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Nation - England
Year Founded - 1892
Status - Professional
Reputation - National
Chairman Status - Loves the club
Favoured Personnel - Bobby Robson, Rob Lee, Gary Speed, Steve Watson, Lee Clark, Jonathan Woodgate
Fierce Rivals - Sunderland
Other Rivals - Middlesbrough, Leeds
Finances - Rich
Estimated Value - £72Mil (loan debt of £62mil)
Stadium - St James' Park, Newcastle
Capacity - 52387 all seater with undersoil heating
Reserve Stadium - Kingston Park, Newcastle
Training facilities - Top training facilities
Youth facilities - Good youth facilities and youth academy
Continental competition - none
Media prediction - 11th
Squad average age - 26
Personality - very determined
Captain - Shay Given
Vice Captain - Steven Taylor
History
Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English professional football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1892 after the merger of two local clubs, Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End. Since their founding year, the club have played at their home ground of St. James' Park.
They have won the First Division Championship four times and the FA Cup six times, though their league success was achieved before the Second World War. In European competition the most notable honour the club has won is the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, in 1969.
They have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with local team Sunderland. The Tyne-Wear derby between Newcastle United and Sunderland has been played since 1898. The club's traditional kit colours are black and white striped shirts, with black shorts and socks. Supporters of Newcastle United refer to themselves as the Toon Army.
The club was founded in December 1892 by the merger of two local teams Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End who were previously rivals in the Northern League, but after West End fell into financial difficulties they decided to merge. The deal included the lease on West End's stadium St. James' Park and several names were suggested for the new club, including Newcastle Rangers and Newcastle City, however they chose the name Newcastle United.
Stadium
Newcastle's home stadium is St James' Park, which has been their home since the merger of East End and West End in 1891, though football was first played there in 1880. At the turn of the 20th century the ground could hold 30,000, but this was soon expanded to 60,000. However, the ground was altered little in the next 70 years, and by the 1980s was looking dated.
The Bradford fire in 1985 prompted renovation, but progress was slow due to financial difficulties. The takeover of the club by Sir John Hall in 1992 resolved these difficulties, and the stadium was redeveloped to comply with the Taylor Report. In the mid-1990s, the club wished to build a new ground in the nearby Leazes Park, however these plans were quashed. In response to this, the club expanded St. James' Park further. Following the completion of the construction in 2000, St James' Park became the club ground with the second highest capacity in England with 52,387 seats, behind Manchester United's Old Trafford. It later became the third highest capacity after the completion of Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.
Two stands, the Sir John Hall stand and the Milburn stand, have two tiers and are of cantilever construction, whereas the East Stand and the Gallowgate End are roughly half as high, and each have a single tier. This can make the stadium look quite lopsided. The Gallowgate End is traditionally home to Newcastle's most vociferous supporters, as it was once the stand with no roof covering. In recent years, a fan based group named Toon Ultras has began to assemble in Level 7 of the Sir John Hall Stand to attempt to "Bring Back The Noise" which supporters feel was lost when the club expanded the stadium and split fans to cater for executive boxes.
It was announced on 2 April 2007 that the club intend to submit plans for a new £300 million development that would increase the stadium's capacity to at least 60,000.
Honours
Domestic First Division and Premier League[39] titles: 4
o Champions: 1904-05, 1906-07, 1908-09, 1926-27
o Runners-up: 1995–96, 1996–97
Football League Second Division: 2 o Champions: 1964-65, 1992-93
o Runners-up: 1897-98, 1947-48
League Cups FA Cups: 6 o 1910, 1924, 1932, 1951, 1952, 1955
Charity Shields and Community Shields: 1
o 1909
European * Anglo-Italian Cup: 1
o 1973
* Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1
o 1969
Intertoto Cup: 1 o Winners: 2006
o Runners-up: 2001
Other Cups * Texaco Cups: 2
o 1974, 1975
* Kirin Cup: 1
o 1983
Current Star Players
Shay Given 
This man is one of the best keepers in the premiership if not the world. He has saved Newcastle on many occasions and is als the club captain
Steven Taylor 
A product of Newcastle's youth academy. Taylor will be your foundation in defence to buid around. Hard tackler, tight marker and an all round solid defender. Club captain when Shay Given does not feature.
Obafami Martins[ 
Martins will be your main goal scorer besides Michael Owen. He has bags of pace to trouble evn the best defenders and his eye for a goal aint to bad either
Michael Owen 
Well what can you say about Michael Owen. Used to strike fear into the hearts of every Premiership defender. He may not have the same pace as he once did but he is still dangerous. Give this man half a chance and 9 times outta 10 he will score everytime.
Who to get rid off
Geremi 
In my opinion Gereni is not up to scratch if you wanna push for top ten. Average right back material, may do as back up otherwise, get rid off
Nicky Butt 
The former Manchester United star and now current Newcastle player is on the way down. He does still have decent stats but they are not good enough for a side that really should be pushing towards the top ten. And as you already have one good DMC in Joey Barton there is no need to keep Nicky Butt in the side
Peter Ramage 
In my opinion I don’t feel that Ramage is up to the task of playing for Newcastle. Some of his stats are good but when you look at the key stats needed for a top class defender he just does’nt have them. Another one to sell.
Shola Ameobi 
Shola just does not score the goals that are needed. He also has plenty of competition such as Owen, Martins and Viduka. Sell him when you get the chance.
Okay so we have had who to sell, and now it’s the fun part……….
Who to buy
Ever Banega Boca Juniors
It says Ever plays best as an DMC but as I have found out before that if you train him as an AMC. He has great creativity and also an eye for a great pass. Should cost from about 5 to 7 mil
Derek Boateng B. Jerusalem
Boateng is another creative player who plays best as a MC. Pair him along side Joey Barton and allow him to move forward to create chances.
Should cost around 600k or so
Jefferson Farfan PSV
Farfan again has great pace and a excellent finishing stats. He will have enough pace to beat even the quickest defenders in the league. A must buy.
Cost between 7 and 9mil
Pheeeeeeewwwww that took a while but I got there in the end. Thanks for taking the time out to read this guide
Guide written by me, anyone who wants it contact me first as I will find you if you don’t :P
DEDICATED TO LEACHY :P 
