LAST TIME MAN UTD CAME TO ST JAMES' PARK:-
2010/11 Newcastle 0 Manchester United 0
NEWCASTLE: Krul, Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Jose Enrique,Barton, Guthrie, Tiote, Gutierrez, Lovenkrands (Ireland 69),Ameobi (Ranger 72).
Subs Not Used: Soderberg, Perch, Ryan Taylor, Steven Taylor, Kuqi.
MAN UTD: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra,Nani (Owen 80), Carrick, Anderson (Valencia 70), Giggs,Hernandez, Rooney.
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Park, Fabio Da Silva, Evans, Gibson.
Att: 49,025
Veteran midfielder Ryan Giggs squandered the chance to fire Manchester United nine points clear in the race for the Barclays Premier League title as Newcastle frustrated the leaders.
The Welshman shot wide with the goal at his mercy after being picked out by Patrice Evra with 69 minutes gone to let two points slip from the leaders' grasp.
Sir Alex Ferguson's men were denied on two occasions before the break by fine saves from the injured Steve Harper's replacement, Tim Krul, but even the return of Wayne Rooney from suspension could not inspire United to victory on a night when the Magpies fought tooth and nail in front of an appreciative crowd of 49,025.
United did, however, extend their lead over second-placed Arsenal, who could only draw at home to Liverpool on Sunday, and it seems only a matter of time before they clinch the crown for the 19th time.
The draw took Newcastle's total for the season to 40-point mark as they climbed back into ninth and edged closer to retaining their top-flight status.
It might have been even better had referee Lee Probert agreed with Peter Lovenkrands that he had been tripped by Anderson inside the penalty area, although Hernandez was similarly aggrieved to be booked for diving as he was challenged by Danny Simpson in injury time.
The days when Newcastle competed with United both on the pitch over 90 minutes and over the season seem a distant memory, and Ferguson's men arrived on Tyneside having not lost a league game to the Magpies in 17 attempts dating back to September 2001.
They did so still smarting from their FA Cup semi-final exit at the hands of arch-rivals City and determined to make amends by extending their lead at the top of the table.
But Alan Pardew had promised that his team, who started the night still not assured of their place in next season's top flight, would give United a game, and in the opening 45 minutes they certainly did that.
The visitors, who did not include Rio Ferdinand or the sick Dimitar Berbatov among their 18 at St James' Park, tested Krul after just two minutes when he was forced to block Hernandez's effort, and the Dutchman was delighted to see full-back Jose Enrique get his body into the line of the Mexican's goal-bound injury-time shot.
But in the meantime, the Magpies gave as good as they got in an entertaining first-half during which they too created chances.
Chris Smalling got enough on Jonas Gutierrez's fifth-minute attempt to deflect it around the post, and Edwin van der Sar had to save from Shola Ameobi, Lovenkrands and Cheik Tiote in quick succession.
Krul made another fine save from Rooney after he burst through on 19 minutes, although Mr Probert clearly did not spot his intervention as he awarded only a goal-kick.
United gradually eased into full flow with the movement of the Rooney and Hernandez and Nani's pace causing problems for Newcastle, who dropped ever deeper as the half wore on.
However, they might have taken the lead a minute before the break when Joey Barton picked out Lovenkrands inside the penalty area with a teasing right-wing cross.
The Dane did not realise how much time he had and may have been surprised that the ball reached him at all, but he planted his header harmlessly wide.
Ferguson's players returned long before their Magpies counterparts and resumed in determined fashion as they forced a series of corners which the home side managed to repel, but often at full stretch.
Krul was grateful to see Giggs head straight at him from Nani's 51st-minute cross, although Ameobi was unable to trouble Van der Sar any further with a looping effort seconds later.
Mike Williamson only just prevented Hernandez from meeting Giggs' 55th-minute cross with a prodigious leap and Nani blazed high and wide seconds later as the pressure mounted.
Lovenkrands was convinced he should have been awarded a 58th-minute penalty for Anderson's challenge on him, but Mr Probert, who had earlier turned down Nani's claims against Gutierrez, was similarly unmoved.
The Dane headed just over after the visitors struggled to clear Barton's 61st-minute free-kick, but United were starting to up the tempo to repeatedly stretch their hosts once again.
They should have been in front with 69 minutes gone when Evra carved his way into the box to set up Giggs, but the veteran midfielder contrived to fire wide.
Nani and Rooney both went close from distance as time ran down and Giggs fired wide again two minutes from time.
But after Hernandez's yellow card, Rooney headed wide from substitute Antonio Valencia's injury-time cross as Newcastle managed to hold out.
TOON v MAN UTD - THE HISTORY
2011/2012 Sat 26 Nov Man. Utd. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
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