1899 Aston Villa (a)
1-2 (0-2)
Division One
P10, 10pts, 7th/18 
Ghee(51) 
Devey(4), Wheldon(23)
20,000
The Magpies were backed at Villa Park by a contingent of fans who accompanied the team, staying at their overnight base in Tamworth.

Larger numbers then travelled on a special train to support the team.

1905 Preston North End (h)
1-0 (1-0)
Division One
P11, 13pts, 6th/21 
Howie(7) 
28,000
The Magpies continued to benefit from a run of home games, taking maximum points for the fourth time in succession.

1911 Bury (h)
3-2 (0-0)
Division One 
P11, 15pts, 1st/20
Hibbert(46), Higgins(59,73) 
Kay(66,79)
14,000
High-flying Newcastle were frustrated by Bury until ex-Shaker Billy Hibbert netted against his old side - with some help from visiting 'keeper, who allowed the header to pass between his legs.

1922 sunderland (h)
2-1 (1-0)
Division One
P13, 15pts, 5th/22 
Aitken(35), McDonald(76) 
Buchan(57)
60,000
Stan Seymour's corner Led to the opener, visiting 'keeper Ted Robson diverting the ball off the crossbar and William Aitken well-placed to touch the rebound home.

Following an equaliser from Charles Buchan, United won it thanks to another gift from the visiting side: Warney Cresswell's wayward header in his own box falling to Tom McDonald who fired home. 

1933 Sheffield United (h)
3-1 (2-1)
Division One 
P13, 11pts, 19th/22
Allen(1), Lang(41), Dennison(56) 
Oswald(45)
15,107
Newcastle's second victory in ten games came against another side at the foot of the table - but both would fail to avoid relegation.

Former Owls favourite Jack Allen set the hosts on their way with a goal in the first minute.

1939 Darlington (a)
2-1 (0-0)
Wartime
Pearson(50), Moses(70) 
Hogg(86)
5,377

1939 Meanwhile, a Magpies XI drew 2-2 with North Shields at Appleby Park.

0-1 down at the interval, United fell 0-2 behind before rallying to draw through goals from Albert Stubbins and John Park.

1944 A crowd of 9,408 saw United thump Hull City 7-0 at SJP in a wartime game.

Charlie Wayman, Charlie Woollett, Albert Stubbins and Jimmy Gordon (2) netted, with the other two goals coming courtesy of Arsenal's Eddie Carr, who was guesting for United. 

1950 Liverpool (a)
4-2 (2-1)
Division One
P16, 24pts, 2nd/22
Taylor(38), G.Robledo(45,47,50) 
Liddell(39pen), Payne(65) 
48,810
After scoring a hat-trick during a 4-2 home victory over Blackpool a week earlier, George Robledo repeated the feat at Anfield in a sensational six minute spell.

However, it wasn't all one-way traffic, with The Journal observing that the visitors "opened like sleepwalkers and were all but pulverised for half-an-hour." 

1953 A Wednesday afternoon game at SJP saw an FA XI defeat their British Army counterparts 3-1 in front of a crowd of 15,360. 

Mel Charles (brother of John) opened the scoring on 70 minutes for the Army - who were the nominal home side.

FA captain Jackie Milburn then struck on 79 and 80 minutes, before Burnley's Bill Holden made it 3-1 to the FA a minute later. Future Magpie Stan Anderson played for the FA. 

1959 United striker Ivor Allchurch appeared for Wales as they drew 1-1 with Scotland at Hampden Park.

1961 Norwich City (h)
0-0 (0-0)
Division Two 
P16, 15pts, 14th/22
25,895
After scoring 18 times in four games, United's goal form  deserted them against the Canaries. Defender George Heslop played his last game.

1961 Newcastle reserves had no such problems, winning 3-2 at Blackpool with goals from Len White (2) and Ken Hale.

1967 Leicester City (a)
2-2 (2-0)
Division One 
P15, 16pts, 11th/22
T.Robson(15), Bennett(44) 
Sinclair(51), Stringfellow(76)
18,001
Two ahead at half time, a strong response from the Foxes ultimately made this a good point for United. Jackie Sinclair scored for City and was in the United side by the time Leicester came to SJP in April 1968.

1970 Pecsi Dozsa (Hungary) (a)
0-2aet 0-2 (0-1)
(lost 2-5 on penalties,
2-2 on aggregate)
Fairs Cup 2nd Round
2nd Leg 
og(Moncur)(18), Mate(82pen)
25,000 
An unforgettable place for Ian Mitchell to make his bow, on a bumpy pitch in the Hungarian town of Pecs. After levelling the tie on aggregate and holding on through extra time, Pecsi triumphed in a penalty shootout. 

United missed their first three (Pop Robson, Mitchell, Tommy Gibb) while Iam McFaul failed to stop any of the trio he faced. 

As the stunned United team returned to the dressing room, they were made to send out two more penalty takers, Fairs Cup rules demanding all ten kicks be taken regardless of outcome.

Pecsi duly scored their last two and volunteers Frank Clark and McFaul did likewise.

Action from Pecs

1972 West Bromwich Albion (a) 3-2 (1-1)
Division One
P16, 18pts, 9th/22
Smith(19), Tudor(69,86) 
Suggett(21), Gould(61)
14,379
The second of three meetings with the Baggies in a fortnight saw Malcolm Macdonald return after a five match injury absence.  

1978 Bristol Rovers (a)
0-2 (0-1)
Division Two
P13, 14pts, 11th/22
Randall(9,89)
10,582
Rovers youngster (and future Magpie) Martin Thomas made two decent stops to deny Colin Suggett, before Paul Randall sealed it for the Pirates late on.

1989 Middlesbrough (h)
2-2 (1-1)
Division Two
P16, 31pts, 3rd/24
McGhee(2), O'Brien(85) 
Proctor(24), Brennan(47)
23,382
Newcastle extended their unbeaten league run to six games, but only after Liam O'Brien steered the ball home just four minutes after coming off the bench.

This game was to be the end of Alan Comfort's career, as the former Orient winger sustained a cruciate injury in a 55th minute tackle and never played again.
Youtube footage is online here

1992 Birmingham City (a)
3-2 (3-2)
Division One
P14, 36pts, 1st/24
Peacock(7), Scott(31), og(Matthewson)(38)
Speedie(9), Potter(33)
14,376 
After three defeats in a week (one in the League Cup), the Magpies returned to winning ways on an eventful night at St. Andrew's.

Tommy Wright was unable to continue for United after the break and in these pre-sub 'keeper days, Kevin Brock deputised.

The midfielder somehow kept a clean sheet despite a kick in the head from David Speedie early on - regular doses of smelling salts keeping him awake.

Former Chairman Stan Seymour was later confirmed to have passed away at the team hotel later that night, at the age of 76.
Youtube footage is online here

1995 Liverpool (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Premier League
P12, 31pts, 1st/20
Ferdinand(3), Watson(89)
Rush(11)
36,547 
England boss Terry Venables had just taken his seat when Les Ferdinand met a Keith Gillespie cross to put United ahead.

Future Magpie Ian Rush levelled but Steve Watson scored the winner after "calamity" David James fumbled Rob Lee's shot.
PL highlights are online here

1999 FC Zurich (Switzerland) (h)
3-1 (1-1)
UEFA Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg (won 5-2 on agg) 
Maric(33), Ferguson(58), Speed(61)
Jamarauli(17)
34,502
The Swiss levelled the tie when Jamarauli pumped over a cross that crept past Steve Harper, with South African striker Shaun Bartlett causing a nuisance.

Having broken his Newcastle duck in the first leg, Croatian misfit Silvio Maric struck again to restore our lead from point-blank range.

Nobby Solano then provided the bullets for Duncan Ferguson and Gary Speed to fire and a place in the third round was assured.
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2000 Ipswich Town (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Premiership
P12, 19pts, 5th/20
Shearer(22,67pen)
Stewart(13)
50,922
Town boss George Burley moaned about a Mark Venus foul that led to the winner from the penalty spot, but TV replays supported referee Alan Wiley's verdict - even if he failed to dismiss the offender, who was the last man back.
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2002 Middlesbrough (h)
2-0 (1-0)
Premiership
P11, 19pts, 8th/20
Ameobi(20), S.Caldwell(87)
Queudrue(90-second yellow)
51,558
Future Mag Geremi featured for Steve McClaren's mob and got two efforts on target that Shay Given did well to keep out.

Ahead when Shola drove home at the second attempt after the ball bounced back off Gareth Southgate, referee Graham Barber then ruled out what would have been Shearer's 100th United goal for a dubious earlier infringement.

The clincher came from Steve Caldwell on his first senior start since March 2001, conceded by Bobby Robson to be "fifth choice defender."

To add to the hilarity, smoggie Frank Queudrue was red-carded in the final seconds, in his first game since returning from a ban... after being red-carded.
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2004 Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia) (h)
2-0 (1-0)
UEFA Cup Group Game 2
Shearer(38), Bellamy(56)
27,218
The prospect of live coverage on ITV2 saw the crowd dip by 3,000 from the previous home tie, against Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin.

Those who did show up were rewarded with Shearer's 22nd European goal for the club (and 182nd in all competitions). Strike partner Bellamy then latched on to Laurent Robert's pass to settle the matter.
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2006 Sheffield United (h) 0-1 (0-0)
Premiership
P11, 8pts, 19th/20
Webber(68)
50,188
The roller-coaster ride of supporting this club was evidenced again, as the high of Palermo was followed swiftly by one of our lowest lows, less than 48 hours later.

Losing at home to a side without a win or away goal all season to leave us second bottom of the table was beyond belief, Newcastle's greed in taking TV loot outweighing mere trifles like the fitness and recovery of players. 

Pocketing cash for this Saturday night game risked our top-flight future and backfired when post-match protests outside SJP for the first time included anti-Shepherd shouts. 

That would ultimately precipitate a blame- shifting exercise on to boss Glenn Roeder, who paid with his job the following May. 
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2008 The Reserves made it four games unbeaten all competitions at SJP, but were held 1-1 by Hull City.

Andy Carroll netted for United.
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2012 Liverpool (a)
1-1 (1-0)
Premier League
P10, 14pts, 10th/20
Cabaye(43)
Suarez(67)
Coloccini(84-violent conduct)
44,803 
Having seen his Anfield effort the previous season rightly credited as an own goal, there was no doubt about the shot that Yohan Cabaye lashed home in front of the Kop to put us ahead.

Some Luis Suarez trickery then saw him outwit Fabricio Coloccini and Tim Krul before netting, the United defender shown a straight red card for a studs-up lunge at the Uruguayan.
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2013 The Reserves debuted at the Pirelli Stadium home of Burton Albion, beaten 2-6 by their Aston Villa counterparts.

Ahead through Adam Armstrong, Villa held a 3-2 lead with six minutes remaining and United pressing hard.

A late defensive collapse though saw Newcastle concede three goals in quick succession.
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2017 Bournemouth (h)
0-1 (0-0)
Premier League
P11, 14pts, 11th/20
S.Cook(90+2)
52,237 
A second 0-1 loss in six days saw United slip further down the table from the heights of sixth position a week before.

The loss of Jamaal Lascelles to injury earlier in the half looked pivotal when Steve Cook headed home from a corner in time added on. 

Winning their second successive PL game at SJP, Eddie Howe's Cherries included Callum Wilson, with fellow future Magpie Ryan Fraser on the bench.
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2021 A day after Unai Emery ruled himself out of the running, Sky Sports and other media outlets reported an agreement "in principle" with Eddie Howe for him to become Newcastle Manager.

2023 Arsenal (h)
1-0 (0-0)
Premier League
P11, 20pts, 6th/20
Gordon(64)
52,194
Arsenal's unbeaten start to the Premier League season was ended at Gallowgate by a tenacious Magpies display and a goal from Anthony Gordon that survived an unprecedented three VAR checks.
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