, if we had won our duels earlier in the phase of play.

I'm proud that we showed the right reaction, as it's not easy to come back from 2-0 down, and at least we got one point in the end.

"We couldn’t match Bournemouth’s intensity in the first half and conceded twice. That’s something you could avoid but I’m proud of the team to have shown the reaction.

“We were clear it would be a tough, tough game. If you look at our history against Bournemouth, it was never going to be easy. We wanted to win. We need to make sure we get the three points next time.

"Hopefully, we will continue like that, to make these substitutions. All of them showed a great input, not only JJ (Jacob Ramsey) because he scored, but also the other lads.

"They showed a good energy and a real braveness, which was needed to make that turnaround. I am really pleased to see that. It is not only the starters, it also the players on the bench, and even the players who are not in the squad who are part of being successful.

"All of the lads did well, but especially JJ showed real character on the pitch, intensity wise, being tough in the duels, but also being brave in possession, asking for the ball. He committed himself when he had the ball, and that was something that really helped us today.

"I think that is something we can really build on. The lads showed big character, big personality and big commitment, and the desire to try to win this game was clear to see right to the end.

"But on the other hand, there is also a bit of frustration there because we couldn’t deliver our best in the first half.

"Some aspects were missing in the performance, we couldn’t match the intensity of Bournemouth. In the Premier League, you need to have 90 minutes of being at your best to be able to get three points.

"We are still unbeaten at the start of the season. With the calibre of teams we have faced, that is a strong statement.

"When you see so many young lads in the squad, there will be ups and downs within a game. You saw that today, but the most important thing is that the learning curve is there.

"It doesn't worry me (that United's only two shots on target were goals). that's something that shows where we have potential.

"There is another statistic, at least before the match, that shows we were the best team at blocking the shots.

"You need to be really involved in protecting your goal, so that is something really important as well.

"Offensive-wise, there are elements to improve. Often today, the final pass was missing. We didn't find the free player. It is always better to get a point and see potential to improve."

On debutant Fernandez-Pardo:

"A lot of quality. It's the reason why we have signed him. He is still young but he's got a lot of potential.

"We need to be careful to manage him well because of the load. He hasn't played for 90 minutes for a long, long time.

"The whole club and fans can enjoy what we can expect from him in the future."

On Harvey Barnes and his goal:

"Typical Harvey move. In a time I couldn't have wished it more. That changed the momentum.

"It's also important after being 2-0 down, that you show straight away the reaction. The goal had a huge impact."

Director of Football Ross Wilson (pre-match):

"We went into the summer with a clear plan which we executed almost to its entirety. A couple of things different that we didn’t expect along the way, but we definitely wanted to be clear in terms of our profiles; we recruited eight players between the ages of 18 and 24 and that was the plan we wanted to go forward with.

"It was always in the plan that Anthony Gordon was going to move on. We were delighted for him to get such a prestigious move to Barcelona, that was great.

"I think it was pretty clear most of the second part of last season that Sandro Tonali was going to move on and for Bruno Guimaraes - I think it's well documented that wasn’t a transfer we were really comfortable with, so there's no us saying here today that it was, it wasn't.

"But we had to react to that of course, football is all about reacting to different challenges and that was a new challenge for us, but one hopefully we reacted to as part of our plan.

"It's definitely a clear plan, it's something that we really believe in. Thankfully all of the players have made a really good impact so far. I think it is brave, but we want to work with young players and this is a brave club.

"I think when you see this stadium full every single game, we never have to ask the fans to get behind the club here, they get behind us unbelievably well, probably the best in the Premier League.

"I think they want to see a brave team: I think our fans want to see a brave Newcastle United and that's how we're trying to step forward.

"The focus is always on our first team here of course, but we also made eight emerging talent signings across the summer."

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Stats:

Harvey Barnes netted his third goal of the season in all competitions and 22nd in the Premier League for United. Drawing him level with Jacob Murphy and Laurent Robert, Barnes is now one behind Miggy Almiron and Kieron Dyer.

Jacob Ramsey hit his third PL goal as a Magpie, following strikes last season away to Spurs and at home to Everton.

Matias Fernandez-Pardo made his debut, the 283rd different Magpie to play for the club in the Premier League and only the second Belgian in that competition, after Philippe Albert (Matz Sels played in the Championship, League Cup and FA Cup but not the PL).

Tino Livramento returned following injury, making his first competitive club appearance since last season's 1-2 PL defeat by Bournemouth at SJP.

The last time Newcastle trailed by two goals in the PL but avoided defeat was the 4-3 home win over West Ham in March 2024, when at one stage they were 1-3 behind.

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U18s:
Young Mags march on

Leicester City U18s  1  Newcastle U18s  4

Newcastle U18s extended their best league start in over 20 years on Saturday; victory at City's Seagrave Training Ground giving them 12 points from their first four games.

The visitors were ahead within two minutes of the start when recent signing Kryan Thompson shot home from outside the box.

The Foxes levelled five minutes after the interval through James Quinn, but parity was only fleeting before United regained the lead through Alfie Hutchison.

The Scottish striker had netted in each of United's opening three games and went on to double his seasonal tally to six here today, grabbing a 23 minute hat-trick.

Chris Moore's side remain top of the North Group, ahead of last season's regional champions Manchester City on goal difference despite their 8-5 victory at Stoke City.

Team: Mair, Healy-Matthew (Patterson 86), Morgan (Goodbrand 81), Old, Moran, Ghanem, Thompson, Koussou, Robinson (Gilligan 73), Seldon (Callaghan 86), Hutchison (Benjamin 81).
Subs n/u: L.Harper, Afumuzor.

Booked: Koussou, Ghanem

Hutchison's hat-trick was the first at U18 level by a Magpie since Kacey Wooster at home to Leeds in April 2025.

Update:
Wor Flags raffle winner

Thanks to everyone who bought tickets for the Wor Flags fundraising raffle that ended on Saturday morning.

The current home shirt signed by Matias Fernandez-Pardo was won by ticket number 346.

PS: Wor Flags are also staging a fundraiser at the Stack next month, with tickets on sale now. More details here

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Stats:

These sides met just once previously in the League Cup, the Lions running out 2-0 winners at Gallowgate in the Second Round back in 1977. Then as now, United were in the top flight and Millwall were one league below them. 

The only previous time Millwall hosted Newcastle in a cup fixture came in 1957 when they won a Fourth Round FA Cup tie 2-1; a headline-grabbing feat, given that they were in Division Three South and beat a First Division side who had lifted the trophy three times in the previous six years.

Magpies @ Lions - all time:

1992/93 won 2-1 Clark, Cole
1991/92 lost 1-2 Neilson
1990/91 won 1-0 G.Peacock
1988/89 lost 0-4
1978/79 lost 1-2 Barton
1956/57 lost 1-2 Tait (FA)
1947/48 lost 1-2 Pearson
1946/47 won 4-1 Bentley 2, Milburn, Stubbins
1938/39 drew 1-1 Cairns

Update:
Squad list confirmed

The squad list submitted to the Premier League by United sees just 19 places of the 25 man allocation utilised:

Barnes, Botman, Burn, Dedic, Elanga, Gillespie, Gonzalez, Hall, Hornicek, Joelinton, Livramento, Murphy, Osula, Pope, Ramsey, Schar, Thiaw, Willock, Wissa.

In amongst 60 names classified as U21 players meanwhile are Lewis Miley and five summer senior signings:

Bamba, Fernandez-Pardo, Jaouen, Steur, Toure

Ousmane Diabate also makes that list.
 
Gig:
Boys in the better land 

Live music returns to SJP on Thursday July 1st 2027, with popular Irish beat combo Fontaines DC headlining. Supporting turns are Little Simz and viagra boys. 

ST holders and members can access a pre-sale of tickets this coming Tuesday (September 8th)

2026/27:
Matt's entertainment!

Spurs  0  Newcastle  2

Match report

Update:
Magpin

Unlikely lads:
Old boys on the move

Former Magpies recently changing clubs include:

Nicky Deverdics now Whickham Manager
Cathal Heffernan now Cambridge United
Garang Kuol now Jablonec (loan)
Rosaire Longelo now Notts County
Kevin Mbabu now Sampdoria
John Ruddy now Wolves
Charlie Wiggett now Walton & Hersham

Update:
One in, one out

It's reported that ex-Magpie Paul Dummett has returned to the club in a development squad loan capacity, following Shola Ameobi's move to a corporate role.

The 34 year-old exited from Gallowgate at the end of the 2023/24 season, playing on for Wigan Athletic before a brief spell at Carlisle United ended with his retirement in 2025.

Meanwhile goalkeeping coach Adam Bartlett has left the Magpies after the arrival of Matthias Jaissle and his staff.

Playing for Newcastle as a youngster, the 40 year-old returned to the club as a coach in 2019, succeeding Simon Smith as head of the goalkeeping department in 2022.

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