1907 Bolton Wanderers (h)
3-0 (1-0)
Division One
P12, 12pts, 8th/20 
Appleyard(16), Orr(87), Rutherford(88) 
28,000
Bill Appleyard's headed opener began a run of scoring in six successive games.

1912 Blackburn Rovers (a)
0-2 (0-2)
Division One
P12, 16pts, 3rd/20 
Aitkenhead(9,0-2)
32,485
A fortnight after winning 6-0 at Goodison Park, United were beaten away from home for only the second time in six outings.

1929 Sheffield Wednesday (h)
1-3 (0-2)
Division One
P14, 10pts, 20th/22 
McDonald(80) 
Rimmer(28), Allen(29,57) 
27,505
Writing in Athletic News, The Mystery International pulled no punches about the home side's lack of quality: 

"It is really tragic to see a Newcastle forward line without a semblance of guile in a collective sense. There were however forwards who could not trap a ball let alone scheme an opponent into a false position".

1935 Bury (a)
4-3 (2-1)
Division Two
P13, 16pts, 7th/22 
J.Smith(1-1,44,4-1), Bott(3-1)
Earl(16), Whitfield(4-2), Bagley(88)
12,098
Magpie forward Jack Smith made it five goals in three games following his return to the senior side.

The Shakers were beaten 3-4 in their next game, having been 3-0 up against Spurs. 

1938 A crowd of 39,887 saw England defeat Norway 4-0 in a full International at SJP. 

The England team included United's Duggie Wright and goalscorers were; Derby County's Ronnie Dix (2), Reg Smith of Millwall (14,37) and Everton's Tommy Lawton (30).

Two non-playing "reserves" were named, one of which was Newcastle's Ray Bowden.

The band played Abide With Me before kickoff in honour of the recently-deceased President of the Football Associstion William Pickford.

1940 York City (h)
3-0 (2-0)
Wartime
Nevins(8), Stubbins(11), Gordon(3-0pen)
3,000

1946 Sheffield Wednesday (h) 4-0 (1-0)
Division Two
P14, 19pts, 1st/22 
Wayman(30,42,65,89) 
46,916
Four more goals for Charlie Wayman took his total to 11 in just three home games and put United on top of the Second Division table. 

1948 Newcastle Reserves entertained their Huddersfield counterparts at St. James' Park in the Central League.  The game ended goalless.

1957 Blackpool (h)
1-2 (1-2)
Division One
P16, 11pts, 20th/22 
og(Gratrix)(12) 
Mudie(5,19)
36,410
Two goals from Tangerines centre forward Jackie Mudie left United without a win in six games.

1963 Cardiff City (h)
0-4 (0-2)
Division Two
P17, 13pts, 18th/22 
King(31,36), Allchurch(62), J.Charles(78)
38,495 
There were inauspicious debuts for Stan Anderson, David Craig and Trevor Hockey, but old boy Ivor Allchurch enjoyed a scoring return to SJP. 
 
1966 Newcastle's Reserve side faced their Leeds counterparts in a Wednesday afternoon kick-off at SJP.

Peter Noble netted for the home side in a 1-2 reverse, with the visitors' line-up featuring future Magpie magician, Terry Hibbitt. 

1968 Arsenal (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P18, 16pts, 12th/22 
34,168
The Gunners chose this game in which to celebrate their Golden Jubilee as a top-flight side, but Newcastle came closest to the victory - Jackie Sinclair beating home goalkeeper Bob Wilson only to be denied by an offside flag. 

1974 Middlesbrough (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P16, 18pts, 10th/22 
39,000
The ploy of fielding full back Alan Kennedy in a midfield marking role helped United to gain a deserved draw at Ayresome Park, as his opponent Graeme Souness was kept quiet.

Within days, Kennedy had been selected in Don Revie's England U23 squad.

1977 Richard Dinnis was sacked as Newcastle boss after having ended a winless run of ten games by presiding over a win and two draws!

His replacement? El Diablo - Bill McGarry. 

1985 Birmingham City (a)
1-0 (1-0)
Division One
P16, 26pts, 8th/22 
Reilly(13)
8,162
Denied a seemingly legitimate winner by referee Trelford Mills in our previous game against Watford, George "Rambo" Reilly made no mistake at St. Andrews.

The victory completed a West Midlands treble for Willie McFaul's side that season, following victories at Highfield Road and Villa Park. 

1991 Grimsby Town (h)
2-0 (2-0)
Division Two
P17, 18pts, 21st/24 
Hunt(17), Howey(29) 
16,959 
The thoroughly mediocre Mariners were never any threat to a home win, with veteran Gary Birtles playing in a defensive role.

An injury to Lee Clark saw Alan Thompson make his first senior start, having fully recovered from the career-threatening neck injury suffered in a road accident. 

1996 David Batty was in inspired form as England won 2-0 in Georgia, Les Ferdinand scoring the first goal.

2002 Arsenal (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Premiership
P12, 19pts, 9th/20
Wiltord(24)
38,121
NUFC.com's somewhat downbeat assessment of this one was: No shots on target, no corners won. No points, no chance.

This was a Highbury hiding; the scoreline masking Arsenal's dominance with front duo Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp hardly breaking sweat all afternoon. 

Hugo Viana hit the bar but a draw would have been more than fortunate. Just how Gunners goalie David Seaman managed to pull his groin remains a mystery.....
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2003 Chelsea (a)
0-5 (0-3)
Premiership
P12, 16pts, 10th/20
O'Brien(41)
Johnson(25), Crespo(39), Lampard(42pen), Duff(78), Gudjohnsen(84)
41,332
Without the injured Alan Shearer and Craig Bellamy, Sir Bobby played Shola Ameobi as a lone striker, benched Lomana LuaLua and added Hugo Viana to a five man midfield.

Needless to say the ploy failed and the points were lost before Andy O'Brien was dismissed after fouling Adrian Mutu outside the Newcastle area.

Shay Given then gifted Ireland pal and future SJP colleague Damien Duff a fourth before a fifth goal caused Bobby Robson to observe: "I'm not sure where my centre halves were. I think they were sat with me in the stands." 
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2008 Fulham (a)
1-2 (0-1)
Premier League
P12, 12pts, 18th/20
Ameobi(57)
Johnson(23), Murphy(66pen)
24,740
Another day, another FA charge for JFK - this one for calling match referee Martin Atkinson "Mickey Mouse".

If anyone looked like a cartoon character at Craven Cottage though, it was Magpies defender Claudio Cacapa: missing a header as the Cottagers went ahead and softly pushed over in the run up to Fabricio Coloccini conceding a penalty that Danny Murphy swept past Shay Given.
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2011 Almost two years to the day that the farcical "rebranding" of St. James' Park to "sportsdirect.com @ St James' Park" was announced and with related signage only just erected, a further change was confirmed... to The Sports Direct Arena.

Despite making significant strides in PR terms and the popularity of the club administration rising in tandem with progress on the field, this looked like yet another NUFC own goal.

2014 West Bromwich Albion (a) 2-0 (1-0)
Premier League
P11, 16pts, 8th/20
Perez(45), Coloccini(62)
26,476
A fifth straight win came with an exhilarating display at the Hawthorns and a fourth clean sheet in five attempts.

Clad in their green and blue change strip, a skilful flick from Ayoze Perez gave United a half time lead before captain Fabricio Coloccini then sealed the win.
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2018 The U23s drew 1-1 in a Premier League Cup tie at Southampton's Staplewood Training Ground.

Elias Sorensen's late effort cancelled out the Saints' first half opener.
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2019 Bournemouth (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Premier League
P12, 15pts, 11th/20
Yedlin(42), Clark(52)
H.Wilson(14)
44,424
Newcastle came from behind to beat a Cherries side managed by Eddie Howe and including future Magpies Ryan Fraser, Callum Wilson and Aaron Ramsdale.

DeAndre Yedlin's acrobatic header wiped out an early away goal before Ciaran Clark netted for the second time in as many games to give Steve Bruce back to back wins as Magpies boss for the first time.
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2021 Newcastle U21s were beaten 3-6 by Mansfield Town at Field Mill. Dylan Stephenson, Joe White and Michael Ndiweni were on target.
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2022 Crystal Palace (h)
0-0 (0-0)
(3-2 on penalties)
Carabao Cup Third Round
51,660
United finally won a competitive penalty shootout at Gallowgate for the first time at the ninth time of asking.

Chris Wood, Kieran Trippier and Joelinton were all on target while Nick Pope made three saves against his former club.
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2024 The U18 derby meeting at Whitburn ended all square, Michael Mills (2) and Joe Brayson netting for United in a 3-3 draw.

2025 Brentford (a)
1-3 (1-0)
Premier League
P11, 12pts, 14th/20
Barnes(28)
Schade56), Thiago(78pen,90+6)
(Burn - 73)
17,207
United endured a fruitless trip to London For the second successive Sunday; taking the lead before suffering further capital punishment as they imploded.

Ahead through Harvey Barnes, that lead lasted until half time before things went badly awry at the Gtech Stadium.

Dan Burn's 73rd minute sending off was the catalyst for a capitulation that would become sadly familiar during the season.
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