On this day in 1890, Newcastle East End played out their first season in the Northern Football League with a defeat to South Bank. The North-East outfit lost 3-1 but finished the campaign fourth in the table with 21 points from 18 games, two places and five points worse off than rivals Newcastle West End. […]
It’s been more than 16 years since Newcastle United lost to Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-final. The Magpies suffered a 4-1 defeat at the Millennium Stadium and Man Utd sealed a place in the final against Arsenal, but they ended up losing to the Gunners. Man Utd raced to a 3-0 lead over […]
It’s been 73 years and a day since Newcastle United closed in on promotion to the First Division with a win over Sheffield Wednesday. The Magpies beat the Owls 4-2 at St James’ Park, but goalscorer Frank Houghton would injure himself badly after scoring, breaking his arm when he connected with the woodwork. Stan Seymour […]
On this day in 1965, Newcastle United sealed promotion to the First Division after a 2-0 win over Bolton Wanderers. Goals came from Jim Iley and Willie Penman in front of nearly 60,000 supporters and was an incredible achievement from manager Joe Harvey, who had been appointed manager three years prior, having also spent eight […]
On this day in 1975, England thrashed Cyprus 5-0 in a European Championship qualifier at the Empire Stadium at Wembley and Malcolm Macdonald scored all five goals. Don Revie started Peter Shilton, Paul Madeley, Kevin Beattie, Colin Bell, David Watson, Colin Todd, Alan Ball, Mick Channon, MacDonald, Alan Hudson and Kevin Keegan, but it was […]
On this day in 1927, Newcastle United took a step closer to the First Division title with a win over Huddersfield Town. The Magpies beat the Terriers 1-0 at St James Park which was a real statement of intent as Town were reigning champions in the First Division. Frank Watt named Willie Wilson, Frank Hudspeth, […]
On this day in 1905, Newcastle United suffered a 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa in the FA Cup final, falling short in front of 101,117 fans at the Crystal Palace, courtesy of a brace from Harry Hampton. It was the first time United made the final of the competition in their history but wouldn’t be […]
On this day in 1895, Newcastle United suffered their worst ever league defeat, losing 9-0 to Burton Wanderers at the Derby Turn ground. The Magpies lined up with W A Ward, Bob McDermid, Tom Rendell, Bobby Crielly, Charles Dickson, Dick Hedley, Donaldson, Jock Smith, John McNee, Pat O’Brien and Bill Thompson but came unstuck to […]
It’s been 16 years and a day since Newcastle suffered humiliation in the quarter-final of the UEFA Cup, throwing away a 2-0 aggregate lead to Sporting Lisbon and conceding four goals in the second leg at the Estadio Jose Alvalade. Newcastle put themselves in pole position to progress after winning 1-0 in the first leg, […]
On this day in 1958, Newcastle United boosted their hopes of survival in the First Division with a 4-1 thrashing of Manchester City at St James’ Park, courtesy of goals from Reg Davies, Albert Franks and a brace from Len White. The Magpies played in front of 53,226 people and lined up with Ronnie Simpson, […]
On this day in 2012, Hatem Ben Arfa scored a brilliant solo goal as Newcastle United beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 and closed in on a Champions League spot. The French international picked up the ball with his back to goal in his own half and ran two-thirds of the pitch before slotting coolly past Adam […]
On this day in 2000, nearly 74,000 people watched Newcastle v Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final at the old Wembley stadium. The official attendance was 73,876 and Newcastle unfortunately suffered a 2-1 defeat, courtesy of a Gus Poyet brace. It’s the 17th biggest attendance in Newcastle’s history. Chelsea booked their place in the final […]