Newcastle United club stats
Wednesday, 23 May 2007 22:03
Facts
Formed: 1892
Home Ground: St James' Park
Nickname: The Magpies.
People
Owner: Mike Ashley
Chairman: Freddie Shepherd
Chief executive: Steve Walton
Head coach: Sam Allardyce
Assistant coach: Steve Round
Team captain: TBA
History
The club was formed in 1892 when Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End merged, and the club have played at St James' Park ever since.
League titles in 1905, 1907 and 1909 soon followed, along with appearances in five FA Cup finals over the same period. Intermittent success followed in the pre and post-World War II years, reaching a high point in the 1950s as Jackie Milburn helped the club to three FA Cup wins.
Brief forays into Europe and the rise of other star strikers such as Malcolm Macdonald kept things ticking along until the early 1980s, when Kevin Keegan was needed to rescue the club from the old Second Division.
Keegan did the same thing in 1992, this time as manager, and along with Sir John Hall's millions turned Newcastle into everyone's favourite 'other' team and a genuine threat in the Premier League. But even the signing of Alan Shearer for a then-world record £15 million in 1996 could not stop the club from falling at the final hurdle. Since Keegan left in 1997 it's been more of a case of falling at the first hurdle, with the club gradually settling into its new role as everyone's favourite laughing stock.
Honours
Football League champions 1905, 1907, 1909, 1927
Division One champions: 1 - 1993
FA Cup winners: 6 – 1910, 1924, 1932, 1951, 1952, 1955
Community shield winners: 1 – 1909
Last Season
Premiership: 13th - P 38 W 11 D 10 L 17 GF 38 GA 47 GD -9 PTS 43
Uefa Cup: Quarter-finals – drew 4-4 on aggregate with AZ Alkmaar (lost on away goals)
FA Cup: Third round (replay) – lost 5-1 to Birmingham City
League Cup: Fifth round – lost 1-0 to Chelsea
A fan's view of the 2006/07 season
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