Welcome to Everton vs Newcastle United.
The fourth round of the League Cup will start on Thursday, October 29 at 19:45.
Newcastle United look to continue their fine record in the League Cup this Thursday as they take on Everton in the fourth round for a place in the quarter-finals.
The match, which takes place just two days before Halloween, means The Toon will be expecting the presence of Fabian Scare, Sven Batman and Harvey Bones.
A number of former Toon players are rumored to be involved, including Keith Ghoul-espie, Craig Hell-amy, Jonas Spookieres and Charles N’Zombia.
Regardless of any Halloween games, the almost eight-thousand traveling Toon Army will be hoping for a victory where they will sink many “spirits” throughout the night!
It is the first of two crucial matches against Everton in five days as the two teams resume their league battle at St James’ Park on Monday night.
Both matches have been picked up by Sky TV, meaning that surprisingly only one of our first twelve matches in all competitions has not been shown on UK television.
Cup run
The Toon have played twice in the League Cup this season, both against Championship opposition. The home fixture against West Brom at the start of the season lacked drama and United found themselves 1-0 down at the Gallowgate End when they conceded an early free-kick. Thankfully, Toure scored his first goal for the club towards the end of the half to equalise, and Harvey Barnes put NUFC ahead early in the second half. While any Toon fan thought that would signal an easy passage into the next round, something else was to come. West Brom won a penalty with just thirteen minutes to play and scored the second set of the match to ensure a penalty shoot-out would be needed to separate the sides. Thankfully, Barnes came up with his second of the night to secure a place in the next round and send most of the crowd home happy.
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We went on to play Millwall away in the next round and survived some big scares to win when Joe Willock scored the only goal of the game. In these two games, we scored four goals and conceded two.
Everton’s passage to the fourth round was a little simpler, as they traveled to Preston in the second round and swept North End aside with a comprehensive 4-0 win. They then hosted Wolverhampton Wanderers and scored the last goal in a hard-fought 1-0 win. They have scored five goals and conceded none in the League Cup so far this season.
Last time
Newcastle traveled to Selhurst Park on Sunday afternoon to take on Crystal Palace. The first half was a tough affair with United really struggling to get forward and struggling to create any decent chances. Thankfully that all changed early in the second half when Jacob Murphy’s brilliant pass crashed into the penalty area and was tapped home by Osula to give Toon the lead. A few minutes later, it looked like we had made it 2-0 when he played in Willock and slotted home with a through ball. Unfortunately his effort was ruled out for slight offside, but NUFC were clearly on the front foot and an intricate passing move was soon finished by Harvey Barnes to secure London’s third win of the season. Palace huffed and puffed, but Hornicek really looked to be keeping a finger in the game as he pulled off a couple of great saves to prevent any unwanted late drama.
Everton visited Arsenal on Saturday and fell behind after just 7 minutes. Despite this early setback, the Toffees made a valiant effort to get back into the game. The knockout blow came in the second half when Arsenal doubled their lead to level with Man City at the top of the table.
State attack!
-The Toon have won their last seven League Cup Fourth Rounds.
– This is only NUFC’s second visit to Hill Dickinson Stadium after last season’s 4-1 win.
-Newcastle have reached at least the quarter-finals of the League Cup in each of the last four seasons: finalists in 2023, quarter-finalists in 2024, Champions in 2025 and semi-finalists in 2026.
A match to remember
The two sides have only met once before in the League Cup and what a match it was! On 02/03, Sir Bobby was looking to end NUFC’s thirty-three year wait for a major trophy and the Third Round home match provided the perfect opportunity to win the League Cup. After Kevin Campbell gave the Toffees an early lead, Newcastle trailed for most of the opening ninety minutes. That lead would last until the seventy-seventh minute, when the momentum changed dramatically thanks to a quick-fire strike from the night’s captain, Kieron Dyer. His first was a simple shot, but his second was definitely beautiful, finding the top corner from the edge of the box to put Too through to the next round. Unfortunately, there was still a lot of drama to come. It was only five minutes into the game when old boy Steve Watson made it 2-2 to send the tie into extra time. Despite a breathless ninety minutes, there was no respite from the drama in extra-time, with more goals scored on both sides. Another Newcastle-year-old got his name on the scoresheet first, but thankfully, unlike Watson, Alasandro Piston found his goal to make it 3-2 in extra-time. Now it certainly looked like the Toon had won, but with just seven minutes of added time to play, Steve Caldwell’s foul saw him sent off and Everton awarded a penalty which they scored to send the two teams into a dreaded penalty shoot-out. Things looked good for the Toon again when Dyer and Solano conversions finished off Steve Harper’s save to put us 2-0 up in the shootout. Unfortunately, missed goals from Viana, Chopra and Robert gave Everton the tie and put paid to United’s desire to lift the trophy. Newcastle 3-3 Everton (Everton won 3-2 on penalties).
He played for both
Steve Watson Came through the youth team at NUFC and spent eight years at the Toon before moving to Aston Villa. A defender by trade, he had an eye for goal and often to good effect, scoring our last winning goal at Anfield in 1995 with a fine effort to equalize in the League Cup. He played for Everton for five years from 2000 and scored a memorable hat-trick in a 4-0 win over Leeds.
Gary Speed was a lifelong Everton fan and signed for the Toffees from Leeds in 1996, making his debut against the Toon in a 2-0 win that marked Alan Shearer’s first start for the black and whites. The attack-minded midfielder made fifty-eight appearances at Goodison over two years and scored sixteen goals before signing for Kenny Dalglish in February 1998. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3-1 FA Cup quarter-final win over Barnsley. He spent six years at Newcastle, playing under three different managers and making three separate appearances for the Toon at the old Wembley stadium. Highlights of his time at NUFC include scoring the winning goal against PSV in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, scoring an absolutely belting volley in the win over Bradford and scoring the equalizer in a crucial Champions League win over Dynamo Kyiv. A true modern day legend.
Ironically, Gary Speed took his own life in 2011. If you or someone you know is struggling, please call Samaritans for free on 116 123. Never feel like you have to face things alone.
Duncan Ferguson He was an Everton legend in two different spells at the Toffees, with two sides playing for Newcastle United. Unfortunately, his time at St James’ was marred by a complete lack of form and fitness. His two-year stint at the Toon started well enough with two goals on his debut at Wimbledon, but things soon went downhill. There weren’t many fond memories of his time on Tyneside, but a superb turnaround and volley in Man United’s 3-0 win marked a day when everything went right for the real United on a day when the Premier League champions were blown away.
Managers
Matthias Jaissle after the 2-0 away win over Crystal Palace: “Today, we went for more experience and leadership skills. It was a tough game, especially in the first half. But the second half was better and we threatened the opponent more. If we are all together, this trip can be successful. In the first half, we were not bad in possession, but we were not attacking. We applied the handbrake. In the second half, we especially won, we deserved the game. In the first half, we did not take possession of the ball, we were better in the second half, we threatened the opponent more, and therefore, it was our desire to win.
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David Moyes after the 2-0 defeat to Arsenal: “Conceding an early goal made it difficult and we couldn’t get ourselves back into the game after that. It stung a bit for long stretches of the game and we lost it, which was good. We never gave them anything easy but it wasn’t enough in the end. I have to watch the first goal again, but I know it was a bit weak from the back post. That we didn’t defend well enough in an attacking sense, but we did a really good job defensively, we tried to make it difficult for them.
Charity
As it is an away match, Newcastle United fans will not be gathering opposite the Gallowgate end for the food bank. However, you can still help and all online cash donations are greatly appreciated. For more information and/or to donate to the online food bank.
Forecast
We should not underestimate the importance of this double header against the Toffees. Two wins could see us in the quarter finals of the cup and in contention for European places in the league. However, two defeats would see the chance of a major trophy slip away and a potential slide into mid-table mediocrity. I have a feeling this will go the distance and the 1-1 tie will be decided by a nervy penalty shootout. We’ve had a fantastic record in this tournament recently and I want to continue that on Thursday night. Everton 1-1 Newcastle (Newcastle win on penalties).
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