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===1881β1903: formation and early history=== [[File:Newcastle United FC League Performance.svg|thumb|A chart showing the progress of Newcastle United Football Club from its entry into the League in 1894 to the present. Newcastle have won the league on four occasions.]] The first record of football being played on [[Tyneside]] dates from 3 March 1877 at [[Northern Football Club|Elswick Rugby Club]]. Later that year, Newcastle's first football club, Tyne Association, was formed. The origins of Newcastle United Football Club itself can be traced back to the formation of a football club by the Stanley Cricket Club of [[Byker]] in November 1881. This team was renamed [[Newcastle East End F.C.]] in October 1882, to avoid confusion with the cricket club in [[Stanley, County Durham]]. Rosewood F.C. of Byker merged with Newcastle East End a short time later. In 1886, Newcastle East End moved from Byker to Heaton. In August 1882, [[Newcastle West End F.C.]] formed from West End Cricket Club, and in May 1886 moved into [[St James' Park]].<ref name=formation>{{cite web |last=Joannou |first=P. |title=The Formation of Newcastle United |url=http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Club/History/ClubHistory/0,,10278~2108980,00.html |publisher=Newcastle United F.C. |access-date=3 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320211146/http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Club/History/ClubHistory/0%2C%2C10278~2108980%2C00.html |archive-date=20 March 2011}}</ref> The two clubs became rivals in the [[Northern Football League|Northern League]]. In 1889, Newcastle East End became a professional team, before becoming a limited company the following March.<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=Newcastle Utd β The History |url=http://www.newcastleunited-mad.co.uk/feat/edz2/newcastle_utd__the_history_325295/index.shtml |website=Newcastle United Mad |date=18 February 2007 |access-date=3 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103000427/http://www.newcastleunited-mad.co.uk/feat/edz2/newcastle_utd__the_history_325295/index.shtml |archive-date=3 January 2011}}</ref> Newcastle West End, on the other hand, was in serious financial trouble and approached East End with a view to a takeover. Newcastle West End was eventually dissolved, and a number of its players and backroom staff joined Newcastle East End, effectively merging the two clubs, with Newcastle East End taking over the lease on St James' Park in May 1892.<ref name=formation /> With only one senior club in the city for fans to support, development of the club was much more rapid. Despite being refused entry to the [[The Football League|Football League]]'s [[Football League First Division|First Division]] at the start of the [[1892β93 in English football|1892β93]] season, they were invited to play in their new [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]. However, with no big names playing in the Second Division, they turned down the offer and remained in the Northern League, stating "gates would not meet the heavy expenses incurred for travelling".<ref name=formation /><ref name=history /> In a bid to start drawing larger crowds, Newcastle East End decided to adopt a new name in recognition of the merger.<ref name=formation /> Suggested names included 1892 Newcastle, Newcastle Rangers, Newcastle City and City of Newcastle, but Newcastle United was decided upon on 9 December 1892, to signify the unification of the two teams.<ref name=formation /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990516/ai_n14232962 |title=Football: Only one United? Why we are united in our disgust |first=Simon |last=Turnbull |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |date=16 May 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118070423/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990516/ai_n14232962 |archive-date=18 January 2008}}</ref> The name change was accepted by the Football Association on 22 December, but the club was not legally constituted as Newcastle United Football Club Co. Ltd. until 6 September 1895.<ref name=history /> At the start of the [[1893β94 in English football|1893β94]] season, Newcastle United were once again refused entry to the First Division and so joined the Second Division, along with [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] and [[Woolwich Arsenal F.C.|Woolwich Arsenal]].<ref name=formation /> They played their first competitive match in the division that September against Woolwich Arsenal, with a score of 2β2.<ref name=history /> Turnstile numbers were still low, and the club published a statement stating, "The Newcastle public do not deserve to be catered for as far as professional football is concerned". However, eventually figures picked up by [[1895β96 in English football|1895β96]], when 14,000 fans watched the team play [[Bury F.C.|Bury]]. That season [[Frank Watt (football manager)|Frank Watt]] became secretary of the club, and he was instrumental in promotion to the First Division for the [[1898β99 in English football|1898β99]] season. However, they lost their first game 4β2 at home to [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] and finished their first season in 13th place.<ref name=history />
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