Birmingham City 1-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2004

Result

Birmingham City 1-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2004, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Birmingham City · Newcastle United · Premier League predictions

Birmingham City 1-1 Newcastle United: match report

Birmingham City drew with Newcastle United 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 January 2004. The half-time score was 0-1.

Gary Speed opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Stern John (90'). Newcastle United scored through Gary Speed (37').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 9th on 30 points from 21 and Newcastle United 6th on 33 points from 22. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Newcastle United 5th with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 0 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read D-W-L-L-W and Newcastle United's W-D-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Olivier BernardNewcastle United
  • 37'Goal · Gary SpeedNewcastle United · 0-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Jonathan WoodgateNewcastle United
  • 81'Yellow card · Robbie SavageBirmingham City
  • 90'Goal · Stern JohnBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Craig BellamyNewcastle United
  • 90'Yellow card · Hugo VianaNewcastle United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 0, Newcastle United 2.

Team news

Birmingham City expected line-up

Maik Taylor, Jamie Clapham, Kenny Cunningham, Darren Purse, Robbie Savage, Stephen Clemence, Christophe Dugarry, Geoff Horsfield, David Dunn, Damien Johnson, Jeffrey Jude Kenna