John Carver: "We are going to have problems this weekend because I will have to leave some people out the 18, which is the first time we've had to do that for a long time, so we are in a healthy position."
Newcastle will welcome Stoke to St James' having marked Carver's installation as Alan Pardew's interim replacement until the end of the season with a comprehensive 3-0 victory at Hull, the first since he took temporary charge last month.
He said: "I actually went home and had a cup of tea and chip butty, that's how I celebrated.
"But you build on it now by getting successive wins. That's what we are aiming for."
2013/14 - NEWCASTLE UTD 5 STOKE CITY 1
1. Tim Krul
26. Mathieu Debuchy
6. Mike Williamson
2. Fabricio Coloccini
3. Davide Santon 61'
8. Vurnon Anita 45'
7. Moussa Sissoko
10. Hatem Ben Arfa
4. Yohan Cabaye
11. Yoan Gouffran 72'
14. Loic Remy
Subs
9. Papiss Cisse 72'
13. Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
19. Massadio Haidara 61'
21. Rob Elliot
23. Shola Ameobi 45'
25. Gabriel Obertan
27. Steven Taylor
Newcastle striker Loic Remy ended his goal-drought as nine-man Stoke suffered a miserable Boxing Day trip to Tyneside.
The Frenchman emerged from a five-game barren run with a double in a remarkable 5-1 win which saw Glenn Whelan and Marc Wilson pick up red cards, Potters manager Mark Hughes sent to the stands, two goals and a saved penalty before the half-time whistle had sounded.
Oussama Assaidi had fired the visitors into a 29th-minute lead with a superb curling effort as Alan Pardew's side failed to hit the heights until a dramatic conclusion to the first half.
But Whelan departed prematurely five minutes before the break for a second bookable offence, and Wilson joined him within three minutes for hauling down Remy inside the box.
The Frenchman saw his spot-kicked saved by goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen, but dragged his side back into the game seconds later with a deflected effort.
However, the home side ran riot after the restart as Yoan Gouffran, with his fifth goal in as many home games, Remy, Yohan Cabaye and substitute Papiss Cisse secured a seventh Barclays Premier League win in nine attempts for the Magpies in front of a crowd of 51,665.
Newcastle's recent success has been founded on the platform provided by midfield enforcer Cheick Tiote, who has returned to something like his best form.
His absence through suspension against the Potters was a blow, but just how much they would miss him became abundantly apparent at a very early stage.
Charlie Adam was gifted acres of space in front of the Magpies' back four with Vurnon Anita and Moussa Sissoko, playing the holding roles in a 4-2-3-1 formation, unable to cut the supply lines.
After an encouraging start by the home side, during which Sissoko, Hatem Ben Arfa and Gouffran all went for goal from distance, it was the visitors who gained a measure of control.
Newcastle full-back Mathieu Debuchy was fortunate to see his sliced clearance from Adam's driven cross fly across his own goal and out for a corner, and the Scotland international only just missed the target with two efforts from just outside the penalty area in the space of eight minutes.
However, keeper Tim Krul was finally beaten with 29 minutes gone when Assaidi cut inside from the left and curled an exquisite right-foot shot across the Dutchman and inside the far post to give the visitors a deserved lead.
Pardew's men were labouring, but were given a shot in the arm five minutes before the break when Whelan, who had earlier been booked after fouling Sissoko, clattering into Cabaye and kicking the ball away, picked up a second yellow card for a foul on the former Lille midfielder.
What was to follow was astonishing as Newcastle stepped up a gear and Stoke imploded.
There were just two minutes of the half remaining when Wilson felled Remy inside the box and as last man, joined Whelan back in the dressing room, much to the fury of Hughes, who was sent to the stands for his protests as his side appealed in vain for a penalty at the other end for handball against Mike Williamson.
Sorensen repeated his heroics in the shirts of Sunderland and Aston Villa, for both of whom he saved Alan Shearer penalties at St James' Park, by diving to his right to keep out Remy's spot-kick.
However, the Frenchman made amends within seconds when he sent a deflected shot past the Dane to level.
Hughes replaced goalscorer Assaidi with defender Andy Wilkinson at the break as Pardew sent on striker Shola Ameobi for Anita, and his side took the lead within three minutes when Stoke failed to clear Ben Arfa's cross - the ball looked to have crossed the goal-line before the Frenchman delivered it - and Gouffran dispatched it into the bottom corner.
The 11 men were running riot and extended their lead with 56 minutes gone when Sissoko flicked on Davide Santon's cross for Remy to convert at the far post.
Ben Arfa, who had earlier struck the foot of the upright, smashed a 58th-minute shot against the crossbar after a mesmerising run which took him past three Stoke defenders, but compatriot Cabaye's lovely 66th-minute finish from Debuchy's pull-back further extended the lead.
There was still time for Cisse to claim his first league goal of the season from the spot with 10 minutes remaining after full-back Erik Pieters had tripped Ben Arfa with Stoke in disarray with referee Martin Atkinson waving away a series of appeals for further penalties as time ran down.
TOON v POTTERS
2014/2015 Mon 29 Sep Stoke City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2013/2014 Sat 12 Apr Stoke City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
Thu 26 Dec Newcastle Utd. 5 - 1 Stoke City Premier League
2012/2013 Sun 10 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Stoke City Premier League
Wed 28 Nov Stoke City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2011/2012 Sat 21 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Stoke City Premier League
Mon 31 Oct Stoke City 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
2010/2011 Sat 19 Mar Stoke City 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
Sun 26 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Stoke City Premier League
2008/2009 Sat 11 Apr Stoke City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
Sat 06 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Stoke City Premier League
2007/2008 Wed 16 Jan Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Stoke City F.A. Cup
Sun 06 Jan Stoke City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
1995/1996 Wed 25 Oct Stoke City 0 - 4 Newcastle Utd. League Cup
1989/1990 Mon 16 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Stoke City Second Division
Tue 26 Dec Stoke City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1984/1985 Sat 04 May Stoke City 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 01 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Stoke City First Division
1978/1979 Sat 28 Apr Stoke City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 09 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Stoke City Second Division
1976/1977 Tue 15 Mar Stoke City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 30 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Stoke City First Division
1975/1976 Wed 03 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Stoke City First Division
Sat 25 Oct Stoke City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1974/1975 Sat 19 Apr Stoke City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 12 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Stoke City First Division
1973/1974 Wed 03 Apr Stoke City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 03 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Stoke City First Division
1972/1973 Sat 10 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Stoke City First Division
Sat 14 Oct Stoke City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1971/1972 Mon 08 May Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Stoke City First Division
Sat 27 Nov Stoke City 3 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1970/1971 Sat 09 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Stoke City First Division
Wed 19 Aug Stoke City 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1969/1970 Sat 21 Mar Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Stoke City First Division
Sat 06 Dec Stoke City 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1968/1969 Wed 30 Apr Newcastle Utd. 5 - 0 Stoke City First Division
Sat 07 Dec Stoke City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1967/1968 Sat 06 Jan Stoke City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 02 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Stoke City First Division
1966/1967 Mon 27 Mar Stoke City 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Fri 24 Mar Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Stoke City First Division
1965/1966 Sat 26 Feb Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Stoke City First Division
Sat 11 Sep Stoke City 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1962/1963 Wed 01 May Newcastle Utd. 5 - 2 Stoke City Second Division
Sat 06 Oct Stoke City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1961/1962 Sat 14 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Stoke City Second Division
Sat 25 Nov Stoke City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1952/1953 Sat 07 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Stoke City First Division
Sat 20 Sep Stoke City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1951/1952 Sat 15 Dec Stoke City 4 - 5 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 18 Aug Newcastle Utd. 6 - 0 Stoke City First Division
1950/1951 Sat 16 Dec Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Stoke City First Division
Sat 19 Aug Stoke City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1949/1950 Sat 18 Feb Stoke City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 01 Oct Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Stoke City First Division
1948/1949 Sat 22 Jan Stoke City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 11 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Stoke City First Division
1933/1934 Sat 28 Apr Stoke City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 16 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Stoke City First Division
1922/1923 Sat 21 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Stoke First Division
Sat 14 Apr Stoke 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1906/1907 Fri 29 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Stoke First Division
Wed 26 Dec Stoke 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1905/1906 Tue 24 Apr Newcastle Utd. 5 - 0 Stoke First Division
Sat 16 Dec Stoke 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1904/1905 Fri 21 Apr Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Stoke First Division
Sat 22 Oct Stoke 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1903/1904 Sat 23 Jan Stoke 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 26 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Stoke First Division
1902/1903 Sat 03 Jan Stoke 5 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 06 Sep Newcastle Utd. 5 - 0 Stoke First Division
1901/1902 Sat 11 Jan Stoke 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 14 Sep Newcastle Utd. 5 - 1 Stoke First Division
1900/1901 Sat 12 Jan Stoke 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 15 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Stoke First Division
1899/1900 Sat 21 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Stoke First Division
Sat 16 Dec Stoke 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1898/1899 Sat 21 Jan Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Stoke First Division
Sat 24 Sep Stoke 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1897/1898 Fri 23 Apr Stoke 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Test Match
Tue 20 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Stoke Test Match
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NEWCASTLE UTD v STOKE CITY
Sunday February 7th
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Newcastle Utd Fixtures ...
2014/15 SEASON
Sunday August 17
NEWCASTLE 0 MAN CITY 2
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Colback, Anita (63' Obertan), Cabella, Sissoko, Gouffran (74' Aarons), Riviere (83' Perez).
Subs: Haidara, Elliot, S Taylor, Abeid
Saturday August 23
ASTON VILLA 0 NEWCASTLE 0
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Anita (70' de Jong), Colback, Cabella, Sissoko, Gouffran, Riviere (77' Perez - 90+2' S Taylor).
Subs: Haidara, Elliot, Obertan, Abeid
Tuesday August 26
LC GILLINGHAM 0 NEWCASTLE 1 (Egan OG)
Krul, Janmaat, Coloccini, S Taylor, Haidara, Sissoko, Abeid, Obertan, de Jong (68' Perez), Aarons (60' Cabella), Riviere (86' Gouffran)
Subs: Anita, Ferreyra, Elliot, Dummett
Saturday August 30
NEWCASTLE 3 CRYSTAL PALACE 3 (Janmaat, Aarons, Williamson)
Krul, Janmaat (79' Perez), Williamson, Coloccini, Haidara, Sissoko, Colback, Cabella, de Jong (79' Anita), Gouffran (67' Aarons), Riviere
Subs: Elliot, Obertan, S Taylor, Dummett
Saturday September 13
SOUTHAMPTON 4 NEWCASTLE 0
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Haidara, Anita (45' Tiote), Colback, Cabella (69' Perez), Sissoko (90'Ameobi), Gouffran, Riviere
Subs: Elliot, Obertan, S Taylor, Armstrong
Saturday September 20
NEWCASTLE 2 HULL CITY (Cisse 2)
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Tiote (85' Ameobi), Colback, Sissoko, Cabella, Gouffran (90+4' Perez), Riviere (69' Cisse)
Subs: Anita, Haidara, Elliot, S Taylor
Wednesday September 24
LC CRYSTAL PALACE 2 NEWCASTLE 3 AET (Riviere 2, Dummett)
Elliot, Janmaat (46 Haidara), Coloccini, S Taylor, Dummett, Colback, Abeid, Obertan, Armstrong, Ameobi (66 Sissoko), Riviere (80 Perez)
Subs: Anita, Ferreyra, Cabella, Alnwick
Monday September 29
STOKE CITY 1 NEWCASTLE 0
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Tiote, Colback, Sissoko, Cabella (74' Ameobi), Gouffran (68' Obertan), Riviere (45' Cisse)
Subs: Anita, Elliot, S Taylor, Armstrong
Saturday October 4
SWANSEA CITY 2 NEWCASTLE 2 (Cisse 2)
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Obertan, Tiote, Sissoko, Colback (69' Riviere), Gouffran (58' Ameobi), Cisse (85' Perez).
Subs: Anita, Haidara, Cabella, Elliot
Saturday October 18
NEWCASTLE 1 LEICESTER CITY 0 (Obertan)
Krul, Janmaat, S Taylor, Coloccini, Dummett (72' Haidara), Tiote, Anita (59' Perez), Colback, Obertan, Sissoko, Gouffran (90+2' Cabella), Cisse
Subs: Elliot, Abeid, Armstrong
Saturday October 26
TOTTENHAM 1 NEWCASTLE 2 (Ameobi, Perez)
Krul, Janmaat, S Taylor, Coloccini, Dummett, Anita (45' Cabella), Colback, Obertan (45' Ameobi), Sissoko, Gouffran, Perez (79' Haidara)
Subs: R Taylor, Ferreyra, Elliot, Armstrong
Wednesday October 29
LC MAN CITY 0 NEWCASTLE 2 (Aarons, Sissoko)
Elliot, Janmaat (64' Sissoko), Coloccini, Dummett, Haidara, Colback, R Taylor, Abeid, Obertan, Armstrong (65' Riviere), Aarons (46' Ameobi)
Subs: Krul, Gouffran, Perez, Cabella
Saturday November 1
NEWCASTLE 1 LIVERPOOL 0 (Perez)
Elliot, Krul, Janmaat, S Taylor, Coloccini, Dummett, Abeid, Colback, Obertan (27' Aarons), Sissoko), Ameobi (66' Cabella), Cisse (45' Perez)
Subs: R Taylor, Gouffran, Haidara, Elliot
Sunday November 9
WEST BROM 0 NEWCASTLE 2 (Perez, Coloccini)
Krul, Janmaat, Coloccini (78' Williamson), Dummett, Haidara, Abeid, Colback, Cabella (82' R Taylor), Sissoko, Ameobi (78' Gouffran), Perez
Subs: Anita, Cisse, Elliot, Armstrong
Saturday November 22
NEWCASTLE 1 QPR 0 (sissoko)
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Dummett, Haidara, R Taylor (34' Gouffran), Colback, Cabella (68' Cisse), Sissoko, Ameobi, Perez (89' Armstrong)
Subs: Anita, Ferreyra, Elliot, Streete
Saturday November 29
WEST HAM 1 NEWCASTLE 0
Elliot, Janmaat (74' S Taylor), Williamson, Dummett, Haidara, Tiote (63' Cabella), Colback, Gouffran (63' Cisse), Sissoko, Ameobi, Perez
Subs: Anita, Riviere, Alnwick, Armstrong
Tuesday December 2
BURNLEY 1 NEWCASTLE 1 (Cisse)
Elliot, Janmaat, Williamson (45' S Taylor), Dummett, Haidara, Abeid, Tiote, Gouffran, Perez (45' Cabella), Ameobi (75' Riviere), Cisse
Subs: Anita, Alnwick, Armstrong, Streete
Saturday December 6
NEWCASTLE 2 CHELSEA 1 (Cisse 2)
Elliot (45' Alnwick), Janmaat, S Taylor, Coloccini, Dummett, Tiote, Colback, Cabella (53' Cisse), Sissoko, Ameobi (83' Williamson), Perez
Subs: Anita, Gouffran, Haidara, Riviere
Saturday December 13
ARSENAL 4 NEWCASTLE 1 (Perez)
Alnwick, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Tiote, Colback, Perez (82' Armstrong), Ameobi (56' Cabella), Gouffran, Cisse (56' Riviere)
Subs: Anita, Haidara, Vuckic, Woodman
Wednesday December 17
LC TOTTENHAM 4 NEWCASTLE 0
Alnwick, Coloccini, Williamson, Haidara, Dummett, Colback, Cabella (80' Vuckic), Gouffran, Perez, Sissoko (73' Anita), Riviere (60' Armstrong)
Subs: Streete, Satka, Woodman, Roberts
Sunday December 21
NEWCASTLE 0 SUNDERLAND 1
Alnwick, Janmaat, S Taylor, Coloccini, Dummett, Tiote (75' Cisse), Colback, Gouffran (59' Armstrong), Sissoko, Ameobi (89' Cabella), Perez
Subs: Williamson, Haidara, Riviere, Woodman
Friday December 26
MANCHESTER UNITED 3 NEWCASTLE 1 (Cisse pen)
Alnwick, Janmaat, S Taylor, Coloccini, Dummett (63' Cabella), Anita, Colback, Gouffran, Sissoko, Armstrong (63' Cisse), Perez (82' Vuckic)
Subs: Williamson, Riviere, Satka, Woodman
Sunday December 28
NEWCASTLE 3 EVERTON 2 (Cisse, Perez, Colback)
Alnwick, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Tiote, Colback, Sissoko, Perez, Gouffran (90+1' Cabella), Cisse (73' Riviere)
Subs: Santon, Anita, S Taylor, Armstrong, Woodman
Thursday January 1 2015
NEWCASTLE 3 BURNLEY 3 (S Taylor, Sissoko, Colback)
Alnwick, Janmaat, Coloccini, S Taylor (Williamson 61), Dummett, Sissoko, Colback Tiote, Gouffran (Haidara 71), Perez, Riviere (Armstrong 57)
Subs: Santon, Anita, Satka, Woodman
Saturday January 3 2015
FAC LEICESTER CITY 1 NEWCASTLE 0
Alnwick, Santon, Williamson, Dummett, Haidara, Tiote, Anita, Vuckic (79' Roberts), Armstrong, Riviere, Cabella
Subs: Gouffran, Campbell, Satka, Bigirimana, Woodman, Gilliead
Saturday January 10 2015
CHELSEA 2 NEWCASTLE 0
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Anita, Colback, Cabella, Sissoko (84' Riviere), Gouffran (63' Ameobi), Perez
Subs: Santon, Haidara, Vuckic, Satka, Woodman
Saturday January 17 2015
NEWCASTLE 1 SOUTHAMPTON 2 (Gouffran)
Krul, Janmaat, Coloccini, Dummett (80' Williamson), Haidara, Anita (68' Ameobi), Colback, Cabella, Sissoko, Gouffran (68' Riviere), Perez
Subs: Santon, Abeid, Armstrong, Woodman
Saturday January 31 2015
HULL CITY 0 NEWCASTLE 3 (Cabella, Ameobi, Gouffran)
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Haidara, Anita, Colback, Cabella (72' Gouffran), Sissoko, Ameobi (90+2' Abeid), Perez (82' Cisse)
Subs: Santon, Obertan, Riviere, Alnwick
Sunday February 8 2015
Newcastle United v Stoke City
Tuesday February 10 2015
Crystal Palace v Newcastle United
Saturday February 21 2015
Manchester City v Newcastle United
Saturday February 28 2015
Newcastle United v Aston Villa
Wednesday March 4 2015
Newcastle United v Man Utd
Saturday March 14 2015
Everton v Newcastle United
Saturday March 21 2015
Newcastle United v Arsenal
Saturday April 4 2015
Sunderland v Newcastle United
Saturday April 11 2015
Liverpool v Newcastle United
Saturday April 18 2015
Newcastle United v Tottenham
Saturday April 25 2015
Newcastle United v Swansea City
Saturday May 2 2015
Leicester City v Newcastle United
Saturday May 9 2015
Newcastle United v West Brom
Saturday May 16 2015
QPR v Newcastle United
Sunday May 24 2015
Newcastle United v West Ham United