Preston (a) Public sale from Mon 09.11
Watford (h) Public sale from Mon 09.11 (web)
Cov & Barnsley (a) ST holders by Sun 08.11
Sheffield Wed (a) ST holders from Mon 09.11
Smogs & Derby (h) Members sale from Tue 10.11
Baggies
(h) on TV
Newcastle's home game against scheduled for
Saturday January 16th has now been rearranged to enable live transmission
by SkySports
The Baggies will now visit SJP on Monday January 18th @ 7.45pm.
Cheap & nasty:
Academy
alterationMagpie
youngsters
agree to switch Blades
At the request of Sheffield United, Newcastle's Academy U18 fixture against
the Blades on Saturday has been switched to Tyneside. Kickoff @ Little
Benton is Noon
cash turnstiles will also be open from 1.30pm as follows:Gallowgate Upper: Turnstiles 57, 66 & 67NW Corner Level 4: Turnstiles 9 & 10NW Corner level 7: Turnstile 83 travelling fans. They will contribute to what is expected
to be the largest ever league crowd to watch Peterborough - beating the
previous total of 36,478 (Crystal Palace away in 1960).
Shola will be the first to return, with a comeback expected before the end of
this month.
Over 17,000
Charity event
Shearer
talk-in offer Wednesday
25th November sees Alan Shearer taking part in a special charity event,
at The Lancastrian Suite in Dunston."Black and White reunion - The Centre Forwards" will also
feature other former United forwards, including Malcolm Macdonald
John Gibson will MC.
The NSPCCChildline will both benefit from the night and
tickets are £30, including a two course meal and entertainment.
There are also some VIP tickets @ £50 for an earlier reception in the
Northumbrian Suite.
Anyone booking who mentions gets a 10% discount - reservations
via 07950 608334 or email Bees
spoil Sunday plan , but the Bees
have now exercised their right to stage it on Saturday - Northumbria Police
having raised no objection.Other callups:Tim Krul - Netherlands U21 (in provisional squad):Fri 13.11.2009 Liechtenstein U21 (h) (Den Bosch) ECQTue 17.11.2009 Spain U21 (h) (Sparta Rotterdam) ECQGeremi - Cameroon: Morocco (a) WCQCallum Morris - Republic of Ireland U21:
Sat 14.11.2009 Georgia U21 (a) (Tblisi) ECQ Tue 17.11.2009 Armenia U21 (a) (Yerevan) ECQ
Nile Ranger - England U19:
Tue 17.11.2009 Turkey U19 (h) (Scunthorpe) FR
Brad Inman - Scotland U19:Wed 18.11.2009 Germany (a) FR (Paderborn)
DVD
compo -
winners
No TV date for the on-loan Magpies 'keeper this
Saturday, as the terms of his loan to Norwich City don't allow him to play for
them in the FA Cup.The Canaries are away to non-league Paulton Rovers in the First Round of
the FA Cup, live on ITV1 @ 12.45pm. It's a similar situation for Hereford United on
Saturday, as they enjoy home advantage against Sutton United. It's tbc whether
our lad will be allowed to cup tie himself or not. Racing Santander v Athletic Bilbao (h), Sunday.
Sat 07.11.2009 U18s v Sheffield United (h) @ Little Benton, Noon. Premier Academy League (North). Note
fixture reserval = new venue.
£20 adults,
£12 Over 60s/U16s-U20s, £5 U8s -U15s,
free U8s (with an adult, U8s tickets not sold online).
Members sale now. Public sale from Mon 09.11.2009. Allocation:
3,000. £25 adults,
£13 Over 60s, U16s/NUS. ST
holders by Sun 08.11.2009,
Members sale from Mon 09.11.2009. Public sale from Fri 20.11.2009. Allocation:
5,000+.£19
adults, £11 U18s/ OAPs, £5 accompanied U12s. ST
holders by Sun 08.11.2009,
Members sale from Mon 09.11.2009. Public sale Tue 24.11.2009. Allocation:
6,000+. Sun 20.12.2009 smoggies (h) @
SJP, 1pm. Championship. From £20. Members sale from
Tue 10.11.2009.
Public sale from Thu 26.11.2009 (web only), Mon 07.12.2009 (by phone/ in
person).Live on
BBC.Sat 26.12.2009 Sheffield Wednesday (a) @
Hillsborough, 12.45pm. Championship. £26
adults, £15 U18s/NUS/OAPs. ST
holders from Mon 09.11.2009 to Fri 20.11.2009.
Members sale from Sat 21.11.2009. Public sale Tue 08.12.2009.
Allocation: 6,000+.
Live on Sky.
Mon 28.12.2009 Derby County (h) @
SJP, 5.20pm. Championship. From £20. Members sale from
Tue 10.11.2009
Public sale from Thu 26.11.2009 (web only), Mon 07.12.2009 (by phone/ in
person).Live on Sky.
Mon 18.01.2010 WBA (h) 7.45pm
TBC
5th November
1931 Death
of Dave Gardner, 58. (1899-1902)
1951 Derek Fazackerley born, Preston.(1990-95)
As a player, "Faz" was a
Blackburn Rovers stalwart, racking up over 600
appearances between 1969 and 1987, before moving on to
take up a player/coach role at Chester City.
That was followed by a similar role at York City -
working under manager Bobby Saxton - and then at Bury,
before briefly joining non -league side Darwen.
Derek then turned up next in charge of Kumu in
Finland, before returning to England in October 1990,
when brought to SJP by Jim Smith (whom he'd played
under at Ewood).
Remaining in post while Ossie Ardiles was in charge,
Faz also worked under Kevin Keegan
Departing early in the 1995/96 season after expressing
a wish to relocate back to his native Lancashire, Faz
returned to Blackburn Rovers.
After being reunited with Kevin Keegan (and Arthur
Cox) on the England coaching staff, Faz coached at
both Bolton Wanderers and Barnsley - before KK came
calling again.
Joining the Manchester City coaching staff , later
working under Stuart Pearce during his time in
charge.
2008 saw Faz leave Manchester City soon after the
arrival of Mark Hughes, joining former Magpie Lee
Clark's coaching staff at Huddersfield Town soon
after.
1898 Liverpool (h)
3-0 Peddie 2, MacFarlane
20,000 Debut for Scotsman Jimmy Stevenson, at inside right.
1904 Middlesbrough (h)
3-0 Orr, Howie, Rutherford
23,262 Winning debut for outside left Albert Gosnell.
1910 Sheffield United
(h)
1-1 Duncan Evans
1921 Tottenham Hotspur
(a)
0-4 Grimsdell, Seed 334,448
1924 South Shields (a)
Friendly Clark, Keating
3000 Ingham Cup Final Second Leg -
South Shields won 4-3.
1938 Sheffield
Wednesday (a)
2-0 Cairns 2
25,3581949 Bolton Wanderers
(a) 2-2
Division One Milburn, Taylor Howe, Lofthouse35,000Illness deprived United of both Joe Harvey and Frank
Brennan, but an unfit Jackie Milburn rallied himself to
play at Burnden Park and hit his eleventh goal of the
season.1949 former Magpies on the goal trail today
included Charlie Wayman, who hit a hat trick in
Southampton's 5-0 home victory over Hull City.
Geordie Stobbart meanwhile went one better, netting four
times in just 10 minutes for Luton Town in a 5-2 win
against Blackburn Rovers.
1955 Blackpool (h)
1-2 (0-0)
Division OneMilburn Brown, Mudie
54,692The Seasiders won again on Tyneside - their third
league success in just five seasons.
1956 Hearts (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Friendly 18,000A weeknight meeting staged under the floodlights of Easter
Road - home of city rivals Hibs. Illumination wasn't installed at
Tynecastle until 1957.
1960 Chelsea (a)
2-4 (1-2)White 2 Brabrook, Tindall 330,489 Debut at centre half for Bill Thompson. Legend has it
that after the match United directors made Jimmy Greaves a
substantial offer to come to SJP but he
preferred to try his luck in Italy.1966 Manchester City
(a)
1-1
Division One Robson(pen) Young26,137Former Magpie George Heslop punched away a goalbound shot from Albert
Bennett, Pop Robson netting the resultant penalty to earn United a point.Recent signing Wyn Davies came close to grabbing a winner for United,
hitting the crossbar with a header. And there was a rare start for winger Geoff
Allen, playing his first game in the top flight.
1977 Bristol City (h)
1-1 (0-0)Martin Gilles
23,321 Dickie Dinnis handed a debut to Nigel Walker, while
fellow midfielder Dennis Martin scored his second and
final goal for United, heading home at the Leazes End.
1983
Fulham (h)
3-2 Keegan(23), Mills(88), Wharton(90)Wilson(12,60)
31,660Malcolm Macdonald's Cottagers side were looking
for a third successive victory at SJP, but one of the most entertaining games of
the promotion season though ended in a home win.
That hardly looked likely with just three minutes to play, but substitute David
Mills drove home at the Leazes End to level the scores, before Kenny Wharton
forced the ball over the line in added time, amid great celebrations.
1988 Queens Park
Rangers (a)
0-3 (0-2)Maddix, Allen, Falco11,013A second successive reverse for caretaker manager
Colin Suggett - and he couldn't even blame the infamous
plastic pitch at Loftus Road, which had been ripped up the
previous April.
Future Mags Kevin Brock, Wayne Fereday and Gavin
Maguire all appeared for the home side, who were managed
by Jim Smith. Within a month he'd be installed as
Newcastle boss 1994
Queens Park Rangers (h) 2-1 (2-0)Kitson(20), Beardsley(42) Dichio(60)
34,278After the midweek UEFA Cup exit in Bilbao,
United enjoyed home comforts at SJP, thanks to goals from a new-look front
pairing.
Peter Beardsley's exquisite bicycle kick put the Magpies ahead, before he jumped
over Paul Kitson's shot - as the recent arrival struck his first league goal for the
club.
Rangers looked a better prospect in the second half when Gerry Francis
introduced Danny Dichio to the attack, alongside Les Ferdinand.
1997
PSV Eindhoven (Holland) (h)
0-2
Champions League Nilis(32), De Bilde(90)35,214 Belgian forwards Luc Nilis & Gilles De
Bilde netted on a night when injury saw Toon boss
Kenny Dalglish unable to name an orthodox striker in his
starting XI.
Forward duties were shared between Barnes, Ketsbaia,
Tomasson and Gillespie - with no striking options on the
subs bench.
2003 An inexperienced reserve side came unstuck at an almost-deserted St.Andrews, going down 3-1 to a Birmingham side that included
seven first-teamers. Andy Ferrell got United's goal with his
side already two down.
2005 Birmingham
City (h)(0-0)Emre(78)
52,191 Emre's effort made it
four straight wins in a row, with the Turkish midfielder
the SJP hero again - following his winner against the mackems
last time out.
It was a day when the
result certainly outweighed the performance as we made
hard work of seeing off Steve Bruce's struggling Blues, who had hit a
post before Emre's strike.
Quotes from Keith
Harris of Seymour Pierce, handling the sale of the club:
"We have two very serious contenders
to buy it.
"We have had Nigerians that don't
exist, and South Africans told by the media they were bidding. The truth of
the matter is that the phone has rung several times, frequently because I have
made the calls - but they have reacted
to them.
"It is not easy doing anything in
this world whether it's selling a football club or anything else, but it will
come through.
"It's not been a question of dropping the price from that level. It's
been a question of making sure people have the absolute facts.
"Mike wants to get a maximum price
but he also wants to make sure that it goes into hands that will look after it
and nurture it for the future."
Wednesday
25th November sees Alan Shearer taking part in a special charity event,
at The Lancastrian Suite in Dunston."Black and White reunion - The Centre Forwards" will also
feature other former United forwards, including Malcolm Macdonald
John Gibson will MC.
The NSPCCChildline will both benefit from the night and
tickets are £30, including a two course meal and entertainment.
There are also some VIP tickets @ £50 for an earlier reception in the
Northumbrian Suite.
Anyone booking who mentions gets a 10% discount - reservations
via 07950 608334 or email 
1949 Bolton Wanderers
(a) 2-2
Division One Milburn, Taylor Howe, Lofthouse35,000Illness deprived United of both Joe Harvey and Frank
Brennan, but an unfit Jackie Milburn rallied himself to
play at Burnden Park and hit his eleventh goal of the
season.1949 former Magpies on the goal trail today
included Charlie Wayman, who hit a hat trick in
Southampton's 5-0 home victory over Hull City.
Geordie Stobbart meanwhile went one better, netting four
times in just 10 minutes for Luton Town in a 5-2 win
against Blackburn Rovers.
1955 Blackpool (h)
1-2 (0-0)
Division OneMilburn Brown, Mudie
54,692The Seasiders won again on Tyneside - their third
league success in just five seasons.
1956 Hearts (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Friendly 18,000A weeknight meeting staged under the floodlights of Easter
Road - home of city rivals Hibs. Illumination wasn't installed at
Tynecastle until 
1960 Chelsea (a)
2-4 (1-2)White 2 Brabrook, Tindall 330,489 Debut at centre half for Bill Thompson. Legend has it
that after the match United directors made Jimmy Greaves a
substantial offer to come to SJP but he
preferred to try his luck in Italy.
1966 Manchester City
(a)
1-1
Division One Robson(pen) Young26,137Former Magpie George Heslop punched away a goalbound shot from Albert
Bennett, Pop Robson netting the resultant penalty to earn United a point.Recent signing Wyn Davies came close to grabbing a winner for United,
hitting the crossbar with a header. And there was a rare start for winger Geoff
Allen, playing his first game in the top flight.
1977 Bristol City (h)
1-1 (0-0)Martin Gilles
23,321 Dickie Dinnis handed a debut to Nigel Walker, while
fellow midfielder Dennis Martin scored his second and
final goal for United, heading home at the Leazes End.
1983
Fulham (h)
3-2 Keegan(23), Mills(88), Wharton(90)Wilson(12,60)
31,660Malcolm Macdonald's Cottagers side were looking
for a third successive victory at SJP, but one of the most entertaining games of
the promotion season though ended in a home win.
That hardly looked likely with just three minutes to play, but substitute David
Mills drove home at the Leazes End to level the scores, before Kenny Wharton
forced the ball over the line in added time, amid great celebrations.
1988 Queens Park
Rangers (a)
0-3 (0-2)Maddix, Allen, Falco11,013A second successive reverse for caretaker manager
Colin Suggett - and he couldn't even blame the infamous
plastic pitch at Loftus Road, which had been ripped up the
previous April.
Future Mags Kevin Brock, Wayne Fereday and Gavin
Maguire all appeared for the home side, who were managed
by Jim Smith. Within a month he'd be installed as
Newcastle boss 
1994
Queens Park Rangers (h) 2-1 (2-0)Kitson(20), Beardsley(42) Dichio(60)
34,278After the midweek UEFA Cup exit in Bilbao,
United enjoyed home comforts at SJP, thanks to goals from a new-look front
pairing.
Peter Beardsley's exquisite bicycle kick put the Magpies ahead, before he jumped
over Paul Kitson's shot - as the recent arrival struck his first league goal for the
club.
Rangers looked a better prospect in the second half when Gerry Francis
introduced Danny Dichio to the attack, alongside Les Ferdinand.
1997
PSV Eindhoven (Holland) (h)
0-2
Champions League Nilis(32), De Bilde(90)35,214 Belgian forwards Luc Nilis & Gilles De
Bilde netted on a night when injury saw Toon boss
Kenny Dalglish unable to name an orthodox striker in his
starting XI.
Forward duties were shared between Barnes, Ketsbaia,
Tomasson and Gillespie - with no striking options on the
subs bench. 
2005 Birmingham
City (h)(0-0)Emre(78)
52,191 Emre's effort made it
four straight wins in a row, with the Turkish midfielder
the SJP hero again - following his winner against the mackems
last time out.
