A great comeback from the young Newcastle United Stars on Wednesday evening.
In the National League Cup, the NUFC played 3-1 under 21 years with twenty minutes to play.
With the short journey over the Tyne to play National League Side Gatehead, Sean Neave is quickly right after the home team had taken an early lead.
The National League Group D match, however, saw Gateeshead score twice more, so that the visitors fell 3-1 for the last 20 minutes.
The Young Newcastle United Stars gathered and after they had pulled it back to 3-2 at 7 minutes by Kyle Fitzgerald, before Neave forced his own goal with seven minutes to deliver things.
With a penalty shootout threatened, the last minute of the normal time United Skipper Cathal Heffernan saw the winner dramatically to complete a 4-3 turn.
The NUFC under the age of 21 now has further Group D National League Cup matches against Boston United, Scunthorpe United and Halifax Town.
Gateeshead 3 Newcastle United Under 21s 4 – Official Club Site report:
The 90th minute Header from Cathal Heffernan saw Newcastle United Under-21s recover from 3-1 to include a 4-3 victory against Gateeshead in the National League Cup on Wednesday evening.
A hectic first half in the Gateshead International Stadium saw in the early stages of the group D Clash after the strike of Kain Adom of Newcastle in the early stages of the Kain Adom strike and, despite the nive way, the Close Range Neave felled the visitors for the second time.
Callum Bone extended the lead of Gateshead shortly after the restart before United claimed three times in the final phase with the first goal of Kyle Fitzgerald at the level of Under-21 levels that halve the shortage for the own goal of Kenton Richardson and the last-gasper-gasper-gasper-gasper-gasper-gasperdson Exciting comeback for the young agents secured the young fields.
Neave and Leo Shahar, who both made their first team debut for the Magpies during respective friendly matches for the season against Celtic and Atlético Madrid this summer, were both mentioned in the starting XI for their first competitive match of the 2025/26 season.
For 509 spectators, Newcastle fell at the back of the 11th minute by Adom when De Let forward collected the ball from distance before his powerful ride from the edge of the penalty area in the top left corner was parried by goalkeeper Adam Harrison, keeper Adam Harrison.
The youngsters of United, who reached the quarterfinals of the National League Cup in the previous term, responded positively as Neave equalized in the 15th minute. After Trevan Sanusi had hit a neat ball on the path of Shahar, the teenager’s rightback led an inviting low cross to the six Yard area, with Neave by the hand to make an initial effort that was after eighty goalkeeper George Shelvey.
The young magpies were behind the second time six minutes later when Chapman scored for the hosts, with the midfielder born in heart lepor in the net in the nearby pole in the net after a dangerous cross of the right handline.
Garang Kuol, who represented Australia at the World Cup Final 2022 in Qatar, came close to the return of Newcastle in flat terms such as the 21-year-old attacker, who recorded five goals and four assists in ten Premier League 2 matches last season, saw his first volley, from Shaly Crossy.
Neave, who was mentioned on the couch for the last victory of the Carabao Cup of the Magpies against Liverpool in Wembley Stadium, came close to the number of him and United after holding the pass of Sanusi, after the clear run from the last to the goal, shelvey.
United got a heavy blow in the 49th minute when Bone delivered the third goal of Gateeshead of the evening after producing a neat feint before he placed the ball in the net with the outside of his right foot.
Neave missed a glorious opportunity to halve the shortage for the hour when the international of England under the age of 18 on the excellent pass of Fitzgerald racete, but his intended chip over Shelvey was blocked by the keeper of the Gateshead.
Newcastle received a lifeline as Fitzgerald in the 70th minute, who came to the Magpies of Galway United in February 2025, scored his first goal for the Magpies at the level of Under-21 after completing a Dartrun in the box before he unleashed a low ride in the extreme right corner.
Neave was painfully close to the signing of Newcastle level after taking advantage of Shelvey’s misplaced pass before the luschot of the striker hit the Lag before the goalkeeper collected the loose ball in the penalty area.
However, Newcastle was leveled in the 83rd minute when Neave’s Lage Cross of the left handline was unintentionally converted into the net by Richardson, with Shahar waiting behind the Gatehead -defender to place the ball in an empty net.
Scott Bailey, who joined the Newcastle Academy at the age of nine, came close to completing a dramatic turning point when the teenager born in Durham moved the ball through a crowd of Gatehead players before the powerful ride of the central midfielder was tipped over the crossbar.
With the prospect of a penalty shoot-out in anticipation, Newcastle took the lead for the first time in the cup match through Heffernan, while the Irish center-back came high from Shahar’s inviting free kick before he led a sturdy header past Shelvey.
There was still late drama when Harrison produced a huge rescue in stopping time to prevent Kyle Hurst from sending the collision to fines after he had become low to push the bright target -related ride of the preliminary road removed from danger.
Newcastle United Under-21s: Adam Harrison, Leo Shahar, Ciaran Thompson, Cathal Heffernan (C), Charlie Mcarthur, Dylan Charlton (Thomas Bryant 78), Anthony Munda, Scott Bailey, Trevan Sanusi,.
Subs not used: Logan Watts, James Taylor, Baran Yildiz, Fraser Harper
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