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Come in number 37:
Amar, he's making
ayes at me.... 

Newcastle have confirmed their sixth senior close season signing, paying a claimed £30m for Benfica full back Amar Dedic, who becomes a Magpie on his 24th birthday.

The Austrian-born Bosnia & Herzegovina international flew from Lisbon to Tyneside on Sunday and underwent his medical on Monday.

This will be the third time that Dedic has played under Matthias Jaissle, after previous link-ups at Austrian sides Liefering and RB Salzburg.

He's taken squad number 37, most recently worn by Alex Murphy and once infamously handed to Rob Lee - which provided the title of his autobiography.

He'll become the first Bosnian international to represent the Magpies and the second Austrian-born player to play for the club in the Premier League after Valentino Lazaro.

The most recent of Dedic's 31 caps came at this summer's World Cup Finals, starting against Canada, Switzerland and the USA on the right hand side of a back four or five.

He also began in last season's Champions League meeting with Benfica at Gallowgate in the right back role.

Amar has made three competitive appearances so far this season for Benfica and is in line to make his United debut against Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday.

PS: unveiling a new signing on his birthday isn't a common occurrence, but did happen back in August 1994 when Philippe Albert was paraded, cake and all, at SJP.

2026/27:
TV times 

A week earlier than was scheduled, Monday saw the next round of Premier League live TV alterations announced.

All four Newcastle games in October move as follows:

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
Mon 02.11.2026 Everton (h) 8pm Sky

Fundraiser:
Signed ball draw  

The Gateshead FC Supporters Society are raffling off a football signed by the Newcastle United team when the two sides met at the International Stadium last month.

All funds raised go to support The Tynesiders and tickets are sold in multiples of £5 - see online here for more details.

The draw will be made this Saturday, August 22nd.

Find more information about GFC SS here

Loan lads:
Happy Munda!

Anthony Munda (Swindon Town):
Days before his 20th birthday, the central midfielder has agreed a season-long loan switch to the League Two Robins,  currently managed by Ian Holloway.

Featuring in pre-season games against Darlington and Gateshead before Eddie Howe's departure, Tyneside-born Munda has played in United's U21 side since early 2024.

Drawing 0-0 at Northampton Town last weekend, Munda may feature when Swindon host Cheltenham Town on Saturday.

Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville):
Seville made a winning star to their La Liga season on Saturday, beating Rayo Vallecano 2-1 at home. Vlach was beaten within the opening five minutes, but his side converted two second half spot kicks to claim victory.

Harrison Ashby (Luton Town):
The Hatters ran out 4-3 winners in a see-saw League One encounter at Reading on Saturday. Harrison was named on the bench, appearing on 81 minutes with the score 3-3.

Alex Murphy (Kaiserslautern):
It finished 0-0 at home to local rivals Karlsruhe in Bundesliga 2 on Saturday but Alex wasn't in the matchday squad.

Antonio Cordero (Cadiz):
Saturday saw Cadiz commence their Segunda Division campaign with a 0-0 home draw against Celta Vigo II.

Antonio played the full 90 minutes of a low key opener.

2026/27:
Tamworth (a)

Newcastle U21s begin their competitive fixture programme tonight, visiting Tamworth in the opening tie of this season's National League Cup competition.

It's a 7.45pm start at the Lamb.

More to follow...

2026/27:
Liverpool (h)  

The Magpies kick off their Premier League campaign on Sunday, when Liverpool provide the opposition at SJP.

It's a 4.30pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports.

A reminder that 2026/27 season ticket holders are able to download digital now tickets via their supporter accounts. Contact the box office if not - don't wait until Sunday....

In addition to Matthias Jaissle's competitive debut as Newcastle boss, the visitors will also have a new face in their dugout in the shape of Andoni Iraola.

While in charge of Bournemouth, the Spaniard won three and drew the other three PL meetings, his sole loss coming on penalties in last season's FA Cup meeting at Gallowgate.

Team: Joelinton and Tino Livramento aren't expected to be involved, with Joe Willock's availability also in question.

LFC: to follow

Referee: Stuart Attwell - the Warwickshire whistler took charge of three Newcastle games in the Premier League last season; a 1-3 loss at Brentford, 2-1 home victory over Burnley and 2-3 defeat by Everton on Tyneside.

VAR: James Bell

UK TV: Live on Sky Sports

Overseas TV: to follow

Travel:

Bus: The Matchday Park & Ride X50 Soccerbus from the Metro Centre will be in operate on Sunday.

(Following last season's trial, a Park & Ride service from the Great Park will run this season. That won't be in operation for the Liverpool or West Bromwich Albion games but is scheduled to commence for Bournemouth on Sep 5th).

Metro: The line between South Gosforth and Newcastle Airport remains closed in both directions until the start of service on Monday. 

Bus replacement services will run - details online here

Stats: to follow

2026/27:
Baggies (h) date set  

Newcastle will begin their Carabao Cup campaign with a Second Round home tie against Championship side West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday August 26th.

It's a 7.45pm kick-off and will be played to a finish on the night, with a penalty shootout if it's a draw on 90 minutes.

This and the rest of the ties will be live on Sky Sports.

(WBA were allocated 3,214 places)

The tie comes between United's first two Premier League fixtures, at home to Liverpool the previous Sunday then away at Spurs the following Saturday.

The Baggies will be in Championship action on the same two days, facing Burnley at the Hawthorns the Sunday before travelling to Boro on the Saturday.

Season ticket holders on the Carabao Cup scheme pay £22 or £28 depending on location. Payments were taken on Thursday August 13th. Other ticket sale info is awaited.

Managed by Darlington-born James Morrison, Albion won 4-1 at Rotherham United on Saturday in the First Round.

This is the third time the two sides have met in the League Cup: Albion winning 1-0 on Tyneside back in October 1989 and returning to Gallowgate during October 2003 to register a 2-1 success - Lee Hughes scoring an extra-time winner three minutes after Alan Shearer came off the bench.

Their last visit to SJP ended in a 2-1 Premier League home win behind closed doors in December 2020. Joelinton and Jacob Murphy remain from the 14 players used that day.

2026/27:
Shootout loss despite
Mag Ewen's best stops

Newcastle  1  Racing Strasbourg  1
(Strasbourg win 2-3 on pens)

Match report

2026/27:
Toothless Toon fail
to earn their stripes

Newcastle  1  Bayer 04 Leverkusen  2

Match report

2026/27:
Rams repelled

Newcastle U18s  3  Derby County U18s  1

United's youngsters began their U18 Premier League season with victory at Little Benton on Saturday.

Newcastle trailed at the break after a 28th minute shot from Euan Griffiths struck the crossbar and bounced down before it was bundled into goalkeeper Roman Dowell's net.

The hosts made a change before half time, former West Ham youngster Kyle Healy-Matthews coming on for his debut.

The second half opened up in broadly similar fashion to the first; Newcastle seeing plenty of the ball but their final passes lacking quality.

That changed just when Muawiya Ghanem's low cross in the 59th minute was met by Alfie Hutchison, who directed a left foot shot into the corner of the goal to make it 1-1.

Six minutes later United were ahead, after Alfie Seldon broke into the left side of the Derby area, regaining possession from a deflection and side-footing home.

Chris Moore's side then sealed victory two minutes from the end of normal time, as Sam Alabi's corner kick was finished by substitute Theo Benjamin - his first goal at this level.

Team: Dowell, Patterson (Healy-Matthews 39), Goodbrand (Skelton 81) Alabi, Old, Patterson, Ghanem (Ndiweni 74), Koussou (Afumuzor 73), Hutchison, Robinson (Benjamin 82), Seldon.
Sub n/u: Holland.

Booked: Ghanem, Seldon, Alabi.

2026/27:
Liverpool (a) info

One of our readers notes that Newcastle's Premier League visit to Anfield this season takes place at some point on or around Saturday April 10th 2027 - the day that the Grand National horse race will be staged at nearby Aintree.

While the days of moving Liverpool and Everton home games to avoid clashes are over, transport and hotels etc. across merseyside will be adversely affected that weekend.

Liverpool versus Newcastle should be confirmed as part of the live TV amendments on or around February 22nd - with the added complication of falling between the first and second legs of the Champions League Quarter-finals, were the Reds to reach the last eight.

Internationals:
Magpie is a young Lion

Newcastle youngster Charlie Robinson has been named in the England U16 squad for two friendlies later this month.

The attacker is selected for games against Italy on Tuesday 25th August and Thursday 27th August in Florence.

2026/27:
U18 PL Cup draw

Newcastle's U18s will once again participate in the U18 Premier League Cup this season, drawn in Group G with Derby County, Fulham and Spurs.

Match dates and venues are awaited, with each side faced just once, either at home or away.

2026/27:
U21s break new ground

A new season brings another mixture of first team grounds, training facilities and borrowed venues for Newcastle's U21 side - and some uncharted territory.

Three new stadia appear so far: a Premier League Cup meeting with Peterborough United at the Zeeco Stadium of Stamford in November and a PL2 game against Chelsea in March at the Kings Meadow in Kingston upon Thames.

The third then sees United head to the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham to play West Bromwich Albion in PL2 during April - a venue known more for athletics and now the home of the Baggies' women's side. 

There's some duplication of away venues this season; United's second string facing two trips to the homes of Boreham Wood, Solihull and York where'll they face the nominal home side and also the temporary occupants.

That scenario sees them visit York twice within a week during September for games against City and Leeds.

The U21s kick off by making a National League Cup visit to Tamworth on Tuesday, before successive PL2 home games on the following two Mondays against Spurs and Fulham.

Saturday sees United U18s begin their league campaign, facing Derby County in a 1pm kick-off at Little Benton.

That's the first of three home games on successive Saturdays, with Stoke City and Blackburn Rovers on Tyneside the following two weekends.

As ever, all venues and schedules are subject to change, often at minimal notice - as we've found to our cost....

Update:
Squad updates

Senior players signed (6):
Aladji Bamba, Amar Dedic, Lukas Hornicek, Ewen Jaouen, Sean Steur, Bazoumana Toure. 

Development players signed (1):
Afner Ca

Academy players signed (3 - all tbc):
Eli Hall, Kyle Healy-Matthews, Kryan Thompson

Senior contracts extended (3):
Harvey Barnes, Mark Gillespie, Fabian Schar

Senior players sold (3):
Anthony Gordon (Barcelona), Sandro Tonali (Spurs), Bruno Guimaraes (Arsenal)

Development squad players sold (2):
Travis Hernes (Groningen), Joe White (Crewe Alexandra)

Senior players loaned (3):
Harrison Ashby (Luton Town), Antonio Cordero (Cadiz), Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville)

Professional contracts signed (6):
Sam Alabi, Guy Bloomer, Jake Durrant, Henry Johnson, Mason Miley, Kacey Wooster

Scholarship contracts signed (8):
Chukwudi Afumuzor, Theo Benjamin, Roman Dowell, Jayden Kouossu, George Mair, Leon Mukumbira, Alfie Seldon, Lesecond Yeutembip


 

What Else?

1951 Stoke City (h) 6-0 (3-0) Division One P1, 2pts, 1st/22  G.Robledo(16), Crowe(21), Milburn(26,76,87), Mitchell(80) 47,047 United 'keeper Jerry Lowery had a quiet afternoon on what was his final league appearance for the club. 1956 Portsmouth (h) 2-1 (0-0) Division One P1, 2pts, 8th/22  Crowe(54), Taylor(68)  Gordon(89) 30,191 The new season began with success against Pompey in heavy rain that affected the attendance at SJP.  Newcastle's second string meanwhile went down 2-5 at West Bromwich Albion, Reg Davies netting both goals for the Magpies.  United's recent signing George Eastham made his reserve debut and "showed some pleasing touches" according to contemporary reports. 1962 Cardiff City (a) 4-4 (3-1) Division Two P1, 1pt, 9th/22  Fell(31pen), Kerray(36),  og(Hole 42), Hilley(72)  Hooper(31), Charles(49), Hole(55,82) 27,569 Joe Harvey's managerial reign began with this high scoring draw, Dave Hilley netting on his League debut for the club. City wing half Barry Hole completed an unlikely treble, scoring twice for the Bluebirds and putting one past his own 'keeper. 1965 Newcastle's reserve side continued their pre-season preparations with a 7-0 friendly victory away at Durham City. A goal up at the break through Pop Robson, he then added another three in the second half, while Keith Webster hit a brace and Ron Guthrie - then a forward - also netted. 1969 Gallowgate hosted the Northumberland Senior Cup Final, ending in a 5-0 victory for Whitley Bay over North Shields in front of 4,266 spectators. The game had been held over from the previous season due to the (successful) involvement of Shields in the FA Amateur Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. 1971 Tottenham Hotspur (a) 0-0 (0-0) Division One P2, 1pt, 19th/22  42,715  United 'keeper Willie McFaul was struck by a missile thrown from the White Hart Lane crowd, but continued after treatment and kept a clean sheet. 1973 Blackpool (a)  1-0 (1-0) Friendly  Hibbitt(44)  6,297 A pre-season visit to Bloomfield Road. According to the team sheet this was the NUFC line-up (as typed!): NUFC: McFALL, CRAIG, CLARKE, GIBB, HOWARTH, MONCUR, CASSIDY, SMITH, McDONALD, TUDOR, HIBBIT. Subs: BRLL, NATTRASS, McDERMOT, BARROWCLOUGH In reality that was:  Team: McFaul, Craig, Clark, Gibb, Howard, Moncur, Cassidy, Smith, Macdonald, Tudor, Hibbitt. Subs: Bell, Nattrass, McDermott, Barrowclough. 1979 Oldham Athletic (h) 3-2 (2-2) Division Two P1, 2pts, 7th/22  Withe(9), Shoulder(11pen,90+7pen) Atkinson(4), Steel(15) 19,099 Alan Shoulder netted a 97th minute winner from the penalty spot after the referee's watch appeared to have stopped. New signing Ian Davies debuted at left back, following his arrival from Norwich City. 1981 sunderland (h) 1-1 (1-1) Friendly  Shinton(31)  Ritchie(40) 9,982 The first of two pre-season Tyne-wear derby clashes ended honours even at SJP. Team: Carr, Brownlie (Haddock), Davies, Trewick, Barton, Halliday, Walker, Shinton, Shoulder (Todd), Wharton (Martin), Waddle. 1984 Middlesbrough (h) 2-2 (1-2) Friendly  Waddle(27,58) Sugrue (29), Gill(41) 6,867  There was a rare first team opportunity for reserve full back John Carver, while United boss Jack Charlton admitted playing his part in Boro's defensive improvement.   That came about in a telephone call with their manager Willie Maddren, after Jack saw Boro struggle to deploy their offside trap during a kickabout against the mackems. Team: Carr, Brown, Ryan, Carney (Anderson), Roeder, Saunders, MacDonald (Haddock), Wharton, Waddle (Carver), Beardsley, Ferris (Hedworth). 1986 Monterrey (Mexico) (h) 1-1 (1-0) Friendly  og(Garcia)(35) Mota(52)  8,417 Following games in the Isle of Man, Ireland, Carlisle and Durham, United completed their pre-season preparations with the visit of a Mexican side to Gallowgate (plans to host Benfica failed to come to fruition.  Played on the Monday night before the first league game of the season, a small crowd saw Peter Beardsley and Paul Gascoigne return to action following injuries.  The visitors began the second half with just ten men after one of the players took his time returning from the dressing room, local referee John Watson in no mood to wait. Team: Thomas, Anderson, Bailey, McCreery (Gascoigne 70), Clarke, Roeder, McDonald, Allon (Beardsley 80), Whitehurst, Davies, Wharton. 1991 Charlton Athletic (a) 1-2 (0-0) Division Two P1, 0pts, 20th/24  Carr(81) Lee(62), Leaburn(71)  9,322  Newcastle began their season with a Sunday lunchtime kick-off at the Addicks' temporary home of Upton Park.  A poor start though saw Franz Carr score a late consolation on his debut. Charlton took the lead through a young Robert Lee when Pavel Srnicek spilled a free kick. Despite the low crowd, poor organisation meant that many Toon fans missed the kick off due to a lack of open turnstiles. Youtube footage is online here 1993 Coventry City (a) 1-2 (1-0) Premier League P2, 0pts, 18th/20  O'Brien(22) Ndlovu(58), Harford(85) 15,763 Newcastle's first Premiership goal was a Liam O'Brien free kick that Peter Atherton diverted past City goalkeeper, Jonathan Gould. Atherton was originally credited with the own goal, but some years later a PL review gave it to O'Brien. At the other end, Pavel Srnicek was dismissed for a foul, Kevin Keegan sacrificing Nicky Papavasilou in favour of replacement goalkeeper Tommy Wright. Former Magpie Mick Quinn took the resultant penalty - only to blast it way over the bar and into the building site that had been the away end at Highfield Road. However, another former Magpie striker came off the bench for City and Mick Harford headed a late winner with his first touch.  The biggest cheer of the night was reserved for the recently-departed David Kelly, who sat in the away section to great applause. He was serenaded with a rousing rendition of "scored a hat-trick on the telly" (which he had done in his last game for United - the 7-1 demolition of Leicester City at SJP). PL highlights are online here 2004 Three years after playing their first game at Gallowgate since 1938, England returned to Tyneside for a friendly match against Ukraine.  A routine 3-0 win for Sven-Goran Eriksson's side saw David Beckham, Michael Owen and Shaun Wright-Phillips all net. Kieron Dyer was booed onto the pitch at half-time after he had refused to play on the right flank for United's season opener at Middlesbrough days earlier. Fans and bairns joined in the pantomime booing and the press lapped it up. Magpie midfielder Jermaine Jenas replaced Frank Lampard 16 minutes from time, while Nicky Butt was in the England starting XI, having made his Newcastle debut at the smoggies four days earlier. 35,387 fans attended but the FA made a mess of ticket sales, high-priced seats selling poorly and causing the FA to alter their policy and flog them at SJP and on the turnstiles.  This was a massive kick in the teeth for fans who had already purchased them via Ticket Master, paying extortionate online and phone booking fees for doing so. 2007 Aston Villa (h) 0-0 (0-0) Premier League P2, 4pts, 6th/20 51,049 Having won his first game at former club Bolton, new Manager Sam Allardyce suffered a Saturday teatime stalemate on his home debut. United made it 560 scoreless minutes at SJP in the top flight and well over six months since a league goal was seen on home soil. Defender Claudio Cacapa made his debut, while there were first competitive outings at SJP in our colours for David Rozehnal, Alan Smith, Geremi and Mark Viduka. NUFC.com match report PL highlights are online here 2009 Fulham confirmed that they had completed the transfer of midfielder Damien Duff from Newcastle for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £4m. 2011 Goalkeeper Rob Elliot was a surprise arrival at SJP from Charlton Athletic, while fellow custodian Fraser Forster rejoined Celtic on loan. 2012 Tottenham Hotspur (h) 2-1 (0-0) Premier League P1, 3pts, 4th/20 Ba(54), Ben Arfa(80pen) Defoe(76) 52,285 Newcastle's season got off to a winning start as Demba Ba and Hatem Ben Arfa saw off Andre Villas-Boas' Spurs side in the live TV Saturday teatime kick-off. Alan Pardew watched the winner from the Directors' Box after being sent to the stands for pushing a linesman, who had failed to give what looked like a clear home throw-in. NUFC.com match report PL highlights are online here 2017 Having beaten Stoke City 4-3 on the road a week earlier, the U23s maintained their prolific away form with another notable success against West Brom - winning 4-0.   The game was played at the Hawthorns and Peter Beardsley's side found the surroundings to their liking, netting three times in a nine minute first half spell. NUFC.com match report 2018 Cardiff City (a) 0-0 (0-0) Premier League P2, 1pt, 12th/20 Hayden (66-violent conduct) 30,720 An instantly forgettable live lunchtime stalemate saw midfielder Isaac Hayden red-carded for a bad tackle just 21 minutes after arriving as a substitute. United had a chance for victory in added time after a handball in the City box. With penalty taker Matt Ritchie substituted, Kenedy was entrusted with the vital kick - only to send an awful effort into the arms of Bluebirds 'keeper Neil Etheridge.  NUFC.com match report PL highlights are online here 2023 Chelsea left back Lewis Hall flew into Tyneside and headed for the club's Darsley Park training ground as the final details of his loan move were ratified.