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Subsequently, Division 1 became the second tier level. 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.
Newcastle returned to the First Division at the end of the 1964–65 season after winning the Second Division title. [10] Under Harvey, the club qualified for European competition for the first time after a good run in the 1967–68 season and the following year won the 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final , triumphing 6–2 over two legs against ...
At the start of the 1893–94 season, Newcastle United were once again refused entry to the First Division and so joined the Second Division, along with Liverpool and Woolwich Arsenal. [5] They played their first competitive match in the division that September against Woolwich Arsenal, with a score of 2–2. [6]
The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year while playing for Newcastle United : 1973–74 First Division Malcolm Macdonald; 1978–79 Second Division Peter Withe; 1979–80 Second Division Peter Withe; 1982–83 Second Division Kevin Keegan; 1983–84 Second Division Kevin Keegan; 1984–85 First Division Chris Waddle
First Division; Season: 1904–05: Champions: Newcastle United 1st English title: Matches played: 306: Goals scored: 904 (2.95 per match) Top goalscorer: Arthur Brown (22 goals) Biggest home win: Bury 7–1 Sheffield United (12 November 1904) Manchester City 6–0 Derby County (17 December 1904) Biggest away win: Notts County 1–5 Woolwich ...
During the 1992–93 season, Newcastle United participated in the Football League Division One. Newcastle secured promotion to the top flight by winning the First Division Championship, often simply overwhelming opponents along the way (a 7–1 victory over Leicester City being particularly memorable).
Other clubs won elections to play in the first division. Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United in 1898, Bury and Notts County in 1905 and Chelsea (alongside Arsenal) in 1919 were also elected to the top flight. [4] Blackburn later won division 2 in 1938–39, and Newcastle United finished runners-up in 1947–48.
Newcastle United returned to the First Division after four years away as Second Division champions, and were joined in the elite by runners-up Northampton Town, who had started the decade in the Fourth Division.