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St. James' Park
Saturday 30th March
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Manchester City 2
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The Never-Ending Tour

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West Ham (h) SOLD OUT
Everton (h)
Forwarding/resale/seats open now
Fulham (a) ST sale now, 16 points
Spurs (h) Member ballot open Tue 19.03.2024

Latest:
Magpies confirm 
Oz double date


From NUFC, Monday:

Newcastle United will travel to Australia following the conclusion of the Premier League season in May to take on Tottenham Hotspur and the A-League All Stars in Melbourne.

The Magpies will kick off the city's Global Football Week event at the world-famous Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Wednesday, 22nd May, taking on a Spurs side managed by one of the city's favourite sons, Ange Postecoglou.

In an historic double-header at the impressive Marvel Stadium in Melbourne's Docklands on Friday, 24th May, the inaugural A-League All Star Women's team will host Arsenal Women before Eddie Howe's side face the A-League All Star Men.

The post-season trip will mark Newcastle United's first visit to Oceania since July 2014, when the Magpies won the Football United Tour in New Zealand with victories over Sydney FC and Wellington Phoenix.

Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe said: "This is a great opportunity to showcase Newcastle United at two iconic venues in an iconic city as the club continues to grow globally.

"We are privileged to have so many incredible supporters around the world, and it's a chance to be able to play in front of many in Australia who wouldn't ordinarily get the chance to see the team.

"We look forward to engaging with our supporters in Melbourne and giving them the opportunity to feel closer to the club."

Ticket information will be announced shortly.

Update: Melbourne newspaper The Herald Sun report that the Spurs v Newcastle game will kick off at 7.45pm local time.

Earlier:
We understand that Newcastle's selection to play in Australia followed their FA Cup quarter-final exit at Manchester City on Saturday and Chelsea's progress to the semi-final on Sunday; Mauricio Pochettino's side had been penciled in as first-choice opposition for the game that acts as a homecoming for Spurs boss, Ange Postecoglou.

PS: On the full time whistle in the A-League game, Eddie Howe's side will have fulfilled a total of 60 fixtures over 316 days in the 2023/24 season.

Those figures in 2022/23 were 55 games in 324
days - the span of that season elongated by the enforced break for the World Cup.

U21s
Kyle's clincher

mackem U21s  2  Newcastle U21s  3

Newcastle U21s ended their recent winless PL run with victory over their mackem counterparts at the academy of plight on Monday afternoon.

Clad in their green change kit, the Magpies went ahead after five minutes when Kyle Crossley took advantage of slack defending to fire powerfully into the home net. 

That lead lasted until the 38th minute when Corry Evans beat Will Brown from distance and Caden Kelly shot against the Newcastle crossbar two minutes later. 

United regained the lead against the run of play in the 45th minute however when Jamie Miley's left wing corner was met by a thumping header from defender Cathal Heffernan.

The Magpies opened up a two goal lead on 64 minutes when Alfie Harrison played in Amadou Diallo and his low centre was finished off by wearside-born Crossley.

Midway through ten minutes of added time, the red and whites reduced the arrears when substitute Joseph Ryder swept the ball home at the back post.

There was no further scoring though and Ben Dawson's side collected maximum points from their rivals for the first time in three attempts.

PS: six current first team players were involved for the hosts in this game, apparently.... 

Thanks to the real Ashington express, GW 

Team: Brown, R.Powell (Parkinson 59), Charlton, C.Thompson, Heffernan, J.Miley (Palmer 79), Hackett (H.Powell 84), Stanton, Crossley (Brayson 84), Al.Harrison, Diallo.
Sub n/u: Harris.

Booked: Crossley, Diallo, C.Thompson, Parkinson

safc: Bishop, Pembele, Lavery, Fieldson, Bainbridge, Evans (Chiabi 46), Ekwah (Ryder 60), Jones, Kelly (Watson 61), Dack (Burke 61), Burstow.
Sub n/u: Bell.

Booked: Jones, Chiabi

Referee: John Mulligan

Crowd: estimated at just over 200

Newcastle gave PL2 debuts to a trio of 18 year-olds: defensive duo Rory Powell and twin Harry plus midfielder Darren Palmer. 16 year-old forward Joe Brayson also made his bow at this level.

That quartet extended the total number of players to feature for the club in PL2 so far this season to 38. 

18 year-old defender Cathal Heffernan scored his first PL2 goal for the Magpies - the 12th different player to net in this competition so far this season. 


Victory lifted Newcastle off the bottom of the PL2 table and they now sit 24th of 26 sides, with games in hand on the nine sides immediately above them.

The amended format of PL2 means that this was the only meeting this season with our wearside foes.

This is one of two PL2 fixtures for Newcastle this week, with a rearranged game against Boro at the Heritage Park home of Bishop Auckland on Friday (7pm).

Premier League: 
Dates awaited

Sunday's last-gasp victory for Manchester United means that they will be in FA Cup semi-final action over the weekend of April 20th rather than hosting Newcastle in the Premier League at Old Trafford. 

That's one of two PL games for Eddie Howe's side that now need rescheduling; last Saturday's visit to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace postponed due to our FA Cup progress.  

NB: Palace host West Ham in the PL on or around April 20th, meaning that we're likely to be idle that weekend.  


FA Cup:

City breaks

Manchester City  2  Newcastle  0

Match report

Quarter-finals:

Sat 16.03.2024:
Wolves 2-3 Coventry City
Manchester City 2-0 Newcastle United

Sun 17.03.2024:
Chelsea 4-2 Leicester City
Manchester United 4-3aet Liverpool


Compo winner:
Blue Toon

North Eastern retailers Football Bobbles have restocked their perennially popular reversible Shearer Bucket Hat available in three sizes online here*

We had one to give away and asked you to predict the full time scoreline in Saturday's FA Cup tie between Manchester City and Newcastle.

Six entrants correctly answered that it would be a 2-0 home win and from those Paul Middleton was randomly selected as our prize winner. 

*All Standard UK orders will ship Royal Mail 48 Tracked (Email/SMS). Special Delivery is available for guaranteed next day delivery (UK. T&Cs apply).
 

U21s:
Senior Cup
details


Confirmation that Newcastle U21s will face Ashington in their Northumberland Senior Cup semi-final at Woodhorn Lane on Tuesday April 9th 2024.

Kick-off will be at 7.30pm.

Press release from the Colliers re: ticketing:

Ground capacity has now been confirmed at 1,500 for this game. We’re expecting a big crowd and it will be first come first served.

We’ve opened online sales to AFC season ticket holders and they can purchasing tickets. This will run until Saturday morning (23rd).

On Saturday when we host Grimsby Borough we will be selling tickets in person from 1.30pm. You can buy tickets for this game here. Any remaining tickets will on general sale from Monday 25th March (online).

Tickets are £9 for adults, £5 for senior citizens and students and £3 for U16s. Unfortunately due to the increased costs of hosting this game we are unable to offer our usual online discount.

We are on the lookout for a match sponsor at £1050 (inclusive of VAT) and will include hospitality for 10, your logo on all advertising and a year long pitch side advertising board. 

Expressions of interest should be sent to [email protected]


2023/24:

Premier League update

Latest Premier League results: 

Wed 13.03.2024:
Bournemouth 4-3 Luton Town

Sat 16.03.2024:
Burnley 2-1 Brentford
Luton Town 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Fulham 3-0 Spurs

Sun 17.03.2024:
West Ham 1-1 Aston Villa


U18s
More home discomfort

N
ewcastle U18s  2  Stoke City U18s  4


Despite a 4-1 win at Nottingham Forest last weekend, Saturday saw Newcastle U18s again struggle on home territory - Stoke becoming the fifth successive side to leave Little Benton with maximum points.

Luke Enright headed home following a 23rd minute free kick to give the visitors an interval lead, but Logan Watts struck two minutes after the restart with his fourth goal in just three league games.

Parity proved to be fleeting; Enright's close-range finish six minutes later restoring Stoke's lead.

Back came United; Watts turning provider when helping on a corner for Matteos Ferreira to make it 2-2 on the hour. That came seconds after Stoke's Darius Lipsiuc had rattled the crossbar with a penalty kick that had been conceded by Magpies substitute Leo Shahar.

The scoring rotation continued after 69 minutes when City regained their lead when Jayden Ogbebor shot past Magpies goalkeeper Adam Harrison.

Luke Fearn's 78th minute effort then opened up a two goal lead for the Potters, as they hit four against Newcastle for the second time this season following their 4-1 success in Staffordshire last October.

United's best moment after that saw substitute Josh Donaldson fire against the crossbar in time added on, but it stayed 2-4 in favour of the visitors.

Team: A.Harrison, Watts, Bryant (Johnson 84), Milmore, Craggs, Cogdon (H.Powell 46), Bloomer, Palmer (Shahar 46), Wooster (Sanusi 52), O'Donovan, Ferreira (Donaldson 66). Subs n/u: none.  

The Borrowers
Loan lads

Isaac Hayden (QPR):

The R's played out a 0-0 draw at the mackems in the Championship on Saturday, with Hayden completing 84 minutes.

Jamal Lewis (Watford):
The Hornets won 1-0 away at Birmingham City on Saturday in the Championship, but a foot injury prevented Jamal from featuring.

Dylan Stephenson (South Shields):
A 2-0 win at Buxton for the Mariners in National League North on Saturday saw Dylan introduced from the bench in the 77th minute.

Matty Bondswell (Newport County):

An afternoon unused on the bench for Matty, as the Exiles won 2-0 at AFC Wimbledon in League Two on Saturday.

Michael Ndiweni (Annan Athletic):
It finished 1-1 at Montrose in Scottish League One on Saturday, with Michael completing 75 minutes.

Rodrigo Vilca (Vozdovac):
Following a goalscoring comeback on Tuesday, Roddy kept his place in the side and completed 65 minutes of a 1-1 home draw with Cukaricki in the Serbian Super Liga on Saturday.

Yankuba Minteh (Feyenoord)
The Rotterdamers won at Heerenveen by the odd goal in three in the Eredivisie on Sunday. Yankuba completed the full game without adding to his goal tally.

Garang Kuol (Volendam):
Another painful afternoon for the Eredivisie's bottom side on Sunday, beaten 0-4 at home by AZ Alkmaar. Garang remained among the unused substitutes.

Harrison Ashby (Swansea City): 
Despite playing 45 minutes for the U21s in midweek, Harrison wasn't included in the matchday squad for Saturday's Championship meeting with Cardiff City.


Ryan Fraser (Southampton): 
Currently sidelined with a knee injury. 

Jeff Hendrick (Sheffield Wednesday):

The midfielder remains exiled from the Owls squad.


Kelland Watts (Wigan Athletic): 
The defender isn't currently in line for selection
.

Internationals:
Georgian on our mind


In addition to a host of international friendly matches taking place in the coming days, 12 nations are also participating in playoffs to fill the remaining three places available at this summer's Euro 2024 Finals. 
 
One of those is Georgia, whose goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili has again been linked with a move to Newcastle; The Times the latest to report this. 

The 23 year-old has played in Spain for Valencia since 2021 and is under contract until 2027 with a release clause claimed to be €100m. In addition to ourselves, speculation regarding his future has included links to Bayern Munich, Spurs and Chelsea in recent months.

Georgia host Luxembourg in Tbilisi on Thursday (21st), with the winners of that enjoying home advantage against either Greece or Kazakhstan the following Tuesday (26th) in one of three playoff finals.

Internationals:
Call-ups - Gordon in


The England squad for home friendly matches against Brazil and Belgium later this month has been revealed - and while injury keeps Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier and Callum Wilson out, the Magpies are represented with a maiden senior selection for Anthony Gordon

Anthony Gordon (England):

Sat 23.03.2024 Brazil (h) London (Wembley) FR
Tue 26.03.2024 Belgium (h) London (Wembley) FR

Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil):

Sat 23.03.2024 England (a) London (Wembley) FR
Tue 26.03.2024 Spain (a) Madrid (Bernabeu) FR

Alexander Isak/Emil Krafth (Sweden):
Thu 21.03.2024 Portugal (a) Guimaraes FR
Mon 25.03.2024 Albania (h) Stockholm FR

Fabian Schar (Switzerland):
Sat 23.03.2024 Denmark (a) Copenhagen FR
Tue 26.03.2024 Ireland (a) Dublin FR

Miguel Almiron (Paraguay):
Mon 25.03.2024 Russia (a) Moscow FR

Martin Dubravka (Slovakia):

Sat 23.03.2024 Austria (h) Bratislava FR
Tue 26.03.2024 Norway (a) Oslo FR

Garang Kuol (Australia U23s):
Thu 21.03.2024 Iraq U23s (n) Saudi Arabia FR
Sat 23.03.2024 team tbc (n) Saudi Arabia FR
Tue 26.03.2024 team tbc (n) Saudi Arabia FR


Alex Murphy (Ireland U21s):
Fri 22.03.2024 San Marino U21s (a) San Marino FR

Lewis Hall, Lewis Miley (England U20s):
Fri 22.03.2024 Poland (a) Bialystok EL
Tue 26.03.2024 Czechia (a) Ostrava EL

Johnny Emerson/Charlie McArthur (Scotland U19s):
Wed 20.03.2024 Italy (a) Lignano Sabbiadoro ECQ
Sat 23.03.2024 Georgia (n) Manzano ECQ
Tue 26.03.2024 Czech Republic (n) Manzano ECQ

Leo Shahar/Trevan Sanusi (England U17s):
Wed 20.03.2024 Northern Ireland (h) SGP ECQ
Sat 23.03.2024 Hungary (h) SGP ECQ
Tue 26.03.2024 France (h) SGP ECQ

PS: A foot injury saw Jamal Lewis withdraw from the Northern Ireland squad for games against Romania and Scotland.




 







U21s:
Terriers lose lead

Newcastle U21s  4  Bedlington Terriers  1

Match report

Update:
Rafa ousted  

Former Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez has been dismissed from his position as Celta Vigo head coach after barely eight months in charge.  

Guiding them to just five wins in 28 games, he leaves with Celta one place and two points clear of the Primera Liga relegation spots. 

What proved to be Rafa's final game in charge was a 4-0 defeat at his former club Real Madrid on Sunday, the home side introducing ex-Magpie Joselu from the bench when they held a slim 1-0 advantage.

PS: That Bernabeu reverse was the fifth game that SJP old boy Javier Manquillo has played since leaving Tyneside for a reunion with Rafa.

2023/24:
West Ham (h) 

The Magpie return to Premier League action following the international break when the Hammers provide the opposition at St. James' Park on Saturday 30th.

It's a 12.30pm kick-off at the demand of TNT Sports.

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WHUFC: To follow

UK TV: Live on TNT Sports

Overseas TV: 

UK Radio:
tbc

Local Radio: Live on BBC Radio Newcastle

Hospital Radio: Radio Tyneside commentary is accessible free of charge in local hospitals via Hospedia.

Referee:
tbc

VAR:
tbc

Metro: A major metro closure is scheduled:

Buses will replace trains between Heworth and South Gosforth in both directions for four days from Friday 29 March to Monday 1 April, for track renewals in Metro tunnels under Newcastle city centre.

Trains will be running frequently to all other stations but may not be to the usual timetable. During the four day line closure, no trains will stop at Monument platforms 3 or 4. Trains will run through the platforms without stopping. Any customers who would usually travel to or from Monument platform 3 or 4 should use Manors or St James station.

The replacement bus service number 900, will run between Heworth and South Gosforth/Regent Centre in both directions. 

More details online here


Rail disruption updates: online here

Buses:
The Go North East X50 football service from the Metro Centre will be in operation. Details here

Road closures:
Temporary road closures around the ground will be in place from an hour before kick-off until 30 minutes after the final whistle.

Foodbank:
 The usual stall and bucket shakers will be on Strawberry Place. NUFC Jamie Reuben will once again double all cash donations made on matchday.


Stats: 


Hammers in Toon - PL era:

2022/23 drew 1-1 Wilson
2021/22 lost 2-4 Wilson, Murphy
2020/21 won 3-2 og, Joelinton, Willock
2019/20 drew 2-2 Almiron, Shelvey
2018/19 lost 0-3
2017/18 won 3-0 Joselu, Clark, Mitrovic
2015/16 won 2-1 Perez, Wijnaldum
2014/15 won 2-0 Sissoko, Gutierrez
2013/14 drew 0-0
2012/13 lost 0-1
2010/11 won 5-0 Best 3, Nolan, Lovenkrands
2008/09 drew 2-2 Owen, Carroll
2007/08 won 3-1 Viduka 2, N'Zogbia
2006/07 drew 2-2 Milner, Solano
2005/06 drew 0-0
2002/03 won 4-0 LuaLua 2, Shearer, Solano
2001/02 won 3-1 Shearer, LuaLua, Robert
2000/01 won 2-1 Cort, Solano
1999/00 drew 2-2 Dabizas, Speed
1998/99 lost 0-3
1997/98 lost 0-1
1996/97 drew 1-1 Beardsley
1995/96 won 3-0 Albert, Asprilla, Ferdinand
1994/95 won 2-0 Clark, Kitson
1993/94 won 2-0 Cole 2










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Tickets/Fixtures
Season 2023/24


Digital ticketing FAQs here

(NUST unofficial ticketing tips are
here)

ST home ticket transfer
info here

ST home ticket resale
info here

ST holders on long-term deals will have a price freeze for 2024/25 with standard pricing returning for 2025/26.  

Future STs:
No additional sale, none planned, no waiting list in operation.


Memberships:
 On public sale now; £37 adults, £20 U18s. Details here FAQs
here

SJP seating plan is here  

Away tickets: The PL £30 away ticket price cap for adults applies this season and also in 2024/25. A review is then scheduled.


Fri 22.03.2024 U21s v Boro (a) @ Bishop Auckland FC, 7pm. PL2.

Fri 29.03.2024 U21s v Aston Villa (h) @ Whitley Park, 7pm. PL2.

Sat 30.03.2024 West Ham (h) @ SJP, 12,30pm. Premier League. SOLD OUT. Live on TNT Sports.

Tue 02.04.2024 Everton (h) @ SJP, 7.30pm. Premier League. Forwarding/ resale/resale seats open now. Live on TNT Sports.

Fri 05.04.2024 U21s v West Bromwich Albion (h)
@ Whitley Park, 7pm. PL2. Note new date and KO time.

Sat 06.04.2024 U18s v Blackburn Rovers (a)
@ Brockhall, 12.30pm. U18 Premier League.

Sat 06.04.2024 Fulham (a)
@ Craven Cottage, 3pm. Premier League. ST holder sale now, 16 points. £30 adults, £25 over 65s/18-21s, £20 U17s. Allocation: 2,300 tbc. No live UK TV.

Tue 09.04.2024 U21s v Ashington (a)
@ Woodhorn Lane, 7.30pm. Northumberland Senior Cup semi-final.

Sat 13.04.2024 U18s v Wolves (a)
@ Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground, 11am. U18 Premier League.

Sat 13.04.2024 Spurs (h)
@ SJP, 12.30pm. Premier League. Member ballot opens Tue 19.03.2024, 10am. Member ballot closes Thu 21.03.2024, 10am. Resale/ forwarding Mon 25.03.2024, 10am. Ticket resale seats Tue 26.03.2024, 10am.  Live on TNT Sports.

Sat 13.04.2024 U21s v Fulham (h)
@ Whitley Park, 1pm. PL2.

PL season ends Sun 19.05.2024 @ 4pm.

NUFC live on TV:

Sat 30.03.2024 W.Ham (h) 12.30pm TNT
Tue 02.04.2024 Everton (h) 7.30pm TNT
Sat 13.04.2024 Spurs (h) 12.30pm TNT

(PL Selections made to Mon 15.04.2024).

The PL scrapped their broadcast timetable and announced the following instead: 

January to May: Not later than 5 weeks prior to the relevant Match Round.

2024/25 PL season:

Fixture release: date tbc (in June)
Starts:
Fri 16.08.2024 (at least one game)
Ends: Sun 25.05.2025 (all games)

(No games on Tue 24.12.2024) 

Northumberland Senior Cup SF:

09.04.2024 Ashington v NUFC U21s
??.??.2024 Blyth Town v Ncle Benfield

Other events @ SJP:

Fri 31.05.2024 England Women v France Women, KO tbc, Euro Qualifier. MyEngland Member sale Wed 27.03.2024, general sale Wed 03.04.2024.

Mon 03.06.2024
England v Bosnia & Herzegovina, 7.45pm. Friendly.
General sale now.

Euro 2028 - date(s) awaited

International Magpies
National Service

International breaks:

2023/24:
18-26.03.2024

Euro 2024 takes place in ten cities across Germany from 14.06.2024 to 14.07.2024.

2024/25:
02-10.09.2024
07-15.10.2024
11-19.11.2024
17-25.03.2025

 
Coxy's Corner

Whoops, He did it Again...



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for a rambling explanation of sorts....
 

On This Day in History
18th March


Born Or Died:

1941 Charlie Woods born, Whitehaven, Cumbria. (1959-62)

Inside right who joined Newcastle from Cleator Moor Celtic for the princely sum of £25 and appeared for the N's junior side.

48 hours after scoring in a 3-4 friendly loss to Barcelona at SJP in August 1960, Charlie made his competitive senior bow at Fulham - netting again but was on the wrong end of another 3-4 defeat.

Woods played most of his first team games in that relegation season, only appearing twice more after Norman Smith replaced Charlie Mitten as United boss in October 1961.

Joe Harvey's arrival ahead for the 1962/63 season then saw Woods overlooked totally and he fell behind Dave Hilley and Alan Suddick before leaving in November.

Signing for AFC Bournemouth at a cost of £5,000, Charlie later appeared for  Crystal Palace, Ipswich, Watford, Colchester United (on loan) and Blackburn Rovers.

His first coaching role was at Ewood Park in 1972 and within a year he joined Ipswich, being reunited on the Portman Road staff with former Town boss Bobby Robson. 

After over two decades at Ipswich, Charlie left to scout for Spurs, before following Bobby Robson to St. James' Park where he became Chief Scout.

Briefly accompanying Robson during his spell as advisor to the Republic of Ireland, Woods then returned to Ipswich Town before retiring in summer 2009.

However, it was reported later that year that Charlie had been recruited by Harry Redknapp to scout for Spurs.

Woods remains a regular attendee at Portman Road, usually resplendent in his club tie - that's a Newcastle United club tie.

1968 Temuri Ketsbaia born, Gale, Georgia. (1997-2000)

The popular madman/hoarding molester was signed on a free transfer from AEK Athens as Kenny Dalglish rebuilt the squad ahead of of his first full season in charge at SJP.

Things began well, with Ketsbaia's first goal ensuring qualification for the Group Stage of the Champions League - his extra time effort securing a 2-2 draw in Zagreb.

And his celebration after scoring against Bolton in January 1998 has gone down in history, his shirt going into the crowd and only the intervention of colleagues stopping his boots following. The Gallowgate End hoardings also took a bit a howking....  

That first season ended with an appearance at Wembley in the FA Cup Final but following the departure of Dalglish and arrival of Ruud Gullit, Temuri gradually fell from favour as Silvio Maric and Duncan Ferguson arrived.

A second FA Cup appearance still followed though - with another loser's medal - and he remained at the club when Bobby Robson took over in September 1999.

Retaining a place in the squad although still often reduced to a cameo subs role, Ketsy had a third unsuccessful Wembley runout for the Magpies when a late substitute in the 2-1 FA Cup Semi Final defeat to Chelsea.

Never the most talented player and prone to being over-excited when on the ball, he was sold to Wolves for £900K in August 2000.

Despite scored on his debut against Sheffield Wednesday he didn't have the best of times at Molineux and moved on to Dundee in October 2001 (where he played alongside his Georgian colleague and future Magpie loanee Zurab Khizanishvili).

Temuri ended his playing career at Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta and after taking over as manager, guided them to the Group Stages of the Champions League in 2008.

However, he stood down as their boss in April 2009 following the departure of the club's President and turned up in charge of Greek side Olympiakos within a month.

His time at the Piraeus side was short though, with his departure announced in September - despite his side winning two and drawing the other one of their first three games, without conceding a goal. 

November 2009 saw Temuri appointed national team coach of Georgia, a position he relinquished in November 2014.

A return to club management then came in August 2015 with Cypriot side APOEL Nicosia, followed by a brief ill-starred spell at Greeks AEK Athens the following year.

2017 saw Ketsbaia begin a two year stint at the helm of Russian side Orenburg, returning to Cyprus in 2019 with Anorthosis Famagusta for the third time in his career.

2022 then brought a further change when he was appointed Head Coach of Cyprus.

1982 David Rayner born, Tauranga, New Zealand. (2000-01)

One of the more exotic players to appear in our academy, David represented host nation New Zealand at the 1999 U17 World Cup and caught the eye of Newcastle Academy coach Alan Irvine who was there scouting.

He and went on to gain a single senior cap the following year (as a substitute against Vanuata in the Oceanian Nations Cup).

Released by Newcastle in May 2001, David later appeared in the Northern League for both Morpeth Town and Ashington before returning to his native New Zealand when signing for the Auckland Kingz.

He then returned to the North East - living in Whickham - and once again appeared for both Morpeth and Ashington.

May 2009 saw Rayner return to SJP, appearing as a second half substitute for the Colliers in their Northumberland Senior Cup Final defeat by Newcastle.

Having worked in the health and fitness industry back in New Zealand, David later joined the staff at the Eldon Square site of Premier Training International in Newcastle.

1991 Darnel Situ
born Rouen, France. (2011)

Defensive midfielder who was with Racing Club Lens when appearing for Newcastle reserves as a trialist during August 2011.

Situ was joined in a pre-season training ground game against Gateshead by fellow Lens player William Remy.

The pair came to Tyneside after ex-Lens player Mehdi Abeid made a similar trip some months earlier and succeeded in winning a permanent deal with United.

No deal was forthcoming for Remy but Newcastle did offer terms to Situ - only for the player to reject them in favour of a move to Swansea City just days later.

However, that transfer was blocked due to problems with international clearance and not formalised until January 2012.

A French youth international, Situ got as far as the subs bench for Swansea but failed to make a competitive senior debut and was sidelined for a year with an Achilles injury. 

Released in the summer of 2014, he signed for Danish side AGF Aarhus but within a year had switched to ID Hodd in Norway.

2016 found him with Slovenians FC Koper but he'd departed by the following year and hasn't been heard of since.

1995 Antonio Barreca born Milan, Italy. (2019)

While confirmation of a club record deal for the purchase of Miguel Almiron was awaited, slightly less attention was paid to the loan arrival of this Monaco left back.

United's attempts to bolster their options in that position had come adrift days earlier, when a loan move for Lazio's Jordan Lukaku floundered on medical grounds.

A deal was quickly revived to sign Barreca for the remainder of the season with an option to then make the deal permanent.

And just 48 hours after becoming a Magpie, he made his debut as a substitute in a 0-1 loss to Spurs at Wembley Stadium.

However those four minutes would be the entirety of his SJP career, Rafa Benitez naming Antonio on the bench four times without bringing him on to the field.

That made him our least used PL combatant, beating James Coppinger (11 minutes).

With Torino as a youngster, he spent the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons on loan at Serie B sides Cittadella and Cagliari - helping the latter to gain promotion.

Returning to Torino and making his senior bow for them during August 2016, Barreca agreed a five year contract with AS Monaco just under two years later. 

However, the Italian U21 international failed to become a first team regular and was made available for loan in early 2019.

Following his time on Tyneside, Barreca made a temporary switch along the coast to Serie A side Genoa the following season.

October 2020 saw Antonio loaned out by Monaco once again, remaining in Italy with Fiorentina and before a temporary posting to Serie B side Lecce in 2021.

He returned to Cagliari in August 2022 and signed a three-year deal.


 

What Else?

1893 Derby County (h)
3-1 
(1-1)
Friendly 
Thompson(
1-0), Collins(50),
og(Methven)(
?-1)
Storer/Southern?(1-1
3,000

Early arrivals at this game were able to watch Newcastle's reserve side defeated 1-2 by Rendel in a Northern Alliance fixture.

Team: McCabe, Jeffrey, Miller, Creilly, Graham, McKane, Collins, Crate, Thompson, Sorley, Wallace.

DCFC: Robinson, Methven, Leiper, Hickingbottom, A.Goodall, Roulstone, Mills, Storer, J.Goodall, McMillan, Little.

1899 Bolton Wanderers (a)
0-0 
(0-0)
Division One
P28, 24pts, 15th/18
5,000

1901 England defeated Wales 6-0 in a full international held at SJP. 11,000 attended and saw four goals from the prolific Derby County forward Steve Bloomer.

Newcastle goalkeeper Matt Kingsley also appeared, becoming the club's first international representative in the process.

1905 Bury (a)
4-2 
(2-1)
Division One 
P27, 38pts, 2nd/18
Aitken(12),
Appleyard(21,40,85)
Sagar(1-1pen,90)
14,216

1911 Aston Villa (h)
1-0 
(0-0)
Division One 
P31, 35pts, 5th/20
Shepherd(60) 
15,000

1914 Burnley (h)
3-1 
(1-0)
Division One 
P30, 28pts, 13th/20
Hibbert(24), Douglas(75), Goodwill(82) 
Nesbitt(61)
15,000
Frank Hudspeth missed a penalty two minutes after Billy Nesbitt had equalised for the Clarets but Angus Douglas and Tommy Goodwill gave United the win they deserved.

1922 Oldham Athletic (h)
1-1 
(0-1)
Division One 
P33, 36pts, 8th/22
Harris(64) 
Pilkington(45)
30,000

1933 Inverness Thistle (Scotland) (a)
5-3 
(1-1)
Friendly 
Richardson(43,61,75), McMenemy(48), 
Lang(90)
Broadie(20,74pen), McKenzie(84) 
4,000
With a free Saturday caused by their league opponents being in FA Cup Semi-Final action, United visited Kingsmill Park for this friendly.

The Highland League hosts missed a penalty kick through Macbean before going ahead, but Newcastle showed their quality after the break and pulled away.

United included Inverness-born Roddie Mackenzie but Manager Andy Cunningham remained on Tyneside to watch two trialists from Murrayfield Amateurs feature for the reserves at Gallowgate.

Centre forward Murray Fraser scored in a 1-0 win over Hartlepool Reserves but it was outside left Tommy Pearson who caught the eye and was signed up.

Team: McInroy, Nelson, Fairhurst, Mackenzie, Davidson, Weaver, Boyd, Richardson, Allen, McMenemy, Lang.

1939 Fulham (a) 
1-1 
(0-0)
Division Two 
P35, 41pts, 2nd/22
Clifton(58) 
Woodward(56)
19,941
Defender Joe Richardson made what proved to be his final competitive appearance for United, playing on during the War but hanging up his boots before league football recommenced.

1950 West Bromwich Albion (a) 1-1 (0-1)
Division One 
P32, 34pts, 10th/22
Houghton(71) 
Walsh(42)
33,469
Goals from the two number nines ensured that the points were shared at the Hawthorns.

1967 Blackpool (h)
2-1 
(0-0)
Division One 
P32, 22pts, 20th/22
Robson(
70,75) 
Moir(56)
30,568
Revenge was gained for a six-goal stuffing at Bloomfield Road earlier in the season although United conceded first, with former favourite Alan Suddick claiming an assist.

Pop Robson moved infield to centre forward at that point and his brace lifted some of the gloom from the relegation-haunted Magpies. 

1970 RSC Anderlecht 
(Belgium) (h)
3-1 
(2-0)
Fairs Cup 4th Round 
2nd Leg 

(3-3 on aggregate,
lost on away goals)

Robson(4,20), Dyson(85)
Nordahl(88)
59,309 
A devastating end to a pulsating game came when the visitors netted a late goal to silence celebration that had erupted just moments earlier, when Keith Dyson netted. 

Had the Anderlecht defender Heylens (who wore a wig) not cleared off the line when the score was 2-0, things could have been very different. As it was though, the Belgians progressed on away goals and after beating Inter Milan in the semis, lost out to Arsenal.

1972 Liverpool (a)
0-5 
(0-3)
Division One
P33, 32pts, 11th/22
Lawler(9), Keegan(22), Toshack(39), Hughes(63), Heighway(81) 
43,899
Apparently a rout but the praise home 'keeper Ray Clemence received told a slightly different tale.

1972 Meanwhile at SJP, a crowd of 18,650 saw Blyth Spartans beaten 0-2 by Enfield in the Semi-Final of the  FA Amateur Cup.

Gibson put the visitors ahead after just three minutes and John Butterfield doubled that lead in the 33rd minute.

1974 Nottingham Forest (n) 0-0 (0-0)
FA Cup 6th Round 
40,685 
Nine days after the "riot" game at SJP that had been annulled by the FA, the sides met at Goodison Park.

Despite United hitting the Forest goal frame three times no result was achieved and the tie went to a second replay.

Forest protested that they should host it, but it was scheduled for three days later at the same neutral venue on Merseyside.

1975 Arsenal (a)
0-3 
(0-3)
Division One
P33, 34pts, 13th/22
Kidd(14), Ball(16pen), Rostron(33)
16,540 
Debut for Ray Blackhall and a final appearance at right back for David Crosson. In his six first team displays, United unfortunately won none. 

1978 Chelsea (a)
2-2 
(1-0)
Division One 
P30, 18pts, 21st/22
Burns(22pen),
McGhee(50)
Harris(52), Swain(81pen) 

22,777 
Jamie Scott made his United bow in a game of three spot kicks: Mickey Burns putting the visitors ahead before Mick Mahoney saved a 45th minute effort by Steve Finnieston.

2-1 ahead though, Newcastle were pegged back when substitute Ken Swain made no mistake with his late penalty.

1991 The endless search for new faces during the Jim Smith era included USA World Cup defender John Doyle (pictured), who played in a 3-1 reserve team victory at Roker Park. 

However, Doyle's chief contribution was to concede two penalties with reckless tackles. 

The scorers for the reserves were Lee Clark, Billy Askew and Scott Sloan. Doyle did get another chance a few days later at Huddersfield but wasn't retained.

After spells with San Francisco Blackhawks and also teams in Sweden and Germany Doyle ended his days playing for San Antonio Clash, who were an American soccer team, not a punk tribute band. He then coached the team, renamed as San Jose Earthquakes.

1996 West Ham United (h)
3-0 
(1-0)
Premier League 
P29, 64pts, 1st/20
Albert(21), Asprilla(55), Ferdinand(65)
36,331 
Visiting 'keeper Les Sealey kept the score down to a respectable level as Newcastle took out their frustrations on the Hammers.

The 31st minute dismissal of Steve Potts for two fouls on David Ginola within 60 seconds wasn't a turning point.

Kevin Keegan: "My only criticism is that we passed for passing sake towards the end.

"I wanted them to go for the jugular. But we had 40 shots at goal which must be something of a record. I'm nit-picking I suppose."

1997 AS Monaco (a)
0-3 
(0-1)
(0-4 on aggregate)
UEFA Cup 4th Round 
2nd Leg 

Legwinski(42), Benarbia(50,67)
18,500 
United's shirts carried a "CenterParcs" logo rather than the usual brown ale advert due to a French TV ban on alcohol advertising - the fact that pitchside hoardings advertised Vaux products simply backed up what many had said for years... 

The game itself was instantly forgettable, United played without any recognised strikers and consequently well beaten by a home side featuring future Mag Franck Dumas.

The away turnout was tremendous as was the support, locals completely bemused by the Toon invasion and their memorable choruses of "In your Monaco slums..."
Youtube footage is online here

1998 Crystal Palace (h) 
1-2 
(0-2)
Premier League 
P29, 35pts, 15th/20
Shearer(77)
Lombardo(14), Jensen(23) 
36,565 
Crowd protests overshadowed this midweek game, the first since Sunday tabloid revelations of the "Toongate" scandal.

Douglas Hall and Freddy Shepherd didn't attend but the team were affected by the furore and soon trailed by two goals.

Alan Shearer reduced the arrears with an unstoppable free-kick but the basement club won for the first time in 17 games, ending a run of eight straight defeats.

The London media descended in force and camera crews and snappers looking for post-match material found the anger of the crowd directed at them, with a few seeking shelter in a police van.

2002 despite never having made a senior appearance for Newcastle, Gary Caldwell received his first senior international call-up when selected for Scotland.

Berti Vogts included the 19 year-old (who was on loan at Hibernian) in a 22 man party for a friendly against France in Paris.

2005 The UEFA Cup Quarter Final draw paired us with Sporting Lisbon yet again - the two sides having met at SJP in pre -season and then again on Tyneside earlier in the group stages of this competition.

Sporting had won through to this stage by disposing of the smoggies in the last round.

2007 Charlton Athletic (a)
0-2 (0-0)
Premiership

P30, 37pts, 11th/20
Zheng(53), Thomas(88pen)
27,028
A smiling Alan Pardew graced the programme cover, as Glenn Roeder's reign hit a new low after our UEFA Cup exit at AZ Alkmaar (termed by us as "the messiest retreat from Europe since Dunkirk"....)


This Sunday fixture saw the Addicks gain some relegation respite, while our faint fears of demotion would be allayed by one win and two draws in our next three games.

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2008 In front of a watching Kevin Keegan, the reserves were bidding to extend their winning league run to three games at Lancashire FA's Leyland ground.

And although we trailed by two goals after 90 minutes, Shola Ameobi and Wesley Baheng struck in added time to force a 2-2 draw.
NUFC.com match report


2012 Norwich City (h)
1-0
(1-0)
Premier League
P29, 47pts, 6th/20
Cisse(11)
47,833
A rare moment of class from Papiss Cisse in an otherwise forgettable game brought a first win in five attempts.

Victory was also in part to an inspired display from goalkeeper Tim Krul on the occasion of his 50th senior outing as a Magpie.
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2013 Dan Gosling's header gained a point for United's U21s with a late equaliser in a 1-1 draw away to Reading.

The game was played behind closed doors at the Royals' Hogwood Park training ground. 
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2017 Birmingham City (a) 0-0 (0-0)
Championship
P38, 78pts, 1st/24
19,796
Having drawn 1-1 here two months earlier in the FA Cup, this drab and dreary league deadlock at St. Andrew's managed to be even poorer.

Despite making it three games without a win though, United at least extended the gap over Huddersfield Town in third to seven points.
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2018 Antwerp (Belgium) (n)
1-1
(1-0) (1-0)
Ritchie(40)
Corryn(91)
1,600(est)

With an enforc
ed 21 day gap in their Premier League season, United rounded off a four day training camp in Spain with a kickabout against Belgian First Division opposition.

In order to maximise pitch time for the United squad, three 45 minute periods were played, to make the game 135 minutes.

There were first senior outings for goalkeeper Nathan Harker and winger Victor Fernandez.
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