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U21s:
Second string slip up

Newcastle U21s  1  Spurs U21s  3

It's now two games played and two defeats for Newcastle's  reserve side, who were well beaten in their PL2 opener at Whitley Park on Monday evening.

The Magpies opened brightly; Sean Neave's shot blocked at the expense of a corner kick within the opening minute.

Striker Vakhtang Salia scored twice in last week's loss at Tamworth and the Georgian netted again here after Trevan Sanusi's eighth minute pass gave him sight of goal.

Winger Sanusi soon succumbed to injury however and the purple-clad visitors began to enjoy more possession before drawing level nine minutes before the break when Reiss Elliott-Parris shot evade debutant 'keeper George Mair.

4-1 victors here last season, Spurs continued where they left off after the break and went ahead through Alfie Dorrington's deflected effort on 67 minutes, after a corner kick from the left flank wasn't dealt with.

Harry Byrne's unchecked run over halfway into the home area four minutes later then allowed Tyrese Hall to loop a shot beyond Mair and wrap up victory for the Cockerels.

Team: Mair, M.Miley, Charlton, Pivas (Craggs 46), Johnson, Bailey, Ferreira, Finneran (F.Harper 85), Salia (Ca 68), Neave (Mills 46), Sanusi (Seung-soo 24).
Subs n/u: Jones, Durrant.

Booked: Neave, Bailey.

Leo Shahar's absence from tonight's squad indicates that he'll be involved in Wednesday's Carabao Cup tie, while the withdrawal of Miodrag Pivas and Sean Neave at half time looks to be for the same reason.

In addition to George Mair's PL2 bow, there were debuts from the bench in this competition for defensive pair Luke Craggs and Jake Durrant, plus forward Afner Ca.

THFC: Archer, Rowswell (Furnell-Gill 68), Dorrington, Hardy, Feeney (Moncur 87), Ajayi, Byrne, Hall, Adewole, Elliott-Parris (McFadden 68), Lehane (Sowunmi 81).
Subs n/u: Thompson, Adedeji.

Crowd: 439

Referee: James Westgate

This was the first of successive PL2 home fixtures at Whitley Park, Fulham providing the opposition there next Monday, August 31st (7pm).

Update:
Nico near - claim

There's increasing confidence that Newcastle will conclude the permanent signing of Manchester City midfielder Nico Gonzalez in the coming days.

A £50m arrival from Porto in February 2025, the 24 year-old Spaniard who made his Premier League bow in a 4-0 win over the Magpies. It's claimed that a similar fee has been agreed with Newcastle.

More to follow...

2026/27:
Imperfect day

Newcastle  2  Liverpool  2

An afternoon of high emotion at St.James' Park ended up becoming memorable for all the wrong reasons deep into added time, as Newcastle allowed Liverpool to avoid what would have been their first defeat here in ten visits. 

Lewis Hall made contact in the box with Victor Munoz - who turned down a move to United in the close season - and Dominic Szoboszlai rifled home the resultant penalty in the 99th minute - one fewer than their winner a year before.

It was a gut-wrenching finale to a day on which both sets of fans welcomed new managers and were united before kick-off in tribute to Anfield and Gallowgate icon Kevin Keegan.

Alexander Isak was relentlessly booed and barracked on his first return to Tyneside, but within five minutes of the start, a wall of noise from home fans greeted a long overdue maiden Premier strike by Anthony Elanga for the club.

That was the only goal of an opening half when a new look Magpies side with a trio of debutants more than held their own against the misfiring visitors - making light of the unexpected absence of new club captain Dan Burn, who sustained an ankle injury in training last week.

What became an almost ritual sluggishness from United after the interval last season was unfortunately repeated here - and duly punished by a more engaged Reds side, Cody Gakpo finishing well from distance to make it 1-1.

Matthias Jaissle responded by withdrawing William Osula - who had been struggling to run at full pace since before the break - and Sean Steur, replacing them with Joe Willock and Jacob Ramsey respectively.

The effect was instant and dramatic; Yoane Wissa capping a dynamic display completely at odds to anything he served up last season by playing in Willock to fire home what was his first Premier League goal since back in February 2024.

Like United's opener, the second goal was a classic example of counter culture, both attacks starting with interventions outside the home box followed by lightning breaks upfield, roared on by the crowd.  

However, two actions in the closing stages played pivotal parts in ensuring the infamous "points dropped from winning positions" statistic reappeared for the black and whites.

Had Wissa made more of his glorious shooting chance in the 86th minute, then the two goal cushion his side and fans desperately craved may well have become a reality.

And had Fabian Schar not replaced Wissa as the allotted five minutes of extra time concluded, referee Stuart Attwell may well have blown his whistle before Munoz and Hall tangled in what had then become time added on to time added on.

The final whistle sounded almost immediately, leaving Andoni Iraola unbeaten in all seven PL visits to Tyneside and SJP visibly and audibly deflated. This was one of those draws that definitely felt like a defeat, even if the team probably played better overall than we'd dared hope for.

This a game full of positives for those of a black and white persuasion, but for all that effort and endeavour, what was a golden opportunity to start the season with a victory was collectively passed up.

Team: Hornicek, Dedic, Hall, Botman, Thiaw, L.Miley (Bamba 76), Steur (Ramsey 56), Elanga (J.Murphy 76), Barnes, Wissa (Schar 90+5), Osula (Willock 56).
Subs n/u: Jaouen, Toure, Woltemade, Shahar

Booked: Wissa, L.Miley, Ramsey, J.Murphy, Hornicek

Goals: Elanga 5, Willock 57

Joe Willock's post-match walk around the pitch caused some speculation as to whether it was a final farewell to SJP: waving to fans, pointing at the badge etc.

LFC: Alisson, van Dijk, Jacquet (Araujo 70), Kerkez, Wirtz (Mac Allister 63), Szoboszlai, Isak, Gakpo, Frimpong, Gravenberch (Koumas 78), Ngumoha (Munoz 63)
Subs n/u: Mamardashvili, Endo, Tsimikas, Nyoni, McConnell.

Booked: Frimpong, Kerkez, van Dijk

Goals: Gakpo 55, Szoboszlai 90+9pen

Wor Flags created a truly magnificent pre-game display paying tribute to the late Kevin Keegan, with every place in the ground allocated a card - including the away end.

500 shirts left outside SJP in the days following KK's passing were stitched together and laid out in a circular covering across the centre circle accompanying the word "Legend" and
 
Kick-off was preceded by a minute's applause with players assembling around the centre circle. Both squads had earlier warmed up in training kits with "Keegan 7" on the back.

Former Magpies present including Alan Shearer, Rob Lee, Les Ferdinand, Shaka Hislop, Tino Asprilla, Lee Clark, Steve Watson, Ruel Fox, Nobby Solano, Steve Howey, Darren Peacock, John Beresford, Liam O'Brien, Paul Ferris, Warren Barton, Mick Quinn, Ryan Taylor, Stuart Pearce, Kenny Wharton, Peter Beardsley, Peter Lovenkrands, Derek Fazackerley and Derek Wright.

England boss Thomas Tuchel was also in attendance.

Floral tributes were laid outside SJP before the game; Ian Rush and Kenny Dalglish doing so behalf of Liverpool, with Bob Moncur and Shola Ameobi representing Newcastle.

Referee: Stuart Attwell - the Warwickshire whistler took charge of three Newcastle games in the Premier League last season; a 1-3 loss at Brentford, 2-1 home victory over Burnley and 2-3 defeat by Everton on Tyneside.

VAR: James Bell

Crowd: 52,630 including 3,200 away fans - some of whom had deserted their places before the equaliser.

That's below the newly-announced extended capacity of 52,719 but set a new record for the largest attendance at a Newcastle Premier League home game.

It's the biggest SJP turnout since 52,760 saw the FA Cup visit of Bolton Wanderers in February 1976 and the largest league attendance since 55,638 witnessed the Division One game against Leeds United on Boxing Day 1973.

As to where the additional 500 places have appeared from, some extra capacity in the Gallowgate End was achieved by adding seats to the walls that divide the sections, with occupants sitting directly in the dividing gangways.

A similar arrangement looks to have added an extra front row at pitch level to the Milburn Stand.

Matthias Jaissle said:

"We were there for each other if something went wrong - we acted like a unit. In such a short amount of time, this is a top starting point and the frustration was there as well, but these are the challenges we have now.

"With the pre-season, with the transition phase, it's normal. Today someone threw stones in the way and we need to take that out to be successful again.

"Hard luck, I would say. I'm really, really happy with the performance after such a short amount of time. The guys were fighting till the end, they put their heart on the pitch and this is something we said that's not negotiable.

"That's the standard. And together with the crowd, it was, in general, a really good performance. Unfortunately, we couldn't get the full three points.

"The heads are a little bit down, but they're also realistic, they know that we had many mini-challenges already.

"If you have this synergy between the fans and then the players delivering on the pitch, something special can be created.

"We are a young squad, and they really left their hearts on the pitch and this is something we can build on.

"I'm proud, we are proud to see a unit on the pitch. The guys were trying to do it in the intense way that we want to play; to be front-footed and vertical in our approach.

"After such a short amount of time, I'm really happy. That is our philosophy. It depends on the opponent, but we have a clear idea of how we want to play and today we saw quite a lot of that."

On the penalty award:

"Honestly, I don’t understand it. What was Lewis supposed to do? I don’t think he was supposed to disappear! He is a defender standing in his position, trying to defend the situation.

“Was he expected to move completely out of the way and just let Munoz run through? They come together, their knees make contact and the player goes down.

"For me, that is football. It’s contact between two players competing for the ball. If we start giving penalties for situations like that, I don’t know how many penalties we are going to see every weekend.

"Defenders will be terrified to challenge anyone inside the box because any contact could suddenly become a penalty.

"I understand that the referee has a difficult job and VAR has to make these decisions, but that is exactly why I think we need to be careful. There has to be enough contact and a clear offence to give a penalty, especially in a big Premier League game.

"Lewis didn’t pull him, he didn’t deliberately trip him and he didn’t make some reckless challenge. Their knees collided.

"That’s not enough for me to give a penalty, and Newcastle deserved better from that decision.

"If you give it, it's a really, really soft one and then you have to give many, many penalties throughout the game and throughout the season. I'm not a big fan of the decision.

"I cannot repeat everything because I could get in trouble and may need to pay some fines, but, overall, I told them that I'm really proud of what I saw over the 90 minutes."

On his first competitive taste of SJP:

"This is special, it's going to be a really cool season with big challenges as well. We're realistic, but we will get there.

"I heard many things, but I felt the goosebumps straight away. You get energy from the stands, and you just want to deliver it on the pitch. This will be something special."

On his hopes in the remainder of the transfer window:

"Today the lads were doing amazing. It’s a young squad, unbelievable, but we have some needs. We know that internally, and we keep that also internally.

"You can count it on one hand I would say.”

Latest PL results:

Fri 21.08.2026:
Arsenal 3-0 Coventry City

Sat 22.08.2026:
Hull City 2-0 Manchester United
Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town 2-1 mackems
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Leeds United
Brentford 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Sun 23.08.2026:
Brighton and Hove Albion 4-0 Aston Villa
Manchester City 2-1 Bournemouth
Newcastle United 2-2 Liverpool

Mon 24.08.2026:
Fulham 2-3 Chelsea

Stats:

Newcastle have failed to defeat Liverpool in the Premier League at home or away in 20 attempts. This was the sixth draw - the Reds took maximum points in the other 14.

Debuts for Amar Dedic, Lukas Hornicek, Sean Steur and Aladji Bamba increased the number of players who have represented the club in the Premier League to 280.

Fellow new boys Ewen Jaouen and Bazoumana Toure remained among the unused replacements.

Hornicek is the third Czech-born player to play for United in the PL after David Rozenhal and Pavel Srnicek, while Steur is the ninth Netherlands native, following John Karelse, Patrick Kluivert, Tim Krul, Vurnon Anita, Daryl Janmaat, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jetro Willems and Sven Botman.

Aladji Bamba is the latest French-born player to appear for the Magpies and the 34th in total, while Dedic adds another country to the United Nations, becoming the first Bosnia and Herzegovina international to have played for the club.

Hornicek failed to emulate predecessors Martin Dubravka, Shaka Hislop, Mike Hooper, Tim Krul and Nick Pope by keeping a clean sheet on his PL debut for the Magpies.

Matthias Jaissle failed to join Graeme Souness, Glenn Roeder, Sam Allardyce and Alan Pardew on the list of NUFC bosses taking maximum points from their first PL game in charge.

Anthony Elanga made his 50th league and appearance for Newcastle, becoming the 175th different Magpie to register a goal for the club in the PL and the fourth Swede - after Andreas Andersson, Emil Krafth and that other bloke....

Following his Champions League brace in Barcelona and strike at Manchester City in the Carabao Cup, this was Elanga's first goal at SJP - but he's still to finish on the winning side in a game where he's found the net.

Today was his 33rd PL appearance for the Magpies.

12 months on from last season's home opener against the Reds, only two players featured in the starting line-up for Newcastle; Anthony Elanga and Harvey Barnes.

Joe Willock scored 110 seconds after coming off the bench - impressive, but slower than his 83 second goal at the Gallowgate End against West Ham in April 2021.

His 15th PL goal for Newcastle puts him one ahead of Loic Remy in the club's scoring charts for that competition and draws him level with Andy Carroll.

Between his 14th and 15th PL goals was a 61 game gap.

Sudden impact - quickest NUFC PL substitute goals:
(may not be a complete list, still checking for others)

110 seconds Joe Willock Liverpool (h) Aug 2026
94 seconds Dwight Gayle Aston Villa (h) Jun 2020
90 seconds Aleksandar Mitrovic Spurs (a) Dec 2015*
83 seconds Joe Willock West Ham (h) Apr 2021
65 seconds Callum Wilson Spurs (h) Apr 2023
52 seconds Matt Ritchie Bournemouth (h) Feb 2024
13 seconds Michael Chopra mackems (a) Apr 2006
8 seconds Sammy Ameobi Spurs (a) Oct 2014

* precise timing awaited

Reds @ SJP - Premier League era:

2026/27 Drew 2-2 Elanga, Willock
2025/26 Lost 2-3 Guimaraes, Osula
2024/25 Drew 3-3 Isak, Gordon, Schar
2023/24 Lost 1-2 Gordon
2022/23 Lost 0-2
2021/22 Lost 0-1
2020/21 Drew 0-0
2019/20 Lost 1-3 Gayle
2018/19 Lost 2-3 Atsu, Rondon
2017/18 Drew 1-1 Joselu
2015/16 Won 2-0 og(Skrtel), Wijnaldum
2014/15 Won 1-0 Perez
2013/14 Drew 2-2 Cabaye, Dummett
2012/13 Lost 0-6
2011/12 Won 2-0 Cisse 2
2010/11 Won 3-1 Nolan, Barton, Carroll
2008/09 Lost 1-5 Edgar
2007/08 Lost 0-3
2006/07 Won 2-1 Martins, Solano(pen)
2005/06 Lost 1-3 Ameobi
2004/05 Won 1-0 Robert
2003/04 Drew 1-1 Shearer (pen)
2002/03 Won 1-0 Robert
2001/02 Lost 0-2
2000/01 Won 2-1 Solano, Dyer
1999/00 Drew 2-2 Shearer, Ferguson
1998/99 Lost 1-4 Guivarc'h
1997/98 Lost 0-2 (LC)
1997/98 Lost 1-2 Watson
1996/97 Drew 1-1 Shearer
1995/96 Won 2-1 Ferdinand, Watson
1994/95 Drew 1-1 Lee
1993/94 Won 3-0 Cole 3

NUFC: season-opening PL results:

1993/94 Spurs (h) lost 0-1
1994/95 Leicester City (a) won 3-1
1995/96 Coventry City (h) won 3-0
1996/97 Everton (a) lost 0-2
1997/98 Sheffield Wednesday (h) won 2-1
1998/99 Charlton Athletic (h) drew 0-0
1999/00 Aston Villa (h) lost 0-1
2000/01 Manchester United (a) lost 0-2
2001/02 Chelsea (a) drew 1-1
2002/03 West Ham (h) won 4-0
2003/04 Leeds United (a) drew 2-2
2004/05 smoggies (a) drew 2-2
2005/06 Arsenal (a) lost 0-2
2006/07 Wigan Athletic (h) won 2-1
2007/08 Bolton Wanderers (a) won 3-1
2008/09 Manchester United (a) drew 1-1
2010/11 Manchester United (a) lost 0-3
2011/12 Arsenal (h) drew 0-0
2012/13 Spurs (h) won 2-1
2013/14 Manchester City (a) lost 0-4
2014/15 Manchester City (h) lost 0-2
2015/16 Southampton (h) drew 2-2
2017/18 Spurs (h) lost 0-2
2018/19 Spurs (h) lost 1-2
2019/20 Arsenal (h) lost 0-1
2020/21 West Ham (a) won 2-0
2021/22 West Ham (h) lost 2-4
2022/23 Nottingham Forest (h) won 2-0
2023/24 Aston Villa (h) won 5-1
2024/25 Southampton (h) won 1-0
2025/26 Aston Villa (a) drew 0-0
2026/27 Liverpool (h) drew 2-2

Compo:
Drill hat winner

New in the range of local sellers Football Bobbles is this reversible design; black & white stripes on one side, and a design inspired by the 1995/96 training kit on the other: 

These are available here now in two sizes and had one up for grabs in a free-to-enter competition, asking you to supply score predictions for Sunday's game v Liverpool.

No less than 42 correct answers of 2-2 were received, meaning that a random draw was required to determine our prize winner. That turned out to be Ben Davidson.

U18s:
Potters overthrown

Newcastle U18s  3  Stoke City U18s  2

Newcastle U18s continued their winning start to the season on Saturday, defeating Stoke City at Little Benton to make it six points out of six.

As was the case in last week's home win over Derby County, the young Magpies recovering from going a goal down to lead 3-1 just after the interval.

United fell behind after just 27 seconds when visiting forward Israel Kelly shot beyond Roman Dowell from inside the box.

The equaliser arrived on nine minutes when a left wing corner was nodded back across goal by Thomas Old and headed home from close range by Alfie Hutchison.

Chris Moore's side the took the lead on 32 minutes thanks to a fine finish from the left side of the box by Alfie Seldon.

Winger Seldon then grabbed his third goal of the season barely 90 seconds after the interval; a strong solo run into the left side of the area followed by a neat finish.

Referee Liam Batie then awarded a penalty against United's Luke Gilligan within seconds of his arrival from the bench, Rocco Bardsley - son of ex-mackem Phil - stepping up to confidently net from the spot.

Team: Dowell, Healy-Matthews (Gilligan 71), Goodbrand, Alabi, Old, Morgan, Thompson (Callaghan 62), Kousso (Benjamin 71), Hutchison, Ghanem (Ndiweni 88), Seldon (Afumuzor 88).
Subs n/u: Harper, Skelton.

Booked: Alabi.

There was a competitive U18 debut for midfielder Kryan Thompson, most recently with Arsenal.

United's U18s play a third successive home league game next Saturday when Blackburn Rovers visit for a 12.30pm kick-off.

Before then, they'll begin their U18 Premier League Cup programme by facing Fulham at their Motspur Park home on Wednesday. That's a Noon start.

2026/27:
SJP capacity increase

Friday's announcement from the club confirming various upgrades to SJP includes the following: 

"Thanks to additional work carried out by our operations team, we've also increased stadium capacity by approximately 500 seats, taking St. James' Park's capacity to 52,719."

Loan lads:
The borrowers

Antonio Cordero (Cadiz):
A 73rd minute strike from Cordero earned Cadiz a 2-2 draw at Eldense in the Segunda Division on Saturday.

Alex Murphy (Kaiserslautern):
Friday saw Alex enjoy a memorable introduction to life in Germany, coming off the bench to set up the only goal in a fiery DFB Cup tie away at local rivals Mannheim.

Debuting from the bench on 65 minutes, the tie was scoreless and heading for penalties until Murphy's 120th minute centre was converted by a colleague to win the match - prompting a pitch invasion from disgruntled fans.

Harrison Ashby (Luton Town):
Ashby appeared off the bench in the 80th minute of Luton's League One home fixture with Notts County on Saturday.

It finished 2-2 at Kenilworth Road, with SJP old boy Callum Roberts on target for the other Magpies.

Anthony Munda (Swindon Town):
A winning senior bow for the midfielder, playing the full game and set up the opening goal for the Robins in a 2-1 home win over Cheltenham Town in League Two on Saturday.

Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville):
The 'keeper played the full game for Seville at Athletic Bilbao in La Liga on Saturday. Seville won 3-1 with the home side reduced to ten men after just 11 minutes.

Update:
Toon training kit
sponsor revealed

Newcastle confirm that online payment provider SumUp has acquired front-of-shirt sponsor rights for training kit worn by the club's mens, women's and academy sides.

Officially a multi-year agreement of undisclosed value, the deal is reportedly worth £15m over three years.

PS: It's also claimed that United have secured a deal for Coca-Cola to take over sponsorship of The Stack outside SJP in succession to SELA. Signage featuring shirt and training ground sponsor KNOX was noted last weekend.

Field of dreams:
Club confirm training ground development

From NUFC Thursday:

Newcastle United have completed an agreement to purchase the Woolsington Hall estate as the site for a new world-class training complex.

The agreement follows a meticulous process to identify and secure a viable site, which is situated within the Newcastle city boundary and provides outstanding links to Newcastle International Airport and existing public transport network.

The club will acquire 260 acres of land to the south of the airport, which includes a derelict listed country house and parkland.

Subject to planning permission, the site will be carefully restored alongside the introduction of new elite performance facilities for the men's first team and Academy in a scheme totalling £190m.

A formal planning application is expected to be submitted in early 2027 with a view to the men's first team moving in for the 2029/30 season.

The master plan for Woolsington Hall will also retain the flexibility to integrate bespoke women's and girls' facilities.

This phased approach ensures investment is both immediate and sustainable.

The club is committed to delivering the project sustainably and responsibly, and will work closely with the local community and local authorities as plans develop.

The project represents a significant long-term investment into the club's future by its owners PIF and RB Sports & Media.

Woolsington Hall was previously purchased in 1994 by Newcastle United's former owner and chairman, Sir John Hall, who had a vision for the estate to become a club academy facility.

That vision has been revolutionised under Newcastle United's current owners, with an elite, integrated
performance environment to be created to deliver sustainable on-pitch success.

Brad Miller, Newcastle United's Chief Operating Officer, said: "This is a homecoming for Newcastle United given Sir John Hall's initial vision for the site in the 1990s.

"Woolsington Hall will be a magnificent location for our new training complex, so we are delighted to have finalised our agreement to acquire the land.

"We are finalising hugely exciting plans for the estate, which include renovating and enhancing listed structures and parkland and retaining them as key elements in our designs.

"Our aim is to carefully and thoughtfully develop world-class facilities for our players and staff, while bringing out the beauty of the location and preserving it for generations to come.

"It is a highly complex project. We have a rigorous planning process ahead of us, but we will demonstrate how we intend to build something iconic that the club, fans, community and region can be proud of.

"We look forward to engaging with planners, our supporters and interested parties about our exciting plans. Our aim is to sustainably and responsibly move the project forward, delivering a facility that the city and region can be immensely proud of."

David Hopkinson, Newcastle United's CEO, said: "This is a landmark moment for Newcastle United.

"Subject to planning permission, our proposed performance complex will create the world's best performance environment for our teams. We'll develop purpose-built facilities that are geared towards developing sustainable success in the future, where players, coaches and staff can perform at their very best every day.

"We will be submitting a detailed planning application that not only demonstrates our vision, but also how we will preserve and enhance an historic estate, its biodiversity and wildlife habitats, and how we'll be a great neighbour.

"I want to thank everyone who has played a role in getting us to this point today, and extend my gratitude to Sir John and the Hall family."

The club is progressing the necessary steps to formally complete the purchase of the site. Separately, the club is about to commence pre-application engagement with the local authority, local residents and community.

A detailed planning application is then expected to be finalised and submitted to Newcastle City Council in early 2027.

Future plans for the club's relevant current sites will also be communicated at the appropriate time.

2026/27:
West Brom (h)  

Newcastle will begin their Carabao Cup campaign with a Second Round home tie against Championship side West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday.

It's a 7.45pm kick-off and will be played to a finish on the night, with a penalty shootout if it's a draw on 90 minutes.

This and the rest of the ties will be live on Sky Sports.

For season ticket holders on the Carabao Cup scheme, the confirmation email from NUFC includes the following:

"Following successful payment, your ticket will be loaded onto your season pass."

If for any reason payment wasn't successful first time round though, a separate match ticket will be required.

WBA were allocated 3,214 places.

The winners progress to the Third Round, which unlike the Second Round isn't regionalised.

That draw is expected to take place on Wednesday at some point during the Sky coverage of Preston North End versus Everton - confirmation of when is expected on Tuesday.

Those ties take place over two weeks, commencing Monday September 7th and also Monday September 14th.

That split is to accommodate PL teams who are also in European action. The first week clashes with Champions League ties, the second clashes with Europa League ties.

Team: Dan Burn and Joelinton miss out due to injury.

Coral rate this tie as follows:

NUFC win 2/5
The draw (after 90 minutes) 4/1
WBAFC win 6/1

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WBAFC: Forward Aune Heggebo will be suspended.

Albion continued their 100% start to the season under Darlington-born James Morrison on Sunday with a 3-1 Championship home win over Burnley.

That followed a 4-1 Carabao Cup First Round victory at Rotherham United and 2-1 league success at Norwich.

This is the third time the two sides have met in the League Cup: Albion winning 1-0 on Tyneside back in October 1989 and returning to Gallowgate during October 2003 to register a 2-1 success - Lee Hughes scoring an extra-time winner three minutes after Alan Shearer came off the bench.

Their last visit to SJP ended in a 2-1 Premier League home win behind closed doors in December 2020. Joelinton and Jacob Murphy remain from the 14 players used by United that day.

Referee: Bobby Madley - a first game involving Newcastle for the Wakefield-born official since a 0-1 Premier League defeat by Everton at Goodison Park in April 2018.

That proved to be his final PL game before resigning the following August and relocating to Norway. He made a refereeing return in the EFL 18 months later and that's where he's been ever since, aside from two random PL appointments - neither involving the Magpies.

The elder of the two Madley brothers has only refereed one game previously at Gallowgate, Southampton leaving with three points after a 2-1 win in January 2015.

VAR: n/a

UK TV: Live on Sky Sports+

City centre bars with live TV coverage include:

Frate in the Bigg Market.

The tie will be on live at WonderBar in The Gate.

Overseas TV: to follow

2020/21 won 2-1 Almiron, Gayle
2017/18 lost 0-1
2015/16 won 1-0 Mitrovic
2014/15 drew 1-1 Perez
2013/14 won 2-1 Gouffran, Sissoko
2012/13 won 2-1 Ba, Cisse
2011/12 lost 2-3 Ba 2
2010/11 drew 3-3 S.Taylor, Lovenkrands, og
2009/10 drew 2-2 Guthrie, Lovenkrands (Ch)
2008/09 won 2-1 Barton(pen), Martins
2005/06 won 3-0 Solano, Ameobi 2(1pen)
2004/05 won 3-1 Kluivert, Milner, Shearer
2003/04 lost 1-2 Robert (LC)
2002/03 won 2-1 Shearer 2

Carabao Cup Second Round fixtures:

Tue 25.08.2026:
Cardiff City v Norwich City (7pm)
Doncaster Rovers v Boro (7.30pm)
Barnsley v Crewe Alexandra (7.45pm)
Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield United (7.45pm)
Blackpool v Lincoln City (7.45pm)
Cambridge United v Millwall (7.45pm)
Fleetwood Town v Shrewsbury Town (7.45pm)
Ipswich Town v Leicester City (7.45pm)
Plymouth Argyle v Coventry City (7.45pm)
Sheffield Wednesday v Wolves (7.45pm)
Southampton v West Ham (7.45pm)
Stevenage v Reading (7.45pm)
Stoke City v Hull City (7.45pm)
Walsall v Leyton Orient (7.45pm)
Watford v Peterborough United (7.45pm)
Birmingham City v Brentford (8pm)
Nottingham Forest v Leeds United (8pm)

Wed 26.08.2026:
Bradford City v Burnley (7.45pm)
Newcastle v West Bromwich Albion (7.45pm)
Spurs v Charlton Athletic (7.45pm)
Preston North End v Everton (8pm)

Thu 27.08.2026:
Chelsea v Luton Town (7.30pm)
Fulham v AFC Wimbledon (8pm)

Fundraiser:
Signed ball draw  

Thanks to everyone who bought tickets for the Gateshead FC Supporters Society NUFC signed ball raffle, the winning ticket strip was 496-500.

Internationals:
Magpie is a young Lion

Newcastle youngster Charlie Robinson has been named in the England U16 squad for two friendlies this week.

The attacker is selected for games against Italy on Tuesday 25th August and Thursday 27th August in Florence.

Comings/goings
Squad updates

Senior players signed (6):
Aladji Bamba, Amar Dedic, Lukas Hornicek, Ewen Jaouen, Sean Steur, Bazoumana Toure. 

Development players signed (1):
Afner Ca

Academy players signed (3)
Eli Hall, Kyle Healy-Matthews, Kryan Thompson

Senior contracts extended (3):
Harvey Barnes, Mark Gillespie, Fabian Schar

Senior players sold (3):
Anthony Gordon (Barcelona), Sandro Tonali (Spurs), Bruno Guimaraes (Arsenal)

Development squad players sold (2):
Travis Hernes (Groningen), Joe White (Crewe Alexandra)

Senior players loaned (4):
Harrison Ashby (Luton Town), Antonio Cordero (Cadiz), Anthony Munda (Swindon town), Alex Murphy (Kaiserslautern), Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville)

Professional contracts signed (6):
Sam Alabi, Guy Bloomer, Jake Durrant, Henry Johnson, Mason Miley, Kacey Wooster

Scholarship contracts signed (8):
Chukwudi Afumuzor, Theo Benjamin, Roman Dowell, Jayden Kouossu, George Mair, Leon Mukumbira, Alfie Seldon, Lesecond Yeutembip


 

What Else?

1949 Everton (a)  1-2 (1-1) Division One P2, 0pts, 22nd/22  Lowrie(9) McIntosh(36), Wainwright(65pen)  49,504 George Lowrie netted at Goodison for a second successive season, but his fifth and final goal for United couldn't avoid defeat after Norman Dodgin's handball in the box was spotted by an alert linesman and the Toffees won it with a successful penalty. After one final appearance in our colours three days later the Welsh-born centre forward was dropped from the side and sold to Bristol City. 1955 Birmingham City (h) 2-2 (1-2) Division One P2, 3pts, 4th/22  Keeble(30), Davies(65) Astall(35pen), Murphy(36) 34,473 The newly-promoted visitors threatened to embarrass a below-par Newcastle side, only for Reg Davies to latch on to George Hannah's fine cross-field pass before firing past renowned goalkeeper Gil Merrick. 1957 West Bromwich Albion (a) 1-2 (0-0) Division One P1, 0pts, 13th/22  White(64) Robson(62), Allen(71)  31,064 There was a goal for Albion's Bobby Robson against his boyhood favourites.  1960 Fulham (h)  7-2 (5-1) Division One P2, 4pts, 4th/22  Neale(22,29), Gilfillan(31,34), Tuohy(45,89), White(80) Key(16), Docherty(84) 23,498  Following a 3-2 opening day victory at Preston, the goals flowed once again at Gallowgate. There was a pair each for home debutant duo, Duncan Neale and Liam Tuohy, while Len White made it four in two games and Bobby scored his only two goals for the club.  Sitting above United in the table were Spurs, Blackburn and Wolves who had also won twice but all had a better goal average. 1963 Derby County (h) 3-1 (2-1) Division Two P1, 2pts, 3rd/22  Taylor(1), Penman(25), McGarry(46) McCann(2)  35,269  Debuts for Gordon Marshall, Ollie Burton and scorer Colin Taylor - on his 23rd birthday. Those shuffling in a few minutes after kick-off in each half would have missed three of the four goals! 1964 Charlton Athletic (h) 1-1 (1-1) Division Two P1, 1pt, 10th/22  Hilley(37) Matthews(12)  32,805 What was to be a successful season that ended in lifting the Second Division title and gaining promotion had a low-key start with this Monday evening draw. The rest of the division had started their season on the Saturday but United and Northampton had to wait as the Cobblers couldn't play at home while the cricket season was still going. 1968 Everton (h) 0-0 (0-0) Division One P5, 5pts, 10th/22   38,851 After recovering from being two down to beat Chelsea at SJP three days earlier, United couldn't find a way past the Toffees. 1974 Wolves (a)  2-4 (1-2) Division One P3, 3pts, 13th/22  Tudor(8,75) Hibbitt(21,25pen,67,87) 23,526  With brother Terry in the United lineup, Kenny Hibbitt netted four times for the home side in a game that he recalls as the highlight of his Wolves playing career in the Football League. 1985 Liverpool (h) 1-0 (0-0) Division One P3, 5pts, 8th/22  Reilly(68)  29,941 The inconspicuous talents of beanpole striker George Reilly helped us to a famous victory over Europe's finest.  Wearing his "Rambo" style headband, he managed to connect with a centre to force the ball over the line at the Gallowgate end for a notable victory. 1991 Watford (h)  2-2 (1-1) Division Two P2, 1pt, 19th/24  Hunt(10), Clark(57)  Nicholas(27), Blissett(56) 22,440  The first home game of the season saw Andy Hunt grab an early lead, quickly cancelled out by Peter Nicholas as Srnicek dropped the ball under pressure from Butler.  33 year-old Luther Blissett then put the Hornets ahead with a header before United swept upfield and Lee Clark beat the keeper at the second attempt.  Franz Carr's home debut was received positively from most of the crowd  - although one alleged toon fan was later convicted of racially abusing him under new legislation. However he failed to provide decent service to strike pair Mick Quinn and Andy Hunt. Youtube footage is online here 1993 Newcastle were entertained by Everton reserves, winning 1-0 with an Alun Armstrong goal. Man of the match was United's 23 year -old trialist, Gustaf Uhlenbeek. Surinam-born, Uhlenbeek was at the time with Dutch side Cambuur Leeuwarden, having begun his career with Ajax.  Kevin Keegan failed to reach an agreement to sign the defender (although he did get his man some five years later when in charge at Craven Cottage). He later moved on to Top Oss before moving to Ipswich Town, Fulham, Sheffield United, Walsall, Bradford, Chesterfield, Wycombe Wanderers, Mansfield Town and Halifax Town. Uhlenbeek was in the Mansfield Town side beaten 1-0 at SJP in the FA Cup in 2006, more than 13 years after his trial outing. 1994 Coventry City (h)  4-0 (3-0) Premier League P2, 6pts, 1st/22  Lee(21,34), Watson(26), Cole(73) 34,163 After a 3-1 opening weekend success a at Leicester, United kept up their good form with a one-sided midweek beating of Phil Neal's side - christening the newly-opened Gallowgate End stand with three early goals. PL highlights are online here 1996 Sheffield Wednesday (h) 1-2 (1-1) Premier League P3, 3pts, 13th/20  Shearer(13pen)  Atherton(15), Whittingham(80) 36,452 Tino Asprilla's tumble at the Gallowgate End gave Alan Shearer his first Magpies goal at that end of SJP - from the penalty spot. Unfortunately the Owls, clad in an unpleasant aqua away kit, then proceeded to "take advantage of defensive incompetence" as the reporter in The Times put it. The three points sent David Pleat's side to the top of the Premiership. PL highlights are online here 2002 Manchester City (a) 0-1 (0-1) Premiership P2, 3pts, 10th/20 Huckerby(36) 34,776 A miserable end to our trips to Maine Road as ex-Mag Darren Huckerby scored the only goal in torrential rain.  Kieron Dyer missed an open goal after Peter Schmeichel had saved from Lomana LuaLua, on a day when travelling fans abused old boy Sylvain Distin, as he faced United for the first time since ending his SJP loan to join City. NUFC.com match report PL highlights are online here 2005 Bolton Wanderers (a) 0-2 (0-1) Premiership P3, 1pt, 18th/20 Diouf(37), Giannakopoulos(50) 29,504 The need for a striker was more acute than ever after a third fruitless and mostly clueless attempt at scoring a first goal of the season. Such was the paucity of our attack (that included Alan Shearer) that Trotters boss Sam Allardyce was able to field unfit striker Pedersen as a makeshift defender. Elsewhere, attempts continued to persuade star striker Michael Owen to swap Real Madrid for the Magpies. NUFC.com match report PL highlights are online here 2006 FK Ventspils (Latvia) (h) 0-0 (0-0) (1-0 on aggregate) UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round  2nd leg 30,498 New arrival Obafemi Martins took a pre-game bow before watching as his new team mates created chance after chance, but failed to find a goal. Nevertheless, progress into the UEFA Cup First Round proper was never in any serious doubt with goalkeeper Steve Harper posting the easiest clean sheet of his career. NUFC.com match report 2007 The mackems completed the signing of free agent Andy Cole, who joined them on a one-year contract. That's the same Andy Cole who once had this to say about his new gaffer: "He's the one footballer on earth who reckons that he never makes a mistake. The rest of us are mugs, continually messing up the team plan. Not Keano. He is just perfect, he is, or at least he believes he is, 10 out of 10 every week, in his dreams." 2009 A statement was eventually released, following the coming and going of a supposed 5pm deadline for potential NUFC buyers: "Newcastle United Football Club confirms that it has extended its deadline to Barry Moat to table an offer for the Club. "The extension has been granted in order to allow Barry Moat and his advisors to conclude funding arrangements with Barclays, current bankers, for the continuation of last season's £39m facility. This would allow a formal offer to be tabled." An entirely predictable delaying tactic, allowing for further player sales, while still keeping fans dangling with the prospect that their hate figure(s) would go. 2011 Joey Barton updated his twitter account to say:   "Going for a medical now, still no contract offer from NUFC.......think that just about makes my mind up." "Don't want to leave Newcastle........I've made that clear but my hands are tied." Granted permission by United to speak with QPR over a transfer, Barton travelled by train to London for talks - oddly accompanied by a Sky Sports News reporter. 2013 West Ham (h) 0-0 (0-0) Premier League P2, 1pt, 17th/20 49,622 New season, old problems for Newcastle, with a fourth successive home scoring blank and another failure to beat a Sam Allardyce side. Alan Pardew's 100th league game in charge of United almost ended on a high note when Sammy Ameobi struck the inside of the post in the 92nd minute. Following in, Yoan Gouffran then somehow managed to scoop the rebound over the crossbar from point blank range. NUFC.com match report PL highlights are online here 2016 United's ninth signing of the summer was 23 year-old US international right back DeAndre Yedlin, signed from Spurs for £5m. 2020 Ireland international midfielder Jeff Hendrick was confirmed as a Newcastle player, following his arrival at the club's training base near York.  The 28 year-old was a free agent after the expiration of his Burnley contract and signed a four year deal at Gallowgate. 2022 Tranmere Rovers (a) 2-1 (1-1) Carabao Cup Second Round Lascelles(40), Wood(52) Nevitt(21) 10,961 Newcastle's road to Wembley began at Prenton Park, where their League Two Rovers hosts threatened a shock after Elliott Nevitt beat Karl Darlow.  The 39th minute loss of Emil Krafth to injury would be pivotal however; his replacement Kieran Trippier immediately taking a corner that Jamaal Lascelles lashed home. Another Trippier flag kick was then headed home by Chris Wood after the break to complete the comeback. NUFC.com match report 2024 A 97th minute equaliser by Derby County deprived Newcastle U18s of three points in 3-3 draw at Little Benton. 17 year-old forward Sean Neave notched a hat-trick for the young Magpies.