Newcastle United Logo — The Newcastle United is a football club in English that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1892 following the merger of two local teams, Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, the club is known as The Magpies (Magpies) or The Toon. Newcastle have won 4 titles in the English league, all made before World War II, and 6 FA Cups. Internationally, he has won a Fairs Cup in 1969 and in 2006 the Intertoto Cup. Newcastle Stadium since its founding, the St. James’ Park.
Following the merger of the two original clubs in 1892, Newcastle United continued wearing the red uniform of Newcastle East End two years. From 1894 to adopt the final dress black and white vertical stripes with black pants. The club has maintained a longstanding rivalry with its neighbors Sunderland AFC since the first time they met in 1898.
In 1892 two local squads, Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End merged. The two teams were rivals for years in the Northern League, but after the West End had financial problems and moved to East End Arena SportsDirect. A little later the club changed its name to Newcastle United and also changed color since before the official color was red with white and is now black with white stripes. Before the Second World War the team won four league titles in 1905, 1907, 1909 and 1927. Also reached the end of the FA Cup in 7 years but only won one in 1910.