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Record away league victory: 8–0 v. Sheffield United, Premier League, 24 September 2023 [3] Record away FA Cup victory: 9–0 v. Southport, FA Cup, 1 February 1932 [4] [note 1] Record UEFA Champions League victory: 4–1 v. PSG, UEFA Champions League, 4 October 2023 [5]
Newcastle have spent 90 years in the top flight of English Football. A chart showing the progress of Newcastle United Football Club from its entry into the Football League in 1894 to the present. Since promotion into the Premier League in the year after the league's inception, NUFC have spent two seasons outside of the top flight.
Crowds were extremely high after the return to football, and in 1946 Newcastle recorded the joint-highest victory in English League Football history, defeating Newport County 13–0. Len Shackleton, playing his debut in that match, scored 6 goals in the match, another record for Newcastle United.
Throughout Newcastle United's history, their home venue has been St James' Park, the oldest and largest football stadium in North East England, as well as the seventh-largest football stadium in the Premier League. It has hosted 11 international football matches at senior level, the first in 1901 and the most recent in 2024.
Newcastle United F.C. first played European football with their appearance in the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a competition which they won. Their first Champions League appearance came in 1997–98. Newcastle's first and last appearance in the Cup Winners' Cup came in 1998–99.
Newcastle United's Alexander Isak celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers at St. James' Park ...
Record league attendance: 83,260 – Manchester United v Arsenal played at Maine Road First Division (17 January 1948). Record Premier League attendance: 83,222 – Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal played at Wembley Stadium (10 February 2018).
The first was Manchester United beating Ipswich Town at Old Trafford on 4 March 1995, the second being Leicester City beating Southampton at St Mary's Stadium on 25 October 2019 (which stands as not only a joint Premier League record, but also an all-time record away win in the English football's top tier), the third being Manchester United ...