Newcastle United F.C. was restricted from competing professionally in soccer.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne , that will play in the Premier League , the top tier of English football , after winning the Championship title in 2017 . 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 . The club 's most successful period was between 1904 and 1910 , when they won an FA Cup and three of their First Division titles .