Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies, The Toon) is an English football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which plays in the Coca-Cola Championship, The club was founded in 1892 after the merger of two local clubs, Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End. Since their founding year, the club have played at their home ground of St. James' Park. They have won the First Division Championship four times and the FA Cup six times, though their last league success was in 1927. In European competition the most notable honour the club has won is the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, in 1969.For the 2009/10 season, Newcastle introduced a new black and white home kit, and a new away kit; yellow and white stripes.
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