History Of Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. Formed by a merger between Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End in 1892, the club was elected to the Football League, which they entered in 1893.
Newcastle are England's equal-eighth most successful club of all time, four times League champions (in 1905, 1907, 1909 and 1927) and six times FA Cup winners (in 1910, 1924, 1932, 1951, 1952, and 1955). Newcastle have played in England's top league from 1898-1935, 1948-61, 1965-78, 1984-89, 1993-2009 and since 2010, playing in the second flight at all other times.
Newcastle also won the 1909 Charity Shield and the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, have been FA Cup runners-up seven times, and League Cup runners-up once (in 1976).
Read more about History Of Newcastle United F.C.: The Creation (1881-1895), The First Glory Era (1895-1914), Interwar Success (1919-1939), The Wartime League (1939-1946), Postwar Cup-winners (1946-1978), Bouncing Between Divisions (1978-1992), Into The Premier League (1992-2007), New Ownership (2007–date), Chairman History
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