Sep 1999
Newcastle 8–0 Sheffield Wednesday
Shearer (5), Aaron Hughes, Speed, Ferguson
Robson's first home game. Shearer scores five. A statement of intent that lit up Tyneside.
1999 — 2004
Sir Bobby.Coming home.
A County Durham lad takes the job he always wanted — at 66. Five years that gave Tyneside Champions League nights, top-four finishes, a reborn Shearer, and a manager the city loved like one of its own.
Story of the seasons
Six years, one knighthood
- 1999/00 · 11th, Premier League
The local hero returns
Robson takes over in September with Newcastle bottom of the league. His first home game: an 8-0 demolition of Sheffield Wednesday, Shearer five. Survival, stability, and a club exhaling for the first time in years.
Programmes from 1999/00 → - 2000/01 · 11th, Premier League
Rebuilding the foundations
A season of consolidation. Speed, Dyer and Solano set the tempo. Quiet groundwork for what's coming — a young Newcastle side starting to believe again.
Programmes from 2000/01 → - 2001/02 · 4th, Premier League
Back into Europe
Bellamy and Robert arrive. Shearer reborn. Beating Arsenal at Highbury on a December night with Bellamy's late winner — Robson's Newcastle are genuine top-four contenders again.
Programmes from 2001/02 → - 2002/03 · 3rd, Premier League
Champions League nights
Lost the first three group games — then beat Juventus, Feyenoord and Dynamo Kyiv to qualify for the second group stage. St James' Park under European lights. Bellamy's winner in Rotterdam, one of the great nights.
Programmes from 2002/03 → - 2003/04 · 5th, Premier League
Europe again, sterner test
Shearer past 250 club goals. UEFA Cup semi-final run, beaten by Marseille. A team still capable of brilliant nights but the edge beginning to soften.
Programmes from 2003/04 → - 2004/05 · Sacked, August 2004
A sudden, undeserved ending
Sacked four games into the new season after winning none. A decision that aged badly within weeks. Sir Bobby left as the most loved manager of the modern era — knighted, adored, irreplaceable.
Programmes from 2004/05 →
Classic matches
European nights, Tyneside roars
Dec 2001
Arsenal 1–3 Newcastle
Robert, Shearer, Bellamy 90'
Beating the champions at Highbury. Bellamy's late winner — Newcastle could go anywhere and win.
Oct 2002
Newcastle 1–0 Juventus
Andy Griffin
After losing the opening three group games, the Champions League comeback begins under European lights.
Nov 2002
Feyenoord 2–3 Newcastle
Bellamy (2), Viana
Bellamy's stoppage-time winner in Rotterdam completes one of the great European nights.
Apr 2003
Newcastle 6–2 Tottenham
Shearer (2), Bellamy (2), Robert, Ameobi
A blistering afternoon at St James'. Robson's attacking blueprint at full tilt.
Aug 2004
A goodbye that should never have been
Sacked four games in
Sir Bobby's Newcastle exit. Within weeks the decision looked indefensible. A loss the club is still measured against.
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