2008/9 ASTON VILLA 1 NEWCASTLE UTD 0
ASTON VILLA: Friedel, Gardner (Heskey 75), Davies, Cuellar, Shorey, Milner, Petrov (Reo-Coker 84), Barry, Ashley Young, Carew (Sidwell 89), Agbonlahor.
Subs Not Used: Guzan, Delfouneso, Knight, Albrighton.
NEWCASTLE: Harper, Coloccini, Steven Taylor, Edgar, Duff, Guthrie, Nolan (Owen 66), Butt, Lovenkrands (Jose Enrique 57), Viduka (Ameobi 75), Martins.
Subs Not Used: Krul, Smith, Gutierrez, Ryan Taylor.
Att: 42,585
Newcastle's 16-year spell in the Barclays Premier League came to an end as Damien Duff's own goal doomed them to a 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa.
Duff deflected a 38th-minute shot from stand-in skipper Gareth Barry past his own goalkeeper Steve Harper to seal their fate.
It meant Magpies legend Alan Shearer had failed to work the miracle he was brought in to try and achieve with eight games remaining.
Newcastle have paid the price for a season of instability ever since Kevin Keegan decided to quit as manager in early September and Mike Ashley decided to put the club up for sale.
Joe Kinnear was brought in to try and rescue the situation until his heart problems terminated his involvement and led to Shearer getting the call.
But it was always going to be an uphill task to reverse a season of under-achievement and turmoil in such a short space of time.
Now Shearer has to decide whether he wants to take on the task of trying to help the Magpies regain their top flight status and is due to have talks with Ashley early next week.
He clearly has a massive rebuilding job ahead of them with the future of 15 players, reportedly on £50,000 or more a week, to be sorted out ahead of the less glamorous life of trips to Peterborough and Scunthorpe in the Coca-Cola Championship.
For Villa they can look back on another season of progression despite a late fade-out after automatically qualifying for Europe for the first time in 11 years.
But Martin O'Neill will need to add further quality and quantity to his squad in the summer if he is to seriously challenge for a Champions League place.
Before the kick-off Villa fans gave an emotional send-off to skipper and central defender Martin Laursen, who has been forced to retire because of a knee problem.
Gabriel Agbonlahor came close to giving Villa the lead after only two minutes when he powered a header over the bar from close range following a left-wing centre by Barry.
Villa dominated the early stages and knocked the ball around in confident style - but Brad Friedel was called upon to make the first meaningful save when he deflected a low drive from Duff around the post after he appeared to be initially unsighted.
Villa defender Carlos Cuellar then came to his side's rescue when he blocked a shot on the turn from Peter Lovenkrands on the line.
Obafemi Martins volleyed powerfully over the bar from 12 yards out after good play by Mark Viduka, before Harper reacted quickly to turn over a powerful drive from Craig Gardner.
Newcastle defender Steven Taylor became the first player to be yellow carded after 34 minutes for bringing down Agbonlahor 30 yards out.
Milner's free-kick went straight through the defensive wall but Harper was alert to the situation and able to save at the foot of a post.
The decisive goal came after Nicky Butt conceded a corner, appearing to indicate Harper had not given him a call.
The danger appeared to have been averted when Taylor headed out Ashley Young's centre - but Stiliyan Petrov headed the ball back to Barry, whose fierce shot struck Duff and completely wrong-footed Harper before finding the corner of the net.
Agbonlahor nearly doubled Villa's lead when his flick from John Carew's centre flew just wide of the far post - but Martins almost levelled in injury-time when he headed wide from Butt's free-kick.
Villa began the second half on the attack and Harper was forced to fingertip away an inswinging and powerfully driven corner from Young at full stretch.
Young took advantage of the Newcastle defence backing off to line up a shot from 20 yards out but he curled his effort past the post.
Harper was relieved when Milner dragged his low shot wide when unmarked 20 yards out as the Newcastle defence were prised open with ease.
Newcastle fans chanted "attack, attack, attack" but there was little evidence of their side threatening the Villa goal.
Shearer brought on leading scorer Michael Owen - who has been struggling with a groin injury - in place of Kevin Nolan after 66 minutes.
But Carew should have sealed Newcastle's fate when he miskicked with the goal at his mercy from an Agbonlahor centre.
David Edgar was sent off in injury-time for bringing down Ashley Young - his second bookable offence - and soon after the Magpies' fate was sealed.
VILLA v TOON - THE HISTORY
2010/2011 Sun 22 Aug Newcastle Utd. 6 - 0 Aston Villa Premier League
2008/2009 Sun 24 May Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
Mon 03 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Aston Villa Premier League
2007/2008 Sat 09 Feb Aston Villa 4 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
Sat 18 Aug Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Aston Villa Premier League
2006/2007 Wed 31 Jan Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Aston Villa Premiership
Sun 27 Aug Aston Villa 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2005/2006 Sat 11 Feb Aston Villa 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 03 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Aston Villa Premiership
2004/2005 Sat 02 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 3 Aston Villa Premiership
Sat 28 Aug Aston Villa 4 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2003/2004 Sun 18 Apr Aston Villa 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 01 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Aston Villa Premiership
2002/2003 Mon 21 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Aston Villa Premiership
Sat 07 Dec Aston Villa 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2001/2002 Tue 02 Apr Aston Villa 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 03 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Aston Villa Premiership
2000/2001 Sat 19 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Aston Villa Premiership
Wed 17 Jan Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
Sun 07 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Aston Villa F.A. Cup
Sat 02 Dec Aston Villa 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1999/2000 Sat 04 Dec Aston Villa 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 07 Aug Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Aston Villa Premiership
1998/1999 Sat 30 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Aston Villa Premiership
Wed 09 Sep Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1997/1998 Sun 01 Feb Aston Villa 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 23 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Aston Villa Premiership
1996/1997 Sat 11 Jan Aston Villa 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Mon 30 Sep Newcastle Utd. 4 - 3 Aston Villa Premiership
1995/1996 Sun 14 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Aston Villa Premiership
Sat 18 Nov Aston Villa 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1994/1995 Sat 25 Feb Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Aston Villa Premiership
Sat 01 Oct Aston Villa 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1993/1994 Wed 27 Apr Newcastle Utd. 5 - 1 Aston Villa Premiership
Sat 02 Oct Aston Villa 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1988/1989 Sat 08 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 14 Jan Aston Villa 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1986/1987 Sat 07 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 25 Oct Aston Villa 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1985/1986 Wed 09 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 26 Oct Aston Villa 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1984/1985 Sat 22 Dec Aston Villa 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 01 Sep Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
1977/1978 Mon 17 Apr Aston Villa 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 08 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
1976/1977 Sat 14 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 18 Dec Aston Villa 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1975/1976 Sat 17 Jan Aston Villa 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 06 Sep Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
1966/1967 Sat 17 Dec Newcastle Utd. 0 - 3 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 20 Aug Aston Villa 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1965/1966 Sat 01 Jan Aston Villa 4 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 09 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
1960/1961 Sat 25 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 08 Oct Aston Villa 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1958/1959 Sat 21 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 04 Oct Aston Villa 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1957/1958 Sat 01 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 4 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 19 Oct Aston Villa 4 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1956/1957 Sat 20 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 13 Oct Aston Villa 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1955/1956 Sat 10 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 3 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 29 Oct Aston Villa 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1954/1955 Mon 13 Sep Aston Villa 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 08 Sep Newcastle Utd. 5 - 3 Aston Villa First Division
1953/1954 Sat 06 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 17 Oct Aston Villa 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1952/1953 Fri 01 May Aston Villa 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 13 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
1951/1952 Sat 26 Apr Newcastle Utd. 6 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 12 Jan Newcastle Utd. 4 - 2 Aston Villa F.A. Cup
Sat 08 Dec Aston Villa 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1950/1951 Wed 04 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 07 Oct Aston Villa 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1949/1950 Sat 31 Dec Aston Villa 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 03 Sep Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Aston Villa First Division
1948/1949 Mon 13 Sep Aston Villa 2 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 08 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
1937/1938 Sat 26 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Aston Villa Second Division
Sat 16 Oct Aston Villa 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1936/1937 Tue 30 Mar Aston Villa 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Fri 26 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Aston Villa Second Division
1933/1934 Sat 07 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 25 Nov Aston Villa 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1932/1933 Tue 18 Apr Aston Villa 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Mon 17 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
1931/1932 Fri 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
Mon 28 Dec Aston Villa 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1930/1931 Tue 07 Apr Aston Villa 4 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Thu 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
1929/1930 Sat 12 Apr Aston Villa 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 07 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Aston Villa First Division
1928/1929 Wed 13 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 15 Sep Aston Villa 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1927/1928 Sat 10 Mar Newcastle Utd. 7 - 5 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 29 Oct Aston Villa 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1926/1927 Sat 15 Jan Aston Villa 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 28 Aug Newcastle Utd. 4 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
1925/1926 Sat 23 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 12 Sep Aston Villa 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1924/1925 Sat 03 Jan Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 06 Sep Aston Villa 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1923/1924 Sat 26 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Aston Villa F.A. Cup
played at Wembley
Mon 21 Apr Aston Villa 6 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Tue 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
1922/1923 Sat 23 Dec Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 16 Dec Aston Villa 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1921/1922 Sat 24 Dec Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 17 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Aston Villa First Division
1920/1921 Sat 11 Dec Aston Villa 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 04 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
1919/1920 Mon 05 Apr Aston Villa 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Thu 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
1914/1915 Wed 28 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 31 Oct Aston Villa 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1913/1914 Sat 04 Apr Aston Villa 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 29 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Aston Villa First Division
1912/1913 Sat 26 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 3 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 21 Dec Aston Villa 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1911/1912 Sat 20 Apr Aston Villa 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 16 Dec Newcastle Utd. 6 - 2 Aston Villa First Division
1910/1911 Sat 18 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 12 Nov Aston Villa 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1909/1910 Wed 27 Apr Aston Villa 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 11 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
1908/1909 Mon 26 Apr Aston Villa 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 21 Nov Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Aston Villa First Division
1907/1908 Wed 08 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 5 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 30 Nov Aston Villa 3 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1906/1907 Sat 16 Mar Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 10 Nov Aston Villa 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1905/1906 Sat 24 Mar Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 18 Nov Aston Villa 0 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1904/1905 Sat 15 Apr Aston Villa 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
played at Crystal Palace
Wed 05 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 26 Nov Aston Villa 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1903/1904 Sat 07 Nov Aston Villa 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 02 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
1902/1903 Sat 28 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 29 Nov Aston Villa 7 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1901/1902 Sat 05 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 07 Dec Aston Villa 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1900/1901 Wed 17 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 17 Nov Aston Villa 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1899/1900 Sat 10 Mar Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Aston Villa First Division
Sat 04 Nov Aston Villa 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1898/1899 Mon 26 Dec Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 01 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Aston Villa First Division
1896/1897 Sat 30 Jan Aston Villa 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
1894/1895 Sat 16 Feb Aston Villa 7 - 1 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup