1999/2000 SHEFF WED 0 NEWCASTLE UTD 2
SHEFF WED: Srnicek, Nolan, Atherton, Walker, Hinchcliffe, Alexandersson, Sonner (Rudi 84), Haslam, Quinn,De Bilde (Cresswell 56), Sibon. Subs Not Used: Pressman, Briscoe, Staniforth.
TOON: Given, Barton, Dabizas, Helder (Howey 69), Hughes, Dyer, Gallacher (Domi 75), Speed, Lee, Ferguson (Ketsbaia 46),Shearer. Subs Not Used: Gavilan, Karelse.
Att: 29,212
Sheffield Wednesday are hanging onto their Premiership lives by the slenderest of threads after crashing to their third successive Hillsborough defeat.
First Division football is staring manager Danny Wilson's side in the face as goals from Kevin Gallacher and Alan Shearer ensured the death knell is close to tolling for the Owls.
Not even the haunting memories of their humiliating 8-0 defeat at St James' Park in September could stir Wednesday into life as the FA Cup semi-finalists claimed only their third away win of the season.
Instead, Wednesday's old failings came to the fore, none more so than in the 11th minute as they gifted Newcastle a dream start.
In fact, it was 60 seconds of abject Hillsborough horror which simply summed up Wednesday's season - shocking defending at one end and a nightmare in front of goal at the other.
There appeared little danger when Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given booted a long goal-kick deep into the heart of the Owls' half.
But skipper Peter Atherton and Pavel Srnicek should equally share the blame for the foul-up which allowed Kevin Gallacher to steal in for the opener.
Atherton's headed back-pass was weak, Srnicek should have shown greater command of his area by coming for the ball, but a moment's hesitation allowed Gallacher to steal in.
For the architect of last week's FA Cup quarter-final win over Tranmere - he set up two of the goals in the 3-2 victory - it was only his second goal for the Magpies following his £900,000 move from Blackburn just before Christmas.
As Gallacher and his team-mates celebrated, the rest of the Owls players looked at Atherton and Srnicek with disgust, while the duo just pointed accusing fingers at one another.
If that was bad, then worse was to follow inside a minute as Gerald Sibon was guilty of one of the misses of the season.
Niclas Alexandersson weaved his way into the area, and it could be argued he should have finished his own jinking run, but he preferred to go for the safer option - or so it seemed.
Belgian striker Sibon was all alone and just five yards from goal when he received the Swedish international's pass, but his weak sidefoot effort lacked power and it enabled Given to push the ball onto the bar.
If the agony on the faces of the Wednesday players had been apparent when they conceded their goal, the look this time had First Division written all over it - not that Sibon's could be seen as his head was buried in his hands.
New Wednesday chairman Howard Culley must have been doing the same and wondering where the miracle is going to come from which will save his side from the drop.
Culley took over on Monday from Dave Richards, who stepped down in the anticipation he will now accept the £120,000-a-year position as independent chairman of the Premier League.
Richards, however, remains on the board as a director, with the moves described by fans this week as "the organ grinder having stepped down, but a monkey having taken his place".
Certainly, no one appears prepared to call an incisive tune at Hillsborough, with ideas in short supply on how to avoid the drop.
The Wednesday Independent Supporters' Association (WISA) distributed leaflets before the game under the headline 'Change, What Change?', and issued a petition calling for the board to resign en masse.
Even if change were implemented both at board and managerial level, it would almost certainly be too late to save the Owls from their seemingly inevitable fate.
Other than Sibon's howler, they failed to create any other notable worthwhile chance in the first half, although they had the lion's share of possession in comparison to United who played marginally the better football in an otherwise dismal opening 45 minutes.
After the break it was only Wednesday's urgency to salvage at least a point which saw them up the tempo and gain any advantage territorially, but in truth Given was never tested.
Newcastle always appeared capable of holding onto their one-goal lead because if Wednesday are devoid of inspiration off the field, then they are also lacking it on the pitch as well.
Wilson even brought off Gilles De Bilde in the 56th minute to a chorus of boos from the Kop and to the impassioned pleas of the Belgian international striker who held out his hands to the Owls boss as if to say 'why me?'.
But Richard Cresswell's arrival failed to institute the necessary desire needed for the final 34 minutes, with Danny Sonner and Alexandersson having half-chances in that period, but nothing more than that.
Newcastle, though, had the last word and Alan in particular, with the England skipper twisting the knife into now gaping wounds.
Rob Lee's 86th minute throughball was weighted to perfection as it sprung Wednesday's offside trap, and Shearer needs no second invitation for such chances as he raced onto the pass before slipping his 24th goal of the season past Srnicek.
At the final whistle, the Wednesday fans could not even be bothered to raise the usual chant of 'Wilson out' or 'sack the board'.
They know the end is nigh.
SHEFF WED V NEWCASTLE - the history ...
2009/2010 Wed 19 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Sheff. Wed. Championship
1999/2000 Sat 26 Feb Sheff. Wed. 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 19 Sep Newcastle Utd. 8 - 0 Sheff. Wed. Premiership
1998/1999 Wed 21 Apr Sheff. Wed. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 14 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Sheff. Wed. Premiership
1997/1998 Sat 10 Jan Sheff. Wed. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 09 Aug Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Sheff. Wed. Premiership
1996/1997 Sun 13 Apr Sheff. Wed. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 24 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Sheff. Wed. Premiership
1995/1996 Sat 03 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Sheff. Wed. Premiership
Sun 27 Aug Sheff. Wed. 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1994/1995 Sat 21 Jan Sheff. Wed. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 22 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Sheff. Wed. Premiership
1993/1994 Sat 05 Mar Sheff. Wed. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Mon 13 Sep Newcastle Utd. 4 - 2 Sheff. Wed. Premiership
1990/1991 Wed 17 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Sheff. Wed. Second Division
Tue 18 Sep Sheff. Wed. 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1988/1989 Mon 27 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Mon 26 Dec Sheff. Wed. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1987/1988 Sat 02 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Sat 22 Aug Sheff. Wed. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1986/1987 Sun 21 Dec Sheff. Wed. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 06 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 3 Sheff. Wed. First Division
1985/1986 Mon 31 Mar Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Thu 26 Dec Sheff. Wed. 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1984/1985 Sat 30 Mar Sheff. Wed. 4 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Mon 27 Aug Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Sheff. Wed. First Division
1983/1984 Sat 14 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Sheff. Wed. Second Division
Sat 19 Nov Sheff. Wed. 4 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1982/1983 Sat 07 May Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Sheff. Wed. Second Division
Sat 18 Dec Sheff. Wed. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1981/1982 Mon 12 Apr Sheff. Wed. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Wed 24 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Sheff. Wed. Second Division
1980/1981 Sat 03 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Sheff. Wed. F.A. Cup
Sat 15 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Sheff. Wed. Second Division
Sat 16 Aug Sheff. Wed. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1969/1970 Wed 20 Aug Sheff. Wed. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 13 Aug Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Sheff. Wed. First Division
1968/1969 Wed 09 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Wed 14 Aug Sheff. Wed. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1967/1968 Sat 02 Mar Sheff. Wed. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 25 Nov Newcastle Utd. 4 - 0 Sheff. Wed. First Division
1966/1967 Sat 22 Apr Sheff. Wed. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 26 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Sheff. Wed. First Division
1965/1966 Sat 12 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Sheff. Wed. F.A. Cup
Sat 05 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Sat 28 Aug Sheff. Wed. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1960/1961 Mon 03 Apr Sheff. Wed. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Fri 31 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Sheff. Wed. First Division
1959/1960 Mon 18 Apr Sheff. Wed. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Fri 15 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 3 Sheff. Wed. First Division
1957/1958 Wed 25 Sep Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Wed 04 Sep Sheff. Wed. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1956/1957 Sat 29 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Sat 01 Sep Sheff. Wed. 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1955/1956 Sat 07 Jan Sheff. Wed. 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
1954/1955 Sat 09 Apr Newcastle Utd. 5 - 0 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Sat 04 Dec Sheff. Wed. 0 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1953/1954 Fri 16 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Wed 23 Sep Sheff. Wed. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1952/1953 Sat 20 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 5 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Sat 23 Aug Sheff. Wed. 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1950/1951 Sat 17 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Sat 30 Sep Sheff. Wed. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1947/1948 Sat 17 Apr Newcastle Utd. 4 - 2 Sheff. Wed. Second Division
Sat 29 Nov Sheff. Wed. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1946/1947 Sat 24 May Sheff. Wed. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 09 Nov Newcastle Utd. 4 - 0 Sheff. Wed. Second Division
1938/1939 Sat 11 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Sheff. Wed. Second Division
Sat 05 Nov Sheff. Wed. 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1937/1938 Sat 16 Apr Sheff. Wed. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 04 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Sheff. Wed. Second Division
1935/1936 Wed 29 Jan Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Sheff. Wed. F.A. Cup
Mon 27 Jan Sheff. Wed. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
1933/1934 Sat 10 Feb Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Sat 30 Sep Sheff. Wed. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1932/1933 Sat 11 Mar Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Sat 29 Oct Sheff. Wed. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1931/1932 Sat 06 Feb Sheff. Wed. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 26 Sep Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Sheff. Wed. First Division
1930/1931 Sat 27 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Sheff. Wed. First Division
Sat 30 Aug Sheff. Wed. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1929/1930 Sat 15 Mar Sheff. Wed. 4 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 09 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Sheff. Wed. First Division
1928/1929 Sat 20 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 The Wednesday First Division
Sat 08 Dec The Wednesday 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1927/1928 Sat 25 Feb The Wednesday 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 15 Oct Newcastle Utd. 4 - 3 The Wednesday First Division
1926/1927 Sat 30 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 The Wednesday First Division
Sat 11 Dec The Wednesday 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1919/1920 Sat 03 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 The Wednesday First Division
Mon 22 Mar The Wednesday 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1914/1915 Sat 20 Feb The Wednesday 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
Fri 01 Jan The Wednesday 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 09 Sep Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 The Wednesday First Division
1913/1914 Sat 24 Jan The Wednesday 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 27 Sep Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 The Wednesday First Division
1912/1913 Mon 14 Apr The Wednesday 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 02 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 The Wednesday First Division
1911/1912 Sat 02 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 The Wednesday First Division
Sat 28 Oct The Wednesday 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1910/1911 Fri 14 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 The Wednesday First Division
Tue 27 Dec The Wednesday 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1909/1910 Sat 26 Feb Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 The Wednesday First Division
Sat 16 Oct The Wednesday 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1908/1909 Sat 30 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 The Wednesday First Division
Sat 26 Sep The Wednesday 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1907/1908 Sat 04 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 The Wednesday First Division
Sat 07 Sep The Wednesday 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1906/1907 Sat 29 Sep Newcastle Utd. 5 - 1 The Wednesday First Division
Mon 03 Sep The Wednesday 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1905/1906 Sat 30 Sep The Wednesday 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 13 Sep Newcastle Utd. 0 - 3 The Wednesday First Division
1904/1905 Wed 26 Apr The Wednesday 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 25 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 The Wednesday F.A. Cup
played at Maine Road
Sat 17 Dec Newcastle Utd. 6 - 2 The Wednesday First Division
1903/1904 Sat 16 Apr Newcastle Utd. 4 - 0 The Wednesday First Division
Sat 19 Dec The Wednesday 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1902/1903 Sat 17 Jan The Wednesday 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 20 Sep Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 The Wednesday First Division
1901/1902 Sat 15 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 The Wednesday First Division
Sat 19 Oct The Wednesday 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1900/1901 Sat 06 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 The Wednesday First Division
Sat 01 Dec The Wednesday 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1898/1899 Sat 15 Apr The Wednesday 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 17 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 The Wednesday First Division