- 1892
- 1927
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Newcastle United FC Formation in 1892
With only one senior club in the city for fans to support, the development of the club was much more rapid. Despite being refused entry to the Football League’s First Division at the start of the 1892 – 1893 season, they were invited to play in their new Second Division. However, with no big names playing in the Second Division, ... -
First Division Championship 1927
The team returned to the FA Cup final in 1924, in the second final held at the then-new Wembley Stadium. They defeated Aston Villa, winning the club’s second FA Cup. Three years later, they won the First Division championship a fourth time in 1926 – 1927, with Hughie Gallacher, one of the most prolific goal scorers in the club’s history, ...
History of the Newcastle United FC
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End. The team plays its home matches at St James' Park in the center of Newcastle. Following the Taylor Report's requirement that all Premier League clubs have all-seater stadiums, the ground was modified in the mid-1990s and currently has a capacity of 52,305.
The club has been a member of the Premier League for all but three years of the competition's history, spending 89 seasons in the top flight as of May 2021, and has never dropped below English football's second tier since joining the Football League in 1893. Newcastle has won four League titles, six FA Cups, and a FA Charity Shield, as well as the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup, the ninth highest total of trophies won by an English club. The club's most successful period was between 1904 and 1910 when they won an FA Cup and three of their League titles. Their last major domestic trophy was in 1955 (though their last major trophy was in 1969) and more recently the club has been League or FA cup runners-up on four occasions in the 1990s. Newcastle was relegated in 2009, and again in 2016. The club won promotion for the first time of asking each time, returning to the Premier League, as Championship winners, in 2010 and 2017.
Founded
1881
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Team History
1892 - Present / Newcastle United Football Club
1882 - 1892 / Newcastle East End Football Club
1881 - 1882 / Stanley Cricket Club of Byker
Nickname
The Magpies
Newcastle United are also known under several nicknames, including "The Geordies" and "The Toon Army," but their official nickname is "The Magpies." The famous black and white kit is what inspired their most common nickname to date.
Championships
Premier League / 4
1927, 1909, 1906, 1904
FA Cup / 7
1955, 1952, 1951, 1932, 1924, 1910, 1909
Premier League - FA Cup Double / 0
Stadium
1885 - Present / St. James' Park
Current Owner
2007 - Present / Mike Ashley
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