1920 West Bromwich Albion (h)
1-1 (1-1)
Division One
P1, 1pt, 10th/22 
Seymour(45)
Morris(12) 
61,080 
There were debuts for William Aitken, Neil Harris, Ted Ward and the legendary Stan Seymour - who netted the first of his 84 senior goals for the club.

1922 Birmingham (a) 
2-0 (0-0)
Division One
P2, 4pts, 1st/22 
Harris(60,63)
35,000
Neil Harris netted twice in quick succession while the home side were down to ten men, Percy Barton leaving the pitch after falling awkwardly. By the time he returned, the damage had been done.

1926 Aston Villa (h) 
4-0 (1-0)
Division One
P1, 2pts, 8th/22 
Gallacher(13,54,69,89)
36,000
Having scored all three goals in the final game of the previous campaign, Hughie Gallacher went one better in this season opener. 

1933 Newcastle reserves played their first Central League fixture, having gained admittance after several failed attempts.

They had a harsh baptism, beaten 0-4 by Derby County in front of 8,000 fans at the Baseball Ground.

The Rams' opener came from Byker-born Ossie Bowden, who had begun his playing career with the Magpies. 

1937 Manchester United (a) 0-3 (0-0)
Division Two
P1, 0pts, 20th/22 
Bryant(64), Manley(80,81) 
30,000
Shildon-born Billy Bryant opened the scoring at Old Trafford before a rapid brace from Tom Manley sealed our fate. 

1943 Bradford City (a) 
1-2 (0-1)
Wartime
Dixon(70)
Harvey(0-1,1-2)
3,038
Two goals from future Magpie Joe Harvey saw the Bantams claimed both points from this Football League North game.

Wolves' Tyneside-born winger Jimmy Mullen guested for the visitors at Valley Parade.

1948 Preston North End (h) 2-5 (1-3)
Division One
P3, 2pts, 15th/22 
Donaldson(7), Stobbart(64)
McIntosh(13,55), McLaren(32,42), Finney(75)
63,549
Having begun life back in the top flight with two draws, the first league meeting with Preston since 1939 could have produced even more goals than the seven that were registered at Gallowgate.

Prominent for the visitors was Tom Finney, who had appeared for the Magpies as a wartime guest player.

1954 Sheffield United (h) 
1-2 (0-1)
Division One
P3, 4pts, 6th/22 
R.Mitchell(71) 
Hoyland(32), Wragg(67)
52,341
Following fine victories over Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion, Newcastle came back down to earth with a bump - although The Blades' goal frame was hit three times.

1965 Sheffield Wednesday (a) 0-1 (0-1)
Division One
P3, 1pt, 19th/22 
Dobson(22)
23,391 
Teessider Colin Dobson's goal for the Owls left newly promoted United still looking for a first win in Division One since April 1961.

There was a debut for Albert Bennett following his arrival from Rotherham United but Alan Suddick missed what The Journal reporter called "a soccer shambles."

1968 Nottingham
Forest (h)
1-1 (1-0)
Division One
P6, 6pts, 12th/22 
Robson(35) 
Storey-Moore(79pen)
34,613
Former Magpie Dave Hilley was in the visitor's line-up, having moved to the City Ground the previous December. 

1971 Coventry City (a) 
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P5, 4pts, 15th/22 
Blockley(56)
22,638
A fourth successive defeat at Highfield Road came soon after our third - the closing game of the previous season.

1975 Another player departure caused by the abrasive Gordon Lee saw Terry Hibbitt join Birmingham City. The transfer was agreed within minutes of the previous day's game at Derby.

1976 Bristol City (h)  0-0 (0-0) Division One P3, 4pts, 5th/22  31,775 With Alan Gowling and Micky Burns out injured, United turned to Paul Cannell and John Tudor.

1980 Following disagreements with manager Bill McGarry, midfielder John Connolly was handed a free transfer and promptly returned to Scotland with Hibernian.

1982 Queen's Park Rangers (h) 1-0 (0-0)
Division Two
P1, 3pts, 6th/22 
Keegan(60) 
36,185 
A perfect day in the sun with the centre of attention marking his debut with a second half winner - which he later claimed the crowd at the Gallowgate End (including a young Alan Shearer) sucked in. 

There were debuts also for Jeff Clarke and the returning John Craggs, while Kevin Carr's pre -season accident in Madeira resulted in the reappearance of Steve Hardwick in goal.

Keegan was presented with a Newcastle scarf on the pitch by a gentleman clad in only a pair of fluorescent yellow socks as the house full signs were posted.

Referee Trelford Mills did nothing to provoke the SJP crowd this time, while England boss Bobby Robson was full of post-match platitudes when asked about KK - who he would drop from his squad just days later.

If anyone was left in any doubt about the effect of Keeganmania, QPR had won 4-0 at SJP barely three months before, in front of less than 11,000 bored souls.

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1998 Ruud Gullit was officially unveiled as Newcastle United Manager, following the removal of Kenny Dalglish from the post.

1999 Ruud Gullit announced his resignation as Newcastle United Manager, releasing a lengthy press statement online here

2001 Lomana LuaLua got the only goal of the game as the reserves made a winning start against Blackburn at Christie Park, Morecambe. Rovers finished with ten men after Greer got a second yellow card. 
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2002 Zeljeznicar (Bosnia)
(h) 4-0 (2-0)
(won 5-0 on aggregate)
Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round 2nd Leg
Dyer(23), LuaLua(37), Viana(74), Shearer(80)
34,067
Following a 1-0 first leg win in Sarajevo, Newcastle cruised into the Group Stages of the Champions League for the second time in their history. 

A late shot from Alan Shearer saw him register his 122nd goal for the club - taking him one ahead of Malcolm Macdonald in the all-time scorers list, fourth behind Hughie Gallacher, Len White and Jackie Milburn.
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2003 The opening home Premier reserve game brought about a second win of the season; a solo Michael Chopra effort at Kingston Park enough to beat Liverpool.
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2004 Aston Villa (a)
2-4 (2-1)
Premiership
P4, 2pts, 16th/22
Kluivert(28), O'Brien(36)
Mellberg(4), Cole(53), Barry(71), Angel(82)
36,305
Bobby Robson chose the same method as his predecessor to bring to an end his time in charge at Newcastle - by dropping Alan Shearer to the bench. And like with Ruud Gullit, it almost worked, with United going 2-1 up after being behind early on.

But Bobby's luck ran out with the score at 2-2. Craig Bellamy scampered in on goal and when ex-mackem Tommy Sorensen came out, the 'keeper handled outside of his box - an automatic red card but incredibly referee Mike Riley only gave a yellow.

From then on, we capitulated to a degree that was even extraordinary for Newcastle, leaving fans bemused and frustrated. 

Not many were calling for Sir Bobby to get the chop but something had to give....
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2005 Manchester United (h) 0-2 (0-0)
Premiership
P4, 1pt, 19th/20
Rooney(66),
van Nistelrooy(90)
52,327
Two blunders from Jean-Alain Boumsong and another fitness farce cost us dear, despite a spirited performance against Fergie's tumbling Old Trafford clowns.

Debutant Albert Luque showed some promise but missed two decent chances and had another ruled out for offside but our plans were scuppered inside the first 37 minutes when Emre and Kieron Dyer limped off. 

Rushed back ahead of schedule for this game, they both aggravated their hamstring problems - another Souness masterstroke. 

And when Lee Bowyer limped off, we were reduced to fielding the creative non-entity that was Amdy Faye.
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2010 Wolves (a)
1-1 (0-1)
Premier League
P3, 4pts, 5th/20
Carroll(62)
Ebanks-Blake(43)
27,745
Andy Carroll and Joey Barton endured an afternoon of bruising assaults to combine and thwart the thuggish tactics of Mick McCarthy's side.

Conceding just before half-time, Barton found Carroll's towering head from a free-kick and the big striker grabbed his fourth goal in two games to salvage a point.
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2011 Fulham (h)
2-1 (0-0)
Premier League
P3, 7pts, 6th/20
Best(48,66)
Dempsey(88)
42,684
A second half brace from Leon Best saw Newcastle extend their unbeaten start to four league and cup games. 

Playing their first league game since Joey Barton'S exit, Alan Pardew benched Demba Ba and went with a forward pairing of Best and Peter Lovenkrands.

Neither set the first half alight, but soon after the restart Best was on hand to tip home Yohan Cabaye's shot when it came back off the Gallowgate crossbar.

Ba then appeared as a substitute and eluded old boy Aaron Hughes with the pass that set up Best for his and our second goal. 
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2013 Morecambe (a)
2-0 (0-0)
Capital One Cup 2nd Round
Sh.Ameobi(84),
Sa.Ameobi(90+4)
5,375
The Ameobi brothers both scored late goals to put Newcastle through to Round Three of the League Cup and a meeting with Leeds United, after a narrow victory at Morecambe's Globe Arena.

Sammy and Shola became the first brothers to score in a senior fixture for United as they survived some first half scares to avoid another cup humiliation.
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2014 United's U21s 5-1 won at Northern League Ashington in pre-season. Jonathyn Quinn and Tom Heardman both bagged a brace and Alex Gilliead got the other.
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2016 United secured their eleventh Summer signing in the shape of left back Achraf Lazaar from Italian side Palermo. A fee of £3m was claimed for the 24 year-old Moroccan international.

2019 Leicester City (h)
1-1 (0-1)
(2-4 on pens)
Carabao Cup 2nd Round
Muto(53)
Maddison (34)
22,727
United exited the League Cup at the first hurdle for a third successive season, beaten on penalties following a 1-1 draw in normal time (extra-time had been scrapped).

Kasper Schmeichel was the Foxes' hero after blocking efforts from Jonjo Shelvey and Isaac Hayden before Jamie Vardy blasted home the decisive spot kick.
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2021 Southampton (h)
2-2 (0-0)
Premier League
P3, 1pt, 15th/20
Wilson(55), Saint-Maximin(90)
Elyounoussi(74), Ward-Prowse (90+6pen)
44,017
After an awful first half, there was a dramatic conclusion when Allan Saint-Maximin looked to have won it in the last minute, only for VAR to award the Saints an added time penalty that they converted.
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2022 Wolves (a)
1-1 (0-0)
Premier League
P4, 6pts, 7th/20
Saint-Maximin(90)
Neves(38)
Allan Saint-Maximin shrugged off a disappointing day by volleying in a last minute equaliser as United came from behind to claim a point at Molineux.

The Frenchman's first goal for seven months maintained Eddie Howe's side's unbeaten start to the season in all competitions.

United just about deserved a point after an awful first half, but a better second period seemed to have brought no reward until Maxi's late thunderbolt.
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2024 Nottingham Forest (a) (1-1) (1-0)
(4-3 on pens)
Carabao Cup Second Round
Willock(1)
Jota Silva(50)
23,083
United reached the Third Round of the Carabao Cup, after a nerve-wracking penalty shootout ended with Sean Longstaff's winner.

Despite a perfect start when Joe Willock scored after 18 seconds, Newcastle failed to build on that advantage - Sandro Tonali almost making a dream return after his betting ban but seeing his shot saved.
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