Alan Scott Pardew is an English football manager and former professional footballer. In April 2020 Mike Ashley struck a deal with a consortium led by Amanda Staveley (who had brokered the sale of Manchester City to the Abu Dhabi United group in 2008) for a reported £300 million subject to approval from the Premier League. Magpies" won the FA Cup again in 1924 and three years later were History. [5] [66], United's away colours have changed a number of times over the years. [88] [89] On 9 October 2012, payday loan company Wonga.com became Newcastle United's main commercial sponsor and purchased the stadium naming rights but restored the St James' Park name. I still don't like what Belgian FA did on their crest. Video, 00:00:53, The prisoners fighting California’s wildfires. [6] The club also had back to back triumphs in the Texaco Cup in 1974 and 1975. [6] During the 1950s, Newcastle won the FA Cup trophy on three occasions within a five-year period, beating Blackpool in 1951, Arsenal in 1952, and Manchester City in 1955. In 1999 the highly respected Bobby Robson returned Newcastle United FC. [59] The team finished the season with a 3–0 win over the previous year's champions Chelsea, finishing 10th in the league, their highest finish in four years. There were plans to build a new 90,000 seater stadium in Leazes park, just behind St James' with Newcastle Falcons taking over St James' Park, but due to protests the plans were dropped. [124] At the end of the 2011–12 Premier league season, Newcastle United held the third-highest average attendance for the season, at 49,935. The 2015–16 Premier League was the 24th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The team continued to play in East End's red until 1894 when the famous black and white stripes were adopted. The 2014–15 Premier League was the 23rd season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. [128] In addition to the usual English football chants, Newcastle's supporters sing the traditional Tyneside song "Blaydon Races." UTSG1351 Plush teddy bear in Newcastle United football club colours. By the end of the decade they regularly hosted friendly matches against the leading English and Scottish sides and in 1889 both turned fully professional and were importing players from Scotland in increasing numbers. Rosewood F.C. He stabilised the club and They lost again the following year in the final against Bradford City. Within five years the club lifted [28] [29] Ashley then announced he would be delisting the club from the London Stock Exchange upon completion of the takeover. Keegan left Newcastle in January 1997 and was replaced by Kenny Dalglish, however the club endured a largely unsuccessful season with a 13th-place finish in the 1997–98 FA Premier League, failure to progress beyond the group stages of the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League despite beating Barcelona and group winners Dynamo Kiev at St James' Park as well as coming from 2–0 down to draw 2–2 with Valery Lobanovsky's team in Ukraine and defeat in the 1998 FA Cup Final.