| Div 1 | 14th |
| FA Cup | QF |
| Attendance | 25,600 |
| Chairman | G Milne |
| Secretary | F Watt |
| Trainer | J McPherson |
| Captain | B McCracken |
| Top Scorer | J Stewart (9) |
The Magpies' Edwardian dominance was at an end as they suffered their worst League season since 1901/02.
With Albert Shepherd still not fit (he only played eight games) United struggled up front and only managed 47 goals (the fourth worst) with Jimmy Stewart top scorer with a mere 9.
And despite the fact they had the fourth best defence (also 47 goals) the lack of power upfront meant a lowly fourteenth place.
The directorate certainly threw money at the problem with over £2,000 being invested in McDonald, McTavish and Peart amongst others, but they only managed a dozen goals between them.
The season started well enough and a 6-0 thrashing of Everton secured 2nd place at the end of October, but a disastrous run saw them tumble into mid-table by the end of the year and they remained marooned there.
It was left to the FA Cup to provide some excitement in which they reached the Quarter-Final only to lose to Sunderland.
Despite the decline in fortunes the average attendance climbed by just over 3,000
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United ended up in 14th; their worst finish for ten years.
After the first couple of months Newcastle were in 2nd after a decent start to the season which included a 6-0 win at Everton.
But by the end of the year the Magpies had fallen to 12th after a run of 8 defeats in 10 games.
Although their home form improved in the New Year their away performances continued to be poor. However, it was United's form on Tyneside which let them down overall as they only won 2 more games than they lost.
| 2/9 | A | Bolton | W | 2-1 | ||
| 7/9/12 | H | Sunderland | D | 1-1 | ||
| 11/9 | H | Bolton | W | 2-1 | ||
| 14/9 | A | Oldham | L | 0-1 | ||
| 21/9 | H | Chelsea | W | 3-2 | ||
| 28/9 | A | W Arsenal | D | 1-1 | ||
| 5/10 | H | Bradford | D | 1-1 | ||
| 12/10 | A | Man City | W | 1-0 | ||
| 19/10 | H | WBA | D | 1-1 | ||
| 26/10 | A | Everton | W | 6-0 | ||
| 2/11 | H | Sheff Wed | W | 1-0 | ||
| 9/11 | A | Blackburn | L | 0-2 | ||
| 16/11 | H | Derby | L | 2-4 | ||
| 23/11 | A | Tottenham | L | 0-1 | ||
| 30/11 | H | Middlesbrough | W | 3-1 | ||
| 7/12 | A | Notts | W | 1-0 | ||
| 14/12 | H | Man Utd | L | 1-3 | ||
| 21/12 | A | Aston Villa | L | 1-3 | ||
| 25/12 | H | Sheff Utd | L | 1-2 | ||
| 26/12 | A | Liverpool | L | 1-2 | ||
| 28/12 | A | Sunderland | L | 0-2 | ||
| 30/12 | A | Sheff Utd | D | 1-1 | ||
| 1/1 | H | Liverpool | D | 0-0 | ||
| 4/1 | H | Oldham | W | 4-1 | ||
| 18/1 | A | Chelsea | L | 0-1 | ||
| 25/1 | H | W Arsenal | W | 3-1 | ||
| 8/2 | A | Bradford | L | 0-2 | ||
| 15/2 | H | Man City | L | 0-1 | ||
| 1/3 | H | Everton | W | 2-0 | ||
| 15/3 | H | Blackburn | L | 0-1 | ||
| 22/3 | A | Derby | L | 1-2 | ||
| 29/3 | H | Tottenham | W | 3-0 | ||
| 5/4 | A | Middlesbrough | D | 0-0 | ||
| 9/4 | A | WBA | L | 0-1 | ||
| 12/4 | H | Notts C | D | 0-0 | ||
| 14/4 | A | Sheff Wed | W | 2-1 | ||
| 19/4 | A | Man Utd | L | 0-3 | ||
| 26/4 | H | Aston Villa | L | 2-3 |
| W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
| 01 | Sunderland | 25 | 4 | 9 | 86 | 43 | 54 |
| 02 | Aston Villa | 19 | 12 | 7 | 86 | 52 | 50 |
| 03 | Wednesday | 21 | 7 | 10 | 75 | 55 | 49 |
| 04 | Man Utd | 19 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 43 | 46 |
| 05 | Blackburn | 16 | 13 | 9 | 79 | 43 | 45 |
| 06 | Man City | 18 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 37 | 44 |
| 07 | Derby | 17 | 8 | 13 | 69 | 66 | 42 |
| 08 | Bolton | 16 | 10 | 12 | 62 | 63 | 42 |
| 09 | Oldham | 14 | 14 | 10 | 50 | 55 | 42 |
| 10 | West Brom | 13 | 12 | 13 | 57 | 50 | 38 |
| 11 | Everton | 15 | 7 | 16 | 48 | 54 | 37 |
| 12 | Liverpool | 16 | 5 | 17 | 61 | 71 | 37 |
| 13 | Bradford C | 12 | 11 | 15 | 50 | 60 | 35 |
| 14 | Newcastle | 13 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 47 | 34 |
| 15 | Sheff Utd | 14 | 6 | 18 | 56 | 70 | 34 |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 11 | 10 | 17 | 55 | 69 | 32 |
| 17 | Tottenham | 12 | 6 | 20 | 45 | 72 | 30 |
| 18 | Chelsea | 11 | 6 | 21 | 51 | 73 | 28 |
| 19 | Notts C | 7 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 56 | 23 |
| 20 | W Arsenal | 3 | 12 | 23 | 26 | 74 | 18 |
| R1 | 16/1 | H | Bradford | W | 1-0 | ||
| R2 | 1/2 | A | Hull | D | 0-0 | ||
| R2r | 5/2 | H | Hull | W | 3-0 | ||
| R3 | 22/2 | A | Liverpool | D | 1-1 | ||
| R3r | 26/2 | H | Liverpool | W | 1-0 | ||
| QF | 8/3 | A | Sunderland | D | 0-0 | ||
| QFr | 12/3 | H | Sunderland | D | 2-2 | ||
| QFr2 | 17/3 | H | Sunderland | L | 0-3 |
United struggled past lower league opposition in Bradford and Hull (after a replay) before also requiring a second game to knock-out Liverpool.
In the last eight they met champions elect Sunderland and gave a good account of themselves in forcing two draws before The Wearsiders won the Second Replay.
| Player | A | G |
|---|---|---|
| Alderson, J | 1 | |
| Blake, S | 1 | |
| Cooper, E | 9 | 1 |
| Duncan, S | 9 | |
| Finlay, J | 17 | |
| Fleming, J | 4 | |
| Hay, J | 39 | 1 |
| Hewison, R | 22 | |
| Hibbert, B | 29 | 4 |
| Higgins, S | 20 | 8 |
| Hudspeth, F | 35 | 6 |
| Hughes, T | 2 | |
| Jobey, G | 15 | |
| Lawrence, J | 42 | |
| Little, D | 2 | |
| Low, W | 39 | 2 |
| Lowes, T | 1 | |
| McCracken, B | 35 | |
| McDonald, J | 24 | 2 |
| McTavish, J | 38 | 7 |
| Peart, J | 9 | 3 |
| Rutherford, J | 25 | 3 |
| Scott, J | 1 | |
| Shepherd, A | 8 | 3 |
| Stewart, J | 20 | 9 |
| Veitch, C | 12 | 2 |
| Whitson, T | 12 | |
| Willis, D | 2 | |
| Wilson, G | 31 | 4 |
| Wilson, J | 2 |
Total number of games: 46
Total number of players used: 30
01: Lawrence
02: McCracken
03: Hudspeth or Whitson
04: Hewison or Veitch
05: Low
06: Hay or Finlay
07: Rutherford or Duncan or Cooper
08: McTavish
09: Higgins or Peart or Shepherd or Hibbert
10: Wilson or Stewart
11: McDonald or Stewart
Top scorers: Stewart (9), Higgins (8) and McTavish (7).
| Name | Date | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alderson John | 2/1913 | Shildon Ath | £30 |
| Cooper Edward | 3/1913 | Glossop | £1,375 |
| Pyke George | 3/1913 | Rutherford College | £20 |
| Spink James | 3/1913 | Craghead U | |
| Goodwill Thomas | 5/1913 | Seaton Delavel | £100 |
| Hall Thomas | 5/1913 | Sunderland | £425 |
| Surname | Date | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waugh Robert | 08/1912 | Derby | £100 |
| Carr John | /1912 | Retired | |
| Peart John | 02/1913 | Notts County | £600 |
| Duncan Adam | 05/1913 | Rangers | £600 |
| Fleming James | 05/1913 | Tottenham | £300 |
| Jobey George | 05/1913 | W Arsenal | £500 |
| Scott John | 05/1913 | Grimsby | £50 |
| Willis David | 05/1913 | Reading |