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| To date, inclusive of the
2015–16 season, Newcastle United have spent 85 seasons in
the top-flight. They are eighth in the All-time FA Premier
League table and have the ninth-highest total of major
honours won by an English club with 11 wins. The holder of
the record for the most appearances is Jimmy Lawrence,
having made 496 first team appearances between 1904 and
1921. The club's top goal scorer is Alan Shearer, who scored
206 goals in all competitions between 1996 and 2006.
Andy Cole holds the record for the most goals scored in a
season: 41 in the 1993–94 season in the Premier League. Shay Given is the most capped international for the club, with 134 appearances for Republic of Ireland. The club's widest victory margin in the league was in the 13–0 win against Newport County in the Second Division in 1946. Their heaviest defeat in the league was 9–0 against Burton Wanderers in the Second Division in 1895. The club's longest number of consecutive seasons in the top flight of English football was 36 from 1898–99 until 1933–34. Newcastle's record home attendance is 68,386 for a First Division match against Chelsea on 3 September 1930. The club's highest attendance in the Premier League is 52,389, in a match against Manchester City on 6 May 2012. Newcastle lost the game 2–0.The highest transfer fee received for a Newcastle player is £35 million, from Liverpool for Andy Carroll in January 2011, while the most spent by the club on a player was £16 million for striker Michael Owen from Real Madrid in August 2005. |