53 Facts About Newcastle United FC

1. Newcastle United FC beat Huddersfield, Leicester and Arsenal in their first three games back on English soil to take a giant step towards safety.

2. Newcastle United FC now jet off for some warm-weather training in Spain and that will give Benitez some time to stop sessions at will and have extended video analysis sessions and team meetings.

3. Newcastle United FC need to try and calm the game down and get a foothold in the game again.

4. Rio Ferdinand has annoyed a lot of Newcastle United FC fans tonight and rightly so too, talk about kissing mike Ashley's backside cause he's got his fashion range in his shops.

5. Newcastle United FC have to keep calm and try to get through the next 15 to 20 minutes with no more problems at the back.

6. Newcastle United FC trying to build confidence again but the truth is Chelsea are going easy on them at the moment.

7. Newcastle United FC have an FA Cup third-round replay with Blackburn Rovers to negotiate on Tuesday before they host Cardiff City in a crucial top-flight match on Saturday.

8. Newcastle United FC have won just four matches in the Premier League this season and currently sit in the relegation zone.

9. Newcastle United FC looked a more likely winner but then came Troisi's stunning intervention, running at goal from a tight angle and belting home at the near post.

10. Newcastle United FC will be looking to return to winning ways when they host Fulham in the Premier League 2 fixture on Friday night.

11. Newcastle United FC was sixth in the Premier League, 19 points off the lead and 11 adrift of the Champions League qualification positions, after its worst start to a top-flight season.

12. Newcastle United FC will return from their warm weather training camp in Dubai on Thursday.

13. Newcastle United FC have been awarded 15 penalties in the last three seasons and have had 7 different takers, which included missing six spot kicks.

14. Newcastle United FC is synonymous with vibrant nightlife, a warm welcome and outstanding culture.

15. Newcastle United FC have made a transfer ultimatum to Cagliari midfielder Nicolo Barella, according to reports in Italy.

16. Newcastle United FC will be ball number 6, and we will bring you the draw as it happens with here on the Manchester Evening News.

17. Newcastle United FC will discover their round four opponents in the FA Cup tonight.

18. Newcastle United FC wore white socks for the first time in 1958.

19. Newcastle United FC need to be very careful when it comes to Sorensen.

20. Newcastle United FC beat Reading in the FA Cup third round and the biggest beneficiaries were the players who sat the game out.

21. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists Manchester Newcastle United FC will use their warm weather training trip to prepare for three big games within the next seven weeks.

22. Newcastle United FC have travelled to the City of Gold for some warm weather training and a mini pre-season of sorts again after Jose Mourinho took the squad there a year ago.

23. Newcastle United FC will discover their round four opponents on Monday evening after the Wolves vs Liverpool tie.

24. Newcastle United FC will spend four days in Dubai before travelling back to Manchester on Thursday.

25. Newcastle United FC are hopeful he will be available to line up at Wembley on Sunday.

26. Newcastle United FC are interested in signing Yannick Carrasco, according to reports.

27. Newcastle United FC are prepared to delay their pursuit of Kalidou Koulibaly until the summer, according to reports.

28. Newcastle United FC have lost eight of their 11 home league games, and have only one win in their last eight games.

29. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed Manchester Newcastle United FC will fly to Dubai for warm weather training to work on their fitness levels.

30. Newcastle United FC are now outright favourites ahead of Chelsea and Barcelona to sign the Napoli defender according to the latest odds.

31. Newcastle United FC believed he revealed his desire too late in the day and that, with Chris Smalling and Phil Jones, they already had four plus Marcos Rojo and youngster Axel Tuanzebe, who Mourinho wanted to consider on the club's preseason tour of the United States.

32. Newcastle United FC have a free week after their early exit from the Carabao Cup with Solskjaer set to use the time to further implement his ideas after being parachuted into the job after Jose Mourinho's dismissal before Christmas.

33. Newcastle United FC have spent a lot of money and here it is, on the bench tonight.

34. Newcastle United FC prepared to sit back and soak up the pressure.

35. Newcastle United FC had six players in the box when Pogba whipped that cross in earlier.

36. Newcastle United FC caught out momentarily at the back with a long ball over the top.

37. Newcastle United FC boss Rafael Benitez has warned the rest of the Premier League not to write off Manchester United just yet.

38. Newcastle United FC have won just one of their last seven league games, drawing three, and United will be out to rectify their defeat their last season.

39. Newcastle United FC was the location for both the 1971 film Get Carter and the 1988 film noir thriller Stormy Monday.

40. Newcastle United FC won another FA Cup in 1932 before entering a mediocre period that would culminate in their relegation to the Second Division in 1934.

41. Newcastle United FC consolidated their place in Division One but then a period of selling their best players, rocked the club and led to supporter unrest, as did a share-war for control of the boardroom.

42. Newcastle United FC spent the first couple of years post-war in the Second Division.

43. When World War II broke in 1939, Newcastle United FC had a chance to regroup, and in the War period, they brought in Jackie Milburn, Tommy Walker and Bobby Cowell.

44. Newcastle United FC boasted master players like Sammy Weaver and Jack Allen, as well as the first player-manager in the top division in Scottish international Andy Cunningham.

45. Newcastle United FC started to purchase talented players, especially from Scotland, and soon had a squad to rival all of England.

46. Newcastle United FC dominated chances but did not break through until O'Donovan climbed high to score with a header at the far post off substitute Kaine Sheppard's ball.

47. Newcastle United FC fans made their feelings towards him clear in the replies.

48. Newcastle United FC went ahead after some brilliant trickery from Marcus Rashford in the corner to dance past two Bournemouth players, before Paul Pogba converted the low cross for his third goal in two games.

49. Newcastle United FC are terrible at home but, on their travels, they are a much different proposition.

50. Newcastle United FC made few acquisitions in the summer and suffered injuries over the season, including layoffs to key midfielders Yohan Cabaye and Hatem Ben Arfa, and defenders Steven and Ryan Taylor.

51. Newcastle United FC finished in fifth place, their highest league position since the Bobby Robson days.

52. Newcastle United FC was an impressive goal scorer, who led United's attack to Wembley in their 1974 FA Cup Final defeat at the hands of Liverpool.

53. Newcastle United FC has a fierce local rivalry with Sunderland, and the two clubs have engaged in the Tyne–Wear derby since 1898.