EVERTON: Howard, Hibbert (Coleman 46), Jagielka, Distin,Baines, Osman, Arteta, Heitinga (Bilyaletdinov 73), Pienaar,Fellaini, Beckford (Yakubu 46).
Subs Not Used: Mucha, Neville, Gueye, Barkley.
NEWCASTLE: Harper (Krul 35), Perch, Coloccini, Williamson,Jose Enrique, Routledge, Tiote, Barton,Ben Arfa (Gutierrez 84), Nolan, Carroll.
Subs Not Used: Campbell, Lovenkrands, Ryan Taylor, Smith,
Att: 38,019
David Moyes has had his term at Everton, and now the Blue side of Liverpool will be looking for a new boss before Christmas is out, because Newcastle took his side to the cleaners on Saturday.
Hatem Ben Arfa marked his full debut with the winner and the home fans showed their disgust as their miserable start to the season continued.
Some hoped they could build on last week's incredible comeback against Manchester United but Chris Hughton set out his stall and he fully deserved the end result.
We (on this website) doubted his tactics against Villa but he put us in his place with that 6-0 win, and yes we had a go at him before the Blackpool game for that 4-5-1 line-up ... but we could have got something from that game.
But we could not fault ANYTHING about the performance on Saturday.
Ben Arfa drilled an unstoppable shot into the top corner just before half-time and it was only what we fully deserved.
The only sour note of a great afternoon was an injury to goalkeeper Steve Harper, who fell heavily on his left shoulder and was carried off on a stretcher.
Everton could have snatched a point when ex-Smoggy Aiyegbeni Yakubu hit the post in injury time, but that would have been rough justice on Hughton.
The early stages were largely cagey, although both teams created one decent chance. Firstly Ben Arfa sent Jose Enrique sprinting down the left before delivering a cross that Wayne Routledge could only head over the bar.
In the 16th minute Everton went even closer, with Tony Hibbert curling over a superb cross that Phil Jagielka should have buried instead of powering his header wide.
The Magpies were certainly the dominant side and Joey Barton forced Howard into a decent save with a free-kick from 25 yards out on the half-hour mark.
Moments later the American was called into action again as Kevin Nolan's cross deflected off John Heitinga and was dropping under the bar until Howard stuck out a hand.
Jermaine Beckford then became the first player into referee Andre Marriner's book for a late challenge on Harper, which ended the Newcastle goalkeeper's involvement in the game.
Although the tackle was not a particularly bad one, Harper came down heavily on his left shoulder and immediately looked in distress.
Tim Krul was therefore thrust into the action, and he made his first save moments later from Leon Osman, although, after a decent run, the midfielder failed to make the best conduct.
Having shown flashes of brilliance, Ben Arfa then made himself an instant Newcastle fans' favourite with a superb 25-yard shot that flew into the top corner on the stroke of half-time.
Moyes would have expected much better from his side and he reacted by bringing on Seamus Coleman and Yakubu for Hibbert and Beckford at the start of the second half.
It nearly got worse for the Toffees in the 54th minute, though, when a deep cross from Enrique was sliced wide of his own goal by Sylvain Distin.
At the other end the Toffees created one of their best moments of the match when Osman's blocked shot found its way to Yakubu, whose scrambled effort was blocked by Krul.
The Nigerian felt he was impeded but referee Marriner was unmoved and a spell of Everton pressure ended when Fellaini picked up a booking for a foul on the impressive Mike Williamson.
Indeed, the Belgium international looked slightly fortunate to stay on the pitch after throwing an arm at Williamson.
There was no doubt the home side were now in the ascendancy, though, and Newcastle did well to hold firm when Arteta rolled a ball along the six-yard line.
Newcastle were largely reduced to hitting Everton on the break and they came close to grabbing a second in the 72nd minute when Ben Arfa jinked his way through again before playing in Andy Carroll, who was denied by a good challenge from Leighton Baines.
Ben Arfa then went down theatrically under a challenge from Distin, but moments later the visitors looked very unfortunate not to be awarded a penalty when Coleman appeared to bring down Nolan from behind with the Magpies captain bearing down on Howard.
Ben Arfa was replaced by Jonas with six minutes left, receiving a rapturous reception from the Newcastle fans, but their hearts would have been in their mouths as the match entered added time.
A well-worked free-kick on the left saw Baines find Yakubu and his shot bounced off the post and onto Krul's back, with the keeper able to grab the ball before it crossed the line.
Everton were not finished and looked certain to level when Baines appeared to have found Fellaini six yards out but Fabricio Coloccini just managed to deflect the ball behind.
NEWCASTLE UNITED 2010/11
PREMIERSHIP
EVERTON 0 NEWCASTLE 1 (Ben Arfa)
Harper (Krul 35), Perch, Coloccini, Williamson,Jose Enrique, Routledge, Tiote, Barton,Ben Arfa (Gutierrez 84), Nolan, Carroll.
Subs Not Used: Campbell, Lovenkrands, Ryan Taylor, Smith.
NEWCASTLE 0 BLACKPOOL 2
Harper, Perch, Coloccini, Williamson, Jose Enrique, Routledge (Ameobi 81), Smith (Lovenkrands 62), Barton, Gutierrez (Ben Arfa 73), Nolan, Carroll.
Subs Not Used: Krul, Campbell, Ryan Taylor, Tiote.
WOLVES 1 NEWCASTLE 1 (Carroll)
Harper, Perch, Williamson, Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Routledge, Smith, Barton, Gutierrez, Nolan, Carroll (Ameobi 81).
Subs Not Used: Krul, Lovenkrands, Ryan Taylor, Kadar, Vuckic, Ranger.
NEWCASTLE 6 ASTON VILLA 0 (Barton, Nolan 2, Carroll 3)
Harper, Perch, Coloccini, Williamson, Jose Enrique, Routledge (Ameobi 76), Smith (Ryan Taylor 76), Barton, Gutierrez (Xisco 80), Nolan, Carroll.
Subs Not Used: Krul, Lovenkrands, Vuckic, Tavernier.
MAN UTD 3 NEWCASTLE 0
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.
CARLING CUP
ACCRINGTON STANLEY 2 NEWCASTLE 3 (Ryan Taylor, Ameobi, Lovenkrands)
Krul, Ryan Taylor, Kadar, Tavernier, Ferguson, Ranger, Donaldson, Vuckic (Nolan 90), LuaLua, Ameobi,Lovenkrands.
Subs Not Used: Soderberg, Williamson, Barton, Routledge, Perch, Smith.
PRE-SEASON
CARLISLE 0 NEWCASTLE 3 (Best, Ranger, Vuckic)
Harper (Krul 46), Tavernier (R Taylor 46), Coloccini (S Taylor 46) (Henderson 81), Williamson (Perch 46), Enrique (Ferguson 46), Inman (Routledge 46), Smith (Barton 46), Nolan (Guthrie 46), LuaLua (Vuckic 46) , Carroll (Best 46), Lovenkrands (Ranger 46).
NORWICH CITY 2 NEWCASTLE 1 (Ameobi)
Krul, Taylor (Routledge 45), Tavernier, Coloccini (Williamson 45), Diaz (Ferguson 57); Ranger (Xisco 45), Barton (Smith 45), Nolan (Guthrie 45), Vuckic (Edmundsson 72); Best (Lovenkrands 45), Carroll (Ameobi 45).
NEWCASTLE 2 PSV EINDHOVEN 2 (R.Taylor, Best)
Harper, Perch, Enrique, Coloccini, Williamson, Guthrie, Nolan, Smith, Ryan Taylor, Lovenkrands, Ameobi. Subs: Carroll, Xisco, Best, LuaLua, Krul, Vuckic, Ranger, Donaldson, Tavernier.
DEPORTIVO 0 NEWCASTLE 0 (NUFC win 5-4 on penalties - Lovenkrands, Nolan, Carroll, R Taylor, Barton)
Harper (Krul 46); R Taylor, Perch (Tavernier 52), Coloccini, Enrique; Routledge, Barton, Guthrie (Nolan 46), Xisco (Gutierrez 46); Carroll, Best (Lovenkrands 73). Subs (not used): Smith, Ferguson
RANGERS 2 NEWCASTLE 1 (Lovenkrands)
Harper; Perch (Tavernier 81), Coloccini (Ferguson 81), Williamson, Enrique (R Taylor 56); Routledge (Xisco 83), Barton, Nolan, Guthrie, Gutierrez (Lovenkrands 69); Carroll (Ameobi 46).