Newcastle United advanced into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup last night, seeing off Spurs 2-0 thanks to goals from Fabian Schar and Nick Woltemade at St James’ Park.
The draw followed live on Sky Sports, and it was just what we hoped for, handing us another home tie against a Fulham side that we beat 2-1 last week.
The game is due to be played on the week beginning 15th December. No ‘official date’ has been set, but the tie will almost certainly take place on Wednesday, 17th December.
This date looks nailed on as Newcastle play at Sunderland on Sunday, 14th December (live on Sky Sports at 2pm) and in the 12.30pm kick-off (live on TNT Sports) at home to Chelsea on Saturday, 20th December.
With this in mind, the Fulham game will not take place on Tuesday 16th – just 48 hours after the Wear-Tyne derby – and couldn’t be Thursday 18th, which would be less than 48 hours before our early kick-off with Chelsea on Saturday, 20th.
So, Wednesday the 17th December will be the date, with a kick-off time of 7.45pm or 8pm set to be decided in due course, depending on TV scheduling.
This creates a manic yet exciting week for Newcastle United, who will play a local derby, cup quarter-final and vital clash with top four rivals Chelsea in the space of seven days in the build up to Christmas!
See our full schedule below between now and Christmas, with Eddie Howe’s Mags having five more midweek games to come over the next two months.
November
Sunday 2nd November – West Ham vs Newcastle (2pm – Sky Sports) Premier League
Wednesday 5th November – Newcastle vs Athletic Bilbao (8pm – TNT Sports) Champions League
Sunday 9th November – Brentford vs Newcastle (2pm – Sky Sports) Premier League
Saturday 22nd November – Newcastle vs Man City (5.30pm – Sky Sports) Premier League
Tuesday 25th November – Marseille vs Newcastle (8pm – TNT Sports) Champions League
Saturday 29th November – Everton vs Newcastle (5.30pm – Sky Sports) Premier League
December
Tuesday 2nd December – Newcastle vs Spurs (8.15pm – Sky Sports) Premier League
Saturday 6th December – Newcastle vs Burnley (3pm – No UK broadcast) Premier League
Wednesday 10th December – Bayer Leverkusen vs Newcastle (8pm – TNT Sports) Champions League
Sunday 14th December – Sunderland vs Newcastle (2pm – Sky Sports) Premier League
Wednesday 17th December – Newcastle vs Fulham (Time and TV details tbc) Carabao Cup
Saturday 20th December – Newcastle vs Chelsea (12.30pm – TNT Sports) Premier League