Over the years Newcastle have handed out a fair share of pastings (walloping Sheffield Wednesday 8-0, no less) and imprinted their name upon some of the most memorable matches in football history. But as with every football club they've also fallen victim to the occasional massacre or failed to produce the goods when it really mattered in a big game situation. Contrary to popular belief footballers are fallible beings. We've had our hearts broken, tempers boiled and frustrations set to breaking point on numerous occasions during our black and white pilgrimage and there are moments we'd probably like to forget along the way. But here are 15 Newcastle matches that you've probably obliterated from your memory and will stoke some serious emotion within you. We can only apologise for the this twisted trip down memory lane.
15. Newcastle 1-5 Birmingham (2007)
A capitulation that ultimately proved to be the beginning of the end for Glenn Roeders reign on Tyneside and for Newcastles season as a whole. After scraping a 2-2 draw in the FA Cup Third Round at St Andrews 10 days earlier it seemed the Magpies passage to the next phase of the competition would be a mere formality when Birmingham made the trip to St James Park for the replaykis. Roeder even put out a team, including Shay Given, Steven Taylor, Nobby Solano, James Milner and Obafemi Martins, strong enough to comfortably see off the Championship promotion chasers on home soil. As ever with Newcastle United, the script was barely skimmed over. Gary McSheffrey and a Solano own goal put Birmingham in command at half time only for James Milner to give the 26,000 Toon fans something to cheer with a 30-yard thunderbolt. It proved just a brief crumb of comfort as the Blues reasserted their control, aided no end by Taylors mindless red card, with three more goals in the second half, one of those scored by future Sunderland midfielder Seb Larsson just to rub salt into the wounds.
