It is 23rd November, 1901 and a healthy crowd of 18,000 watch Newcastle United take on reigning champions
Liverpool at St. James’ Park. Evident are early signs of what were to come. Advertising hoardings surround the pitch, which is full of Scotsmen come south to earn their footballing fortune. Newcastle’s 1-0 victory would help them on the way to a third place finish in the 1901-02 season, although this would be behind fierce rivals Sunderland who would claim the fourth of their six titles to date, a record that makes them the sixth most successful league team of all time in England.
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe