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Coventry City
Premier League
CBS Arena
Monday 12th October
Kick-off 8pm
Live on Sky Sports
Last Match

 

Newcastle 2
Hull City 1
Premier League
St. James' Park
Saturday 19th September
Match report

The Never-Ending Tour

  Number of Newcastle
  games attended by
  NUFC.com in 2026/27:

22

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Coventry City (a) SOLD OUT
Villa (h) Member sale now, ST fwding/resale now
Palace (a) Seat selections close Fri 25.09, 2pm
Everton (a) ST applications open Mon 28.09, 2pm
Everton (h) Member ballot open Mon 28.09, Noon

Internationals:
Call-up
s: defenders out

Following his omission from the squad that faced Hull City due to injury, Tino Livramento has withdrawn from the England squad for a quartet of Nations League ties.

A similar fate has also befallen Amar Dedic, whose absence from the Bosnia & Herzegovina squad was confirmed at a press conference in Sarajevo on Monday.

Seniors:

Bazoumana Toure (Ivory Coast):
Thu 24.09.2026
Ghana (h) Bouake AFCONQ
Tue 29.09.2026
Somalia (h) Abidjan AFCONQ
Sat 03.10.2026
Cameroon (h) Embipe FR

Yoane Wissa (DR Congo):

Thu 24.09.2026 Equatorial Guinea (h) Kinshasa AFCONQ
Mon 28.09.2026 Zimbabwe (a) Harare AFCONQ
Fri 02.10.2026 Uganda (h) venue tbc FR
Mon 05.10.2026 Uganda (a) venue tbc FR

Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece):
Thu 24.09.2026 Serbia (a) Belgrade NL
Sun 27.09.2026 Germany (a) Augsburg NL
Thu 01.10.2026 Netherlands (h) Thessaloniki NL
Sun 04.10.2026
Germany (h) Thessaloniki NL

Mathias Fernandez-Pardo (Belgium):
Fri 25.09.2026
Italy (a) Rome NL
Mon 28.09.2026 France (h) Brussels NL
Fri 02.10.2026 Turkey (h) Liege NL
Mon 05.10.2026 France (a) Paris NL

Lewis Hall (England):
Sat 26.09.2026
Spain (h) Wembley NL
Tue 29.09.2026
Czechia (a) Prague NL
Sat 03.10.2026 Croatia (a) Rijeka NL
Tue 06.10.2026 Czechia (h) Wembley NL

Ousmane Diabate (Guinea):

Sat 26.09.2026 South Africa (a) Johannesburg AFCONQ
Thu 01.10.2026 Kenya (h) Conakry AFCONQ

Lukas Hornicek (Czechia):
Sat 26.09.2026
Croatia (h) Prague NL
Tue 29.09.2026
England
(h) Prague NL
Sat 03.10.2026 Spain (a) Oviedo NL
Tue 06.10.2026 England (a) Wembley NL

Malick Thiaw/Nick Woltemade (Germany):
Thu 01.10.2026 Serbia (h) Munich NL
Sun 04.10.2026 Greece (a) Thessaloniki NL

(The Magpies duo aren't in the separate squad named for Germany's games against Netherlands and Greece).

Others:

Park
Seung-soo (South Korea U23s):
Tue 22.09.2026 Saudi Arabia (n) won 2-0 Asian Games
The Newcastle winger was introduced as a 76th minute substitute in Nagoya when the scoring was complete.
Fri 25.09.2026 Vietnam (n) Asian Games QF

Lewis Miley (England U21s):
Fri 25.09.2026
Kazakhstan (h) Wolves ECQ
Fri 02.10.2026 Slovakia (h) Stoke ECQ
Tue 06.10.2026 Ireland (a) Cork ECQ

Aladji Bamba/Ewen Jaouen (France U21s):
Fri 25.09.2026
Iceland (a) Reykjavik ECQ
Tue 29.09.2026
Estonia (a) ECQ
Sat 03.10.2026
Luxembourg (h) Orleans ECQ
Tue 06.10.2026
Switzerland (h) Orleans ECQ

Vakhtang Salia (Georgia U21s):
Sat 26.09.2026
Greece (h) Tbilisi ECQ
Thu 01.10.2026 Northern Ireland (a) Ballymena ECQ
Tue 06.10.2026 Germany (a) Bielefeld ECQ

Rory Finneran/Alex Murphy (Ireland U21s):
Fri 25.09.2026
Slovakia (a) Kosice ECQ
Tue 29.09.2026 Kazakhstan (h) Cork ECQ
Tue 06.10.2026 England (h) Cork ECQ

Sean Steur (Holland U21s):
Fri 25.09.2026 Norway (h) Deventer ECQ
Fri 02.10.2026 Slovenia (a) Maribor ECQ
Tue 06.10.2026 Bosnia & Herz (h) Doetinchem ECQ

Alfie Hutchison (Scotland U19s):
Thu 24.09.2026 Finland U19s (n) Alicante FR
Sun 27.09.2026 Czechia U19s (n) Alicante FR
Wed 30.09.2026 Ukraine U19s (n) Alicante FR

Sam Alabi/Roman Dowell/Michael Mills/Kyran Thompson (England U18s):
Thu 24.09.2026
Colombia (n) Nyon FR
Sun 27.09.2026 Egypt (n) Nyon FR
Wed 30.09.2026 South Korea (n) Nyon FR
Sat 03.10.2026 team tbc (n) Nyon FR

U21s:
Bantams beat Magpies


Bradford City  2  Newcastle U21s  1

Match report

Premier League:
Two more for TV

Confirmation of the Premier League's November Premier League programme appeared on Monday, with a further two Newcastle games rescheduled:

Sat 07.11.2026 Fulham (a) 3pm no live UK TV
Sat 21.11.2026 Arsenal (h) 5.30pm Sky
Sun 29.11.2026 Brighton (a) 2.05pm Sky

The Brighton game coincides with yet another weekend closure of London Kings Cross and rail replacement buses from Peterborough to Bedford. 

Due to engineering work at Three Bridges on Sunday, Southern trains will run hourly to Brighton from London Victoria and Thameslink trains will be replaced by buses.

With notice of the festive and new year PL games already given see below), confirmation of the other four NUFC games during December is due on or around Monday October 19th:

Wed 02.12.2026 tbc Manchester United (h)
Sat 05.12.2026 tbc mackems (h)
Sat 12.12.2026 tbc Ipswich Town (a)
Sat 19.12.2026 tbc Brentford (a) 

Christmas and new year fixture changes:

Sat 26.12.2026 Manchester City (h) 8pm Sky
Wed 30.12.2026 Nottingham Forest (h) 7.30pm Sky
Sun 03.01.2027 Chelsea (a) 2pm Sky
Thu 07.01.2027 Manchester United (a) 8pm Sky

The scheduling of the Old Trafford visit appears to preclude the staging of Newcastle's FA Cup Third Round tie 48 hours later, on Sat 09.01.2027.

Carabao Cup:
T
offees tickets

Newcastle's Carabao Cup Fourth Round visit to Everton will take place on Thursday October 29th at 7.45pm with the Magpies allocated 7,732 places.

ST applications open on Monday, September 28th at 2pm and must be made by 2pm the following day. Seat selections open at 2pm on Wednesday September 30th. 

Confirmation of that makes United's first five fixtures after the international break as follows:

Mon 12.10.2026 Coventry City (a) 8pm
Sat 17.10.2026 Aston Villa (h) 5.30pm
Sun 25.10.2026 Crystal Palace (a) 2pm
Thu 29.10.2026 Everton (a) 7.45pm (LC)
Mon 02.11.2026 Everton (h) 8pm

(All the above games will be live on Sky Sports)

Fourth Round ties:

Tue 27.10.2026:
Bradford City v Peterborough United
Fleetwood Town v Arsenal

Wed 28.10.2026:
Fulham v Crystal Palace
Bournemouth v Aston Villa
Liverpool v Chelsea
Manchester City v Brighton
mackems v Brentford

Thu 29.10.2026:

Everton v Newcastle


Premier League:

Early blows tame Tigers


Newcastle  2  Hull City  1

Match report

Compo:
Badge
winners

On sale from Magpin now is his latest badge, immortalising our newish manager here

We had a couple to give away and asked for your final score prediction against Hull City at SJP on Saturday.

There were 16 accurate offers of a 2-1 victory, with a random draw of those correct entries required to find the winners. They were Andrew Cryer and Richard Reay.

U18s:
Derby delight


mackem U18s  0  Newcastle U18s  3

 
Following last week's home loss to Manchester United, Newcastle U18s returned to winning ways on Saturday,
deservedly taking three points at the academy of plight.

With first team and U21 matches also scheduled for the same day, coach Chris Moore fielded a young side with a sprinkling of players from the U16 age group starting.

Although dominating possession, United lived dangerously in front of their own goal: visiting goalkeeper George Mair denying James Baker in the 21st minute before Triziano Wilson blasted over when a cross from the left wing fell at his feet five minutes later.

The red and whites were soon made to pay for that profligacy, Mair's forward punt helped on by Alfie Hutchison to Charlie Robinson, who confidently fired past the 'keeper on the half hour.

Just two minutes after the break the lead was doubled when defender Noah Morgan's cross shot looped in off a defender inside the six yard box.

Newcastle's third came seven minutes from the end when substitute Theo Benjamin supplied a good finish and the margin of victory could have been greater as the hosts were in danger being over-run on several other occasions.

United stay second in the table behind a Manchester City who extended their 100% start to the season with a sixth successive win - scoring six goals without reply at Everton.

Team: Mair, Morgan (Conway 86), Gilligan, Williams, Healy-Matthews (Benjamin 77), Bowness (Patterson 66), Skelton, Boothe (Barber 66), Robinson, Callaghan (Afumuzor 86), Hutchison.
Sub n/u:
Holland.

Booked: Hutchison

There were U18 debuts for Christian Boothe and Jake Williams, while Lennon Barber (15) and Isaac Conway (14) also made their bows from the bench.

On an adjoining pitch meanwhile, the U16s defeated the mackems 2-0 - making it a full house of wearside victories this week for the young Magpies, following a 4-1 midweek success in the U17 Premier League Cup.

U21s:
LNER points failure

 
Leeds United U21s  2  Newcastle U21s 
0
 
Match report

Loan lads:
The Borrowers

Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville):
With the on-loan Magpie in goal, Seville became the latest side to succumb to Barcelona, scoring first but going on to lose 1-3 at home in La Liga.

Ousmane Diabate (Genclerbirligi):
Diabate completed 62 minutes of a 0-4 loss at Istanbul Basaksehir in the Turkish Super Lig on Saturday, going off when his team were three behind.

Leo Shahar (Arouca):

Arouca shared four goals away to Sporting Lisbon in the Primeira Liga on Saturday but Leo wasn't in the squad.

Harrison Ashby (Luton Town):
An afternoon to forget for ex-Bantam loanee Ashby on Saturday, starting in a 0-1 home defeat by Bradford City in League One and collecting a red card in second half added time after hoofing a visting player.

Rory Finneran (Notts County):
A 90 minute shift for the midfielder on Saturday, but the other Magpies lost 0-2 at Reading in League One.

Anthony Munda (Swindon Town):
Munda played the entirety of Saturday's 0-1 loss away to S
alford City in League Two on the right hand side of a midfield three.

Alex Murphy (Kaiserslautern):

Saturday saw a single goal success for Kaiserslautern at home to Braunschweig in Bundesliga 2, with Alex playing the full game at left wing back.

Antonio Cordero (Cadiz):
The midfielder appeared from the bench after an hour at home to Girona in the Segunda Division on Saturday, with his side trailing 1-2.

Occupying a right midfield slot rather than the more usual left, there was no further scoring after Cordero's arrival.

Sean Neave (Wolves):
Sean came on for the final few minutes of the Black Country derby at home to West Bromwich Albion with Wolves 1-0 up. And that's how it ended in the  Championship fixture on Sunday.

Nick Woltemade (Juventus):
Woltemade appeared from the bench in the 86th minute of Juve's home 2-0 win over Atalanta in Serie A on Sunday, when the scoring was already complete.


Unlikely lads:
Old boys on the move

Former Magpies recently changing clubs include:

Titus Bramble now Pakistan AM
Remy Cabella
now Volos
Nicky Deverdics
now Whickham Manager
Shane Ferguson
now Blyth Town
Cathal Heffernan
now Cambridge United
Garang Kuol
now Jablonec (loan)
Rosaire Longelo
now Notts County
Kevin Mbabu
now Sampdoria
John Ruddy
now Wolves
James Tavernier now maccabi tel aviv
Charlie Wiggett now Walton & Hersham
Gini Wijnaldum now Al Ittihad


 




 


 






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Tickets/Fixtures
Season 2026/27

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 until KO

Milburn Stand Box Office manned:
Wednesdays only: 10am to 5pm
Home games: 10am to half time


2026/27 ST prices here

ST home cup scheme Q&As here

ST home cup scheme pricing: 
CC: £22 & £28
FA
: £35 & £40


SJP seating plan online here  

PL home ST limits:
ST left unused, limit is 5
ST sold/transferred limit is 10


Home ticket
transfers are possible from three weeks until one hour before KO. 

Away ticket sales dates online here

Away ticket transfers
are possible between 72 hours and five hours before KO (times may vary). A maximum of two are permitted per season (PL only).

Away ticket returns to NUFC must be completed 72 hours before kick-off. Requests only accepted by phone.

More info online here and here

ST holders have 24 hours to apply for away tickets, 24 hours to determine success, then 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 are unchanged at £30 for the 2026/27 and 2027/28 seasons.

Mags Member ballot dates online here

Metro service updates online here


Fixtures:


Tue 06.10.2026 U21s v Solihull Moors (a) @ Damson Park, 7pm. National League Cup.

Fri 09.10.2026 U21s v Luton Town U21s (h) @ Whitley Park, 7pm. Premier League Cup.


Sat 10.10.2026 U18s v Derby County U18s (h) @ Little Benton, 1pm. U18 Premier League Cup.

Mon 12.10.2026 Coventry City (a) @ CBS Arena, 8pm. Premier League. SOLD OUT. Returns deadline is Fri 09.10.2026, 5pm. Allocation: 3,030. Live on Sky Sports.

Tue 13.10.2026 U21s v Hartlepool United (a) @ Victoria Park, 7pm. National League Cup.

Sat 17.10.2026 U18s v Burnley U18s (h) @ Little Benton, 12.30pm. U18 Premier League.

Sat 17.10.2026 Aston Villa (h) @ SJP, 5.30pm. Premier League. ST fwding/resale now. Member sale now. Live on Sky Sports.

Sun 18.10.2026 U21s v Manchester City U21s (h) @ Whitley Park, 4pm. PL2.

Sat 24.10.2026 U18s v Boro U18s (a) @ Hurworth, 11am. U18 Premier League.

Sun 25.10.2026 Crystal Palace (a) @ Selhurst Park, 2pm. Premier League. Seat selection closes Fri 25.09.2026. 2pm (points total was 27). Allocation: 3,030. Live on Sky Sports.

Mon 26.10.2026 U21s v mackem U21s (h) @ Whitley Park, 7pm. PL2.

Thu 29.10.2026 Everton (a) @ Hill Dickinson Stadium, 7.45pm. Carabao Cup Fourth Round. ST applications open Mon 28.09.2026 2pm, close Tue 29.09.2026, 2pm. Seat selection opens Wed 30.09.2026 2pm, closes Fri 30.09.2026, 2pm. Live on Sky Sports+.

Fri 30.10.2026 U21s v Peterborough United U21s (h) @ Whitley Park, 7pm. Premier League Cup.

Sat 31.10.2026 U18s v Everton U18s (h) @ Little Benton, 12.30pm. U18 Premier League.

Mon 02.11.2026 Everton (h) @ SJP, 8pm. Premier League. Member ballot opens Mon 28.09.2026 Noon, closes Tue 29.09.2026 Noon. Ballot winners notified Wed 30.09.2026, 11.30am, seat selection opens Wed 30.09.2026 Noon, closes Fri 02.10.2026, Noon. ST fwding/resale Fri 02.10.2026. 4pm. Member sale Mon 05.10.2026, 10am. Live on Sky Sports.

NUFC live on TV:
Mon 12.10.2026 Coventry City (a) 8pm Sky
Sat 17.10.2026 Aston Villa (h) 5.30pm Sky
Sun 25.10.2026 Crystal Palace (a) 2pm Sky
Thu 29.10.2026 Everton (a) 7.45pm Sky+
Mon 02.11.2026 Everton (h) 8pm Sky
Sat 21.11.2026 Arsenal (h) 5.30pm Sky
Sun 29.11.2026 Brighton (a) 2.05pm Sky


(PL selections from Mon 30.11.2026
to Wed 23.12.2026 are awaited)

NUFC Festive PL fixtures live on TV:

Sat 26.12.2026 Man City (h) 8pm Sky
Wed 30.12.2026 Forest (h) 7.30pm Sky
Sun 03.01.2027 Chelsea (a) 2pm Sky
Thu 07.01.2027 Man United (a) 8pm Sky

(PL season ends on Sun 30.05.2027)


PL live TV release dates:  

Dec w/c Mon 19.10.2026
Jan w/c Mon 30.11.2026
Feb w/c Mon 21.12.2026
Mar w/c Mon 18.01.2027
Apr w/c Mon 22.02.2027
MW35 w/c Mon 29.03.2027
MW36 w/c Mon 05.04.2027
MW37 w/c Mon 26.04.2027
MW38 after Sun 23.05.2027

Carabao Cup:

R4:
w/c Mon 26.10.2026
QF:
w/c Mon 14.12.2026
SF1:
w/c Mon 11.01.2027
SF2:
w/c Mon 01.02.2027
F:
Sun 21.03.2027

FA Cup: 
(R3 draw 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

Jan 2027 transfer window:
Fri 01.01.2027 @ Midnight to Mon 01.02.2027 @ 11pm.

EFL Trophy Northern Group C:
Tue 15.09.2026
York City (a) won 3-1
Tue 22.09.2026 Bradford City (a) lost 1-2
Tue 03.11.2026 Rotherham United (a) 7pm

National League Cup Group C:
Tue 18.08.2026
Tamworth (a) lost 3-5
Tue 08.09.2026 Boreham Wood (a) lost 1-2
Tue 06.10.2026 Solihull Moors (a) 7pm
Tue 13.10.2026 Hartlepool United (a) 7pm

U21 Premier League Cup Group D:
Fri 09.10.2026 Luton Town U21s (h) 7pm
Fri 30.10.2026 Peterborough U21s (h) 7pm
Fri 13.11.2026 Peterborough U21s (a) 7pm
Fri 20.11.2026 Notts Forest U21s (a) 7pm
Mon 23.11.2026 Notts Forest U21s (h) 7pm
Mon 07.12.2026 Luton Town U21s (a) 7pm

U18 Premier League Cup Group G:
Tue 25.08.2026 Fulham U18s (a) drew 1-1
Sat 10.10.2026 Derby U18s (h) 1pm
Sat 07.11.2026 Spurs U18s (h) 11am

U17 Premier League Cup Group G:
Wed 02.09.2026 Leeds U17s (a) lost 2-4
Tue 15.09.2026 mackem U17s (a) won 4-1
Tue 20.10.2026 Boro U17s (h) 7pm

FA Youth Cup:
NUFC U18s enter in Round 3, ties be played on or before Sat 12.12.2026. Draw date tbc.

Northumberland Senior Cup R1:
23.09.2026 Alnwick Town v North Shields
06.10.2026 Blyth Spartans v Ncl Blue Star
07.10.2026 AFC Newbiggin v Ncl Benfield
07.10.2026 Blyth Town v Prudhoe YC
22.10.2026 Newcastle Uni v Ashington

Byes:
Heaton Stannington, Morpeth Town, Whitley Bay. (NUFC U21s declined to enter)

Other events @ SJP:

Thu 01.07.2027 Fontaines DC, supported by Little Simz and viagra boys. 

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)

 

International Magpies
National Service

International breaks 2026/27:
21.09-06.10.2026
09.11-17.11.2026
22.03-30.03.2027

International breaks 2027/28:
20.09-05.10.2027
08.11-16.11.2027
20.03-28.03.2028

"Premier League matches are not held on a Monday night ahead of an international break or a Friday night after the break."
 
Coxy's Corner

Whoops, He did it Again...


A busy afternoon for Lukas Hornicek on Saturday, at least according to Sky Sports:

(Tony Burt)

What's this all about then?
Click here  
for a rambling explanation of sorts....
 

On This Day in History
23rd September


Born Or Died:

1903 Thomas Leach born, Wincobank, Sheffield. (1934-36)

An England international defender while at Sheffield Wednesday, Thomas (generally known as Tony) moved to Hillsborough from Wath Athletic in 1926.

Made captain at Newcastle, Leach guided his side to sixth and eighth placed finishes in the Second Division before moving on to  play for Stockport, Carlisle and Lincoln. 

Leach is remembered for his part in an illegal payment scandal that involved Stockport County - who were chasing promotion from the Third Division North.

Their main rivals were Lincoln City - with two of Carlisle's remaining four games in the 1936/37 season being against The Imps.

Via Leach, Stockport offered to pay all the Carlisle players a bonus if the Cumbrians overcame the Imps in both those games.

Word got out and at an FA commission the following year Leach was found guilty, suspended and fined. 

Carlisle won only one of those two games while neither Lincoln nor Stockport were promoted. In a strange twist, by the time the commission met, Leach was a Lincoln player, so served his ban while on their books. Tony passed away in 1970.

1936 George Eastham born, Blackpool.
(1956-60)

Midfielder signed from Northern Irish club Ards (where his father George Senior was manager), who initially played for Newcastle's reserve side.

Selected for a floodlit friendly at SJP against Hearts that October, Eastham's senior competitive debut came soon after in a 2-2 home draw with Luton Town.

While a popular player at SJP, George's spell as a Magpie is remembered for a contractual dispute that was ultimately to lead to ground-breaking changes in the transfer system.

His transfer request in