This article explores the 55-year trophy drought at Newcastle United, comparing it to the decline of industry in the North East of England. It delves into the club's rich history, moments of glory, and the agonizing near misses that have defined their recent past. Despite the despair, the article highlights the unwavering passion of Newcastle fans and the hope for a return to silverware.
It has been 55 years without a trophy for Newcastle, a drought that mirrors the loss of industry in the north east. Now there's mega money; still there's desperation. One of two things will eventually happen: we’ll lose that view or we’ll lose this ground entirely. It will be sold as progress and I get why. But the steeple is no better than the rest of any religious building; they are as one. So it is at St James’ Park: the joy is in the contrasts.
If you’re smart and you’re coming here, you’ll arrive nonsensically early for an evening match in winter, as I have. Newcastle is my favourite city in England and that would stand true on a sunny Sunday in June, but it peaks in these conditions. At exactly the time you would expect the streets to be busy anywhere else, an odd hush is created in Newcastle as locals are taking shelter and ale inside. St James’ Park in all its glory (Photo: Getty) You want to be inside the ground by now, if your seat is in the Milburn. From there you stare at the words “Newcastle United” opposite and allow yourself to be blinded by the lights. Then you realise that it’s because that is when Newcastle United last competed regularly for trophies and so the view was on your television on the nights that mattered. It became imprinted upon Competed for, but never won. Combine historical hauls of silverware, size of fanbase and agonising failure and there are few teams in all of professional sport whose trophy drought is longer and harder to explain. Newcastle won four titles before the Second World War and three FA Cups in five years shortly after it. They have won no domestic trophy since 1955 and none of any sort since 1969. The only seven football clubs with more league titles and FA Cups combined than Newcastle are almost self-evident to those of us who love English football: Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Everton, Aston Villa. Five of those have won a domestic trophy since 2018
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