The Premier League have confirmed their fixtures for the 2022/23 season will be released at 9am on Thursday morning as Newcastle United supporters turn their attention towards what should be an intriguing season on Tyneside.
Several new signings are expected to take their place in Eddie Howe’s squad by the time the Magpies get the new campaign underway in August.
And no matter what Magpies side is fielded that day, they will be hoping to improve on what is a dismal record on the opening day of the Premier League season.
In United’s defence, ten of their last 12 opposition on the opening day of the Premier League season have finished in the top six of the division during the previous campaign and eight of those sides have qualified for the Champions League.
That has left the Magpies with just two wins and three draws in their last dozen opening day games and the record hardly improves if you go further back to the turn of the millennium with United claming just five wins out of 20 fixtures on the first day of a Premier League season.
NewcastleWorld takes a look back at some memorable meetings as we await news of next season’s fixtures.
9. 2018/19: Newcastle United 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Another opening day home defeat by Spurs as Jan Vertonghen and Dele Alli netted either side of a Joselu equaliser to give the visitors a narrow win at St James Park. | AFP via Getty Images Photo: Getty Images
10. 2019/20: Newcastle United 0-1 Arsenal
Newcastle fell to an opening day home defeat against North London opposition for the third consecutive season as Pierre-Emerick Aubamayang got the only goal in Steve Bruce’s first game in charge of the Magpies. | Getty Images Photo: Getty Images
11. 2020/21: West Ham United 0-2 Newcastle United
Debutants Callum Wilson and Jeff Hendrick scored as Newcastle claimed a deserved 2-0 win against the Hammers and got their season off to a fine start. | POOL/AFP via Getty Images Photo: Getty Images
12. 2021/22: Newcastle United 2-4 West Ham United
It was all going to plan as United took a narrow lead into half-time with Callum Wilson and Jacob Murphy netting either side of an Aaron Cresswell equaliser. However, it was the Hammers that strolled to the points with second-half goals from Said Benrahma, Tomas Soucek and Michail Antonio. | Getty Images Photo: Getty Images