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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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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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10th June |
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Born Or Died:
1927 William Harry McGarry born, Stoke.
(Manager, 1977-80)
With the honeymoon period of Richard Dinnis
replaced by a steady slump, United turned to an old school disciplinarian
manager in an attempt to end the days of "player power" within the
SJP dressing room.
Playing for Port Vale and Huddersfield Town as well as winning four full
England caps, Bill began his managerial career in 1961 when becoming
Bournemouth player/boss.
He later managed Watford, Ipswich Town, Wolves and the Saudi Arabian national
side before moving to SJP in November 1977.
Avoiding relegation proved to be impossible, but McGarry's appointment had
been with one eye on rebuilding the club once in the second tier, before
gaining promotion.
The 1978/79 season saw his side finish well off the pace in eighth but after a
good start to the following campaign, a post-Christmas slump ended in a ninth
place finish - as the mackems went up after a late surge.
With no wins from his first three league games of the 1980/81 season, McGarry
was then sacked and Arthur Cox appointed - after former boss Joe Harvey had
briefly assumed a caretaker role.
McGarry later scouted for Brighton before another overseas post saw him coach
Zambian side Power Dynamo, before moving on to take charge of their national
team.
After working in South Africa he returned to Wolves in 1985, but lasted barely
two months at Molineux before resigning.
What proved to be his final active role saw him coach Bophuthatswana. McGarry
spent his final years living in South Africa and died in March 2005.
PS: Chumbawamba's 1997 Tubthumper album contains
evidence of McGarry's unpleasantness, with a foul-mouthed exchange
sampled for Creepy Crawling.
1959 Billy Whitehurst born, Thurnscoe, Yorkshire.
(1985-86)
Burly forward signed from Hull City during December 1985 for
£232,000 to replace Watford-bound George Reilly, debuting soon after in a 0-2
loss at Luton Town.
A cult hero at Boothferry Park after earlier playing for Retford Town,
Bridlington Town and Mexborough, former bricklayer Billy took a sadistic
delight in demolishing anything in his path, sheer brute force compensating
for a lack of finesse.
To anyone who never saw him in action, think of fellow Tigers hero Dean
Windass, only with a few rougher edges...
Installed in a Jesmond hotel by United, Billy teamed up with fellow resident
and Magpie John Bailey, who between them had a collective thirst of legendary
proportions.
When recalling his on-field displays in a black and white shirt, two games
against Everton come to the fore.
One was a 2-2 home draw on New Years Day when Paul Bracewell limped off after
being flattened by Billy, who also left various other visiting players nursing
a variety of injuries.
The other one was at Goodison, when Billy went up for a challenge with three
Toffees, and was the only one left standing, in a scene akin to something out
of WWE....
An abrupt departure came after making "V" signs at home fans when
substituted during a League Cup tie against Bradford City at St. James' Park in
October 1986.
Whitehurst swiftly apologised, but boss Willie McFaul had seen enough and put
him on the transfer list, with Oxford United quickly shelling out £187,500
for him.
Subsequent moves took Billy on to Reading, the mackems, Hull City (again),
Sheffield United, Stoke City (loan), Doncaster Rovers, Crewe Alexandra (loan),
Hatfield Main, Kettering Town, Goole Town, Stafford Rangers, Mossley, South
China (Hong Kong), Glentoran (Northern Ireland) and finally non-league
Frickley Athletic.
Hanging up his boots at the latter when he took over as manager in 1994, Billy
also had spells running The Cricketers Arms near Bramall Lane and also The
Butchers Arms in his home village of Thurnscoe.
While working on a building site in Nottingham, he received a probation order
following a 2005 conviction for making fraudulent benefit claims.
That wasn't the first time that Billy ended up in the dock, but an earlier
assault charge arising from a dispute with a pub customer saw him found not
guilty.
And more recently he was reported to be living in Doncaster and working at a
power station in the area.
An autobiography entitled "Alan Shearer's got my shirt" aka "The
Hardest Man in Football" was advertised in 2005 but seems to have
never actually made it into print.
Hopefully that book will one day appear, lifting the lid on the urban legend
of Billy's bare knuckle fighting with gypsies....
1969 Ronny Johnsen born, Sandefjord, Norway (2004-05)
The first signing made by Graeme Souness, Johnsen arrived to
boost our defence after the transfer window had closed, but was available as
he was a free agent.
Five appearances followed for the much- decorated former Manchester United
defender and Norwegian international, who had left Aston Villa earlier that
year.
After three reserve warm-ups, Johnsen made his debut in a home League Cup win
over Norwich City, aged 35 years & four months.
That was first of five appearances, the last of which came in a 0-4 reverse at
Chelsea in December 2004.
Following his release from SJP, Johnsen announced his retirement from playing,
only to then reverse that decision later in 2005 and sign for Oslo-based side
Valerenga.
Amazingly Johnsen was then handed an international recall in 2007, his 62nd
cap coming over three years after the 61st.
Ronny played on for Valerenga past his 39th birthday, eventually calling time
on his career in November 2008.
A return to Old Trafford later followed, when appointed as a Manchester United
Ambassador, based in Norway.
1989 Glenn Reay born, Durham.
(2000-07)
Midfielder who graduated from the Academy to the reserves, with a
competitive second string debut coming in a 2-2 draw with Everton at Kingston
Park in August 2006.
However, that proved to be the high point in Glenn's time at SJP and he
departed the following summer after failing to win a full professional
contract.
Later appearing for Northern League sides Washington, Chester-le-Street, Ryton
and South Shields, Glenn joined Northumbria Police.
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What Else?
1931 United signed outside right William
Gallantree from local side Harton Colliery.
Initially with the Magpies as an amateur, the 17 year-old agreed professional
terms early the following season and made his senior debut against Liverpool
days after turning 18 on Christmas Day.
That would be his sole top-flight outing; eight further games and two goals
coming after Newcastle's relegation.
1952 Lourenco Marques (a)
5-0 (3-0)
Friendly
Mitchell 2(1pen) Davies, G.Robledo, Crowe
9,000
Newcastle's South African Tour moved on to Portuguese East Africa (later
Maputo, the capital of Mozambique), with a young Eusebio an eager spectator.
1973 Nearly a year after his last call-up, Malcolm Macdonald made an
appearance for England as a substitute in their 2-1 victory over Russia in the
Moscow's Lenin Stadium.
 1984
Future United veteran John Barnes scored a Brazilian type goal in the Maracana
Stadium, Rio De Janeiro as England overcame Brazil in a 2-0 to record their
first defeat of their hosts in that stadium for quarter of a century.
 1996
Euro '96 came to SJP, as France beat Romania 1-0 in the first of three Group B
fixtures to be played there.
AC Milan-bound Christophe Dugarry scored the vital goal after 25 minutes, front
of a crowd of 26,323.
The Toon fans in the crowd jeered French coach Aimé
Jacquet for omitting local favourite David Ginola from the squad.
France: Lama, Thuram, Karembeu, Di
Meco (Lizarazu 68), Desailly, Blanc, Deschamps, Zidane (Roche 80), Dugarry (Loko
68), Guérin, Djorkaeff.
Romania: Stelea, Petrescu (Filipescu 78), Lupescu, Popescu, Mihali,
Belodedici, Munteanu, Selymes, Lacatus (Ilie 56), Hagi, Raducioiu (Moldovan
46).
Ref: Heinz Hellmut Krug (Germany)
When Zidane met Hagi, SJP
1999 Celtic revealed the "dream
pairing" of former Magpies King Kenny & Queen Barnesy as joint
Managers.
However the latter lasted less than eight months, forced out in the
aftermath of Celtic's infamous home loss to minnows Inverness Caledonian
Thistle.
2006 Newcastle's
Michael Owen played for 55 minutes of England's opening World Cup group
game against Paraguay in Frankurt.
Former United midfielder Diego Gavilan was among the substitutes for Paraguay,
but wasn't used as England won 1-0.
2007 It seemed like the way was being
paved for Michael Owen's departure from SJP:
Sam Allardyce said: "If Michael wants
to go there's nothing I can do, if another club triggers his release clause.
We're benefiting from a release clause to get Joey Barton, but we could also
suffer because of Michael's."
Of course that's the same release clause that didn't exist when the Chairman
was quizzed some months earlier....
2011 Newcastle completed the signing of Lille midfielder Yohan Cabaye,
The French international signed a five year deal, the undisclosed fee estimated
at £5m.
2015 United confirmed Steve McClaren as their new Head Coach, less than a
month after his dismissal by Derby County.
In a statement
that contained too many painful quotes, this one stood out:
"Managing director Lee Charnley said:
'From my first meeting with Steve I knew he was the perfect fit for Newcastle
United.'"
McClaren's unveiling at SJP was with only the club website and their media
partners present (Sky and The Mirror).
In 2021, he reflected on
that inauspicious introduction:
"Meeting the press, and
trying to influence the press, was difficult, because for my first press
conference, one member of the press was allowed to interview me and one person
from Sky, so there were 26 other people from the media outside the stadium not
allowed in. This is my first day.
"I knew a few of them, and a few of them phoned me up and said 'Steve,
you've just made the biggest mistake ever on your first day of the job by
excluding the press’.
"I apologised....but there was no way I could get round them after that
first day so, therefore, I was on a downer already, and I couldn't be honest
with my messages to the press."
2022
United's Miguel Almiron scored
twice for
Paraguay, as they drew 2-2 with South Korea in a kickabout in Suwon.
2023 Sam Fender's second sold-out show in as many nights at Gallowgate saw him joined on
stage for two songs by heavy metal shouter Brian Johnson.
Support came from Holly
Humberstone, Wunderhorse and Ernie.
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