The Toon teenagers netted twice in the first half at the Magpies' Little Benton Academy as Alfie Seldon opened the scoring, the 16-year-old's fifth goal in his opening six league games at Under-18 level, before midfielder Sam Alabi doubled the hosts' lead on the stroke of half-time.

Alfie Hutchison, who made his Scotland Under-19s debut last month, extended Newcastle's advantage further in the closing stages, the Dunfermline-born striker's seventh league goal of the current campaign.

The 17-year-old forward, who signed his first professional contract with the Magpies in February, was unable to add gloss to the scoreline after missing a penalty but Chris Moore's side comfortably saw out the contest, recording a third successive clean sheet in all competitions.

Newcastle's youngsters are currently situated in second place of the 15-team table, moving level on points with table-toppers Manchester City and return to league action on Saturday, 24th October when facing an away clash against Middlesbrough (kick-off 11am BST).

Newcastle United Under-18s: George Mair (c), Jack Patterson (Kyle Healy-Matthews 61), Jack Skelton, Christian Boothe, Isaac Moran, Luke Gilligan, Sammy Pinnington (Jack Callaghan 45), Sam Alabi (Muawiya Ghanem 45), Alfie Hutchison, Jayden Kouossu (Charlie Robinson 69), Alfie Seldon.

Subs not used: Oliver Holland, Theo Benjamin.