| Div 1 | 4th |
| FA Cup | Final |
| Attendance | 28,900 |
| Chairman | J Cameron |
| Secretary | F Watt |
| Trainer | J McPherson |
| Captain | A Gardner |
| Top Scorer | B Appleyard (22) |
It was back down to 4th in 1907/08 as United's form faltered from Christmas onwards as they won only five of the last twenty matches.
The defeat at home to Manchester United in October was the team's first League reverse at SJP since November 1905; a record run of 31 games. Amazingly the run ended in style as the 1-6 defeat is one of United's worst ever home results.
The 8-0 home victory over Birmingham a month after the Manchester mauling was the third time in six years that Newcastle had beaten a team by eight goals in Division 1.
Despite their League disappointments the side reached the FA Cup Final for the third time in four years. This time they were matched against Wolves, a mid-table Second Division side. Not surprisingly United were overwhelming favourites. But once again Newcastle's footballing "scientists" flopped and floundered against their faster and more determined opponents.
The average attendance dropped by 3,000.
United broke their transfer record again when they paid out £1,600 to sign Scottish international outside-left George Wilson.
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United made a disappointing start to their title defence and when a sensational 6-1 home hammering by Manchester United was followed by another loss to the blue citizens of Manchester they were in 14th (with almost quarter of the season gone).
A run of 7 wins from 9 up to Christmas (which Included an 8-0 thrashing of Birmingham and a 5-1 victory at Anfield) propelled Newcastle up to 2nd and they were looking like title-contenders again.
However, they recorded only 5 wins In the last 20 games and finished 10 points behind runaway. leaders Manchester United.
| 4/9 | H | Notts Cty | D | 1-1 | ||
| 7/9 | A | Wednesday | L | 1-3 | ||
| 14/9 | H | Chelsea | W | 1-0 | ||
| 21/9 | A | Bristol | D | 1-1 | ||
| 23/9 | A | Chelsea | L | 0-2 | ||
| 28/9 | H | Nottm F | W | 3-0 | ||
| 5/10 | A | Notts | W | 1-0 | ||
| 12/10 | H | Manchester Utd | L | 1-6 | ||
| 19/10 | A | Man City | L | 0-1 | ||
| 26/10 | H | Blackburn | W | 3-0 | ||
| 2/11 | A | Preston | L | 0-2 | ||
| 9/11 | H | Bolton | W | 3-0 | ||
| 16/11 | A | Bury | W | 2-1 | ||
| 23/11 | H | Birmingham | W | 8-0 | ||
| 30/11 | A | Aston Villa | D | 3-3 | ||
| 7/12 | H | Everton | W | 2-1 | ||
| 14/12 | A | Liverpool | W | 5-1 | ||
| 21/12 | A | Sunderland | W | 4-2 | ||
| 25/12 | A | W Arsenal | D | 2-2 | ||
| 26/12 | H | Sheffield Utd | L | 2-3 | ||
| 28/12 | H | Middlesbrough | D | 1-1 | ||
| 1/1 | A | Sheffield Utd | D | 1-1 | ||
| 4/1 | H | Sheff Wed | W | 2-1 | ||
| 18/1 | H | Bristol | W | 2-0 | ||
| 25/1 | A | Nottm F | D | 0-0 | ||
| 8/2 | A | Manchester Utd | D | 1-1 | ||
| 15/2 | H | Man City | D | 1-1 | ||
| 11/3 | H | Preston | D | 0-0 | ||
| 14/3 | H | Bury | W | 3-0 | ||
| 21/3 | A | Birmingham | D | 1-1 | ||
| 23/3 | A | Blackburn | D | 1-1 | ||
| 1/4 | A | Bolton | L | 0-4 | ||
| 4/4 | A | Everton | L | 0-2 | ||
| 8/4 | H | Aston Villa | L | 2-5 | ||
| 11/4 | H | Liverpool | W | 3-1 | ||
| 17/4 | H | W Arsenal | W | 2-1 | ||
| 18/4 | H | Sunderland | L | 1-3 | ||
| 20/4 | A | Middlesbrough | L | 1-2 |
| W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
| 01 | Man Utd | 23 | 6 | 9 | 81 | 48 | 52 |
| 02 | Aston Villa | 17 | 9 | 12 | 77 | 59 | 43 |
| 03 | Man City | 16 | 11 | 11 | 62 | 54 | 43 |
| 04 | Newcastle | 15 | 12 | 11 | 65 | 54 | 42 |
| 05 | Wednesday | 19 | 4 | 15 | 73 | 64 | 42 |
| 06 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 45 | 41 |
| 07 | Bury | 14 | 11 | 13 | 58 | 61 | 39 |
| 08 | Liverpool | 16 | 6 | 16 | 68 | 61 | 38 |
| 09 | Nottm F | 13 | 11 | 14 | 59 | 62 | 37 |
| 10 | Bristol C | 12 | 12 | 14 | 58 | 61 | 36 |
| 11 | Everton | 15 | 6 | 17 | 58 | 64 | 36 |
| 12 | Preston | 12 | 12 | 14 | 47 | 53 | 36 |
| 13 | Chelsea | 14 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 62 | 36 |
| 14 | W Arsenal | 12 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 63 | 36 |
| 15 | Blackburn | 12 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 63 | 36 |
| 16 | Sunderland | 16 | 3 | 19 | 78 | 75 | 35 |
| 17 | Sheff Utd | 12 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 58 | 35 |
| 18 | Notts Cty | 13 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 51 | 34 |
| 19 | Bolton | 14 | 5 | 19 | 52 | 58 | 33 |
| 20 | Birmingham | 9 | 12 | 17 | 40 | 60 | 30 |
| R1 | 11/1 | H | Nottm F | W | 2-0 | ||
| R2 | 1/2 | H | WHU | W | 2-0 | ||
| R3 | 22/2 | H | Liverpool | W | 3-1 | ||
| QF | 7/3 | H | Grimsby | W | 5-1 | ||
| SF | 28/3 | N | Fulham | W | 6-0 | ||
| Fin | 25/4 | N | Wolves | L | 1-3 |
R1 - Forest have been struggling in the League but they give United a tough game on a dangerously hard pitch.
R2 - At the start of the second period West Ham lost custodian Kitchen, but even though United were the more aggressive side their famed smooth-running "machinery" broke down against a worrying opposition and they needed two goals in the last 15 minutes.
tbc
| Player | A | G |
|---|---|---|
| Appleyard B | 29 | 22 |
| Blackburn R | 2 | |
| Brown H | 2 | |
| Brown N | 1 | |
| Carr J | 13 | |
| Duffy C | 9 | |
| Duncan S | 4 | |
| Gardner A | 41 | 3 |
| Gosnell A | 8 | |
| Hall A | 6 | 2 |
| Hedley G | 1 | |
| Higgins S | 12 | 2 |
| Howie J | 29 | 13 |
| Hughes W | 1 | |
| Jobey G | 4 | 1 |
| Lawrence J | 44 | |
| Liddell B | 1 | |
| McClarence J | 6 | 2 |
| McCombie A | 18 | |
| McCormack J | 2 | 1 |
| McCracken B | 27 | |
| McCulloch A | 1 | |
| McWilliam P | 36 | 1 |
| Orr R | 19 | 5 |
| Pudan D | 27 | |
| Ridley J | 7 | |
| Rutherford J | 25 | 15 |
| Soye J | 6 | 2 |
| Speedie F | 31 | 4 |
| Veitch C | 29 | 3 |
| Whitson T | 2 | |
| Willis D | 23 | 1 |
| Wilson G | 18 | 6 |
| own goals | 1 |
Figure in brackets denotes the number of players used in that position.
01: (1) Lawrence
02: (5) McCombie or McCracken
03: (4) Carr or Pudan
04: (7) Gardner A
05: (5) Veitch
06: (5) McWilliam > Willis
07: (6) Rutherford
08: (4) Howie or Higgins
09: (6) Appleyard
10: (6) Orr > Speedie
11: (6) Duffy > Wilson
| Name | Date | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waugh Robert | 06/1907 | Newcastle Bentonians | |
| Niblo Thomas | 08/1907 | Watford | |
| Wilson George | 11/1907 | Everton | £1600 |
| Brown Noel | 12/1907 | Newcastle Bohemians | |
| Grey Thomas | 01/1908 | Bedlington Utd. | £70 |
| Mcculloch Alex | 02/1908 | Middlesbrough | £200 |
| Duncan Adam | 03/1908 | Dumbarton | £150 |
| Hewison Robert | 03/1908 | Whitley Athletic | |
| Hughes William | 03/1908 | Rhyl Athletic | |
| Randall Charles | 04/1908 | Hobson Wand | £5 |
| Anderson Andrew | 05/1908 | St Mirren | £350 |
| Blanthorne Robert | 05/1908 | Grimsby | £350 |
| Thompson Henry | 05/1908 | North Shields Ath | £50 |
| Name | Date | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholson Benjamin | 06/1907 | Luton | |
| Brown Henry | 10/1907 | Bradford Park Ave | £250 |
| Hardinge Harold | 12/1907 | Sheff Utd | £350 |
| Rutherford Robert | cs/1907 | Released | |
| Hall Alex | 02/1908 | Dundee | £200 |
| Mcclarence Joseph | 03/1908 | Bolton | £350 |
| Mccormack John | 04/1908 | Everton | £250 |
| Orr Ronald | 04/1908 | Liverpool | £350 |
| Duffy Chris | 05/1908 | Bury | £100 |
| Grey Thomas | 05/1908 | Morpeth Harriers |
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