“This painting is a celebration of Newcastle’s first success in the top league. The FA Cup on the left with one full circle to represent a win and four half circles representing runners up. The cup on the right has three full circles to represent winning the league three times before WW1.”
Newcastle in the 20th Century
- 1900 Redheugh road bridge was built.
- 1901 the population it had risen to 215,000. Electric trams began to run in the streets of Newcastle in but they were in turn replaced by buses. Laing Art Gallery was built.
- 1906 King Edward VII railway bridge was built.
- 1909 The first cinemas in Newcastle opened.
Newcastle United – Before WW1
Just prior to the turn of the century Newcastle gained promotion to the top division after a series of test matches similar to the modern day playoffs. United then developed a side which became Edwardian England’s greatest side, but not before they went through a worrying period due to lack of support at the turnstile and lack of money at the bank. But through the help of their directors the club was propped up and they survived to become a force in the game.
Newcastle started to purchase talented players, especially from Scotland, and soon had a squad to rival all of England. With players like Colin Veitch, Jackie Rutherford, Jimmy Lawrence and, Albert Shepherd the Black’n’Whites had a team of international talent. There was Bill McCracken, Jimmy Howie, Peter McWilliam and Andy Aitken too. All were household names in their day. However, in 1908 they faced the humiliation of a 9-1 home defeat to the once local rivals Sunderland, still the record English home defeat to this day.
The Magpies lifted the League Championship on three occasions and reached five FA Cup finals in the years leading up to World war 1 in 1914. Geordy fans had enjoyed ten years of being the team everyone wanted to topple. United played a style of football celebrated in the game’s history. It was possession football in an entertaining, rousing fashion.
FA Cup Finals
- 1904-05 Runners up against Aston Villa at Crystal Palace
Lost 2-0 in the final - 1905-06 Runners up against Everton at Crystal Palace
Lost 1-0 in the final - 1907-08 Runners up against Wolves at Crystal Palace
Lost 3-1in the final – our goal from Howie - 1909-10 Winners Drew the first game 1-1 against Barnsley at Crystal Palace
Goals from Stewart & Rutherford
Won the replay 2-0 at Goodison Park – Goals from Shepherd - 1909-10 Runners up Drew the first game 0-0 against Bradford City at Crystakl Palace
Lost the replay 1-0 at Old Traford
Division 1 Champions
- 1904-05 Champions
Pld34 W23 D2 L9 F72 A33 Pts48 - 1906-07 Champions
Pld38 W22 D7 L9 F74 A46 Pts51 - 1908-09 Champions
Pld38 W24 D5 L9 F65 A41 Pts53
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