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2026/27:
Imperfect day

Newcastle  2  Liverpool  2

An afternoon of high emotion at St.James' Park ended up becoming memorable for all the wrong reasons deep into added time, as Newcastle allowed Liverpool to avoid what would have been their first defeat here in ten visits. 

Lewis Hall made contact in the box with Victor Munoz - who turned down a move to United in the close season - and Dominic Szoboszlai rifled home the resultant penalty in the 99th minute - one fewer than their winner a year before.

It was a gut-wrenching finale to a day on which both sets of fans welcomed new managers and were united before kick-off in tribute to Anfield and Gallowgate icon Kevin Keegan.

Alexander Isak was relentlessly booed and barracked on his first return to Tyneside, but within five minutes of the start, a wall of noise from home fans greeted a long overdue maiden Premier strike by Anthony Elanga for the club.

That was the only goal of an opening half when a new look Magpies side with a trio of debutants more than held their own against the misfiring visitors - making light of the unexpected absence of new club captain Dan Burn, who sustained an ankle injury in training.

What became an almost ritual sluggishness from United after the interval last season was unfortunately repeated here - and duly punished by a more engaged Reds side, Cody Gakpo finishing well from distance to make it 1-1.

Matthias Jaissle responded by withdrawing William Osula - who had been struggling to run at full pace since before the break - and Sean Steur, replacing them with Joe Willock and Jacob Ramsey respectively.

The effect was instant and dramatic; Yoane Wissa capping a dynamic display completely at odds to anything served up last season by playing in Willock to fire home what his first PL goal since back in February 2024. 

However, two actions in the closing stages of the game would play pivotal parts in restarting United's infamous "points dropped from winning positions" statistic for 2026/27.

Had Wissa made more of his glorious shooting chance in the 86th minute, then the two goal cushion his side and fans desperately craved may well have become a reality.

And had Fabian Schar not replaced Wissa as the allotted five minutes of extra time concluded, referee Stuart Attwell may well have blown his whistle before Munoz and Hall tangled in what had then become time added on to time added on.

The final whistle sounded almost immediately, leaving Andoni Iraola unbeaten in all seven PL visits to Tyneside and SJP visibly and audibly deflated. This was one of those draws that definitely felt like a defeat.

This remains a game full of positives for those of a black and white persuasion, but for all that effort and endeavour, the golden opportunity to make a winning start to the season was collectively passed up.

Team: Hornicek, Dedic, Hall, Botman, Thiaw, L.Miley (Bamba 76), Steur (Ramsey 56), Elanga (J.Murphy 76), Barnes, Wissa (Schar 90+5), Osula (Willock 56).
Subs: Jaouen, Toure, Woltemade, Shahar

Booked: Wissa, L.Miley, Ramsey, J.Murphy, Hornicek

Goals: Elanga 5, Willock 57

LFC: to follow
Subs: to follow

Booked: Frimpong, Kerkez, van Dijk

Goals: Gakpo 55, Szoboszlai 90+9pen

Wor Flags prepared a pre-game display paying tribute to the late Kevin Keegan, with every place in the ground allocated a card to display - including the away end.

Shirts left outside SJP in the days following KK's passing then stitched together were laid out in a circular covering across the centre circle accompanying the word "Legend".

Kickoff was preceded by a minute's applause for KK.

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

Crowd: 52,630 including 3,200 away fans - some of whom had deserted their places before the equaliser.

That's below the newly-announced extended capacity of 52,719 but set a new record for the largest attendance at a Newcastle Premier League home game.

It's the biggest SJP turnout since 52,760 saw the FA Cup visit of Bolton Wanderers in February 1976 and the largest league attendance since 55,638 witnessed the Division One game against Leeds United on Boxing Day 1973.

Former players present included Alan Shearer and Stuart Pearce whilst Ian Rush and Kenny Dalglish laid a tribute on behalf of LFC outside SJP.

England boss Thomas Tuchel was also in attendance.

Matthias Jaissle said: to follow

Latest PL results/fixture:

Fri 21.08.2026:
Arsenal 3-0 Coventry City

Sat 22.08.2026:
Hull City 2-0 Manchester United
Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town 2-1 mackems
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Leeds United
Brentford 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Sun 23.08.2026:
Brighton and Hove Albion 4-0 Aston Villa
Manchester City 2-1 Bournemouth
Newcastle United 2-2 Liverpool

Mon 24.08.2026:
Fulham v Chelsea (8pm) Sky

Stats:

Newcastle now failed to defeat Liverpool in a Premier League game at home or away in 20 attempts. Today was the sixth draw: the Reds took maximum points in the other 14.

Debuts for Amar Dedic, Lukas Hornicek, Sean Steur and Aladji Bamba increased the number of players who have represented the club in the Premier League to 280.

Fellow new boys Ewen Jaouen and Bazoumana Toure remained among the unused replacements.

Hornicek failed to emulate predecessors Martin Dubravka, Shaka Hislop, Mike Hooper, Tim Krul and Nick Pope by keeping a clean sheet on his PL debut for the Magpies.

Anthony Elanga made his 50th appearance in all competitions for Newcastle.

12 months on from last season's home opener against the Reds, only two players featured in the starting line-up for Newcastle; Anthony Elanga and Harvey Barnes.

Joe Willock scored 110 seconds after coming off the bench - impressive, but slower than his 83 second goal at the Gallowgate End against West Ham in April 2021.

Reds @ SJP - Premier League era:

2026/27 Drew 2-2 Elanga, Willock
2025/26 Lost 2-3 Guimaraes, Osula
2024/25 Drew 3-3 Isak, Gordon, Schar
2023/24 Lost 1-2 Gordon
2022/23 Lost 0-2
2021/22 Lost 0-1
2020/21 Drew 0-0
2019/20 Lost 1-3 Gayle
2018/19 Lost 2-3 Atsu, Rondon
2017/18 Drew 1-1 Joselu
2015/16 Won 2-0 og(Skrtel), Wijnaldum
2014/15 Won 1-0 Perez
2013/14 Drew 2-2 Cabaye, Dummett
2012/13 Lost 0-6
2011/12 Won 2-0 Cisse 2
2010/11 Won 3-1 Nolan, Barton, Carroll
2008/09 Lost 1-5 Edgar
2007/08 Lost 0-3
2006/07 Won 2-1 Martins, Solano(pen)
2005/06 Lost 1-3 Ameobi
2004/05 Won 1-0 Robert
2003/04 Drew 1-1 Shearer (pen)
2002/03 Won 1-0 Robert
2001/02 Lost 0-2
2000/01 Won 2-1 Solano, Dyer
1999/00 Drew 2-2 Shearer, Ferguson
1998/99 Lost 1-4 Guivarc'h
1997/98 Lost 0-2 (LC)
1997/98 Lost 1-2 Watson
1996/97 Drew 1-1 Shearer
1995/96 Won 2-1 Ferdinand, Watson
1994/95 Drew 1-1 Lee
1993/94 Won 3-0 Cole 3

NUFC: season-opening PL results:

1993/94 Spurs (h) lost 0-1
1994/95 Leicester City (a) won 3-1
1995/96 Coventry City (h) won 3-0
1996/97 Everton (a) lost 0-2
1997/98 Sheffield Wednesday (h) won 2-1
1998/99 Charlton Athletic (h) drew 0-0
1999/00 Aston Villa (h) lost 0-1
2000/01 Manchester United (a) lost 0-2
2001/02 Chelsea (a) drew 1-1
2002/03 West Ham (h) won 4-0
2003/04 Leeds United (a) drew 2-2
2004/05 smoggies (a) drew 2-2
2005/06 Arsenal (a) lost 0-2
2006/07 Wigan Athletic (h) won 2-1
2007/08 Bolton Wanderers (a) won 3-1
2008/09 Manchester United (a) drew 1-1
2010/11 Manchester United (a) lost 0-3
2011/12 Arsenal (h) drew 0-0
2012/13 Spurs (h) won 2-1
2013/14 Manchester City (a) lost 0-4
2014/15 Manchester City (h) lost 0-2
2015/16 Southampton (h) drew 2-2
2017/18 Spurs (h) lost 0-2
2018/19 Spurs (h) lost 1-2
2019/20 Arsenal (h) lost 0-1
2020/21 West Ham (a) won 2-0
2021/22 West Ham (h) lost 2-4
2022/23 Nottingham Forest (h) won 2-0
2023/24 Aston Villa (h) won 5-1
2024/25 Southampton (h) won 1-0
2025/26 Aston Villa (a) drew 0-0
2026/27 Liverpool (h) drew 2-2

U21s:
Spurs in Toon

Following a 3-5 loss at Tamworth in the National League Cup, Newcastle's U21 side begin their PL2 season on Monday when they face Spurs at Whitley Park.

That's a 7pm kick-off at Whitley Park and amended entry arrangements now apply here. These including an option to pre-book online for the first time and U21 season tickets.

ST holders still gain entrance free of charge by showing their ticket at the gate. There is an option for ST holders to book free tickets online, but no necessity to do so.

The only reason appears to be securing entry in the event of a sell-out. Given that the notional capacity is 1,000 and the highest crowd last season was 448, that's a tad optimistic. 

Adult admission increases from £3 to £5 and the previous concession rate of £1 for juniors and seniors is scrapped. Juniors now pay £2 and seniors are charged adult prices.

That's the first of successive PL2 home fixtures at Whitley Park, Fulham providing the opposition there in another 7pm start on Monday week, August 31st.

U18s:
Potters overthrown

Newcastle U18s  3  Stoke City U18s  2

Newcastle U18s continued their winning start to the season on Saturday, defeating Stoke City at Little Benton to make it six points out of six.

As was the case in last week's home win over Derby County, the young Magpies recovering from going a goal down to lead 3-1 just after the interval.

United fell behind after just 27 seconds when visiting forward Israel Kelly shot beyond Roman Dowell from inside the box.

The equaliser arrived on nine minutes when a left wing corner was nodded back across goal by Thomas Old and headed home from close range by Alfie Hutchison.

Chris Moore's side the took the lead on 32 minutes thanks to a fine finish from the left side of the box by Alfie Seldon.

Winger Seldon then grabbed his third goal of the season barely 90 seconds after the interval; a strong solo run into the left side of the area followed by a neat finish.

Referee Liam Batie then awarded a penalty against United's Luke Gilligan within seconds of his arrival from the bench, Rocco Bardsley - son of ex-mackem Phil - stepping up to confidently net from the spot.

Team: Dowell, Healy-Matthews (Gilligan 71), Goodbrand, Alabi, Old, Morgan, Thompson (Callaghan 62), Kousso (Benjamin 71), Hutchison, Ghanem (Ndiweni 88), Seldon (Afumuzor 88).
Subs n/u: Harper, Skelton.

Booked: Alabi.

There was a competitive U18 debut for midfielder Kryan Thompson, most recently with Arsenal.

United's U18s play a third successive home league game next Saturday when Blackburn Rovers visit for a 12.30pm kick-off.

Before then, they'll begin their U18 Premier League Cup programme by facing Fulham at their Motspur Park home on Wednesday. That's a Noon start.

2026/27:
SJP capacity increase

Friday's announcement from the club confirming various upgrades to SJP includes the following: 

"Thanks to additional work carried out by our operations team, we've also increased stadium capacity by approximately 500 seats, taking St. James' Park's capacity to 52,719."

Loan lads:
The borrowers

Antonio Cordero (Cadiz):
A 73rd minute strike from Cordero earned Cadiz a 2-2 draw at Eldense in the Segunda Division on Saturday.

Alex Murphy (Kaiserslautern):
Friday saw Alex enjoy a memorable introduction to life in Germany, coming off the bench to set up the only goal in a fiery DFB Cup tie away at local rivals Mannheim.

Debuting from the bench on 65 minutes, the tie was scoreless and heading for penalties until Murphy's 120th minute centre was converted by a colleague to win the match - prompting a pitch invasion from disgruntled fans.

Harrison Ashby (Luton Town):
Ashby appeared off the bench in the 80th minute of Luton's League One home fixture with Notts County on Saturday.

It finished 2-2 at Kenilworth Road, with SJP old boy Callum Roberts on target for the other Magpies.

Anthony Munda (Swindon Town):
A winning senior bow for the midfielder, playing the full game and set up the opening goal for the Robins in a 2-1 home win over Cheltenham Town in League Two on Saturday.

Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville):
The 'keeper played the full game for Seville at Athletic Bilbao in La Liga on Saturday. Seville won 3-1 with the home side reduced to ten men after just 11 minutes.

Update:
Toon training kit
sponsor revealed

Newcastle confirm that online payment provider SumUp has acquired front-of-shirt sponsor rights for training kit worn by the club's mens, women's and academy sides.

Officially a multi-year agreement of undisclosed value, the deal is reportedly worth £15m over three years.

PS: It's also claimed that United have secured a deal for Coca-Cola to take over sponsorship of The Stack outside SJP in succession to SELA. Signage featuring shirt and training ground sponsor KNOX was noted last weekend.

Field of dreams:
Club confirm training ground development

From NUFC Thursday:

Newcastle United have completed an agreement to purchase the Woolsington Hall estate as the site for a new world-class training complex.

The agreement follows a meticulous process to identify and secure a viable site, which is situated within the Newcastle city boundary and provides outstanding links to Newcastle International Airport and existing public transport network.

The club will acquire 260 acres of land to the south of the airport, which includes a derelict listed country house and parkland.

Subject to planning permission, the site will be carefully restored alongside the introduction of new elite performance facilities for the men's first team and Academy in a scheme totalling £190m.

A formal planning application is expected to be submitted in early 2027 with a view to the men's first team moving in for the 2029/30 season.

The master plan for Woolsington Hall will also retain the flexibility to integrate bespoke women's and girls' facilities.

This phased approach ensures investment is both immediate and sustainable.

The club is committed to delivering the project sustainably and responsibly, and will work closely with the local community and local authorities as plans develop.

The project represents a significant long-term investment into the club's future by its owners PIF and RB Sports & Media.

Woolsington Hall was previously purchased in 1994 by Newcastle United's former owner and chairman, Sir John Hall, who had a vision for the estate to become a club academy facility.

That vision has been revolutionised under Newcastle United's current owners, with an elite, integrated
performance environment to be created to deliver sustainable on-pitch success.

Brad Miller, Newcastle United's Chief Operating Officer, said: "This is a homecoming for Newcastle United given Sir John Hall's initial vision for the site in the 1990s.

"Woolsington Hall will be a magnificent location for our new training complex, so we are delighted to have finalised our agreement to acquire the land.

"We are finalising hugely exciting plans for the estate, which include renovating and enhancing listed structures and parkland and retaining them as key elements in our designs.

"Our aim is to carefully and thoughtfully develop world-class facilities for our players and staff, while bringing out the beauty of the location and preserving it for generations to come.

"It is a highly complex project. We have a rigorous planning process ahead of us, but we will demonstrate how we intend to build something iconic that the club, fans, community and region can be proud of.

"We look forward to engaging with planners, our supporters and interested parties about our exciting plans. Our aim is to sustainably and responsibly move the project forward, delivering a facility that the city and region can be immensely proud of."

David Hopkinson, Newcastle United's CEO, said: "This is a landmark moment for Newcastle United.

"Subject to planning permission, our proposed performance complex will create the world's best performance environment for our teams. We'll develop purpose-built facilities that are geared towards developing sustainable success in the future, where players, coaches and staff can perform at their very best every day.

"We will be submitting a detailed planning application that not only demonstrates our vision, but also how we will preserve and enhance an historic estate, its biodiversity and wildlife habitats, and how we'll be a great neighbour.

"I want to thank everyone who has played a role in getting us to this point today, and extend my gratitude to Sir John and the Hall family."

The club is progressing the necessary steps to formally complete the purchase of the site. Separately, the club is about to commence pre-application engagement with the local authority, local residents and community.

A detailed planning application is then expected to be finalised and submitted to Newcastle City Council in early 2027.

Future plans for the club's relevant current sites will also be communicated at the appropriate time.

2026/27:
West Brom (h)  

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

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.

For season ticket holders on the Carabao Cup scheme, the confirmation email from NUFC includes the following:

"Following successful payment, your ticket will be loaded onto your season pass."

If for any reason payment wasn't successful first time round though, a separate match ticket will be required.

WBA were allocated 3,214 places.

The winners progress to the Third Round (draw date tbc), which unlike the Second Round isn't regionalised.

Those ties take place over two weeks, commencing Monday September 7th and also Monday September 14th.

That split is to accommodate PL teams who are also in European action. The first week clashes with Champions League ties, the second clashes with Europa League ties.

Team: Dan Burn and Joelinton miss out due to injury.

Coral rate this tie as follows:

NUFC win 2/5
The draw (after 90 minutes) 4/1
WBAFC win 6/1

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WBAFC: Forward Aune Heggebo will be suspended.

Albion continued their 100% start to the season under Darlington-born James Morrison on Sunday with a 3-1 Championship home win over Burnley.

That followed a 4-1 Carabao Cup First Round victory at Rotherham United and 2-1 league success at Norwich.

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 by United that day.

Referee: Bobby Madley - a first game involving Newcastle for the Wakefield-born official since a 0-1 Premier League defeat by Everton at Goodison Park in April 2018.

That proved to be his final PL game before resigning the following August and relocating to Norway. He made a refereeing return in the EFL 18 months later and that's where he's been ever since, aside from two random PL appointments - neither involving the Magpies.

The elder of the two Madley brothers has only refereed one game previously at Gallowgate, Southampton leaving with three points after a 2-1 win in January 2015.

VAR: n/a

UK TV: Live on Sky Sports+

City centre bars with live TV coverage include:

Frate in the Bigg Market.

The tie will be on live at WonderBar in The Gate.

Overseas TV: to follow

2020/21 won 2-1 Almiron, Gayle
2017/18 lost 0-1
2015/16 won 1-0 Mitrovic
2014/15 drew 1-1 Perez
2013/14 won 2-1 Gouffran, Sissoko
2012/13 won 2-1 Ba, Cisse
2011/12 lost 2-3 Ba 2
2010/11 drew 3-3 S.Taylor, Lovenkrands, og
2009/10 drew 2-2 Guthrie, Lovenkrands (Ch)
2008/09 won 2-1 Barton(pen), Martins
2005/06 won 3-0 Solano, Ameobi 2(1pen)
2004/05 won 3-1 Kluivert, Milner, Shearer
2003/04 lost 1-2 Robert (LC)
2002/03 won 2-1 Shearer 2

Carabao Cup Second Round fixtures:

Tue 25.08.2026:
Cardiff City v Norwich City (7pm)
Doncaster Rovers v Boro (7.30pm)
Barnsley v Crewe Alexandra (7.45pm)
Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield United (7.45pm)
Blackpool v Lincoln City (7.45pm)
Cambridge United v Millwall (7.45pm)
Fleetwood Town v Shrewsbury Town (7.45pm)
Ipswich Town v Leicester City (7.45pm)
Plymouth Argyle v Coventry City (7.45pm)
Sheffield Wednesday v Wolves (7.45pm)
Southampton v West Ham (7.45pm)
Stevenage v Reading (7.45pm)
Stoke City v Hull City (7.45pm)
Walsall v Leyton Orient (7.45pm)
Watford v Peterborough United (7.45pm)
Birmingham City v Brentford (8pm)
Nottingham Forest v Leeds United (8pm)

Wed 26.08.2026:
Bradford City v Burnley (7.45pm)
Newcastle v West Bromwich Albion (7.45pm)
Spurs v Charlton Athletic (7.45pm)
Preston North End v Everton (8pm)

Thu 27.08.2026:
Chelsea v Luton Town (7.30pm)
Fulham v AFC Wimbledon (8pm)

2026/27:
Lambs slide

Tamworth 5  Newcastle U21s  3

Match report

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  

Thanks to everyone who bought tickets for the Gateshead FC Supporters Society NUFC signed ball raffle, the winning ticket strip was 496-500.

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.

Comings/goings
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)
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 (4):
Harrison Ashby (Luton Town), Antonio Cordero (Cadiz), Anthony Munda (Swindon town), Alex Murphy (Kaiserslautern), 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


 

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