List of Newcastle United F.C. managers

He also brought in Malcolm Macdonald, Tony Green, Terry McDermott, Geoff Nulty and Micky Burns, all of whom at some point, made notable contributions to the club.

Despite initially promising form and a 5th-place finish that saw qualification for the UEFA Cup, Dinnis' spell as manager ended in disaster, and he was sacked early in the following season after the club's worst-ever start to a league campaign.

With a lack of funding from the board, Charlton had little choice to promote youth team players Peter Beardsley, Chris Waddle and later, Paul Gascoigne.

The sale of Cole to Manchester United in the new year, affected their firepower up front and the club finished sixth, but made important summer signings in Les Ferdinand and David Ginola.

With two games to go, and after a win over Leeds United, Keegan rose to Alex Ferguson's baiting in an iconic post-match interview declaring, "...and I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we beat them.

Reasons given for Newcastle's capitulation include three consecutive away losses to Arsenal, Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers, and the mid-season purchase of David Batty, who was shoehorned into a side that had been playing well and now had to consolidate him.

The club were in fourth place at the time of Keegan's departure, and remained there for several weeks, until they once again finished runners-up to Manchester United, having a better goal difference than Arsenal and Liverpool, who ended the season on the same number of points.

Although Dalglish brought in Shay Given, Temuri Ketsbaia and Gary Speed, he also recruited Stuart Pearce, John Barnes and Ian Rush, all of whom were in their mid to late thirties, and was criticised by supporters for doing so.

Gullit had a major public spat with Lee, and in an attempt to appear in control, stripped him of the club captaincy, did not give him a shirt number and made him train with the reserves.

He also froze out Pearce and Barnes, who both assert in their autobiographies that the Dutchman felt threatened by the senior players in the squad, and a possible threat to the manager's position should it arise.

With three losses in their first three matches, Newcastle were bottom of the group, but would make a comeback, beating Juve 1–0, Dynamo 2–1 and finally, a 3–2 win over Feyenoord; Bellamy scoring the winner in the last minute.

In the UEFA Cup, Newcastle made the semi-finals to face Marseille, but after a spirited goalless draw at St James' Park, the club lost 2–0 at the Stade Vélodrome, and their chance of reaching their first final since 1999 was over.

The club would have an indifferent start to the season; their first four matches ended in two draws and two losses, with the team again letting leads slip, this time against Middlesbrough and Norwich City.

This form and the fact Robson was perceived to have lost the dressing room (Dyer being named as a substitute for refusing to play on the wing against Boro was a notable example), gave Shepherd no choice but to sack him.

Souness's time on Tyneside was not only compounded by injuries, but also poor singings (including the much maligned Jean-Alain Boumsong, a free transfer the previous summer, but was bought by the Scotsman for £8 million) and the lack of acceptance from the supporters.

Keegan's return to the club was greeted with much fanfare, and the team made a positive start with a comfortable win over Stoke City in an FA Cup third-round replay.

Earlier that day, the appointments of Dennis Wise as Executive Director of Football, Tony Jimenez as Vice President of Player Recruitment and Jeff Vetere as Technical Co-ordinator were announced.

In the summer transfer window, Keegan brought in Argentine internationals Fabricio Coloccini and Jonás Gutiérrez, but the club were unable to keep James Milner, as he left to join Aston Villa.

Chris Hughton was made caretaker manager until a replacement could be found, even though results were worsening under the Irishman, they lost all their matches and went out of the League Cup to Tottenham Hotspur.

But Hughton could not stop the slide, failing to win any of Newcastle's four league matches in March, and in April, Shearer was appointed interim manager until the end of the season.

Indiscipline also did not help, as Newcastle finished each of the last four games of the season with ten men; Shearer notably fell out with Barton after a rash tackle on Liverpool's Xabi Alonso.

Despite the exodus of star players like Owen, Duff, and Martins, the squad rallied under Hughton to win the Championship title with 102 points, the first time the club had broken the 100-point mark.

Despite star striker Andy Carroll leaving for Liverpool in a club record £35 million sale on the last day of the January transfer window, Pardew secured safety with victory over Birmingham early in May.

Ba's countryman Papiss Cissé was signed from Freiburg to reinforce the front line, and he contributed thirteen goals in fourteen games as Newcastle finished the season in fifth, their highest league placing since the Bobby Robson era.

Finishing fifth saw Newcastle qualify for the play-off rounds of the Europa League (the rebranded UEFA Cup), but the club failed to adequately prepare for the European campaign, with Dutch midfielder Vurnon Anita the only major signing over the summer.

The 2014 summer transfer window saw more activity at St James', with World Cup stars Rémy Cabella and Daryl Janmaat arriving to partner young talents like Ayoze Pérez.

Assistant manager John Carver was named caretaker, and oversaw some of the worst form in the club's history, including an eight-game losing run between March and May; survival was only achieved on the last day of the season, with a 2–0 home win over West Ham United.

McClaren would spend over £80 million in his brief stay, with Georginio Wijnaldum, Aleksandar Mitrović, Florian Thauvin, Jonjo Shelvey and Andros Townsend all arriving in the North East for eight-figure transfer fees.

Despite this spending, the club's form was catastrophic and McClaren was sacked early in March with the team in nineteenth, having finished all but eight of the past twenty-eight matchdays in the relegation zone.

His stature in football was seen as a reason Dwight Gayle and Matt Ritchie dropped down a division to play for the club, but he was unable to prevent the departures of Townsend, Wijnaldum and Sissoko.