Newcastle United is a football club embedded with great history and major success over their many years of existence. If you are a lifelong Magpies fan or are keen on growing your knowledge of the football club, here is everything you need to know!
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WHERE DO NEWCASTLE PLAY?
St James’ Park has been the home of Newcastle United since 1982 and has a capacity of 52,305. Newcastle’s home ground is the 11th biggest stadium in the UK, with the most recent expansion coming back in 2000.
WHEN WAS NEWCASTLE UNITED FOUNDED?
Newcastle United was founded back in December 1892, when Newcastle East End FC and Newcastle West End FC merged into one.
HOW MANY LEAGUE TITLES HAVE NEWCASTLE WON?
During their existence, Newcastle have won four league titles, in 1905, 1907, 1909 and their most recent triumph dating back to 1927
WHAT ARE NEWCASTLE’S MAJOR HONOURS AND TROPHIES?
Newcastle United have been crowned English champions four times, they have six FA Cup’s to their name, and were also English Super Cup winners back in the 1909/10 campaign.
WHO IS NEWCASTLE’S ALL-TIME TOP SCORER?
It is widely known that one of the greatest ever goalscorer’s in Europe Alan Shearer is Newcastle’s most prolific scorer, after he netted a staggering 206 times for the Magpies, and he is the Premier League top scorer of all time.
WHO ARE NEWCASTLE UNITED’S BIGGEST RIVALS?
Newcastle’s most fierce rivals are Sunderland, and they partake in what is known as the ‘Tyne-Wear derby’, with the most recent clash coming last year in the FA Cup when the Magpies came out 3-0 winners.
HOW DID NEWCASTLE BECOME ‘THE MAGPIES’?
Newcastle United are famously known as the Magpies, for the simple fact that they play in a black and white strip, which resembles the colours of a Magpie.
WHO ARE THE BIGGEST NAMES TO COME OUT OF THE NEWCASTLE ACADEMY?
There has been some great players who have come out of the Newcastle academy over the years, such as Paul Gascoigne who is one of England’s best ever players and Peter Beardsley, who became a club legend after scoring 61 goals in 164 games.
WHO IS NEWCASTLE’S MOST SUCCESSFUL MANAGER?
The clubs most successful manager of all-time was Joe Harvey, who won an impressive five trophies during his time at the reign, and he has had the longest uninterrupted spell as Magpies boss which lasted 13 years from 1962-1975.
WHAT IS NEWCASTLE’S STYLE OF PLAY?
In today’s game, Newcastle’s style of play is based on stability with three robust midfielders who are all defensively capable to ensure that they are hard to break down through the middle of the park. The additions of Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon in recent years have made them a real threat going forward and are expected to be a major part of the future of the club.
WHO IS NEWCASTLE’S CURRENT MANAGER?
Eddie Howe is the current boss of Newcastle and he has had great success since his arrival, after guiding them to Premier League safety in the 2021/22 campaign and then to a Champions League spot the season after. Howe has been heavily linked with the England job, so it will be interesting to see how much longer he is in charge at Newcastle.
NEWCASTLE UNITED CURRENT SQUAD?
Manager: Eddie Howe (England)
Goalkeepers
22 Nick Pope (England)
1 Martin Dubravka (Slovakia)
26 John Ruddy (England)
Defenders
4 Sven Botman (Netherlands)
25 Lloyd Kelly (England)
5 Fabian Schar (Switzerland)
6 Jamal Lascelles (England)
20 Lewis Hall (England)
13 Matt Targett (England)
33 Dan Burn (England)
21 Tino Livramento (England)
2 Kieran Trippier (England)
17 Emil Krafth (Sweden)
30 Harrison Ashby (Scotland)
Midfielders
39 Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil)
8 Sandro Tonali (Italy)
7 Joelinton (Brazil)
28 Joe Willock (England)
36 Sean Longstaff (England)
67 Lewis Miley (England)
40 Joe White (England)
Attackers
10 Anthony Gordon (England)
11 Harvey Barnes (England)
38 Garang Kuol (Australia)
24 Miguel Almiron (Paraguay)
23 Jacob Murphy (England)
14 Alexander Isak (Sweden)
9 Callum Wilson (England)
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