2010/11 MAN UTD 3 NEWCASTLE UTD 0
MAN UTD: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Vidic, Jonathan Evans, Evra (Rafael Da Silva 87), Valencia, Fletcher, Scholes,Nani (Giggs 71), Berbatov, Rooney (Hernandez 63).
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Smalling, Carrick, Macheda.
NEWCASTLE: Harper, Perch, Coloccini, Williamson, Jose Enrique, Routledge, Smith, Nolan (Ameobi 71), Barton,Gutierrez (Xisco 80), Carroll.
Subs Not Used: Krul, Ryan Taylor, Vuckic, Ranger, Tavernier.
Att: 75,221
Dimitar Berbatov repaid the faith of Sir Alex Ferguson by sending Manchester United on their way to a comfortable 3-0 season-opening Premier League win over Newcastle.
Berbatov was handed a starting berth alongside Wayne Rooney and responded by drilling home an excellent 33rd-minute effort at Old Trafford.
The Bulgarian should have had another goal after half-time but, after Darren Fletcher had doubled the Red Devils' advantage shortly before the break, it was evergreen substitute Ryan Giggs who extended his remarkable record of scoring in every Premier League season when he latched on to Paul Scholes' inspired pass and sent a first-time volley bouncing past Steve Harper.
It was part of another masterclass from man-of-the-match Scholes, who with every game must make Fabio Capello cringe at his failure to lure the 35-year-old out of international retirement for World Cup duty in the summer.
The only real disappointment for the hosts was another blank day for Wayne Rooney, who has now gone 13 matches for club and country since he last scored, against Bayern Munich in March.
Questions will continue to be asked of Rooney until he starts to show the form that established himself as one of the world's leading players last season.
His performances in South Africa were almost too bad to be believed, the nadir coming in England's terrible draw against Algeria in Cape Town.
Yet at times, it almost feels as though Rooney is trying too hard.
His work-rate remains impressive but too often shots are snatched.
He succeeded only in battering a free-kick into the Newcastle wall with one obvious opportunity, then skied Berbatov's nod-back high over the bar when far better was expected.
Even his part in Manchester United's second goal was accidental as he failed to control Patrice Evra's low cross and succeeded only in prodding the ball towards Fletcher, whose smart turn and finish brought an admiring nod of approval from the unselfish England man.
Since his club record £30.5million arrival from Tottenham, Berbatov has often found himself as the man being sacrificed by Sir Alex Ferguson in the biggest games.
With Javier Hernandez threatening to take Old Trafford by storm and Michael Owen's lack of match practice costing him a place on the bench, Berbatov knew he must start to impress on a more consistent basis.
He certainly showed Rooney the way to goal when Antonio Valencia showed admirable determination in getting back to win possession for his team which John O'Shea quickly moved forward to Scholes.
The old master wasted no time in pushing the ball towards the Bulgarian, who was marginally onside and profited further when Jose Enrique nudged the ball further forward as he attempted to tackle.
Berbatov steadied himself before drilling a shot from an acute angle into the far left corner.
It was the first harsh lesson of top-flight life for Newcastle, who surprised many, including Ferguson, by bouncing back from the Championship quite so soon.
Young striker Andy Carroll was one of the majorfactors in their promotion.
But after getting away from Nemanja Vidic with a superb run across the box, he should have buried Joey Barton's corner instead of nodding a golden chance to put Newcastle ahead tamely wide.
Later, with the points effectively secure, the hosts set about boosting their goal difference.
Rooney may be struggling to locate the net but there was plenty to be admired about his delicate touch to find Berbatov after Scholes had played the initial bullet pass.
It was a better chance than the one Berbatov had converted earlier. Again he beat Harper, but this time also put the ball wide of his left-hand post.
For Rooney, it was his last meaningful involvement before he was replaced by Hernandez.
At least he is another hour closer to the 600 minutes of playing time Capello thinks he needs to achieve top form, although the process would surely be accelerated if he could find the net.
Anything would do, including the bizarre one off his face that Hernandez managed in the Community Shield.
That goal ensured the Mexican was not searching for his first competitive goal as he chased about.
But it was the tracer-bullet accuracy of Giggs that proved to be the difference late on after he had been picked out by his old friend Scholes.
MAN UTD v NEWCASTLE - THE HISTORY
2010/2011 Tue 19 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. Utd. Premier League
Mon 16 Aug Man. Utd. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2008/2009 Wed 04 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Man. Utd. Premier League
Sun 17 Aug Man. Utd. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2007/2008 Sat 23 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 5 Man. Utd. Premier League
Sat 12 Jan Man. Utd. 6 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2006/2007 Mon 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. Utd. Premiership
Sun 01 Oct Man. Utd. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2005/2006 Sun 12 Mar Man. Utd. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 28 Aug Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Man. Utd. Premiership
2004/2005 Sun 24 Apr Man. Utd. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 17 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 4 Man. Utd. F.A. Cup
played at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Sun 14 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Man. Utd. Premiership
2003/2004 Sun 11 Jan Man. Utd. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 23 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Man. Utd. Premiership
2002/2003 Sat 12 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 6 Man. Utd. Premiership
Sat 23 Nov Man. Utd. 5 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2001/2002 Wed 02 Jan Man. Utd. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 15 Sep Newcastle Utd. 4 - 3 Man. Utd. Premiership
2000/2001 Sat 30 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. Utd. Premiership
Sun 20 Aug Man. Utd. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1999/2000 Sat 12 Feb Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. Utd. Premiership
Mon 30 Aug Man. Utd. 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1998/1999 Sat 22 May Man. Utd. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
played at Wembley
Sat 13 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Man. Utd. Premiership
Sun 08 Nov Man. Utd. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1997/1998 Sat 18 Apr Man. Utd. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 21 Dec Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. Utd. Premiership
1996/1997 Thu 08 May Man. Utd. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 20 Oct Newcastle Utd. 5 - 0 Man. Utd. Premiership
Sun 11 Aug Man. Utd. 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Charity Shield
played at Wembley
1995/1996 Mon 04 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. Utd. Premiership
Wed 27 Dec Man. Utd. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1994/1995 Sun 15 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. Utd. Premiership
Sat 29 Oct Man. Utd. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Wed 26 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. Utd. League Cup
1993/1994 Sat 11 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. Utd. Premiership
Sat 21 Aug Man. Utd. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1989/1990 Sun 18 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 3 Man. Utd. F.A. Cup
1988/1989 Sat 13 May Man. Utd. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sun 27 Nov Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. Utd. First Division
1987/1988 Sat 26 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 12 Sep Man. Utd. 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1986/1987 Sat 18 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
Thu 01 Jan Man. Utd. 4 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1985/1986 Wed 16 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 4 Man. Utd. First Division
Wed 04 Sep Man. Utd. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1984/1985 Sat 09 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 08 Sep Man. Utd. 5 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1977/1978 Sat 11 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 15 Oct Man. Utd. 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1976/1977 Sat 19 Feb Man. Utd. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 27 Oct Man. Utd. 7 - 2 Newcastle Utd. League Cup
Sat 11 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. Utd. First Division
1975/1976 Sat 20 Mar Newcastle Utd. 3 - 4 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 29 Nov Man. Utd. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1973/1974 Sat 13 Apr Man. Utd. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 17 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Man. Utd. First Division
1972/1973 Sat 17 Mar Man. Utd. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 21 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
1971/1972 Sat 12 Feb Man. Utd. 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 23 Oct Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
1970/1971 Sat 27 Feb Man. Utd. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 31 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. Utd. First Division
1969/1970 Sat 04 Apr Newcastle Utd. 5 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
Wed 27 Aug Man. Utd. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1968/1969 Sat 12 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 21 Sep Man. Utd. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1967/1968 Sat 04 May Man. Utd. 6 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 09 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. Utd. First Division
1966/1967 Sat 11 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 03 Sep Man. Utd. 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1965/1966 Wed 15 Sep Man. Utd. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 08 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Man. Utd. First Division
1960/1961 Sat 11 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 22 Oct Man. Utd. 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1959/1960 Sat 02 Jan Newcastle Utd. 7 - 3 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 29 Aug Man. Utd. 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1958/1959 Sat 31 Jan Man. Utd. 4 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 13 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
1957/1958 Wed 23 Apr Man. Utd. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 23 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Man. Utd. First Division
1956/1957 Sat 12 Jan Man. Utd. 6 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 08 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
1955/1956 Mon 02 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. Utd. First Division
Fri 30 Mar Man. Utd. 5 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1954/1955 Mon 18 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 23 Oct Man. Utd. 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1953/1954 Sat 02 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 29 Aug Man. Utd. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1952/1953 Sat 11 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 22 Nov Man. Utd. 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 24 Sep Man. Utd. 4 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Charity Shield
played at Old Trafford
1951/1952 Sat 22 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 25 Aug Man. Utd. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1950/1951 Sat 21 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 02 Dec Man. Utd. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1949/1950 Sat 22 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 03 Dec Man. Utd. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1948/1949 Sat 30 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 04 Dec Man. Utd. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1937/1938 Sat 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. Utd. Second Division
Sat 28 Aug Man. Utd. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1935/1936 Sat 18 Jan Man. Utd. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 14 Sep Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Man. Utd. Second Division
1934/1935 Sat 02 Mar Man. Utd. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 20 Oct Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. Utd. Second Division
1930/1931 Sat 17 Jan Newcastle Utd. 4 - 3 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 13 Sep Man. Utd. 4 - 7 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1929/1930 Sat 28 Dec Man. Utd. 5 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 31 Aug Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
1928/1929 Sat 09 Feb Newcastle Utd. 5 - 0 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 29 Sep Man. Utd. 5 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1927/1928 Sat 21 Jan Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 10 Sep Man. Utd. 1 - 7 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1926/1927 Wed 09 Feb Man. Utd. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 11 Sep Newcastle Utd. 4 - 2 Man. Utd. First Division
1925/1926 Wed 14 Apr Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 10 Oct Man. Utd. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1921/1922 Sat 14 Jan Man. Utd. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 31 Dec Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. Utd. First Division
1920/1921 Sat 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 6 - 3 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 18 Dec Man. Utd. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1919/1920 Sat 27 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 20 Dec Man. Utd. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1914/1915 Sat 03 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 28 Nov Man. Utd. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1913/1914 Sat 28 Feb Man. Utd. 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 25 Oct Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
1912/1913 Sat 19 Apr Man. Utd. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 14 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Man. Utd. First Division
1911/1912 Sat 06 Apr Man. Utd. 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 02 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 3 Man. Utd. First Division
1910/1911 Sat 18 Feb Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 15 Oct Man. Utd. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1909/1910 Sat 12 Feb Newcastle Utd. 3 - 4 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 02 Oct Man. Utd. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1908/1909 Sat 27 Mar Man. Utd. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
played at Bramall Lane
Sat 26 Dec Man. Utd. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Fri 25 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. Utd. First Division
1907/1908 Sat 08 Feb Man. Utd. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 12 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 6 Man. Utd. First Division
1906/1907 Sat 02 Feb Newcastle Utd. 5 - 0 Man. Utd. First Division
Sat 22 Dec Man. Utd. 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1897/1898 Sat 13 Nov Newton Heath 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 09 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Newton Heath Second Division
1896/1897 Fri 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Newton Heath Second Division
Sat 26 Sep Newton Heath 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1895/1896 Sat 26 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Newton Heath Second Division
Sat 19 Oct Newton Heath 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1894/1895 Sat 13 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Newton Heath Second Division
Sat 06 Apr Newton Heath 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
NEXT GAME: v MAN UTD (A)
Saturday 26th November 2011
Kick-Off: 3pm
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PREMIER LEAGUE
MAN CITY 3 NEWCASTLE 1 (Gosling)
Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Ben Arfa (Lovenkrands 76), Guthrie, Cabaye (Perch 85), Gutierrez, Ba, Sammy Ameobi (Gosling 79).
Subs Not Used: Elliot, Santon, Smith, Shola Ameobi.
NEWCASTLE 2 EVERTON 1 (Heitinga og, R Taylor)
Krul, Simpson, Coloccini, Steven Taylor, Ryan Taylor, Marveaux (Sammy Ameobi 54), Cabaye (Gosling 37), Guthrie, Gutierrez, Best (Ben Arfa 73), Ba.
Subs Not Used: Elliot, Santon, Lovenkrands, Perch.
STOKE 1 NEWCASTLE 3 (Barr 3)
Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Obertan, Guthrie (Gosling 90), Cabaye (Perch 78), Gutierrez, Best (Sammy Ameobi 86), Ba.
Subs Not Used: Elliot, Santon, Ben Arfa, Marveaux.
NEWCASTLE 1 WIGAN ATHLETIC 0 (Cabaye)
Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Obertan (Marveaux 76), Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez, Best (Ben Arfa 46), Ba (Shola Ameobi 68).
Subs Not Used: Harper, Santon, Perch, Smith.
NEWCASTLE 2 SPURS 2 (Ba, Ameobi)
Krul, Simpson (Santon 77), Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Obertan, Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez, Best (Shola Ameobi 71), Ba (Ben Arfa 71).
Subs Not Used: Elliot, Lovenkrands, Gosling, Marveaux.
WOLVES 1 NEWCASTLE 2 (Ba, Gutierrez)
Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Obertan (Marveaux 90), Cabaye (Guthrie 89), Tiote, Gutierrez, Best, Ba (Lovenkrands 71).
Subs Not Used: Elliot, Santon, Ben Arfa, Sammy Ameobi.
NEWCASTLE 3 BLACKBURN 1 (Ba 3)
Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Obertan, Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez (Marveaux 84), Ba (Ben Arfa 74), Best.
Subs Not Used: Harper, Guthrie, Lovenkrands, Perch, Sammy Ameobi.
ASTON VILLA 1 NEWCASTLE 1 (Best)
Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Obertan, Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez (Sammy Ameobi 85), Best (Shola Ameobi 69), Ba (Marveaux 80).
Subs Not Used: Elliot, Guthrie, Lovenkrands, Perch.
QPR 0 NEWCASTLE 0
Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Obertan (Sammy Ameobi 88), Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez, Best (Marveaux 82), Shola Ameobi (Ba 64).
Subs Not Used: Elliot, Santon, Guthrie, Lovenkrands.
NEWCASTLE 2 FULHAM 1 (Best 2)
Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Lovenkrands (Ba 62), Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez, Obertan, Best (Vuckic 78), Vuckic (Smith 85).
Subs Not Used: Soderberg, Marveaux, Sammy Ameobi, Ferguson.
SUNDERLAND 0 NEWCASTLE UTD 1 (R Taylor)
Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Tiote, Cabaye (Williamson 85), Barton, Obertan (Gosling 85), Gutierrez, Shola Ameobi.
Subs Not Used: Harper, Lovenkrands, Ba, Best, Marveaux.
NEWCASTLE 0 ARSENAL 0
Krul, Coloccini, Steven Taylor, Ryan Taylor, Simpson, Barton, Cabaye (Lovenkrands 81), Tiote, Gutierrez, Shola Ameobi (Best 73), Ba (Obertan 46).
Subs Not Used: Forster, Williamson, Gosling, Sammy Ameobi.
CARLING CUP
BLACKBURN 4 NEWCASTLE 3 (AET) Guthrie, Cabaye, Lovenkrands (pen)
Krul, Simpson (Sammy Ameobi 70), Perch, Coloccini, Santon, Marveaux (Obertan 77), Guthrie, Cabaye, Gutierrez, Ben Arfa (Lovenkrands 79), Ba.
Subs Not Used: Elliot, Abeid, Gosling, Ranger.
NOTTINGHAM FOR. 3 NEWCASTLE 4 (AET) Lovenkrands 2, Simpson, Coloccini
Elliot, Simpson, Coloccini, Perch, Ferguson, Abeid, Guthrie, Gosling (Shola Ameobi 70), Marveaux, Ben Arfa (Sammy Ameobi 70), Lovenkrands (Obertan 80).
Subs Not Used: Krul, Best, Dummett, Henderson.
SCUNTHORPE 1 NEWCASTLE 2 AET (R Taylor, Sammy Ameobi)
Krul, Simpson, Coloccini, Williamson (Steven Taylor 45), Ryan Taylor, Marveaux, Gosling (Vuckic 70), Cabaye, Lovenkrands, Best, Ba (Sammy Ameobi 65).
Subs Not Used: Soderberg, Abeid, Smith, Ferguson.
PRE-SEASON FIXTURES
NEWCASTLE 0 FIORENTINA 0 (Ab 63 mins)
Krul (Forster 46), Simpson, S Taylor, Coloccini, Enrique, Gosling (Ba 46), Cabaye, Vuckic, Jonas (Marveaux 46) Lovenkrands (R Taylor 61), Best (Shola Ameobi 46).Subs: Sammy Ameobi, Ranger, Tavernier, Williamson.
LEEDS UTD 3 NEWCASTLE 2 (S.Taylor, Vuckic)
Forster, Cabaye, Williamson, Barton, Simpson, Gosling, Gutierrez, Ba, Shola Ameobi, Taylor, Tavernier. Subs: Krul, Taylor, Best, Vuckic, Sammy Ameobi, Dummett.
COLUMBUS CREW 0 NEWCASTLE 3 (Ameobi, Coloccini, Vuckic)
Harper; Tavernier, S Taylor, Coloccini (Dummett, 54), Enrique; Gutierrez (Abeid, 85), Tiote (Smith, 62), Gosling, Marveaux (Vuckic, 76); Ameobi (Best, 75), Ba. Subs not used: Forster, Krul.
ORLANDO CITY 1 NEWCASTLE 0
Forster; R Taylor (Enrique, 26), S Taylor, Coloccini, Tavernier; Gosling (Vuckic, 71), Smith (Abeid, 74), Tiote, Gutierrez; Best (Ba, 74), Lovenkrands (Ameobi, 74). Subs not used: Krul, Harper.
SPORTING KANSAS 0 NEWCASTLE 0
Krul, Gosling, Coloccini, S Taylor, R Taylor, Marveaux (Tavernier 46), Tiote (Abeid 46), Ben Arfa, Gutierrez, Ba (Best 72), Lovenkrands (Smith 46).
DARLINGTON 0 NEWCASTLE 2 (Barton, Sammy Ameobi)
Forster; Simpson (Dummett), S Taylor (Tavernier), Williamson (Henderson), Ferguson (R Taylor); Barton (Abeid), Guthrie (Cabaye, Donaldson), Smith (Gosling), Vuckic (Sammy Ameobi); Ben Arfa (Richardson), Best (Ranger). Subs not used: Soderberg, Newton.