Premiership

Newcastle United

Newcastle was founded in 1881 and turned professional in 1889. In Newcastle United league history they have never been out of the top divisions since they were nominated to division 2 in 1893. And at the turn of the century the club won 3 titles and 5 FA Cup finals, winning one in 1910.

Since then Newcastle has only had one title arrive at St. James Park in 1927 even though the FA Cup has had five more triumphs, with the last in 1955. Although the club has produced great players, with the likes of Chris Waddle, Peter Beardsley, Malcolm MacDonald and Paul Gascoigne, the recent times have been the very best of times for the Toon army after spending two hard periods in Division 2.

In 1982 saw Kevin Keegan arrive as a player within two years Newcastle were back in Division 1, and five seasons only gave the club a best finish of 5th place and in 1989 they went back down into Division 2.
Kevin Keegan then returned to the club in February 1992, only this time he was manager. And he had the hard job of keeping Newcastle in Division 2 and he built up a team that would challenge the big guns.

In 1993 they were promoted and in their Premiership seasons have produced some high finishes but still no success yet.

Newcastle plays at St. James Park in which they have played here since 1892- with the ground capacity of 52,218.

The club has a record transfer paid of 15m for Alan Shearer to Blackburn Rovers in July 1996, record transfer received of 8m for Dieter Harmann from Liverpool in July 1999 and a League Scoring record of 36 goals by Hughie Gallacher in League Division 1 in 19926-27.
The clubs star players are Alan Shearer, Laurent Robert, Shola Ameobi, Gary Speed, Kieron Dyer, Nolberto Solano and Jermaine Jenas.