Everton supporters brutally mock Newcastle United ahead of new Premier League season
Newcastle United are in pre-season friendly action against Everton at Murrayfield.
Everton beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the pre-season friendly match at Murrayfield.
Thierno Barry and an Iliman Ndiaye penalty put the Toffees in a strong position heading in at the break against their Premier League counterparts.
It’s Newcastle and Matthias Jaissle’s first taste of Premier League opposition this summer ahead of the 2026/27 season opener against Liverpool in 11 days.
But it’s been a bruising summer for Newcastle on the back of a disappointing 12th-place finish in the league last season. The club have sold Anthony Gordon, Sandro Tonali, captain Bruno Guimaraes and seen Eddie Howe resign as head coach. New boss Jaissle was confirmed just three weeks before the start of the new competitive season.
Despite an encouraging start to his Newcastle tenure with a positive week in Spain capped with a 2-1 friendly win over Valencia, Jaissle and his side were in for a different test at Murrayfield against Everton.
Despite controlling the opening exchanges, Newcastle were punished for a defensive error as Barry drilled the ball into the bottom right corner to give Everton the lead. Shortly after, Joelinton fouled Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall inside the penalty area, and Iliman Ndiaye converted to make it 2-0 before the break.
The second goal prompted chants from the Everton supporters of ‘going down, going down, going down’ mocking Newcastle’s performance and current predicament. For a side who played Champions League football last season and won the Carabao Cup just over a year ago, a relegation battle doesn’t bear thinking about before a ball has even been kicked.
But after successive summers of upheaval and transfer frustration, Jaissle is well aware of the challenge he faces, admitting a season of transition was ahead. His more immediate task was to help Newcastle turn things around in the second half.
The Magpies made 10 changes at the break, with every outfield player being replaced and only goalkeeper Lukas Hornicek remaining on the pitch. The changes saw several youngsters introduced while Everton kept a lot of their experience on the field.
The Merseyside outfit made it 3-0 heading into the closing stages as Tyrique George found the bottom left corner with a turning shot from the edge of the box.
Harvey Barnes scored his second consolation goal of pre-season as he rounded off a good attacking move by turning in Jacob Murphy’s low cross at the back post.
The score ended 3-1 as Newcastle’s frustrating summer off the pitch translated on the pitch once again. After the positives of beating 10-man Valencia, Newcastle’s public pre-season matches on British soil have yielded a draw with non-league opposition, a 4-1 defeat to a Championship side and now a 3-1 defeat to a fellow Premier League side.