The Toon teenagers netted twice in the opening 14 minutes at Thorp Arch through goals from Joe Brayson and Logan Watts before Freddie Lane's strike halved the deficit for the hosts.

Neave continued his bright goalscoring form at under-18 level as the England Under-17 international netted twice in the space of three minutes before Lewis Pirie netted on the stroke of half-time in an action-packed first-half.

Newcastle's youngsters found themselves on level terms through efforts by Lewis Pickles and Pirie, the latter scoring from the penalty spot, before Neave completed his hat-trick, his seventh goal in his opening four league matches, in the closing stages as Chris Moore's side prevailed in a nine-goal thriller.

Newcastle United Under-18s: Will Anderson, Ezra Tika-Lemba (Thomas Old 81), Henry Johnson, Logan Watts, Luke Craggs (c), Rory Finneran (Alex O'Donovan 73), Sam Alabi, Sean Neave, Kacey Wooster (Michael Mills 73), Matheos Ferreira (Mason Miley 90), Joe Brayson.

Subs not used: Tyler Jones.