2026/27:
Defence crumbles
after Jacob's cracker

Fulham  1  Newcastle  1

Newcastle extended their unbeaten run in London this season to four games on Saturday, but their 100% record in the capital ended after surrendering the lead within three second minutes on the banks of the Thames.

Fulham old boy Dan Burn looked to have given United a 33rd minute when getting on the end of Jacob Murphy's right wing cross, only for the goal to be disallowed when Yoane Wissa was harshly deemed to have impeded Timothy Castagne - although it's debatable whether it would have mattered.

Murphy was one of a quartet of changes to the starting line-up that failed to lay a glove on Everton last Monday; he, Wissa, Malick Thiaw and Sean Steur stepping up as Anthony Elanga, Joe Willock, Fabian Schar and Joelinton made way.

While a long way short of impressive, that revised selection had at least offered more of a threat to a Fulham side who were unbeaten in three games after conceding just once.

Harvey Barnes was twice denied by Bernd Leno and struck the goal frame after the break, while the game remained scoreless at the interval thanks to Lukas Hornick's 37th intervention to acrobatically turn away Josh King's shot.

The blue-clad visitors looked to have won the game with ten minutes remaining thanks a moment of genius of Murphy, who intercepted a loose crossfield pass and held off two defenders before curling in a glorious left-footed strike.

However that lead was almost immediately surrendered as William Osula lost possession in another failed attempt at winning a free kick and Fulham countered - the ball taking one deflection to give substitute Rodrigo Muniz sight of goal and then a second one to help his effort elude Hornicek.

There were chances for both sides to win the game; Mathias Fernandez-Pardo leaving a chance in front of goal to Lewis Hall whose shot lacking power and Hornicek making an eye-catching block to deny Ryan Sessegnon in added time.

There's an inevitable frustration about turning three points into one, but given the rottenness of both displays against Everton and our poor form here in recent seasons this was a welcome draw between two sides lacking a goalscorer.

That point give Matthias Jaissle's side 12 from their opening 10 games - matching Eddie Howe's total in 2025/26.

More to follow...

Team: Hornicek, Dedic, Thiaw (Schar 85), Burn, Hall, Steur (Fernandez-Pardo 74), Gonzalez (L.Miley 61), Murphy, Wissa (Willock 61), Barnes, Osula (Elanga 85).
Subs n/u: Pope, Livramento, Botman, Toure.

Booked: Schar, Dedic, (Jaissle).

Goal: J.Murphy 80.

Following five successive unused substitute selections, Aladji Bamba dropped out of the matchday squad. The midfielder has been named in the latest French U21 squad.

FFC: Leno, Castagne (Tete 77), Affengruber, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Charles, Bobb (Sessegnon 78), King (Palacios 72), Iwobi, Garcia (Muniz 65).
Subs n/u: Lecomte, Andersen, Kevin, Larsson, Manuel Angel.

Goal: Muniz 83.

Crowd: 27,367 including 2,696 away followers.

Referee: Robert Jones - second Toon posting this season for the merseyside whistler, following the 2-2 home draw with Bournemouth in September.

Matthias Jaissle said:

"A step in the right direction after the last performance. That's something we can really build on.

"I think there were occasions also to win that game. Of course, the disallowed goal, a soft one, I would say. I see it different then also a big chance at the end.

"Then you should go home with three points but one point and a performance is something we can work on.

"It's now time to reflect and recharge also with a long season ahead of us, then pull out the things we need to improve and there are a couple of aspects, but today showed a clear direction in the right way so we can build on that."

"We did enough to win. We spoke clearly through the week and we saw that today, there was complete commitment and togetherness in all phases.

"The first 20 minutes there was a lack of confidence from the last weeks but we grew through the game and that was excellent, something to build on.

"We showed the fundamentals."

On Amar Dedic:

"He played well, right? It (the bow & arrow incident) didn’t affect him. He was not aware of the rules. We don’t need to make a big deal out of it."

On Jacob Murphy's goal:

"A brilliant goal and, in general, a great performance. Really solid defensively, he did his job, and offensive-wise, with such a goal, a great evening for him."

On his yellow card:

"Not understandable really. I was shouting at my player that he should get up because if we can lose him for one minute at a decisive moment of the game, yeah, he should get up.

"Only when he is really injured can I understand it. The referee then gives me the yellow card. That's strange."

On Sean Steur:

"I think he's good, he's fine, but he felt also that the physicality is not 100% there.

"That's something I mentioned already before, this is normal, if you sign a young lad, he needs to get used to that, but he did an amazing job. So, again, also something to build on.”

On the disallowed goal:

"Do you think it's a foul? In the Premier League? No.

"I learned that phrase here, a soft decision. Without taking it as an excuse, but last week, an occasion where (Fabian) Schar was bleeding in the face (against Everton) and then this as a comparison,

"It’s difficult for me to understand and to digest but that’s my point of view without paying any fines.”

On the equaliser:

"It’s slapstick, I would say.

"Fortune was also not there in that situation. We controlled everything. It was nothing where we were not focused. Many bodies in the box. It happens.

"These situations at the moment are not going on our side. We need to work on it. Today we made definitely the right step. That gives us confidence now, when the guys hopefully come back healthy from their national teams.”

Latest PL results/fixtures:

Fri 06.11.2026:
Everton 3-1 Coventry City

Sat 07.11.2026:
Leeds United 1-0 Spurs
Arsenal 1-0 Hull City
Fulham 1-1 Newcastle
Nottingham Forest 3-1 Manchester City

Sun 08.11.2026:
Brighton and Hove Albion v Brentford (2pm) Sky
Crystal Palace v Liverpool (2pm) Sky
Ipswich Town v Bournemouth (2pm) Sky
mackems v Chelsea (2pm) Sky
Manchester United v Aston Villa (4.30pm) Sky

Stats:

This was United's 300th Premier League draw at home and away, coming in their 1,196th game in the competition.

They've won 456, lost 440 and drawn 300, scoring 1,664 goals and conceding 1,633.

NUFC last 16 PL seasons after ten games:

2010/11 14 points, 7th (scored 19, conceded 14)
2011/12 22 points, 3rd (scored 15, conceded 7)
2012/13 14 points, 10th (scored 12, conceded 14)
2013/14 14 points, 9th (scored 14, conceded 16)
2014/15 13 points, 12th (scored 11, conceded 15)
2015/16 6 points, 18th (scored 12, conceded 22)
2017/18 14 points, 9th (scored 10, conceded 9)
2018/19 3 points, 19th (scored 6, conceded 14)
2019/20 9 points, 17th (scored 6, conceded 10)
2020/21 14 points, 10th (scored 12, conceded 15)
2021/22 4 points, 19th (scored 11, conceded 23)
2022/23 15 points, 6th (scored 17, conceded 9)
2023/24 17 points, 6th (scored 26, conceded 11)
2024/25 15 points, 9th (scored 10, conceded 10)
2025/26 12 points, 13th (scored 10, conceded 11)
2026/27 12 points, 11th (scored 13, conceded 16)

Jacob Murphy's first Premier League goal of the season was his 23rd in that competition for the club, taking one ahead of Laurent Robert and drawing him level with Harvey Barnes, Miggy Almiron and Kieron Dyer.

Just five of United's 18 competitive goals this season have been scored in the first half - and none of the last five.

This was the first draw between these two sides away from SJP in the Premier League era, ending a run of 20 games since a 2-2 draw here in the 1983/84 promotion season.

The post recent top-flight stalemate involving Newcastle at Craven Cottage before today was a 1-1 draw in 1951/52.

Magpies @ Fulham - PL era:

2026/27 Drew 1-1 J.Murphy
2025/26 Lost 0-2
2024/25 Lost 1-3 Barnes
2023/24 Won 1-0 Guimaraes
2023/24 Won 2-0 Longstaff, Burn (FAC)
2022/23 Won 4-1 Wilson, Almiron 2, S.Longstaff
2020/21 Won 2-0 Willock, Schar (pen)
2018/19 Won 4-0 Shelvey, Perez, Schar, Rondon
2016/17 Lost 0-1 (Ch)
2013/14 Lost 0-1
2012/13 Lost 1-2 Ben Arfa
2011/12 Lost 2-5 Guthrie, Ben Arfa
2010/11 Lost 0-1
2008/09 Lost 1-2 Ameobi
2007/08 Won 1-0 Barton (pen)
2006/07 Lost 1-2 Martins
2005/06 Lost 0-1
2004/05 Won 3-1 Ambrose, Kluivert, Ameobi
2003/04 Won 3-2 Robert, Shearer 2*
2002/03 Lost 1-2 Shearer*
2001/02 Lost 1-3 Speed

(At Craven Cottage except *Loftus Road)

U18s:
Cup hopes end

Newcastle U18s  0  Spurs U18s  2

Requiring victory in their final group stage game to advance in the Premier League Cup at the expense of Spurs, United's youngsters were trailing to the Cockerels at half time.

Visiting striker Oliver Boast did the damage at Little Benton, netting in both the 26th minute and the third minute of time added on - and that's how it finished, as the Magpies suffered their third successive league and cup defeat.

More to follow...

Team: Mair, Healy-Matthews (Patterson 46), Skelton, Old (Goodbrand 82), Moran, Boothe, Pinnington (Ndiweni 67), Callaghan (Gilligan 82), Hutchison, Ghanem, Mills (Yeutembip 37). Subs n/u: L.Harper, Benjamin.
 
Booked: Ghanem, Yeutembip, Patterson.

U21s:
10-man Magpies held

Reading U21s  1  Newcastle U21s  1

An extra time equaliser prevented Newcastle U21s from racking up their sixth successive win in all competitions on Friday, as they shared the points with Reading in PL2.

Following a scoreless first half at the Madejski Stadium, United went ahead three minutes into the second period when Vakhtang Salia netted his sixth goal of the season.

The Georgian striker went from hero to villain in the 71st minute, reacting badly to a challenge and collecting his second booking of the evening.

Reading finally made their man advantage count in the last of six added minutes, Matteo Dashi beating Roman Dowell.

That meant that Robbie Stockdale's side left with a point rather than three, but what is their longest unbeaten run since the 2021/2022 season continues.

Team: Dowell, Johnson, Charlton, Watts, Pivas, Bailey, Emerson (Seung-soo 46 [Seldon 72]), M.Miley, Salia, K.Thompson (Fitzgerald 62), Ferreira (Kouossu 78)
Subs n/u: Jones, Craggs, Wooster.

Bookings: Miley, Salia, Emerson, Bailey, Charlton.

Sent off: Salia.

RFC: Welland, St.Louis, Cliff (Dashi 85), Mfuamba, Duah, Harrison, Jones (Bampoh 79), Sackey, Ntege (Lonmeni 66), Howard, Barough.
Subs n/u: Khan, Irish, Logan, Bowdery.

Bookings: Duah, Mfumabam Howard.

Referee: Jason Richardson

Crowd: tbc

Stocking fillers:
Book update

Thanks to everyone who has purchased copies of Dan Jackson's "Howay the Lads" book - we now have more author-signed copies available online here for £25.

And thanks to the "efforts" of the courier, we have copies with damaged dust jackets (books are perfect) for £10.

Click on the link above for more details of those.

Premier League:
mackems (h) ticket info

From NUFC:

Mags Member ballot open: Monday 9th November, Noon

Mags Member ballot close: Tuesday 10th November, Noon

Mags Member Ballot run: Successful applicants to be notified before 11am, Wednesday 11th November

Mags Member seat selection window open (ballot winners only): Wednesday 11th November, 12 noon

Mags Member seat selection window close: Friday 13th November, Noon

Season Ticket Holder ticket forwarding & resale open: Friday 13th November, 4pm

Mags Member Sale open: Monday 16th November, 10am
To be eligible to purchase, supporters will need to meet both of the following criteria:

Membership must have been purchased before the fixture date was confirmed on 19 October.

The supporter must have previously purchased a ticket or entered a ballot during either the current season or the 2025/26 season.

Compo:
Magpin giveaway

Update:
Arrow, arrow, we are
the Geordie boys.....

From The Mail, Thursday:

Newcastle United star Amar Dedic was at the centre of a major police operation after he was spotted carrying a bow and arrows at a Northumberland beauty spot – with at least six patrol cars involved in the search for the £30million defender.

The Bosnia international sparked alarm when a concerned member of the public reported seeing him and a friend walking with the weapon near a reservoir in the countryside outside Newcastle.

Police dispatched marked and unmarked vehicles to the area in Harlow Hill, with some understood to have been armed response units, before Dedic and his companion were finally intercepted around seven miles away in the exclusive Darras Hall estate.

In a bizarre twist, Newcastle goalkeeper Mark Gillespie and former defender Paul Dummett arrived at the scene while police were speaking to Dedic. It is understood the pair were in the area by chance and stopped to offer assistance.

After speaking to the two men, officers were satisfied there was no threat to the public, with police subsequently stating that the equipment was believed to have been intended for recreational use.

A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: 'Shortly after 1.55pm on Wednesday, we received a report of two men carrying a bow and arrows while walking along a track by the reservoir on Military Road in the Harlow Hill area.

'Officers attended and subsequently stopped a vehicle in the Darras Hall area and seized a bow and arrows. At this stage, it is understood they were for recreational use and there was no threat to the public. Enquiries are ongoing.'

Much to unpack there, not least the notion that Mark Gillespie and Paul Dummett are touring the region as some sort of trouble-shooting duo. Wait for that on Netflix.

Quite what United's "bow selector" Harvey Barnes makes of this all isn't known...

Yoane Wissa (DRC):
Thu 12.11.2026 Sierra Leone (h) venue tbc ACNQ
Tue 17.11.2026 Sierra Leone (a) venue tbc ACNQ

Malick Thiaw (Germany):
Fri 13.11.2026 Serbia (a) Belgrade NL
Mon 16.11.2026 Netherlands (h) Berlin NL

William Osula (Denmark):
Sat 14.11.2026 Portugal (a) Braga NL
Tue 17.11.2026 Norway (h) Copenhagen NL

Anthony Elanga (Sweden):
Sat 14.11.2026 Bosnia-Herzegovina (h) Stockholm NL
Tue 17.11.2026 Poland (a) Wroclaw NL

Amar Dedic (Bosnia & Herzegovina):
Sat 14.11.2026 Sweden (a) Stockholm NL
Tue 17.11.2026 Romania (h) Zenica NL

Aladji Bamba (France U21s):
Fri 13.11.2026 Italy U21s (h) Laval FR
Mon 16.11.2026 England U21s (a) Bristol City FR

Rory Finneran, Alex Murphy (Ireland U21s):
Fri 13.11.2026 Finland U21s (a) Tampere ECQPO
Tue 17.11.2026 Finland U21s (h) Cork ECQPO

Sean Steur (Netherlands U21s):
Fri 13.11.2026 Denmark U21s (a) Vejle ECQPO
Tue 17.11.2026 Denmark U21s (h) Almere ECQPO

Sean Neave (England U20s):
Thu 12.11.2026 Czechia (h) Mansfield EL
Mon 16.11.2026 Portugal (a) Mafra EL

Matheos Ferreria (Brazil U20s):
Fri.13.11.2026 Peru* (h) Belem FR
Mon 16.11.2026 Peru* (h) Belem FR

* opponent(s) tbc

Roman Dowell, Kyran Thompson (England U18s):
Wed 11.11.2026 Netherlands (n) Valencia FR
Sat 14.11.2026 Sweden (n) Valencia FR
Mon 16.11.2026 Switzerland (n) Valencia FR

Loan lads:
The borrowers

Harrison Ashby (Luton Town):
A 90 minute outing at right back in a 2-0 home win over Forest Green Rovers in the FA Cup on Saturday.

Anthony Munda (Swindon Town):
The midfielder returned from injury to start on Saturday as the Robins lost 1-2 to MK Dons in the FA Cup. He lasted 63 minutes at the cost of a yellow card.

Aidan Harris (Hebburn Town):
A tricky trip to Wales on Saturday ended in a 1-4 defeat at Merthyr Town in National League North. Aidan was in goal.

Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville):
The goalkeeper played in a 0-0 home draw with Alaves in La Liga on Friday.

Leo Shahar (Arouca):
Another night on the bench for the full back on Friday, as Arouca lost 0-1 at Famalicao in the Primeira Liga.

Nick Woltemade (Juventus):
The striker's run of Europa League goals (one each in his first three outings) ended on Thursday, but Nick provided one assist as Juventus won 2-1 away to AZ Alkmaar.

Ousmane Diabate (Genclerbirligi):
Besiktas (a) Turkish Super Liga, Sunday.

Premier League:
No trick, no treat

Newcastle  0  Everton  1

Match report

U21s:
Start spreading the news

Rotherham United  0  Newcastle U21s  1

Update:
Hammer time for Scott

Having overseen successful promotion campaigns at Fulham, Bournemouth and Burnley, Scott Parker has been entrusted with steering West Ham back to the top flight*.

The 46 year-old former Magpie (and Hammer) will succeed Nuno Espirito Santo at the London Stadium on a two and a half year contract.

*Parker also has a trio of relegations on his CV, having suffered two demotions with Fulham and one at Burnley.

Update:
Teenage trialists claim

From TMT FC, The Gambia:

TMT FC is delighted to announce that two of its promising talents, Omar Marong and Alieu Saine have departed The Gambia for the United Kingdom, where they will undergo trials with top Premier League clubs.

Omar Marong, captain of The Gambia's Baby Scorpions, and Alieu Saine, joint top scorer of the team, were instrumental in the country's triumph as WAFU Zone A U17 Champions.

Various media outlets report that the 16 year-old duo - central midfielder Marong and winger Saine - are to spend time training at Newcastle's Academy.

Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Portuguese side Benfica and Spaniards Celta Vigo have all been linked with Saine in recent weeks.