Newcastle and Blackburn
Overall Record
Last updated - 28/11/2007
| Venue | TG | W | D | L | F | A |
| Home | 64 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 122 | 66 |
| Away | 65 | 16 | 13 | 36 | 77 | 124 |
| Neutral | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Tot | 131 | 55 | 29 | 47 | 201 | 191 |
Follow the link for the full match record Newcastle v Blackburn
Newcastle have won 40% of all games whilst Blackburn have won 36% and 22% have been drawn.
On Tyneside United's record is: won 59.5%, drawn 23.5%, lost 17% and at Blackburn it is: won 25%, drawn 20% , lost 55%.
Prior to WW1 United held the upper hand with a record of 18/6/13 whereas between the wars roles were reversed with a record of 15/5/22
They only met 12 times from the 1940s up until the end of the 1970s: with a record of 7/2/3
Since then the balance has been very even [13/16/14] with a higher than usual percentage of drawn games
FA Cup
It's 5-2 in FA Cup meetings although Blackburn won the most important one.
1910 [3rd]: United won 3-2 at home on their way to their first FA Cup win..
1928 [3rd]: Rovers thump United 4-1.
1952 [SF]: United won the replay 2-1 after a goal-less first game.
1993 [5th] : Blackburn beat Keegan's promotion chasers 1-0 at Ewood Park.
1995 [3rd]: United were held to a 1-1 draw at SJP before despatching The Lancastrians in the replay by 2-1 with goals from Hottiger and Clark.
1999 [5th]: The pattern was repeated with Saha's wonder goal enabling United to win the replay at Ewood Park after being held at home
2000 [5th] : For the third time in five years United returned victorios from Lancashire with a brace from Shearer.
League Cup
1999 [4th] : It was 1-1 after extra time but United made their usual penalty-kick exit.
Match Records
Highest Scoring
D1 - 2nd Mar 1932
United 5 Blackburn 3
A thriller at SJP where Allen (2), Boyd, Lang and Richardson all got on the scoresheet.
United also won 3-0 at Blackburn in that season.
Best Win
D1 - 23rd Oct 1926
United 6 Blackburn 1
Struggling Blackburn were taken apart by Newcastle. They were four goals up at the interval and only miraculous keepmanship from Rovers' rookie keeper Cope and the fact that United eased off the score could easily have ran into double figures.
Seymour scored a "true" and spooky hat-trick with goals on 22, 33 and 44 minutes.
Worst Defeat
D1 - 9th Sep 1925
United 1 Blackburn 7
The offside law had just been changed and Blackburn celebrated in style to inflict United's second worst home defeat in their history.
United had won their last game 6-3 but with Puddefoot and Harper (who netted five of the goals) starring The Rovers simply swept United aside.
Not the best of debuts for 'keeper Walter Wilson.
Attendances
The highest attendance for a game between the two clubs was recorded in the 1909/10 season when 54,772 turned up on the 19th February to see
The highest crowd on Merseyside was recorded on the 4th October 1961, 52,419 attended Blackburn's 2-0 victory.
As usual the lowest crowds were recorded in the pre WW1 period. The lowest Post WW1 attendance was recorded at Ewood park in 1978/79: a paltry 4,902.