2013–14 Newcastle United F.C. Season

In the 2013–14 football season, English club Newcastle United competed in the Premier League for the fourth consecutive season. It was its 121st season of professional football.

This article shows statistics and lists details of all matches played by the club during the season.

Chronological list of events

16 June 2013: Ex-manager Joe Kinnear is appointed director of football to widespread objection from Newcastle fans. The Irishman signed a three-year contract with the Magpies.

17 June 2013: Kinnear's interview with Talksport sees him make multiple false claims, including having signed Dean Holdsworth for Wimbledon for £50,000 (it was actually £650,000), sold Robbie Earle, signed goalkeeper Tim Krul and defender James Perch when he was previously Newcastle manager for just over four months during the 2008–09 season, winning the LMA manager of the year award three times (he only won it once), signing John Hartson for Wimbledon on a free transfer (Hartson cost Wimbledon £7.5 million), and to have managed Wimbledon for over ten years when it was only seven. He also mispronounced the names of plenty of people, including managing director Derek Llambias, calling him Derek "Llambiaze".

18 June 2013: Newcastle confirm the appointment of Joe Kinnear as director of football.

19 June 2013: The 2013–14 Premier League fixtures are released, giving Newcastle a tough trip to face runners-up Manchester City, who had appointed Manuel Pellegrini as manager the previous week. On the same day, Derek Llambias resigned as managing director following Joe Kinnear's appointment.

27 June 2013: Defender Danny Simpson leaves for relegated Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer and signs a three-year deal with the west Londoners.

3 July 2013: Defensive midfielder James Perch leaves for Wigan Athletic, another side relegated from the Premier League, for £750,000.

4 July 2013: 16-year-old Olivier Kemen signs for the Magpies for an undisclosed fee from Metz, the French under-17 international striker will play for the Academy and is known as "the new Alex Song".

11 July 2013: Sky Sports and BT Sport reveal their live Premier League fixtures up to the end of November, with Sky picking Newcastle's opener at Manchester City, switching it to 19 August, the Magpies' trip to Everton with that game also being changed to a Monday night, on 30 September. Also on Sky for the Magpies are the first Tyne–Wear derby of the season at Sunderland being put back to 27 October with an unusual 4pm kick-off; the trip to Tottenham Hostpur a fortnight alter becoming a midday kick–off on 10 November; and the home match with West Bromwich Albion staying on 30 November but kicking off at 5.30pm. BT Sport switch two of Alan Pardew's side's fixtures to 12:45pm Saturday kick-offs, against Liverpool on 19 October and Chelsea on 2 November.

16 July 2013: Newcastle win their first pre season friendly 4–2 away to Scottish side Motherwell, who qualified for the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. Goals from Haris Vučkić, Yoan Gouffran, Moussa Sissoko and Sylvain Marveaux give an impressive Magpies side the victory.

20 July 2013: Newcastle suffer a shock 3–1 defeat to Portuguese club Rio Ave, with Pardew's team 3–0 down at half-time before Shola Ameobi pulled one back for the Tynesiders whilst Rob Elliot saved a Sandro Lima penalty.

23 July 2013: Shola Ameobi scores for the second friendly in succession, this time to earn the Magpies a decent draw with Paços de Ferreira, who finished third in the Portuguese Primeira Liga the previous season, earning them a first ever UEFA Champions League qualifying place. Both sides finished with ten men after an incident between home scorer Rui Caetano and skipper Fabricio Coloccini saw them both ejected with red cards.

25 July 2013: Papiss Cissé finally agrees to wear the Wonga shirt following a row, as he initially refused to wear the shirt on the grounds of his religious beliefs.

28 July 2013: Shola Ameobi scores the only goal as Newcastle beat Blackpool 1–0 at Bloomfield Road.

30 July 2013: Papiss Cissé plays for the first time since agreeing to wear the Wonga shirt and opens the scoring in a 2–0 win at St Mirren, with Mathieu Debuchy also scoring.

5 August 2013: Loïc Rémy joins the Magpies on loan from relegated QPR having turned down Pardew's team in January, becoming the 11th Frenchmen to join the Tynesiders.

6 August 2013: Shola Ameobi scored in the 90th minute to salvage a 1–1 at Rangers after Lee McCulloch opened the scoring for the home side.

10 August 2013: Pardew's team draw 1–1 with Braga in their only pre season friendly at St James' Park with Fabricio Coloccini's header cancelling out Alan's penalty. Before the match, there is a two-minute applauds for Sir Bobby Robson, who appeared on the programme cover as The Football Association (FA) held a national football day for the ex-Magpies manager and to celebrate their 150th anniversary.

19 August 2013: Hours before Newcastle's opener at Manchester City, Arsenal put in a £10 million bid for Yohan Cabaye. Pardew calls it disrespectful after the Magpies suffer a 4–0 thrashing with Steven Taylor sent off, leaving them bottom of the table.

24 August 2013: The Magpies are held to a drab goalless draw with West Ham United at St James' Park as Yohan Cabaye once again refused to play.

28 August 2013: Pardew's team gain victory at the Capital One Cup for the first time in two years, scoring their first two goals of the season in a 2–0 win at League Two side Morecambe. Both goals came late on, from Shola Ameobi and brother Sammy respectively, meaning they became the first brothers to score in the same competitive game for the Magpies.

31 August 2013: The Magpies end their goalless run in the Premier League when Hatem Ben Arfa scores an 86th minute wonder strike to give them a 1–0 win over Fulham.

11 September 2013: Ex-Magpies keeper Steve Harper holds a charity match at St James' Park against an " A.C. Milan Glorie" side which included Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi and Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio, who receives a poor reception from the home fans. Meanwhile, Harper's team includes Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley and Les Ferdinand, and Tino Asprilla had a goal disallowed for offside before the Italians won 2–1 on penalties, but despite this, it was a special night for the fans.

14 September 2013: Ben Arfa and Gouffran score as Pardew's team beat Aston Villa 2–1 to earn their first away win in the league, this was the second year running that a 2–1 triumph at Villa Park was their first league away success.

21 September 2013: Despite Loïc Rémy scoring his first two Magpies goals, putting the Magpies 2–1 at half-time at home to Hull City goals from Ahmed Elmohamady and Sone Aluko gave the Tigers their first away win since being promoted from the Championship, the final whistle brought boos from the home fans.

25 September 2013: Newcastle make it to the fourth round of the League Cup for the first time in two years, defeating Leeds United 2–0 at home, including the first goal of the season for Papiss Cissé in the first half, and a superb effort from Yoan Gouffran in the second. This was their first home game in the competition under Alan Pardew.

30 September 2013: A poor first half display sees the Tynesiders 3–0 down at half time away to Everton before goals from Cabaye and Rémy give Pardew's team hope but the Merseysiders ran out 3–2 winners.

5 October 2013: Two first half goals from Rémy mean the Magpies beat Cardiff 2–1 at the Cardiff City Stadium, despite Peter Odemwingie getting one back for the Welshmen in the second half.

19 October 2013: Before the home game against Liverpool, fans march against owner Mike Ashley's regime. Yohan Cabaye opened the scoring before Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa was sent off near the end of the first half with Steven Gerrard

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