1930 United signed goalkeeper William McPhillips from his hometown club, Musselburgh Bruntonians, for £30.

The 20 year-old custodian arrived as understudy to Albert McInroy and was confined to reserve team duty until his debut on New Years Day 1934.

1969 The Magpies announced increased prices for the maiden Fairs Cup campaign; with terrace tickets rising to six shillings and seven for the covered Leazes End.

Wing Paddocks were eight shillings and Centre Paddock ten, with seats from 15 shillings to £1 for the Centre Pavilion.

1990 The sixth live music show at SJP saw the return of popular R'n'B combo, The Rolling Stones on their Urban Jungle tour.

Mick, Keef and the boys banged out the following tunes to an appreciative crowd:

Start Me up, Sad Sad Sad, Harlem Shuffle, Tumbling Dice, Miss You, Almost Hear You Sigh, Ruby Tuesday, Rock and a Hard Place, Mixed Emotions, Honky Tonk Women, Midnight Rambler, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Can't Be Seen, Happy, Paint it Black, 2000 Light Years from Home,  Sympathy for the Devil, Street Fighting Man, Gimme Shelter, It's Only Rock and Roll, Brown Sugar, Jumping Jack Flash, Satisfaction.

Support came from Dan Reed Network and The Quireboys.

1997 Stuart Pearce signed for United on a free transfer, following the demotion of Nottingham Forest to the Nationwide League.

2002 A 25-man squad was announced for Newcastle's pre-season tour of Holland:

Harper, Given, Elliott, Hughes, Bernard, Quinn, Bramble, Griffin, Steve Caldwell, Dabizas, O'Brien, Marcelino, McClen, Kerr, Solano, Speed, Acuna, Bassedas, Dyer, Robert, Viana, LuaLua, Ameobi, Cort, Shearer.

Those with squad numbers omitted: Bellamy (unfit), Jenas and Chopra (England U19s), Gavilan, Gary Caldwell and Green (on loan), Karelse (transfer-listed) and keeper Adam Collin (with the reserves).

2003 The Magpies won a training ground friendly against Doncaster Rovers 2-1, Gary Speed and Kieron Dyer on target.
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2004 Kitchee (Hong Kong) (a) 1-1 (1-0)
(won 7-6 on penalties)
Friendly
Milner(63)
Desailly(14)
13,131
Game two of United's Far East tour saw them in Hong Kong to face a side boasting guest players Marcel Desailly and Fabrizio Ravanelli.

As had been the case in Thailand, the game ended in a 1-1 draw and proceeded straight to penalties in order to reach a conclusion.

After their previous awful showing though, United were flawless from the spot, winning 7-6 after Shay Given made a save and Aaron Hughes netted in sudden death.

Alan Shearer was presented with The United Christian Medical Service Charity Challenge Cup, while Gary Speed threw his medal into the section housing Newcastle fans, after what was his last game for the club.
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2007 Newcastle United withdrew from the London Stock Exchange following the Mike Ashley takeover.

2008 Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul was linked with a move to wearyside, a rumour that his agent was very quick to dismiss, commenting to reporters that:

“Younes wouldn’t join s*nderland even if there was an earthquake - we have more interesting options than s*nderland. Don’t even think about it."

Almost inevitably, he did join the mackems in July 2015, staying for just over a season.

2009 Darlington (a)
7-2 (4-1)
Friendly
Duff(3), Nolan(17), Ameobi(27,36), Gutierrez(48), S.Taylor(60), Carroll(76)
Windass(7pen,65)
6,698
Following a 3-0 win over Shamrock Rovers in Dublin, a stronger Magpies XI debuted their yellow striped away kit at the Northern Echo Arena.

20 players featured with both Kevin Nolan and Jonas Gutierrez enjoying maiden strikes in our colours - enjoyed by the 3,345 occupants of the away section.
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2012 Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers spoke about Andy Carroll and rumours of a return to former club Newcastle on loan:

"Unfortunately it's that part of the season when there's a game going on in football with agents and other people."

Within six weeks that "ridiculous" thought had become reality, in the shape of a season-long loan to Premier League rivals West Ham....

2014 The U21s lost 0-2 to Gateshead at the International Stadium in a testimonial for Tynesiders defender Jamie Curtis.

Ex-Magpie midfield duo Marcus Maddison and Greg McDermott were both on target.
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2015 Sacramento Republic (USA) (a) 1-0 (0-0)
Friendly
og(Kiffe)(48)
11,442
After a 2,000 mile flight from Wisconsin to California, United saw off the third tier hosts at Bonney Field thanks to an own goal.

However, they had to play the closing 25 minutes with ten men following the dismissal of Massadio Haidara for a high footed lunge.

Having linked up with his new colleagues, there was a debut for midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum as a second half substitute.
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2017 Having scored for Norwich City against Newcastle in both meetings the previous season, Jacob Murphy became a Magpie for a reported £12m fee.

Also linking up with United squad for a pre-season training camp near Dublin was Atletico Madrid defender Javier Manquillo.

2022 FSV Mainz 05 (Germany) (n)
0-1 (0-0)
Friendly
Burgzorg(58)
500(est)
Having overcome third tier German opposition nearby three days earlier, United wilted in even higher temperatures and lost their 100% pre-season record.

A dubious goal for the Bundesliga side decided a match which kicked off in 29C heat as Newcastle dominated but left the Austrian town of Kufstein empty-handed.
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2023 Rangers (Scotland) (a) 2-1 (1-0)
Friendly
Almiron(16), Ashby(87)
Lammers(64)
51,000(tbc)
Thirty years after their last victory at Ibrox, United returned to Govan to repeat the 2-1 scoreline from 1993's Ally McCoist testimonial.

The visit was a benefit match for long-serving Rangers custodian Allan McGregor, which attracted a full house.

A late header from substitute Harrison Ashby won it after an early opener from Miggy Almiron was cancelled out in a rare attacking move from the hosts.

8,000 travelling fans occupied the entire Broomloan Stand, double the number that had been accommodated in the lower tier only some 30 years previously.
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2023 Sean Neave (2), Luke Craggs, Josh Donaldson, Jonny Emerson and Romeo Akachukwu scored as Newcastle U18s defeated Carlisle United 6-0 in a friendly at Little Benton.

Akachukwu was on trial from Irish League side Waterford United but not retained. He joined Southampton 12 months later.