1947 Leicester City (a) 2-2 (2-2) Division Two P7, 8pts, 7th/22  Shackleton(9), Donaldson(12) Griffiths(24), Revie(38) 35,472
1948 Aston Villa (a) 4-2 (2-1) Division One P8, 11pts, 2nd/22  Donaldson(18), Walker(38), Gibson(62), Milburn(77) Dixon(9), Edwards(57) 35,824

1950 Huddersfield Town (a) 0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P8, 12pts, 1st/22 
30,323
The Magpies made it eight games without defeat from the start of the season, but couldn't find a way past the Terriers at Leeds Road - despite having scored six goals without a reply on Tyneside just a week earlier.

Jackie Milburn had struck three times in that victory and came closest to winning the return contest, pinging a 35 yard shot off the woodwork on 35 minutes.

1952 Preston North End (h) 4-3 (1-2) Division One P6, 5pts, 14th/22  Davies(13,60), G.Robledo(79,80) Wayman(14), Horton(20), Dunn(77)  52,020 A two-minute double from George Robledo won it for United as they twice came from behind. Bobby Mitchell's 44th minute penalty miss ultimately wasn't costly.

1954 Aston Villa (a)
2-1 (1-0)
Division One
P8, 11pts, 3rd/22 
Milburn(17), Mitchell(70) 
Blanchflower(54pen)
27,330
Five days after a 5-3 win on Tyneside, United completed a league double at Villa Park.

1958 Manchester United (h) 1-1 (1-1)
Division One
P7, 7pts, 13th/22 
Davies(29) 
Charlton(32)
60,670
Newcastle were back on home ground after a 3-1 win at Spurs and a 5-6 loss at Chelsea and despite leading couldn't prevent a winless run against the visitors extending to seven games. 

The Manchester United side included former Gallowgate favourite Ernie Taylor, along with Albert Scanlon - the latter who would be transferred to Newcastle in 1960. 

1961 Scunthorpe United (h) 2-0 (1-0)
League Cup 1st Round
Hale(12), Allchurch(63) 
14,372
Newcastle chalked up a first victory in the League Cup at the second time of asking, having being humbled 1-4 at home by Colchester United at the same stage 12 months earlier.

Ken Hale was allowed to interrupt his National Service and play, marking his first senior appearance since October 1959 with a goal. 

1966 Leeds United (a) 
0-1 (0-1)
League Cup 2nd Round
Peacock(44)
18,131
The hosts deservedly won, with the margin of victory only so slim due to the exploits of goalkeeper Gordon Marshall - and no less than three Leeds players hitting the woodwork.

Having made his debut the previous weekend, youngster Stuart Alderson kept his place in the starting lineup for Newcastle.

1967 Lincoln City (a)
1-2 (0-0)
League Cup 2nd Round 
Burton(71) 
Grummett(81), Peden(85pen)
15,454 
The Magpies renewed rivalries with the Imps after a gap of over 70 years since the two sides met in Division Two.  

There was a debut for midfielder Eric Ross at Sincil Bank as Newcastle were beaten in their fifth successive League Cup tie - this time by a lowly Fourth Division side.

1969 Derby County (h)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P9, 8pts, 12th/22 
McFarland(47)
39,382 
Roy McFarland's header from a free kick was enough to take the Rams to the top of Division One, Bob Moncur commenting afterwards that, "we played rubbish and deserved to get beaten."
Youtube footage here

1972 Ayr United (Scotland) (a) 0-0 (0-0)
Texaco Cup First Round First Leg
8,500
Having exited at the semi-final stage the previous season, Joe Harvey's side began another Texaco Cup campaign against Ally McLeod's Honest Men.

Newcastle fielded an unchanged starting lineup at Somerset Park from the one which had beaten Arsenal the previous weekend.

The rules of the competition allowed for two substitutes to be named, one of whom had to be a goalkeeper.

Team: McFaul, Craig, Clark, Young, Howard, Moncur, Barrowclough, Smith, Macdonald, Tudor, Hibbitt. Subs n/u: Reid, Burleigh.

1975 Everton (a)
0-3 (0-2)
Division One
P7, 7pts, 10th/22 
Latchford(2), Lyons(14), Clement(74)
28,938
After back-to-back home games during which they had scored nine times without conceding, reality rapidly returned for United at Goodison Park.

The Toffees themselves had let in six goals in their most recent two outings, but exploited a Magpies side lacking toe injury victim Malcolm Macdonald and whose defence was once again something of a disaster area away from home.

1980 Queen's Park Rangers (a) 2-1 (1-0)
Division Two
P6, 7pts, 8th/22 
Boam(26), Hibbitt(73)
Hazell(56)
10,865 
The BBC "Match of the Day" cameras made the short trip from TV Centre to Loftus Road to capture the first game of Arthur Cox's managerial reign.

Stuart Boam gave United an interval lead that Bob Hazell cancelled out, before the hitherto anonymous Terry Hibbitt struck the winner after a mix-up in the R's box.

Unfortunately the referee had already noted that Newcastle wanted to substitute him, so the scorer was promptly forced to leave the pitch, to be replaced by Peter Cartwright.
Youtube footage is online here

1986 Coventry City (a)
0-3 (0-1)
Division One
P6, 2pts, 22nd/22 
Kilcline(14), Bennett(48), Adam(60)
11,370
Newcastle sank to the bottom of the First Division for the first time since 1977, as their winless start to the season reached six games.

Brian Kilcline opened the scoring at Highfield Road against his future employers following a free kick given for a foul on Cyrille Regis.

The City striker tormented a United side without injury victims Glenn Roeder and Peter Beardsley.

Meanwhile, Joe Harvey made a scouting visit to Villa Park as Manchester United Reserves beat the hosts 7-0. His target was claimed to be Clayton Blackmore, but nothing came of it.
Youtube footage is online here

1989 Oxford United (a) 
1-2 (1-1)
Division Two
P5, 7pts, 11th/22 
Quinn(8) 
og(Ranson)(40), Mustoe(85)
7,313
A midweek trip to the Manor Ground saw Mick Quinn make it nine goals in his five games for his new club, but little else went right.

1993 Sheffield Wednesday (h) 4-2 (1-1)
Premier League
P7, 9pts, 13th/22 
Cole(21,76), Mathie(81), Allen(88)
Sinton(26,47)
33,519 
A memorable debut for Alex Mathie who came off the bench to set up Andy Cole's equaliser before netting with a superb effort at the Leazes End.

Chris Waddle appeared for the visitors, while Northumberland-born Andy Sinton scored twice for the Owls. However United - forced to play in their blue away strip - were deserved winners.
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1994 Royal Antwerp (Belgium) (a)
5-0 (3-0)
UEFA Cup 1st Round 1st Leg 
Lee(1,9,50), Sellars(39), Watson(78)
19,700 
Fairytale stuff as Robert Lee scored the first of a hat trick of headers within the first minute to send the travelling Toon fans barmy. 

Despite scaremongering by United, tickets were on sale for the away sections right up to kick-off and the official party of 3,500 was matched by the independent travellers.
Youtube footage is online here

1997 Wimbledon (h)
1-3 (1-1)
Premier League
P3, 6pts, 11th/20 
Barton(32)
Cort(2), Perry(59), Ekoku(76)
36,526 
Future Magpie flop Carl Cort marked his first Wombles start by opening the scoring, setting Joe Kinnear's side en route to a first Premier League success at SJP.

John Barnes debuted, Warren Barton hit a rare goal against his former employers and Tino Asprilla was named on the bench after arriving back late from international duty.

Of course this was all part of a master plan to wrong-foot Jose Mourinho - present at SJP in his role as Barcelona scout, ahead of United's home Champions League tie with the Spanish side the following Wednesday.
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2003 Everton (a) 
2-2 (0-0)
Premiership
P4, 2pts, 17th/20
Shearer(59pen,82pen)
Radzinsky(67), Ferguson(88pen)
Robert (40 - 2 yellows)
40,228
Alan Shearer reached the 150 goals mark for United with a brace of spot kick conversions, but referee Rob Styles took centre stage with 11 yellow and two red cards.

The first of those was for Laurent Robert for a crazy leap into the back of Tobias Linderoth, but it was 10-a-side when Gary Naysmith was dismissed just before the hour mark.

Tomasz Radzinsky equalised but United were within sight of victory until a daft challenge by Jermaine Jenas on Radzinsky allowed Duncan Ferguson to level once again from the spot.
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2004 Darren Ambrose marked his return from injury with a goal for the Reserves at Kingston Park against West Bromwich Albion. Watching our 1-0 win from the stands was imminent signing and free agent Ronny Johnsen.
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2005 Our second string's unbeaten run for the season end at the fourth attempt, losing 0-1 to Everton at Southport's Haig Avenue.

Chinese midfielder Li Tie netted with a fine 35 yard shot that Tony Caig couldn't keep out.
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2006 Missing from the party who flew to Estonia for the UEFA Cup tie against Levadia Tallinn was Assistant Manager Kevin Bond, given time off by the club to deal with "personal matters".

Earlier in the week, Bond's name was mentioned in connection with an imminent Panorama BBC TV programme about football transfers.

Ironically he was handed his P45 by the club while fellow Panorama "star", Sam Allardyce, got the manager's job nine months later....

2008 Hull City (h)
1-2 (0-1)
Premier League
P4, 4pts, 15th/20
Xisco(82)
King(34pen,55)
Guthrie(90)
50,242
United's first game following the abrupt exit of Kevin Keegan saw caretaker boss Chris Hughton in the dugout and large-scale protests outside.

There were debuts for the two players whose arrival had added to the political unrest on Barrack Road, with Xisco netting a debut goal and Nacho Gonzalez appearing off the bench.

Danny Guthrie saw red for an awful challenge on Craig Fagan, that left visiting boss Phil Brown rather inappropriately calling for that sort of tackle to be "kicked out of football".

This game saw the first appearance of the infamous "Cockney Mafia Out" banner, Charles N'Zogbia seemingly distracted by it as the Tigers swept forward to score the winner.
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2009 Cardiff City (a)
1-0 (1-0)
Championship
P6, 16pts, 1st/24
Coloccini(18)
Smith(90 - second yellow)
25,630
United's debut at Cardiff's new stadium saw them become the first side to leave there with maximum points.

Fabricio Coloccini's first Newcastle goal was enough to take his side two points clear at the top of the Championship, despite having Alan Smith "take one for the team" late on and be shown the red card.
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2014 Southampton (a)
0-4 (0-2)
Premier League
P4, 2pts, 20th/22
Pelle(6,19), Cork(54), Schneiderlin(90+4)
29,678
Alan Pardew's tenure as manager looked anything but certain after a second 0-4 rout by his former employers in six months made it four league games without victory.

Assistant John Carver meanwhile became embroiled in a pre-game spat with away fans after an anti-Pardew banner was unfurled.
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2016 Queen's Park Rangers (a) 6-0 (2-0)
Championship
P7, 15pts, 2nd/24
Shelvey(12,48), Perez(30), Clark(56), Mitrovic(63), Hanley(79)
17,404
Newcastle went goal crazy at Loftus Road, matching their biggest away league win since 1962 - when they hit half a dozen without reply at Walsall.

A sixth successive league and cup victory - and a fifth clean sheet in a row - was also the heaviest home defeat inflicted on the R's in their entire 96 year history.
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2021 The U23s lost their unbeaten PL2 record for the season at the fourth time of asking - beaten 0-2 by West Bromwich Albion at AFC Telford's New Bucks Head.
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2023 A goal from U21 debutant Josh Donaldson gave Newcastle a 1-1 draw at Huddersfield Town in the U21 PL Cup.

The Magpies ended up with ten men at the John Smith's Stadium, when midfielder James Huntley saw red on 83 minutes.
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2025 Wolverhampton Wanderers (h)
1-0 (1-0)
Premier League
P4, 5pts, 9th/20
Woltemade(29)
52,145
New signing Nick Woltemade was the toast of the Toon after scoring the only goal of the game on his debut.

The striker majestically headed into the Leazes net to give Eddie Howe's side their first win of the season against the Premier League's basement club.
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