Man Utd Always Seem To Arrive At Time Of Crisis!

Teenager David Edgar snatched a precious point for Newcastle as Manchester United were denied a nine-point lead at the top of the Barclays Premiership.

The 19-year-old defender saw Paul Scholes deflect home his 74th-minute 30-yarder to deny Sir Alex Ferguson's men a fourth successive league win.

James Milner had blasted the Magpies in front with a 33rd-minute piledriver, but a Scholes double either side of half-time gave the visitors the upper hand.

However, Glenn Roeder's injury-hit side summoned up their last remaining resources as Edgar marked his home debut with his first senior goal for the club to spark a gritty rearguard action to the final whistle.

United nevertheless extended their advantage over Chelsea to seven points ahead of the Londoners' trip to Aston Villa tomorrow night, but it was the black and white shirts among a crowd of 52,302 who went home the happier after witnessing a display full of character and application.

Two blunders from Frenchman Jean-Alain Boumsong handed Manchester United victory and plunged Newcastle's season into crisis.

The £8million signing allowed Wayne Rooney, who turned down the chance to join the Magpies in August last year, a 66th-minute opener, and he compounded the error to hand Ruud van Nistelrooy the chance to make sure in injury time.

Graeme Souness' side have now taken just one point from their first four Premiership games and are without a goal from one of their own players in 555 minutes of league football.

The fact that for the best part of an hour they matched a Red Devils side that have won their five competitive games so far without conceding a goal, may prove some consolation, but their failure to take one of the handful of chances they created despite the addition of £9.5million Albert Luque cost them dear.

Souness admitted after last week's 0-0 home draw with West Ham this his side lacked door-openers and goalscorers, and the return of Kieron Dyer and Emre, as well as Luque's arrival, in his opinion, added both.

However, his plans were blown apart with 38 first-half minutes as first the Turkey international and then his English team-mate limped off injured.

The gamble to start with both backfired spectacularly, although the manager's desire to have the pair at his disposal was understandable after three barren league games.

Bad luck has not been very far away from the Scot so far this season, but if he was left to bemoan his misfortune once again, he could at least comfort himself with his side's first-half display.

Newcastle competed both at the back and in midfield, where £6.5million signing Scott Parker was again outstanding, and they at last started to look capable of scoring goals.

Manchester United's £46million strike-force teamed up to condemn Newcastle to a third home defeat in a week in the battle of the Premiership's under-achievers.

Wayne Rooney, the man the Magpies tried to sign in August, blasted home a seventh-minute volley and, after Alan Shearer had levelled with his 10th goal of the season on 71 minutes, Ruud van Nistelrooy nervelessly converted a 74th-minute penalty to clinch three invaluable points before Rooney struck again deep into injury-time.

There was little doubt that Man United were the better side, although Newcastle will again feel they were denied the rub of the green after Andy O'Brien appeared to be fouled by Rooney in the run-up to the penalty.

However, Sir Alex Ferguson's men headed for home having regained their momentum, while opposite number Graeme Souness left the dug-out knowing that the pressure is very definitely on after another disjointed display in which his side lacked the shape, guile and quality to beat Man United.

There were few surprises when Ferguson's team selection saw 10 changes to the side which started against Crystal Palace in the Carling Cup in midweek, although there were a few raised eyebrows when the man retained was midfielder Darren Fletcher.

By contrast, Souness again opted to leave French winger Laurent Robert on the bench and handed a first Premiership start to his new-look central defensive partnership of Titus Bramble and former Old Trafford stalwart Ronny Johnsen.

2007/2008 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
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
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