1929 CSK Bratislava (a)
1-8 (1-2)
Friendly 
Gallacher
scorers tbc
6,000
Following games in Milan and Vienna, what was proving to be a stormy end-of-season tour of the continent reached Bratislava and a then-rare Sunday fixture.

"Goal Avalanche" was the Evening Chronicle headline and their correspondent claiming that, "the defeat was brought about by a combination of bad refereeing, amazing bad luck and the brilliance of the home keeper who gave a brilliant display."

The hosts struck twice in the first five minutes before Hughie Gallacher replied and after the second half saw a trio of offside looking goals all allowed for the locals, "the game then degenerated into a scramble." 

1947 West Ham United (h)
2-3 (0-2)
Division Two
P41, 48pts, 4th/22 
Shackleton(68), Milburn (74)
Hall(18), Wood(21), Bainbridge(54)
30,112
Newcastle's closing home league game of the season kicked off at 6.30pm on a Whit Monday night.

Proceedings began badly when Roy Bentley's 14th minute penalty was saved by 'keeper Ernie Gregory.

The visitors then galloped into a three goal lead before a classic piece of Len Shackleton trickery and a close range finish from Jackie Milburn reduced the arrears and set up a classic finish.

A point would elude the hosts however; Gregory touching an 86th minute shot by Milburn on to the goal frame.

Newly-appointed Magpies boss George Martin was present ahead of his official installation.

1951 RSC Anderlecht (Belgium) (a) 6-0 (2-0)
Friendly 
Taylor(16,3-0), og(Matthys)(25),  G.Robledo (4-0 tbc), Milburn (5-0,6-0)
crowd tbc 
A month after their FA Cup Final win, United ended their season in Brussels against the Belgian Champions at the Heysel Stadium.

Winger Hugh Cameron was in the squad after arrivingl from Torquay United a month earlier, but had to wait until the following November to make his competitive senior debut.

Team (tbc): Fairbrother, Cowell, Harvey, McMichael, Brennan, Crowe, Walker, Taylor, Milburn, G.Robledo, Cameron.

1977 Bradford City (a)
4-3 (2-0)
Friendly 
Burns(22,38), Callachan(63), Barrowclough(66)
Spark(46), Watson(58), Martinez(78) 
3,292 
Newcastle made a Thursday night visit to Valley Parade for Ian Cooper's Testimonial Match - the Bantams veteran having clocked up 15 years of service.

Team: Mahoney (Hardwick), Blackhall, Kelly, Callachan, Bird, McCaffery (Barrowclough), Oates, Cannell, Burns, Gowling, T.Craig.

1985 Fiji FA (a)
0-3 (0-2)
Friendly 
Vosuga(10), Waqa(15), Work(60)
4,800 (local reports claim 7,000)
After four games in New Zealand, United's tour moved on to Fiji for two further friendlies - the first of which was staged at Prince Charles Park in the town of Nadi.

Lautoka midfielder Kelemedi ‘Cheetah’ Vosuga opened the scoring, with Nadi forward Rusiate Waqa doubling the lead. 

Striker Sam Work of Lautoka then netted for Billy Singh's men after the break - and they also had a fourth strike ruled out.

Peter Beardsley encouraged star man Vosuga to visit Tyneside for a trial but he failed to take up the offer and later played club football in both Australia and New Zealand.  

1992 Newcastle midfielder Kevin Sheedy won would the penultimate senior cap of his international career, as Ireland beat Albania 2-0 in a World Cup Qualifier at Lansdowne Road. 

1996 Wembley joy for Bradford City, as they beat Notts County in the playoffs to make into the second tier of domestic football. 

Their opening goal in a 2-0 win was especially memorable; the scorer beating four players before blasting home a memorable effort. His name? Des Hamilton....

2001 Peter Beardsley became a full-time employee of Newcastle United for the third time after accepting a post in the United Youth Academy working with Kenny Wharton and Director Alan Irvine. 

Beardsley had already been working with the Academy youngsters for three months on a part-time basis as a striking coach.

2004 Portsmouth completed the free transfer signing of defender Andy Griffin, who had let his contract run down at SJP.

2007 Despite positive press comments, Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp passed up the chance to sign former Magpie Titus Bramble on a free transfer.

Other clubs linked with the former Ipswich Town defender Bramble included Fulham, Celtic and Birmingham City. Wigan were nowhere to be seen at this stage.

2007 Newcastle winger Alan O'Brien won his fifth full cap for the Republic of Ireland - and made his first start - in a 1-1 draw against Bolivia in a friendly staged in Boston, USA.

Within weeks the out-of-favour O'Brien had left SJP to join Scottish side Hibernian.

2009 24 hours after MD Derek Llambias went public with his thoughts, Magpies owner Mike Ashley issued his own statement:

"Seeing Newcastle United relegated from the Premier League has been a catastrophe for us all.

"I fully accept that mistakes were made during this and previous seasons and I am very sorry for that.

"I would like to say sorry to our magnificent supporters who have turned up in their thousands, home and away, up and down the country and who have given the team amazing backing throughout.

"And I would also say sorry to all of the Club's hard-working staff, who have gone about their jobs all year long.

"Bringing Alan Shearer back to Newcastle United was the best decision I have made. Alan and his staff did all they could to try and keep us up in the short space of time they had.

"Talks are now ongoing between us about how we can take this Club forward again."

2022 Newcastle confirmed that U23 forward Tom Allan had left the club following the expiration of his contract.

He'd made a solitary senior competitive appearance, coming off the bench during an FA Cup tie against Rochdale in 2020.

Also departing were Ryan Barrett, Brad Cross, Oisín McEntee, Mo Sangare, Regan Thomson, Jake Turner and Adam Wilson.

2023 Magpies boss Eddie Howe confirmed that he was hopeful of securing both Paul Dummett and Matt Ritchie on 12 month contract extensions.

2024 On-loan Magpie Ryan Fraser was in the Southampton side that defeated Leeds United 1-0 at Wembley in the Championship promotion playoff Final.

SJP old boy Adam Armstrong scored the only goal of the game for the Saints.