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Newcastle United
When Newcastle West End went into liquidation in 1892, their local rivals Newcastle East End took over their assets, including their St James Park ground. The new club was named Newcastle United, and a year later, was elected to Division Two. In 1898, United took part in the promotion / relegation test matches, but following allegations that the match between Burnley and Stoke had been fixed, the test matches were scrapped and it was decided to expand the League instead, with Newcastle and Blackburn voted into Division One. The early twentieth century proved to be Newcastle's golden age. They won three League Championships (1905, 1907, 1909) and reached three FA Cup Finals (1905, 1906, 1909) before winning the trophy in 1910. The Magpies won the FA Cup again in 1924, and three years later were League Champions for a fourth time. In 1932 they beat Arsenal to win a third FA Cup. Two years later they were relegated to Division Two. In 1948 United were promoted back to Division One. Within five years they had lifted the FA Cup three times (1951, 1952, 1955) with a team that included the great Jackie Milburn. United were relegated in 1961, and despite a return to Division One in 1965, the glory days of the fifties were well and truly behind them. They did win the Inter-City Fairs Cup in 1969, but this proved an isolated success, and appearances in the FA Cup final (1974) and League Cup final (1976) both ended in defeat. In 1978, Newcastle were relegated to Division Two where they remained until 1984, when the side managed by Arthur Cox, and led by ex-England captain Kevin Keegan, won promotion back to the top flight. They remained in the top flight until relegation in 1989. In 1992, with United struggling to avoid relegation to Division Three, Sir John Hall took control of the club and appointed Kevin Keegan as manager. Promoted to the Premiership as Division One champions in 1993, United were soon serious contenders for the Premiership title, finishing as runners-up in 1996 and 1997. Keegan resigned in January 1997 citing job pressure. The subsequent appointments of first Kenny Dalglish and then Ruud Gullitt, both proved unsuccessful. In 1999, Bobby Robson returned to his hometown club to take over as manager. There was further heartbreak for “Toon” fans when they lost both the 1998 and 1999 FA Cup finals. In 2004, reportedly after a row with Alan Shearer, Robson was controversially replaced with Graeme Souness, who had an unsuccessful 16 months in charge. In June 2007, English businessman Mike Ashley, completed a takeover of the club. Click on the icons below for more; 
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