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Fulham 2
Newcastle 0
Premier League
Craven Cottage
Sunday 24th May
Match report |
The Never-Ending Tour |
Number of Newcastle
games attended by
NUFC.com
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Fathers Day etc:
Colin Veitch book
offer
We have fresh stocks of Keith Colvin Smith's fine hardback biography of
Magpies
legend Colin Veitch available now for just £10
+delivery* (originally published at £35).
To
reserve copies, email
[email protected] confirming your postcode. Deliveries will
arrive in time for Fathers Day.
* due to book size & weight, only UK delivery is possible.
National service:
Murphy misses
out
Alex Murphy (Ireland):
Sat 06.06.2026 Canada (a) drew 1-1 FR
Another unused substitute role for the Newcastle defender, as
Ireland drew with a World Cup host nation in Montreal.
Thu 28.05.2026 Qatar (h) won 1-0 FR
Alex remained on the bench in Dublin, having made the senior squad
for the first time.
Dan Burn, Tino Livramento (England):
Sat 06.06.2026 New Zealand (n) Tampa FR
Wed 10.06.2026 Costa Rica (n) Orlando FR
Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade (Germany):
Sat 06.06.2026 USA (a) Chicago FR
Sun 31.05.2026 Finland (h)
won 4-0 FR
Both Magpies began on the bench in Mainz, Nick introduced as a 73rd
minute replacement when the scoring was over.
Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil):
Sat 06.06.2026 Egypt (n) Cleveland FR
Sun 31.05.2026 Panama (h)
won 6-2 FR
The Newcastle midfielder was in the starting line-up and made way at
half-time for Lucas Paqueta at Rio's Maracana stadium. The score was
2-1 to Brazil at that point.
Rory Finneran (Ireland U21s):
Sat 06.06.6026 Croatia U21s (a) Vrbovec FR
Fresh from his senior team debut, the Newcastle midfielder wins his
first cap at U21 level with a starting spot.
Tue 09.06.2026 Qatar U23s (n) Vrbovec FR
Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece):
Sun 07.06.2026 Italy (h) Heraklion FR
Thu 04.06.2026 Sweden (a) drew 2-2 FR
The goalkeeper was an unused substitute in Stockholm.
William Osula (Denmark):
Sun 07.06.2026 Ukraine (h) Odense FR
Wed 03.06.2026 DR Congo (n) drew 0-0
FR
The Newcastle forward appeared at half time in Liege for his senior
international debut. Osula becomes the first current Magpie to play
for Denmark since Peter Lovenkrands.
Anthony Elanga
(Sweden):
Thu 04.06.2026 Greece (h) drew 2-2
FR
The Newcastle man arrived from the bench in the 63rd minute, with
the score 1-1 in Stockholm.
A collision with an opposition player saw Elanga briefly
hospitalised post-match but he quickly returned to confirm his
fitness when speaking to journalists.
Mon 01.06.2026 Norway (a) lost 1-3
FR
Elanga was in the starting
line-up for the game in Oslo, replaced at the interval when his side trailed 0-3.
Sweden's consolation goal was an eye-catching strike by that Isak
bloke, shortly after arriving as substitute.
Yoane
Wissa (DR Congo):
Wed 03.06.2026 Denmark (n) drew 0-0 FR
The Newcastle forward played 87 minutes in Liege, making his first
start in any game since his most recent DRC appearance, against
Jamaica in March.
(DRC's friendly against Chile in Spain was cancelled).
Compo :
Gerry & Sewell
giveaway
winner
Returning to
Newcastle's Theatre Royal this month is "Gerry & Sewell", a tale of two
Toon fans searching for their holy grail of season tickets, despite being
totally skint....
Based on Jonathan Tulloch's book "The Season Ticket" and
previously filmed as "Purely Belter", seven performances take
place from Tuesday June 9th to
Saturday June 13th, with matinees on both the Thursday and
Saturday.
Tickets are on sale
here
We had
two tickets to give away for opening night on June 9th and asked
which Blaydon building hosted Blaydon Races lyricist Geordie
Ridley's show on that day in 1862.
It was the Mechanics' Hall and from the correct entries received,
two tickets will go to Paul Ross.
Update:
Jaouen claims
made
Media reports in France suggest that
Newcastle have reached agreement with Ligue 2 side Reims to sign
their goalkeeper, Ewen Jaouen.
The 20 year-old Parisian is a French U21 international and made 34
appearances last season as Reims finished sixth, two points shy of a
promotion playoff spot.
A four year contract at a cost of £24m is speculated upon, but as
yet, neither club have commented on the story.
Update:
I got stripes
Launched on Tuesday (June 10th) in the UK, some
overseas Mags have already found Newcastle United's 2026/27 home
shirt out in the wild.
The new design has drawn comparisons with the Umbro "barcode"
shirt from the early 1990s.
Update:
Staying, going etc.
Squad updates:
Contracts extended (2):
Mark Gillespie (to 2027)
Fabian Schar (to 2027)
Senior players released (5):
Emil Krafth, Kieran Trippier, John
Ruddy, Matt Targett,
Max Thompson.
Senior player loan expired (1):
Aaron Ramsdale (returned to Southampton)
Senior player sold (1):
Anthony Gordon (Barcelona)
Development squad players released (7):
Joe Brayson, Thomas Bryant, Adam Harrison, Alfie Harrison,
Darren
Palmer, James Taylor, Ciaran Thompson.
Development squad player
sold (1):
Travis Hernes (Groningen)
Update :
NUST
survey:
ends Monday
The annual Newcastle United Supporters Trust (NUST)
member survey is now online, including questions about
ticket sales and distribution, ID checks and the upcoming
Murrayfield kickabout amongst other topics.
Members should have received an email with a link to the
survey - note that the closing date is Monday, June 8th
at Midnight and there's an extra incentive to respond, in
the shape of a prize draw for a signed NUFC shirt.
NB: the survey is restricted to NUST members only, but
renewals and new memberships are available for just £1.
Details here:
https://nufctrust.co.uk/
2026/27:
Everton (n) confirmed
Newcastle are to visit Edinburgh's Murrayfield
Stadium as part of their pre-season programme, facing
Everton.
The Magpies and Toffees meet on
Wednesday August 12th at 5.15pm with all ticket sales via Ticketmaster.
As NUFC aren't selling tickets direct, there's no loyalty point
requirement and no point will be issued to attendees.
Prices ranged from
£35 to £75 for adults plus booking fees of up to £13 - an
incredible uplift in cost compared to the £25 tickets at Celtic last
July.
While outrageous, the pricing is little shock to anyone attending
the Premier League Summer Series of games featuring Newcastle in the
USA during 2023.
That was also handled by Ticketmaster, with the cheapest ticket for
United's games against Aston Villa (in Philadelphia) and Chelsea (in
Atlanta) £49 when including booking fees.
There has been an inevitable backlash from fans unhappy at paying
the equivalent of Champions League ticket prices, the line "from
£35" factually correct but grossly misleading.
Although not administering this game (but presumably approving the
ticket prices), Newcastle's opportunity to make amends will arise in
the form of the home friendlies.
A sensible pricing policy for those games would seem like a small
but necessary action after the Lothian shakedown.
The teatime kick-off does mean that it's possible to get back to
London Kings Cross via train post-match - which may be handy, given
the price of hotels in Edinburgh due to the annual Fringe Festival
taking place at the same time.
We're uncertain whether this really is a "dry run" to test the
viability of staging future NUFC games at Murrayfield, were SJP to
be unavailable due to reconstruction.
Regarding the rest of pre-season, the players will report back
around
July 13th and include a training camp in the Spanish resort of La Manga.
A pair of home friendlies over the weekend of August 15th/16th are
anticipated, with Serie A side AS Roma and French League Strasbourg
among rumoured opponents.
Update:
World Cup fixtures
When and where for our lot in the USA:
Find
Coral's WC betting markets
online here
Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil,
Group C):
Sat 13.06.2026 Morocco (New Jersey, USA) 11pm bbc
Sat 20.06.2026 Haiti (Philadelphia, USA) 1.30am itv
Wed 24.06.2026 Scotland (Miami, USA) 11pm bbc
Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade (Germany, Group E):
Sun 14.06.2026 Curacao (Houston, USA) 6pm itv
Sat 20.06.2026 Ivory Coast (Toronto, Canada) 9pm itv
Thu 25.06.2026 Ecuador (New Jersey, USA) 9pm bbc
Anthony Elanga
(Sweden, Group F):
Mon 15.06.2026 Tunisia (Monterrey, Mexico) 3am itv
Sat 20.06.2026 Netherlands (Houston, USA) 6pm bbc
Fri 26.06.2026 Japan (Dallas, USA) 12am bbc
Yoane
Wissa (DR Congo, Group K):
Fri 17.06.2026 Portugal (Houston, USA) 6pm bbc
Wed 24.06.2026 Colombia (Guadalajara, Mexico) 3am itv
Sun 28.06.2026 Uzbekistan (Atlanta, USA)
12.30am bbc
Dan Burn, Tino Livramento (England, Group L):
Wed 17.06.2026 Croatia (Dallas, USA) 9pm itv
Tue 23.06.2026 Ghana (Boston, USA) 9pm bbc
Sat 27.06.2026 Panama (New Jersey, USA) 10pm itv
PS: former Magpies off to the USA include:
Miguel Almiron (Paraguay)
Elliot Anderson (England)
Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria)
Bradley Cross (South Africa)
Anthony Gordon (England)
Grant Hanley (Scotland)
Alexander Isak (Sweden)
Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo)
Mikel Merino (Spain)
Ivan Toney (England)
Chris Wood (New Zealand)
Unlikely lads:
Comings and goings
Update: confirmation awaited of the following:
Allan Saint-Maximin to Charlotte FC
Kieran Trippier to Wolves
SJP old boys on the move recently include:
Dan Barlaser left Boro
Rafa Benitez left Panathinaikos (Manager)
Adam Campbell left Hartlepool United
Lee Clark left Rotherham United (Manager)
Lee Clark now Hartlepool United (Manager)
Luuk de Jong left Porto
Rob Elliot left Gateshead (Manager)
Rob Elliot now Carlisle United (Manager)
Isaac Hayden left QPR
Chris Hogg now Northampton Town (Manager)
Jamaal Lascelles left Leicester City
Jamal Lewis left Preston North End
Kevin Mbabu left Midtjylland
Steve McClaren now Rotherham United (Head of Football)
James Milner left Brighton & Hove Albion
Michael O'Neill left Blackburn Rovers (Manager)
Scott Parker left Burnley (Manager)
Callum Roberts left Scunthorpe United
Callum Roberts now Notts County
Allan Saint-Maximin left RC Lens
Josh Scott now West Auckland Town
Islam Slimani left Cluj
Dylan Stephenson left Dagenham & Redbridge
James Tavernier left Rangers
Dan Ward left South Shields
Georginio Wijnaldum left Al-Ettifaq
Latest:
KK/KD
updates
Kevin
Keegan has confirmed that he's suffering from stage four
stomach cancer, but responding well to treatment.
Kenny Dalglish has confirmed
an unspecified cancer diagnosis, reporting that his
treatment is going well.
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Tickets/Fixtures |
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Season 2025/26 |
NUFC ticketing website online
here
NUFC Box Office:
0344 372 1892 line manned:
Monday
to Friday: 10am to 5pm
Home games: 10am to 30 minutes from KO
Away games: Three hours from KO to KO
(NB: Box Office phone lines are closed during w/c Mon 01.06.2026 due to ST
seat moves).
Milburn Stand Box Office manned:
Wednesdays only: 10am to 5pm
Home games: 10am to half time
2026/27 ST prices
here
PL
home ST limits:
ST left unused, limit is 5
ST sold/transferred limit is 10
SJP seating plan online
here
Away ticket
transfers are possible between 72 hours and five hours before kick-off (times
may vary). A maximum of two are permitted per season (PL only).
Home ticket transfers are possible between three weeks and one hour
before kick-off.
More info online
here
Away ticket info online here
ST holders have 24
hours to apply, 24 hours to determine success, 48 hours to
buy.
Success is based on the loyalty point total calculated from applications
received. Any applications from ST holders with less points are entered into a
ballot, which will have taken place before tickets go on sale.
Regardless of the loyalty point level a game sells out at, to purchase a
ticket you must have applied in the initial 24 hour window.
The initial purchase window is divided into two sections determined by a loyalty
point division that alters for each game - those successful applicants above
that point division usually get two hours head start.
NB: emails from NUFC confirming success may arrive after the purchase
window opens - if you think you qualify due to your points total, log
on and complete your purchase.
Tickets not bought by successful applicants are then offered to unsuccessful applicants with a
reduced loyalty points total - new applications cannot be made at this time.
Only those within the new loyalty point total are
eligible to buy - even if you had more, your purchase window has already
closed.
PL away ticket prices will remain unchanged at £30 for both 2026/27 and
2027/28.
Fixtures:
Wed
10.06.2026 home kit launch @ 8am.
Mon
15.06.2026
Transfer window opens @ Midnight.
Fri 19.06.2026
PL fixture release @ 10am.
Wed 12.08.2026 Everton (n) @ Murrayfield Stadium, 5.15pm. Friendly.
Ticket sales via Ticketmaster, not NUFC.
Sat 22.08.2026
Premier League begins.
Tue 01.09.2026 Transfer window closes @ 11pm.
Fri 01.01.2027
Transfer window opens @ Midnight.
Mon 01.02.2027 Transfer window closes @ 11pm.
Sun 30.05.2027
Premier League ends.
Carabao Cup:
(NUFC enter in Round 2, regionalised into Northern and Southern
sections. The draw takes place after Round 1 which is between Fri 07.08.2026 and
Sun 09.08.2026).
Draw dates tbc
FA Cup:
(NUFC enter in Round 3: draw takes place on or around Sun 06.12.2026).
R3: Sat 09.01.2027
R4: Sat 13.02.2027
R5: Sat 06.03.2027
QF: Sat 03.04.2027
SF: Sat 24.04.2027
F: Sat 22.05.2027
dates to follow
FA Youth Cup:
NUFC U18s enter in Round 3, ties be played on or before Sat
12.12.2026.
Other events @ SJP:
Euro 2028:
Four group stage games
and one last 16 tie will be played at SJP on the following dates:
Mon 12.06.2028
Thu 15.06.2028
Sat 17.06.2028
Tue 20.06.2028
Sun 25.06.2028
(Kick-off times will be advised in 2027)
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National Service |
2025/26:
11.06.2026-19.07.2026 World Cup Finals
2026/27:
21.09-09.10.2026*
09.11-17.11.2026
22.03-30.03.2027
* the early September break is replaced by an extended late
September/early October in which four internationals will be
staged.
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Coxy's Corner |
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Whoops, He did it Again... |
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The BBC dispute Newcastle's efforts to
lower the average of their playing squad:
And the same outlet claim an unlikely
new partner for our German forward:
(Lindsay Smith, Peter Briggs,
Neil Jensen, Paul Dent & more)
What's this all about then?
Click here
for a rambling explanation of sorts....
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On This Day in History |
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6th June |
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Born Or Died:
1966 Mark Gill born, Dublin,
Ireland.
(1988-90)
Striker spotted playing for Dublin side
Home Farm in 1988 by Magpies coach Mick Martin, who
arranged for Gill to travel to Tyneside to play in a trial
game in the presence of manager Willie McFaul.
Scoring twice in a reserve fixture against Barnsley with a
certain Gazza in the same side, Mark earned a contract at
SJP but suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament at the start
of the following season.
Finding form again for the reserves after returning from
further surgery, incoming manager Jim Smith opted to
release Gill and he returned to Ireland.
After a series of operations on his knee, Mark was advised
to retire from full-time football, joining Shelbourne as a
part-timer in 1991.
Moving on to Sligo Rovers, Gill was soon back at
Shelbourne before agreeing to sign for Belfast side
Cliftonville.
Ending his career at Home Farm in a midfield role,
Mark then coached the reserves for a season. He later worked in a marketing role for Aer
Lingus.
1994 Death
of Jackie Cape, 82.
(1930-34)
Remembered as the scorer of the only goal during
Hughie Gallacher's emotional SJP homecoming with
Chelsea in 1930.
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What Else?
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1908 Newcastle's
Jock Rutherford won his eighth cap for England as they
defeated Austria 6-1 in a friendly played in Vienna.
What was the national side's 95th recognised fixture was
also the first staged outside of the British Isles.
1999 England boss Kevin Keegan drafted in Kieron Dyer
from the U21 squad to his first team pool ahead of a Euro
2000 qualifier in Sofia against Bulgaria.
However it would be September's home game against
Luxembourg that saw the midfielder gain his first full cap
- by which time he'd swapped Portman Road for SJP.
2000 The
Chronicle claimed that United had a £1.25m
agreement in place for AB Copenhagen striker Peter
Lovenkrands.
However the 20 year-old ended up at Ibrox as Rangers
hijacked the deal and wouldn't move to SJP until 2009.
2001 Newcastle
United tabled plans for a huge leisure and retail complex
on land around St James Metro Station.
The centre piece was a 200-bed hotel, with cinemas, bars,
a nightclub and 45 flats along with a multi-storey car
park.
2001 The Magpies were one of 11 teams included in the
Fair Play League draw for a place in the UEFA Cup
Preliminary Round.
However Finnish and Slovakian sides were picked, United
remaining unselected.
2003 Newcastle's interminable pursuit of
Feyenoord's Brett Emerton continued, Sir Bobby Robson
refusing to confirm or deny press speculation of a
further bid for the highly-rated Australian wing
back.
2004 Departures
from SJP included Steve Caldwell - signing a
pre-contract agreement with the mackems - while Pompey
continued to haggle over a transfer fee for Lomana LuaLua.
2005 Newcastle's
Darren Ambrose was in the England U20 side who beat South
Korea 3-0 to set up a semi-final against hosts
France at the Toulon Tournament.
Fellow Magpies James and Milner and Steven Taylor were
unused substitutes in La Seyne.
2007 Just
over a year after his last goal, Michael Owen's 37th
England strike came in a 3-0 win over Estonia at the A Le
Coq Arena.
Steve McClaren introduced fellow Magpie Kieron Dyer as a
second half substitute, winning his 32nd senior cap.
2009 United's Damien Duff played 90 minutes in a
World Cup Qualifier for the Republic of Ireland in a 1-1
draw with Bulgaria in Sofia.
Meanwhile, Shane Ferguson made a senior debut for
Northern Ireland from the bench as a scratch side lost 0-3
to Italy in Pisa.
2011
Michael Richardson and Ryan Donaldson won
new deals at SJP, but fellow reserves
Aaron Spear, Patrick McLaughlin, Dan Leadbitter and
Matthew Grieve all left.
2012
Despite failing to steer Birmingham
City into the Premier League via the playoffs, former Toon
boss Chris Hughton looked set to secure a top flight
return after Norwich City gained permission to interview
him.
Amid speculation that he would fill the West Bromwich
Albion vacancy, Hughton opted for Carrow Road.
Meanwhile, ex-Magpie coach Steve Clarke was the first
casualty of the Brendan Rodgers revolution at Liverpool,
leaving the post he had held at Anfield since January
2011.
2015
Sky Sports News reported that Steve McClaren was in
talks with Newcastle about the managerial vacancy but
nothing was being announced before McClaren went away on
holiday. Butlins, presumably.
2020 Following an enforced break of almost three
months due to COVID-19 restrictions, football returned to
SJP as two Newcastle XIs met behind closed doors.
It finished 1-1, the side clad in the orange change kit
leading through Joelinton's close range shot before a
Nabil Bentaleb's strike from distance drew the black and
whites level.
In line with agreed guidelines, the match was officiated
by club staff with Steve Harper refereeing.
2022 The Premier League finally ratified the
appointment of Dan Ashworth as Newcastle's Sporting
Director, six months after previous club Brighton and
Hove Albion allowed him to speak with United.
Ashworth left his
post at the Seagulls after a formal offer from SJP in
February, but was placed on gardening leave until
agreement over compensation for the
remainder of his contract was reached.
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