Editing Newcastle United F.C. (section)

==Records and statistics==
{{Main|List of Newcastle United F.C. records and statistics}}

[[File:Statue Shearer Newcastle Tyne 4.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of the club's record goalscorer [[Alan Shearer]], outside [[St James' Park]]]]

As of the 2025–26 season, Newcastle United have spent 94 seasons in the top-flight. They are eighth in the [[Premier League records and statistics#All-time Premier League table|all-time Premier League table]] and have the ninth-highest total of major honours won by an English club with 11 wins.<ref name=trophy>{{cite web |url=http://www.krysstal.com/trophies.html |title=Football : Running Total of Trophies |work=Kryss Tal|access-date=2 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905091123/http://www.krysstal.com/trophies.html|archive-date=5 September 2015}}</ref> 

[[Jimmy Lawrence]] holds the record for the most appearances for the club, having made 496 first team appearances between 1904 and 1921.<ref name=clubrecords>{{cite web |url=http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Club/History/Records |title=Club Records |publisher=Newcastle United F.C. |access-date=15 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226170510/http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Club/History/Records|archive-date=26 December 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The club's top goalscorer is Alan Shearer, who scored 206 goals in all competitions between 1996 and 2006.<ref name="shearer">{{cite web |url=https://www.fastscore.com/people/alan-shearer-2 |title=Alan Shearer Profile and Career |work=FastScore.com|access-date= 16 October 2020}}</ref> [[Andy Cole]] holds the record for the most goals scored in a season: 41 in the 1993–94 season in the Premier League.<ref name=clubrecords /> [[Shay Given]] is the most capped international for the club, with 134 appearances for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]].<ref name=clubrecords />

Newcastle's widest victory margin in the league was a 13–0 win against [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]] in the Second Division in 1946. Their heaviest defeat in the league was 9–0 against [[Burton Wanderers F.C.|Burton Wanderers]] in the Second Division in 1895.<ref name=clubrecords />

Newcastle's record home attendance is 68,386 for a First Division match against Chelsea on 3 September 1930.<ref name=clubrecords /> The club's highest attendance in the Premier League is 52,389, in a match against Manchester City on 6 May 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17885333 |title=Newcastle 0–2 Man City |author=Ben Smith |date=6 May 2012 |website=BBC Sport|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112224138/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17885333|archive-date=12 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The highest transfer fee received for a Newcastle player is £35&nbsp;million, from [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] for [[Andy Carroll]] in January 2011 & from [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] for [[Elliot Anderson (footballer)|Elliot Anderson]] in June 2024,<ref name=carroll>{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2281504,00.html |title=Carroll joins Liverpool |publisher=Premier League |access-date=1 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202172703/http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0%2C%2C12306~2281504%2C00.html |archive-date= 2 February 2011}}</ref><ref name="AndersonTransfer">{{cite news |title=Elliot Anderson joins Nottingham Forest |url=https://www.newcastleunited.com/en/news/elliot-anderson-joins-nottingham-forest |access-date=30 June 2024 |publisher=Newcastle United F.C. |date=30 June 2024}}</ref> while the most spent by the club on a player is £63&nbsp;million for [[Alexander Isak]] from [[La Liga]] side [[Real Sociedad]] in August 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Newcastle United sign Alexander Isak |url=https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/newcastle-united-sign-alexander-isak/ |access-date=24 August 2022 |publisher=Newcastle United F.C. |date=24 August 2022}}</ref>