PLAYERS IN:-
29 June 2016 GK Matz Sels Gent £4,500,000
1 July 2016 FW Dwight Gayle Crystal Palace £10,000,000
1 July 2016 MF Matt Ritchie AFC Bournemouth £12,000,000
8 July 2016 DF Jesús Gámez Atlético Madrid £1,500,000
11 July 2016 DF Isaac Hayden Arsenal £2,500,000
21 July 2016 DF Grant Hanley Blackburn Rovers £5,500,000
3 August 2016 DF Ciaran Clark Aston Villa £5,000,000
3 August 2016 MF Mohamed Diamé Hull City £4,500,000
24 August 2016 DF DeAndre Yedlin Tottenham Hotspur £5,000,000
28 August 2016 FW Daryl Murphy Ipswich Town £3,500,000
Total spending: £54,000,000
PLAYERS OUT:-
1 July 2016 DF Steven Taylor United Portland Timbers Free
1 July 2016 MF Andros Townsend Crystal Palace £13,000,000
5 July 2016 DF Fabricio Coloccini San Lorenzo Free
9 July 2016 FW Papiss Cissé Shandong Luneng £2,500,000
22 July 2016 MF Georginio Wijnaldum Liverpool £25,000,000
11 August 2016 MF Rémy Cabella Marseille Undisclosed
24 August 2016 DF Daryl Janmaat Watford £7,500,000
26 August 2016 MF Gaël Bigirimana Coventry City Undisclosed
PLAYERS OUT ON LOAN:-
4 August 2016 MF Florian Thauvin Marseille End of Season
8 August 2016 FW Ivan Toney Shrewsbury Town 5 January 2017
22 August 2016 MF Siem de Jong PSV End of Season
23 August 2016 DF Kevin Mbabu Young Boys End of Season
24 August 2016 MF Henri Saivet Saint-Étienne End of Season
25 August 2016 GK Tim Krul Ajax End of Season
NEWCASTLE 2 BRIGHTON 0 (Lascelles, Shelvey)
Sels, Anita (72' Gamez), Mbemba, Lascelles, Dummett, Ritchie, Hayden, Shelvey, Gouffran (88' Yedlin), Diame (81' Colback), Perez
Subs: Clark, Hanley, Darlow, Armstrong
(LC) NEWCASTLE 2 CHELTENHAM 0 (Perez 2)
Darlow, Sterry, Lascelles, Hanley, Gamez, Aarons (24' Gouffran), Shelvey, Colback, Perez, Diame, Mitrovic (38' Gayle)
Subs: Dummett, Hayden, Mbemba, Sels
BRISTOL CITY 0 NEWCASTLE 1 (Gayle)
Sels, Anita, Mbemba, Lascelles, Clark, Ritchie, Hayden (87' Shelvey), Colback, Gouffran, Diame (63' Perez), Gayle (88' Aarons)
Subs: Dummett, Hanley, Darlow, Sterry
NEWCASTLE 4 READING 1 (Hayden, Ritchie (P), Gayle 2)
Sels, Anita, Mbemba, Clark, Dummett, Hayden, Shelvey, Ritchie (90' Aarons), Perez (76' Lascelles), Gouffran (84' Colback), Gayle
Subs: Hanley, Janmaat, Darlow, Armstrong
NEWCASTLE 1 HUDDERSFIELD 2 (Gayle)
Sels, Janmaat (83' Armstrong), Mbemba, Lascelles, Dummett, Anita, Hayden, Shelvey, Aarons (45' Ritchie), Diame (75' Perez), Gayle
Subs: Clark, Colback, Darlow, Gamez
FULHAM 1 NEWCASTLE 0
Sels; Janmaat, Lascelles, Hanley, Dummett; Hayden (Shelvey 77), Colback (Aarons 61); Ritchie, Perez (Armstrong 70), Anita; Gayle.
Subs Mbemba, Darlow, Jesus Gamez, Sterry.
NEWCASTLE 3 VITESSE ARNHEM 2 (Leerdam (og), Gayle, Colback)
Sels; Janmaat (Sterry, 74), Hanley (Gamez, 62), Lascelles, Dummett; Hayden (Saivet, 74), Colback (Shelvey, 62); Anita (Mitrovic, 74), Perez (Armstrong, 62), Ritchie (Aarons, 62); Gayle (Gouffran, 74). Subs not: Darlow, Tiote, Thauvin.
SOUTHEND UTD 0 NEWCASTLE 2 (Anita, Gouffran)
Darlow; Janmaat (Sterry 63), Mbemba (Hanley 63), Lascelles, Dummett; Hayden (Colback 63), Shelvey (Saivet 73); Anita (Thauvin 78), Perez (Mitrovic 73), Aarons (Gouffran 63); Gayle (Armstrong 63).
Sub not used: Sels.
SPORTING LOKEREN 0 NEWCASTLE 4 (Perez 2, Perez, Janmaat, Shelvey)
Sels (Darlow 72); Sterry (Gouffran 63), Mbemba (Saivet 72), Lascelles (Dummett 63), Anita (Gamez 46); Hayden (Shelvey 46), Colback (Tiote 72); Janmaat, Perez (Mitrovic 46), Aarons (Thauvin 63), Gayle (Armstrong 63).
Subs not used: None.
DONCASTER ROVERS 2 NEWCASTLE UTD 2 (Hayden, Perez)
Sels, Janmaat (Sterry, 45), Mbemba (Saivet, 65), Lascelles (Dummett, 45), Colback (Hayden, 45), Anita (Gamez, 45), Ritchie (Gouffran, 45), Aarons (Perez, 45), Shelvey (Wijnaldum, 79), Mitrovic (Gayle, 45), Armstrong (Thauvin, 60).
BOHEMIANS 0 NEWCASTLE 6 (Ritchie, Mitrovic, Gayle, Thauvin, Aarons, Wijnaldum)
Sels, Anita, Lascelles, Mbemba, Sterry, Aarons, Colback, Gouffran, Ritchie, Saivet, Mitrovic.
Subs: Darlow, Gamez, Dummett, Wijnaldum, Shelvey, Hayden, Perez, Gayle, Janmaat, Tiote, Thauvin.
CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE (Top 10)
1 Huddersfield Town 13
2 Fulham 11
3 Barnsley 9
4 Newcastle United 9
5 Queens Park Rangers 9
6 Bristol City 9
7 Nottingham Forest 9
8 Brighton and Hove Albion 8
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 8
10 Birmingham City 8