A lot of history surrounding this Manchester United defeat to Newcastle United.
Wednesday night was exactly 30 years since the night when one of the most devastating NUFC matches took place.
Newcastle United absolutely battered Man U on 4 March 1996 and a win would have seen NUFC lift the title for sure.
Instead, Schmeichel somehow kept out an incredible number of shots and Les Ferdinand alone had a handful of one on ones denied by the Man U keeper, then Cantona taking their one big chance of the match.
Eddie Howe and Newcastle United wouldn’t be denied on Wednesday night though, despite the best efforts of the referee.
Newcastle United creating a little piece of history with four home top tier wins in a row against Man U, the first time in almost a century that this has happed.
Newcastle United 2 Manchester United 0 (2 April 2023)
Newcastle United 1 Manchester United 0 (2 December 2023)
Newcastle United 4 Manchester United 1 (13 April 2025)
Newcastle United 2 Manchester United 1 (4 March 2026)
It simply adds to an excellent Eddie Howe record, the last eight meetings of the two teams, home and away, have seen United win six of them against Man U.
It is 55 years since Newcastle United last came close to four home top tier wins in a row against Man U:
Newcastle United 2 Manchester United 0 (12 April 1969)
Newcastle United 5 Manchester United 1 (4 April 1970)
Newcastle United 1 Manchester United 0 (31 October 1970)
Newcastle United 0 Manchester United 1 (13 October 1971)
Whilst it was more than 95 years since Newcastle United last actually managed four home top tier wins in a row against Man U:
Newcastle United 4 Manchester United 1 (21 January 1928)
Newcastle United 5 Manchester United 0 (5 February 1929)
Newcastle United 4 Manchester United 1 (31 August 1929)
Newcastle United 4 Manchester United 3 (17 January 1931)
This is where it gets even more bizarre, indeed brilliant.
As going back further, these were the six home Newcastle United v Manchester United top tier league matches (Division One) that immediately preceded that quartet of victories:
Newcastle United 2 Manchester United 0 (3 April 1915)
Newcastle United 2 Manchester United 1 (27 December 1919)
Newcastle United 6 Manchester United 3 (1 January 1921)
Newcastle United 3 Manchester United 0 (31 December 1921)
Newcastle United 4 Manchester United 1 (14 April 1926)
Newcastle United 4 Manchester United 2 (11 September 1926)
So an incredible 10 (TEN) top tier home league wins in a row for Newcastle United, stretching from April 1915 to January 1931.
Indeed, after winning 1-0 on Tyneside on 25 October 1913, Manchester United then had to wait until 30 October 1934, over 21 years (!!!) before they next avoided defeat away at St James’ Park in Division One, Man U winning 1-0 that day.
Here’s hoping Eddie Howe and Newcastle United can go on to beat that record of ten consecutive home wins against Man U.