PREMIERSHIP FIXTURES
Sunday 26th December
12:00 Fulham vs West Ham
15:00 Blackburn vs Stoke
15:00 Blackpool vs Liverpool
15:00 Bolton vs West Brom
15:00 Everton vs Birmingham
15:00 Man Utd vs Sunderland
15:00 Newcastle vs Man City
15:00 Wolverhampton vs Wigan
17:30 Aston Villa vs Tottenham
2008/9 NEWCASTLE 2 MAN CITY 2
NEWCASTLE: Given, Beye, Taylor, Coloccini, Bassong, Geremi,Guthrie, Butt, Duff, Martins (N'Zogbia 72), Ameobi (Carroll 79).
Subs Not Used: Harper, Cacapa, Jose Enrique, Xisco, Edgar.
MAN CITY: Hart, Richards (Onuoha 58), Ben-Haim, Dunne,Garrido (Sturridge 83), Wright-Phillips, Kompany,Hamann (Evans 64), Ireland, Jo, Robinho.
Subs Not Used: Schmeichel, Elano, Fernandes, Berti.
Att: 45,908
Stephen Ireland denied 10-man Newcastle a precious Premier League victory with a last-gasp equaliser at St James' Park.
Manchester City looked to be cruising to victory when Habib Beye was harshly sent off for a 12th-minute challenge on Robinho, who calmly converted the resulting penalty.
But Joe Kinnear's men once again discovered the character which had served them so well at Everton last time out and, remarkably, they were within four minutes of victory when Ireland struck.
Shola Ameobi, with his first Premier League goal since October 15, 2006, had earlier cancelled out Robinho's opener, and when City skipper Richard Dunne sliced a Geremi corner into his own net, three points were within the Magpies' grasp.
However, Ireland rescued a draw for his side, and might even have won it had it not been for a superb late save from Shay Given and another effort which flew agonisingly past the far post.
But Newcastle were good value for a point which sends them into Saturday's derby trip to Sunderland with confidence on the rise and the appreciation of the bulk of a crowd of 45,908, who applauded them warmly from the pitch at the end of an intriguing 90 minutes.
Kinnear knew he had taken on a major challenge when he accepted the job no-one else wanted, and having spent his life in the game, was surely aware of the old adage about luck deserting teams when they are down.
However, he could not have known just how hard that would hit home.
The 61-year-old inherited a depressing injury list and was devastated to see leading scorer Michael Owen join it with a groin problem last week.
But fate was to serve up an even more cruel twist within 12 minutes of him taking his seat in the dug-out for the first time.
Beye had earlier handed his manager a boost by recovering from the Achilles injury which had sidelined him since the end of August, but his return was to end prematurely and in controversial circumstances.
Robinho looked to have got the better of the Senegal international as he burst into the box, but the defender dived in to poke the ball away.
However, to his horror, referee Rob Styles pointed to the spot and to compound Beye's astonishment, then produced a red card despite replays suggesting he had a good case.
Keeper Shay Given pleaded with Styles to consult his assistant, who had not flagged for the incident, but he was having none of it and the distraught defender had to go.
Robinho calmly converted from 12 yards, sending the keeper the wrong way and leaving a club without a league win since August 23 with a mountain to climb.
It could have been worse with Jo only just failing to covert a deflected Robinho shot and former Magpie Dietmar Hamann heading a Javier Garrido corner inches over with the Magpies at sixes and sevens.
But as they did at Everton a fortnight ago, Kinnear's men found a fighting spirit in adversity and managed to drag themselves back into the game.
They could have been level 10 minutes before the break when Obafemi Martins and Ameobi combined to set up Damien Duff, although his shot was saved easily by Joe Hart.
However, the equaliser did arrive nine minutes later when Dunne smashed a clearance against the unwitting Duff and when the ball ricocheted to Ameobi, he controlled and managed to steer it past the keeper to repay Kinnear's faith in him.
Both Sebastien Bassong and Martins were guilty of handing City possession deep in enemy territory within seconds of the restart, but Ireland was unable to make the most of a promising opening.
But for all City once again dominated possession, Newcastle repeatedly threatened on the break with Duff and Martins, who had adapted well to the role of left-sided midfielder after a shaky start following the reorganisation caused by Beye's departure, keeping City on their toes.
Ameobi too was proving a handful for Dunne to give the home crowd genuine hope that there was more to come.
Their prayers were answered with 64 minutes gone when, in his attempt to clear Geremi's right-wing corner, Dunne smashed the ball into the roof of his own net to send St James' into raptures.
But the job was far from complete and Steven Taylor was relieved to see a shot from substitute Ched Evans loop up off him and clear the bar, with Jo doing the same with the header from the resulting corner.
Given produced a stunning save to deny Ireland six minutes from time, but he could not repeat the feat two minutes later as the midfielder fired home from close range to claim a point.
NEWCASTLE v MAN CITY - THE HISTORY ...
2010/2011 Sun 03 Oct Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2008/2009 Wed 28 Jan Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
Mon 20 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City Premier League
2007/2008 Wed 02 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Man. City Premier League
Sat 29 Sep Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2006/2007 Sat 31 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City Premiership
Sat 11 Nov Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2005/2006 Wed 01 Feb Man. City 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 24 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City Premiership
2004/2005 Wed 02 Feb Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 24 Oct Newcastle Utd. 4 - 3 Man. City Premiership
2003/2004 Sat 01 May Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 22 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. City Premiership
2002/2003 Sat 18 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City Premiership
Sat 24 Aug Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2001/2002 Sun 17 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City F.A. Cup
2000/2001 Sat 24 Feb Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City Premiership
Sat 30 Sep Man. City 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1995/1996 Sat 24 Feb Man. City 3 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 16 Sep Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City Premiership
1994/1995 Sat 29 Apr Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 19 Feb Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City F.A. Cup
Mon 02 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City Premiership
Wed 21 Dec Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Man. City League Cup
Wed 30 Nov Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. League Cup
1993/1994 Sat 09 Apr Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City Premiership
1986/1987 Sat 21 Mar Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 11 Oct Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City First Division
1985/1986 Sat 26 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 23 Nov Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1983/1984 Sat 18 Feb Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 29 Oct Newcastle Utd. 5 - 0 Man. City Second Division
1977/1978 Wed 29 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division
Mon 26 Dec Man. City 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1976/1977 Wed 16 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division
Sat 29 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Man. City F.A. Cup
Sat 06 Nov Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1975/1976 Wed 14 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 28 Feb Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. League Cup
played at Wembley
Sat 30 Aug Man. City 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1974/1975 Sat 18 Jan Man. City 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 04 Jan Man. City 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
Sat 30 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division
1973/1974 Wed 27 Mar Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 13 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division
1972/1973 Wed 18 Apr Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 23 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division
1971/1972 Sat 25 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 11 Sep Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1970/1971 Mon 12 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 03 Oct Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1969/1970 Wed 08 Oct Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 16 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division
1968/1969 Mon 05 May Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 29 Jan Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
Sat 25 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City F.A. Cup
Sat 16 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division
1967/1968 Sat 11 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 4 Man. City First Division
Wed 06 Sep Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1966/1967 Sat 05 Nov Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 15 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
1964/1965 Sat 24 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City Second Division
Wed 14 Oct Man. City 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1963/1964 Sat 04 Apr Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 23 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City Second Division
1960/1961 Sat 21 Jan Man. City 3 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 10 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Man. City First Division
1959/1960 Sat 30 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 28 Nov Man. City 3 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1958/1959 Sat 14 Mar Man. City 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 25 Oct Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. City First Division
1957/1958 Mon 14 Apr Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. City First Division
Mon 07 Apr Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1956/1957 Sat 02 Mar Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 09 Jan Man. City 4 - 5 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
after extra time, 90 minutes ?-?
Sat 05 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. City F.A. Cup
Sat 20 Oct Newcastle Utd. 0 - 3 Man. City First Division
1955/1956 Sat 07 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 26 Nov Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1954/1955 Sat 07 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City F.A. Cup
played at Wembley
Mon 27 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 25 Dec Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1953/1954 Sat 03 Apr Newcastle Utd. 4 - 3 Man. City First Division
Sat 14 Nov Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1952/1953 Sat 14 Feb Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 27 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
1951/1952 Sat 12 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 24 Nov Man. City 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1949/1950 Sat 21 Jan Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 17 Sep Newcastle Utd. 4 - 2 Man. City First Division
1948/1949 Sat 19 Feb Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 25 Sep Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City First Division
1946/1947 Sat 03 May Man. City 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 26 Oct Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Man. City Second Division
1938/1939 Sat 08 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Man. City Second Division
Sat 03 Dec Man. City 4 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1933/1934 Wed 21 Mar Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 07 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division
1932/1933 Sat 01 Apr Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 19 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
1931/1932 Sat 05 Mar Man. City 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 24 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division
1930/1931 Sat 11 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 06 Dec Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1929/1930 Sat 22 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division
Sat 16 Nov Man. City 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1928/1929 Sat 23 Mar Newcastle Utd. 4 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 10 Nov Man. City 2 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1925/1926 Sat 01 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Man. City First Division
Sat 19 Dec Man. City 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1924/1925 Sat 24 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 20 Sep Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1923/1924 Sat 29 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City F.A. Cup
played at Birmingham
Sat 10 Nov Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 03 Nov Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1922/1923 Sat 05 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 28 Apr Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1921/1922 Sat 06 May Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 29 Apr Newcastle Utd. 5 - 1 Man. City First Division
1920/1921 Sat 07 May Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. City First Division
Mon 02 May Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1919/1920 Sat 24 Apr Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 17 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. City First Division
1914/1915 Sat 13 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 10 Oct Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1913/1914 Mon 13 Apr Man. City 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Thu 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City First Division
1912/1913 Sat 15 Feb Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 12 Oct Man. City 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1911/1912 Sat 27 Jan Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 23 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division
1910/1911 Sat 29 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 3 Man. City First Division
Sat 24 Dec Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1908/1909 Sat 27 Feb Man. City 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 24 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
1907/1908 Sat 15 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. City First Division
Sat 19 Oct Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1906/1907 Sat 16 Feb Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 13 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
1905/1906 Tue 26 Dec Man. City 1 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 06 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division
1904/1905 Sat 28 Jan Man. City 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 01 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division
1903/1904 Fri 01 Apr Man. City 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 10 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division
1901/1902 Sat 08 Mar Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 09 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. City First Division
1900/1901 Sat 20 Apr Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 15 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division
1899/1900 Fri 13 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City First Division
Sat 14 Oct Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1897/1898 Wed 16 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City Second Division
Sat 08 Jan Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1896/1897 Sat 06 Feb Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. City Second Division
Sat 17 Oct Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1895/1896 Sat 21 Mar Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. City Second Division
Sat 04 Jan Man. City 5 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1894/1895 Sat 09 Feb Man. City 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 27 Oct Newcastle Utd. 5 - 4 Man. City Second Division
1893/1894 Sat 06 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Ardwick Second Division
Sat 21 Oct Ardwick 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Second Division