History of Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was formed in 1892 as a merger between Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End. The club was elected to the Football League in the 1893-94 season. They have played in the top league in England from the 1898-99 season until the 1934-35 season when they were relegated into the Second Division. They have played in the top league in the periods 1948-61, 1965-78, 1984-89, 1993-2009, and then from 2010 to present. Newcastle are England's eighth most successful club of all time, having won the English League championship four times: in 1905, 1907, 1909 and, most recently, in 1927. They have also been runners-up on a further two occasions: in 1997 and 1997 (see Newcastle United F.C. seasons).

Newcastle have also won the FA Cup six times: in 1910 against Barnsley, in 1924 against Aston Villa, in 1932 against Arsenal, in 1951 against Blackpool, in 1952 against Arsenal, and in 1955 against Manchester City. They were finalists in 1905, 1906, 1908, 1911, 1974, 1998 and 1999, beaten by Aston Villa, Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bradford City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United respectively. They were finalists in the 1976 Football League Cup Final, but were beaten by Manchester City. Their other honours include the 1910 Charity Shield, and the 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

The Creation (1881 - 1895)...
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