1907 sunderland (n)
2-0 (1-0)
Friendly 
Soye(1-0), Hedley(67) 
10,000
This fundraiser for Northumberland and Durham Aged Miners homes was staged in the town of Stanley.

Team: Purvis, McCracken, Henderson, Middleton, McCormack, Niblo, Gardner, Howie, Appleyard, Soye, Hedley.
SAFC: Allen, Bonthron, Spence, Low, Grey, Ledger, Thompson, Wilkinson, Brown, Montgomery, Muir.

1909 Bradford City (h)
1-0 (1-0)
Division One
P9, 11pts, 2nd/20 
Wilson(63) 
25,000
Scottish international George Wilson's effort was enough to beat the Bantams and give United a first win in three games.

The Magpies were without inside forward Jimmy Stewart, playing for a Football League XI against their Irish League counterparts at Oldham that day. He scored in a 5-1 win.

1920 sunderland (h)
6-1 (2-0)
Division One
P9, 12pts, 3rd/22 
Seymour(53), Smailes(33,57), Harris(43pen,48), Ward(88) 
Buchan(50)
58,016
With the ground packed before kick-off, the decision was made to get proceedings underway 20 minutes early. Presumably the mackems failed to receive that message... 

1926 Liverpool (h)
1-0 (1-0)
Division One
P10, 12pts, 9th/22 
Gallacher(3) 
21,575

1937 Nottingham Forest (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P10, 6pts, 19th/22 
28,582

1943 Huddersfield Town (h)
5-2 (4-1)
Wartime
Stubbins(10,?) Milburn 2, Woollett(?)
Price(4-1), Storey(5-2)
10,400

1948 sunderland (a)
1-1 (1-1)
Division One
P12, 14pts, 8th/22
Hair(8)
Shackleton(25)
51,399
Shack made his competitive derby debut against his old side and received special attention from Joe Harvey.

However, Len did escape his clutches long enough to curl a 20 yard effort past Jack Fairbrother, equalising George Hair's earlier close range opener.  
 
1948 A full international debut for Jackie Milburn, who scored with a header as England strode to a 6-2 victory over Northern Ireland at Windsor Park. South Shields-born Stan Mortensen scored a hat trick.

1954 sunderland (a)
2-4 (0-2)
Division One
P12, 11pts, 15th/22 
Milburn(47),
R.Mitchell(67pen)
Purdon(33), Bingham(39,52), Chisholm(63)
66,654
The Magpies were beaten for a fourth successive league game, although their schedule was hardly helping - this Saturday derby coming after a trip to Cardiff City the previous Saturday and a friendly at Plymouth Argyle on the Monday night.

1961 Bobby Mitchell XI (h)
2-3 (0-2)
Friendly 
Allchurch(73), Tuohy(89)
Milburn(12,60), Stokoe(22)
40,993 
A testimonial Match for Mitch earned him £6,300 on his return to Gallowgate, alongside former colleagues including Jackie Milburn, Bob Stokoe, Ronnie Simpson and Frank Brennan.

Eight of the Newcastle side were back in action just 48 hours later against Sheffield United in the League Cup.

Team: Hollins, McKinney, McMichael, Keith, Heslop, Neale, Scanlon, Allchurch, White, McGuigan (Harrower), Tuohy.

BM XI: Simpson(Hibernian), McIntosh(Berwick), Franks (Morton), Anderson(sunderland), Brennan (North Shields), Stokoe (Bury), Smith (Dundee), Hilley (Third Lanark), Milburn (Yiewsley), Eastham(Arsenal), Mitchell(Berwick).

1963 sunderland (a) 
1-2 (1-1)
Division Two
P13, 13pts, 8th/22 
Taylor(14)
Ashurst(43), Herd(81)
56,980
Newcastle were criticised for their cautious approach in the second half of this derby meeting at Roker Park, apparently content to share the points - and caught out when George Herd grabbed a later winner.

1965 Aston Villa (h)
1-0 (0-0)
Division One
P12, 11pts, 14th/22 
McGarry(47) 
31,382
Centre forward Ron McGarry was recalled from the reserves to give his side a first victory in three league and cup games.

However The Journal correspondent remained unimpressed by the winning side, labelling them as "shockingly unsatisfactory." 

1971 Arsenal (a)
2-4 (0-2)
Division One
P12, 8pts, 19th/22 
Macdonald(85,88)
Graham(2), Kennedy(15), Armstrong(53), Kelly(82)
40,509
This defeat for United at Highbury left them with a record of just two wins from their opening 12 league games. 

1976 Hibernian (Scotland) (h) 2-1 (0-1)
Friendly 
Cannell(48), Gowling(82)
Scott(44) 
10,284 
Future United signings John Brownlie and John Blackley both played for the visitors.

Gordon Lee started with reserve team player Colin Chambers in the side, introducing his second string colleague Mel Owens.

Two second half headers won it for the home side, who played the final 19 minutes with ten men after Micky Burns limped off with both substitutes already used.

Team: Mahoney, Kelly, Kennedy, Chambers, McCaffery, Nulty, Barrowclough (Owens), Cannell, Burns, Gowling, T.Craig.

1982 Oldham Athletic (a)
2-2 (2-2)
Division Two
P9, 12pts, 10th/22 
Varadi(7,18)
Carney(67), McDermott(67)
Heaton(30), Wylde(36)
9,000
A stormy afternoon at Boundary Park: United finishing with nine men after Steve Carney and Terry McDermott were dismissed and visiting fans fighting with the police in the ground.

1991 Crewe Alexandra (h) 1-0 (0-0)
(5-3 on aggregate)
League Cup 2nd Round
2nd Leg 
Howey(87) 
9,175 
After five fruitless attempts, our barren home run was belatedly broken by substitute striker Steve Howey, who stooped to head home a cross from the previously profligate Franz Carr.

On loan striker Andy Walker played his third and final game for United and once again made no impression.
Youtube footage is online here

1994 Blackburn Rovers (h)
1-1 (0-0)
Premier League
P9, 23pts, 1st/22 
og(Flowers)(88)
Shearer(58pen)
34,344 
Newcastle's late equaliser came from a Howey effort diverted into the goal by the posterior of Tim Flowers. Shearer had earlier given Rovers the lead from the penalty spot.
PL highlights are online here

1996 There were two goals for Alan Shearer as England defeated Poland 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley Stadium.

2001 Barnsley (a)
1-0 (0-0)
Worthington Cup 3rd Round
Bellamy(79)
14,493
Craig Bellamy returned from international duty to beat Nigel Spackman's Tykes with a ten yard finish, after good work from Laurent Robert and Olivier Bernard.
NUFC.com match report.

2004 England beat Wales 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier at Old Trafford, thanks to goals from Frank Lampard and David Beckham.

A trio of players who would play for both Manchester United and Newcastle featured: Nicky Butt, Michael Owen and Alan Smith, plus future Magpie Sol Campbell.

Craig Bellamy and Gary Speed appeared for the visitors.

2005 SJP staged a second annual kick about between celebrities and old pros that was the culmination of Sky TV's series "The Match".

It finished Legends 2 Celebrities 0, with Nigel Winterburn (5) & Ally McCoist (72) on target.

Legends 2005: Neville Southall (Chris Woods 78), Viv Anderson (Warren Barton 34), Nigel Winterburn, Peter Reid (Gary McAllister 59), Gary Pallister (Philippe Albert 46), Des Walker, Matt Le Tissier (Dean Saunders 55), David Batty, Ian Rush, Peter Beardsley, John Barnes (Ally McCoist 63). Managed by Sir Bobby Robson (NB: Figures in brackets denote minutes not years....)

No shows: Paul Gascoigne, Bryan Robson.

Celebrities: who knows, who cares.

Crowd: officially a 52,000 sellout - however in reality several thousand less, with giant screens and TV gantries resulting in sections of seats remaining empty.

Guest of honour: Graeme Souness. Alan Shearer watched from the stands, while Kenny Dalglish added his "expert" comments from the pundits' couch. 

Graham Taylor again oversaw the Celebs team, but was unable to end his 16 year winless run at SJP since managing Aston Villa to a 2-1 win in April 1989.

2006 The Reserves were in action at Kingston Park in a rearranged game against Wigan Athletic Reserves.

Pavel Srnicek pulled off a number of fine saves in the goalless draw as our second string maintained an unbeaten home record that stretched back to May 2005.
NUFC.com match report

2011 A charity meeting of sides representing Newcastle and Liverpool ended in a decisive 4-1 win for the visitors in front of a 9,000+ crowd at Kingston Park.

Overseen by Kevin Keegan, an ex-Magpie XI started well and took an early lead when Alan Shearer's ball infield from the right set up Steve Watson to fire past Bruce Grobbelaar.

However, the Reds replied through Steve McManaman on the quarter hour and although Tino Asprilla rattled the crossbar soon after, John Durnin deceived Pavel Srnicek to put Liverpool ahead on 38 minutes.

Former Toon reserve Neale McDermott then struck two minutes later to leave Roy Evans' Reds with a comfortable lead at the interval.

Alan Shearer won a penalty that he thudded off the crossbar, before Durnin ensured another four goal reverse for the black and whites with a 79th minute penalty.

Team: Srnicek (Wraith 75), Watson, Beresford (Elliott 33), D.Peacock (Howey 26 [Albert 55]), Albert (Kilcline 26 [Harmison 60]), Lee (Allison 60), Clark (O'Brien 17 [Beresford 55]), Shearer (Asprilla 63), Bracewell (Fox 18 [Kilcline 78]), Asprilla (Gillespie 34), Ginola.

2012 United confirmed the identity of their new shirt sponsor as payday loan firm Wonga, on a four year deal from July 2013 for an unspecified amount (allegedly £24m).

Stadium naming rights formed part of the deal and Wonga "agreed" to re-christen it St. James' Park with immediate effect. It had never changed for most of us!

2014 Newcastle U21s made a second visit in a year to Consett's new Belle Vue stadium but were unable to emulate their previous success on the artificial surface.

The Steelmen were 7-4 winners against a youthful Magpies XI, Greg Olley, Stefan Broccoli and Tom Heardman (2) on target. 
NUFC.com match report

2015 The mackems confirmed Sam Allardyce as their manager, the 60 year-old ex-Magpie boss agreeing a two year contract.

2018 United's U21s maintained their 100% record in the EFL Trophy record with a 2-0 win over Notts County at Meadow Lane.

Goals came from Elias Sorensen and a Callum Roberts penalty against his future employers.
NUFC.com match report

2021 A bizarre evening in Geneva for Jamal Lewis, dismissed in the 37th minute of Northern Ireland's 0-2 loss to Switzerland in a World Cup Qualifier.

Already on a yellow card, Lewis saw red after dallying slightly before taking a throw-in. Club colleague Fabian Schar appeared from the bench for the hosts.

2025 Anthony Gordon played the full game for England as they beat Wales 3-0 in a friendly at Wembley. Fellow Magpie Dan Burn remained on the bench.