Alan Pardew's last visit to Huddersfield as a manager, with Southampton in August 2009, resulted in a 3-1 League I defeat.
It was only his third competitive match in charge of the Saints, who were beaten by goals from Jordan Rhodes (2) and Antony Kay.
Rickie Lambert, freshly signed for £1m from Bristol Rovers and the subject of interest from Town until they swooped for Rhodes, scored for Southampton.
It was one of 117 Saints goals in five seasons for the striker, who was in England’s World Cup squad and recently joined Liverpool for £4m.
Pardew, who had previously managed Reading, West Ham and Charlton, had 13 months in charge of the South coast club, leading them to a final position of seventh in 2009-10.
He was a surprise appointment as Newcastle United manager in December 2010 in succession to Chris Hughton, who had led the Toon to promotion from the Championship.
But he claimed a 3-1 home win over Liverpool in his first match, and clinched a final top-tier placing of 12th in 2010-11.
In the often turbulent seasons since, the Magpies have ended up fifth,16th and 10th, and in 2012-13, they reached the Europa League quarter-finals.
Pardew, who was the Premier League manager of the season for 2011-12 and is contracted to 2020, has often been under pressure, and has also found himself at the centre of controversy.
He had a verbal clash with Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini in January, and in March, head butted Hull player David Meyler.
The FA handed him a three-game stadium ban and a touchline suspension for a further four matches.
Having remained in the hot seat amid challenging circumstances, Pardew, 53, is the Premier League’s second longest-serving manager behind Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger.
Born in Wimbledon, he played non-league football as a midfielder for Surrey side Whytleafe, Epsom & Ewell, Corinthian Casuals, Dulwich Hamlet and Yeovil.
He was in his mid-twenties when he got a Football League chance with Crystal Palace, and he later played for Charlton, Tottenham on loan and Barnet, where he cut his coaching teeth in the late nineties.
It's said the results of pre-season friendlies don’t matter.
So perhaps the clash of Town’s Premier League visitors Newcastle United and Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road back in 2009 is the exception that proves the rule.
The freshly-relegated Magpies were thumped 6-1, a humiliating defeat which was later said to be a watershed moment in the club’s return to the Premier League at the first time of asking.
Newcastle, who had gone down with favourite old boy Alan Shearer at the helm and were now under the caretaker leadership of Chris Hughton, had beaten Town 1-0 in a feisty friendly at the John Smith’s Stadium four days earlier, but it was all doom and gloom in East London.
Orient were 4-1 up at the break, and after the Magpies’ misery continued in the second half, it was claimed senior players urged those who didn’t want to be there to leave quickly.
Fears that Newcastle would suffer another relegation were kicked firmly into touch.
With Hughton made manager on a permanent basis in October 2009, they won the league at a canter, finishing on 102 points, 11 clear of closest rivals West Brom.
The Magpies were 4-3 St James’ Park winners in an exciting League Cup second-round clash with Town, who were 3-1 up at one stage.
Huddersfield Town's last pre-season meeting with Newcastle United was far from friendly!
Rather than the Magpies’ 1-0 win, the July 2009 game is far better remembered for a 20-man melee and a clash between Town’s Geordie striker Lee Novak and Fabricio Coloccini.
The match erupted at the break after a confrontation between Town skipper Peter Clarke and Newcastle’s Senegalese star Habib Beye.
Later, boyhood Newcastle fan Novak, who had just arrived at Town from Gateshead, traded punches with Argentinian star Coloccini.
The game was watched by 9,691 and settled by Kevin Nolan’s goal.
The only Town players involved who will be in the squad this time are keeper Alex Smithies and defender Lee Peltier.
“I was talking to Lee Novak (now at Birmingham) about the game only last week,” said Smithies.
“It was certainly an eventful game, and we played them again in the League Cup soon after.”
While the pair met in the second round of the League Cup, Newcastle coming from two down to win 4-3 at St James’ Park, the last league clashes between the sides were in 1983-84.
The Magpies won promotion from Division II (now the Championship) that season, winning 5-2 in the North-East before a 2-2 draw at Leeds Road.
In 60 competitive games, Town have won 20 times and scored 84 goals. Newcastle have won 25 and netted 98 times.
