Newcastle United F.C. is a sports team.
The English Football League ( EFL ) is a league competition featuring professional football clubs from England and Wales . Newcastle United F.C. . The club has been a member of the Premier League for all but three years of the competition 's history , spending 85 seasons in the top tier as of May 2016 , and has never dropped below English football 's second tier since joining the Football League in 1893 . Newcastle West End Football Club were an English football club which briefly played in the Northern League and the FA Cup in the late 19th century . The Premier League is an English professional league for men 's association football clubs .