Newcastle United is a football team that plays in the Coca-Cola Championship League in English football, and has St. James’ Park as its home ground.
Newcastle United Football Club (NUFC)
, also known as “The Magpies” or “The Toon”, was founded in 1892 when two local clubs called Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End merged to form the club you see today.
To keep with tradition, the club’s football kit has not changed much in its history rarely straying from the standard black-and-white stripes. The team’s current strips are:
Home – Black and white vertical stripes, black shorts and black socks
Away – Light/dark yellow stripes, yellow shorts and yellow sock
Third Kit – Black and blue vertical stripes, black shorts and black socks
There is a huge local rivalry between Newcastle United and Sunderland AFC, which is known as the Tyne-Wear derby and has been a hard fought contest between the teams since 1898.
St. James’ Park Stadium
Since its founding, Newcastle United has played its home games at St. James’ Park right in the heart of the cityof Newcastle Upon Tyne. St .James’ Park is one of the oldest stadiums to be found in the north of England, and is the seventh largest football stadium in England.
St. James’ Park was inaugurated as a football ground in 1880 when it was used by Newcastle West End, prior to the merger that created Newcastle United. Today, the stadium is an all-seater stadium with a total capacity of 52,387 with a playing pitch 105 metres long and 68 metres wide.
Visiting St. James’ Park
There are many reasons to visit St. James’ Park, even when no home match is being played: St. James’ Park Stadium is host to banquets, conference centres and the Bamburgh Suite, which holds a huge 1,000 seating capacity with a stage, dance floor and three bars.
There is also Shearer’s Bar, named after the most famous Newcastle player of recent times, Alan Shearer. Shearer’s Bar is open daily unitl 6pm, all day on match days and is also a busy hot-spot on weekend evenings when it is open to the public.
St. James’ Park is also host to the Official Newcastle United Shop, where visitors can buy their own Newcastle football strip or many other souvenirs of this great football club.
For those that want to understand what makes Newcastle United Football Club and St. James’ Park tick,
then there are also stadium tours; these tours allow visitors to take a look inside the changing rooms, find out what it feels like to stand pitch side, see the dug-outs, find out what happens in the Media Suite and see the view from the highest point in the stadium.
Address:
Newcastle United FC
St. James’ Park
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 4ST
Tel: 0191 201 8400
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