FOOTBALL: NEWCASTLE

Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1892 after the merger of two local clubs, Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End. Since their founding year, the club have played at their home ground of St. James' Park. Training facilities are located at Darsley Park.

They have won the First Division Championship four times and the FA Cup six times, though their last league success was in 1927. In European competition the most notable honour the club has won is the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, in 1969.

They have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with local team Sunderland. The Tyne-Wear derby between Newcastle United and Sunderland has been played since 1898. The club's traditional kit colours are black and white striped shirts, with black shorts and socks. Supporters of Newcastle United refer to themselves as the Toon Army.

Current squad

As of 1 September 2008.^[53]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Shay Given
2	DF	Fabricio Coloccini
3	DF	José Enrique
6	DF	Caçapa
7	MF	Joey Barton
8	MF	Danny Guthrie
9	FW	Obafemi Martins
10	FW	Michael Owen (captain)
11	MF	Damien Duff
12	DF	Sébastien Bassong
13	GK	Steve Harper
14	MF	Charles N'Zogbia
15	MF	Ignacio González (on loan from Valencia)
17	FW	Alan Smith
18	MF	Jonás Gutiérrez
19	FW	Xisco
20	MF	Geremi (vice-captain)
21	DF	Habib Beye
22	MF	Nicky Butt (vice-captain)
23	FW	Shola Ameobi
24	FW	Peter Løvenkrands

No.	Position	Player
27	DF	Steven Taylor
28	DF	Tamás Kádár
29	FW	Fabio Zamblera
30	DF	David Edgar
31	FW	Frank Wiafe Danquah
32	FW	Wesley Ngo Baheng
33	GK	Ole Söderberg
34	GK	Fraser Forster
35	DF	Ben Tozer
36	FW	Mark Viduka
37	DF	Callum Morris
38	MF	Kazenga LuaLua
39	FW	Andy Carroll
40	GK	Tim Krul
41	MF	Mark Doninger
42	FW	Ryan Donaldson
43	MF	Jonny Godsmark
44	MF	James Marwood
45	DF	Darren Lough
46	FW	Nile Ranger
47	DF	Bradden Inman