United: The First 100 Years

by Paul Joannou, Julian Baskcomb (Editor)

A REMARKABLE CLUB A REMARKABLE STORY NEWCASTLE UNITED. A name to conjure up the gripping exploits of Hughie Gallacher, Jackie Milburn and of Malcolm Macdonald. Of recent personalities like Kevin Keegan, Chris Waddle and Peter Beardsley, and of course 'Gazza' himself, Paul Gascoigne. A few of a whole line of larger than life characters that have pulled on the famous black'n'white shirt and that have thrilled the legendary Geordie crowd. Perhaps no other football club has created a history so packed with incident. From triumphs to tragedies, to a string of controversial moments on and off the field that has kept United one of the game's headliners. Following a remarkable beginning when East End and West End battled for Victorian prominence, they bec

400 pages, Paperback

First published November 23, 1991