| Div 1 | 4th |
| FA Cup | Won |
| Attendance | 46,670 |
| Chairman | J Lee |
| Manager | G Martin > S Seymour |
| Trainer | N Smith |
| Captain | J Harvey |
| Top Scorer | J Milburn (25) |
This was United's best season since they won the Championship in 1926/27. They won the FA Cup for the first time since 1932 and finished a creditable fourth in the League. But it wouldn't be Newcastle if there hadn't have been a fair bit of controversy along the way.
The Magpies got off to a blistering start; unbeaten in their first eleven (a record breaker), losing only one of their first sixteen games and topping the table throughout September. However things started going wrong in November; they suffered a seven goal mauling against Spurs (the eventual champions) and then manager George Martin resigned to take over at Villa Park.
Stan Seymour once more stepped into the breach and led the club to a Wembley win over Stanley Matthews and Blackpool; but with both eyes on the cup their League form suffered. Inbetween the semi-final and the final they played eleven League games and won only once.
Off the field the build-up to the final was equally fraught with arguments over bonuses, players resorting to selling their own promotional items to raise a bit of cash and a breaking of a drink curfew. Even the players wives were up in arms after the club gave them standing tickets.
After the Final things were no better with Jack Fairbrother storming off after overhearing an indiscrete director say he was on his way out and dissatisfaction among the whole squad when the players' wives were presented with celebratory handbags stuffed with.......newspapers and not - as had been rumoured - cash.
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| 19/8 | A | Stoke | W | 2 - 1 | ||
| 23/8 | H | WBA | D | 1 - 1 | ||
| 26/8 | H | Everton | D | 1 - 1 | ||
| 30/8 | A | WBA | W | 2 - 1 | ||
| 02/9 | A | Portsmouth | D | 0 - 0 | ||
| 06/9 | H | Huddersfield | W | 6 - 0 | ||
| 09/9 | H | Chelsea | W | 3 - 1 | ||
| 13/9 | A | Huddersfield | D | 0 - 0 | ||
| 16/9 | A | Burnley | D | 1 - 1 | ||
| 23/9 | H | Arsenal | W | 2 - 1 | ||
| 30/9 | A | Sheff Wed | D | 0 - 0 | ||
| 07/10 | A | Aston Villa | L | 0 - 3 | ||
| 14/10 | H | Derby | W | 3 - 1 | ||
| 21/10 | A | Bolton | W | 2 - 0 | ||
| 28/10 | H | Blackpool | W | 4 - 2 | ||
| 04/11 | A | Liverpool | W | 4 - 2 | ||
| 11/11 | H | Fulham | L | 1 - 2 | ||
| 18/11 | A | Tottenham | L | 0 - 7 | ||
| 25/11 | H | Charlton | W | 3 - 2 | ||
| 02/12 | A | Man Utd | W | 2 - 1 | ||
| 09/12 | H | Wolves | D | 1 - 1 | ||
| 16/12 | H | Stoke | W | 3 - 1 | ||
| 23/12 | A | Everton | L | 1 - 3 | ||
| 25/12 | A | Middlesbrough | L | 1 - 2 | ||
| 13/1 | A | Chelsea | L | 1 - 3 | ||
| 20/1 | H | Burnley | W | 2 - 1 | ||
| 03/2 | A | Arsenal | D | 0 - 0 | ||
| 17/2 | H | Sheff Wed | W | 2 - 0 | ||
| 03/3 | A | Derby | W | 2 - 1 | ||
| 17/3 | A | Blackpool | D | 2 - 2 | H | |
| 23/3 | H | Sunderland | D | 2 - 2 | ||
| 24/3 | H | Liverpool | D | 1 - 1 | ||
| 26/3 | A | Sunderland | L | 1 - 2 | ||
| 31/3 | A | Fulham | D | 1 - 1 | ||
| 04/4 | H | Aston Villa | L | 0 - 1 | ||
| 07/4 | H | Tottenham | L | 0 - 1 | ||
| 11/4 | H | Portsmouth | D | 0 - 0 | ||
| 14/4 | A | Charlton | W | 3 - 1 | ||
| 18/4 | H | Bolton | L | 0 - 1 | ||
| 21/4 | H | Man Utd | L | 0 - 2 | ||
| 02/5 | A | Wolves | W | 1 - 0 | ||
| 05/5 | H | Middlesbrough | W | 1 - 0 |
| W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
| W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
| 01 | Tottenham | 25 | 10 | 7 | 82 | 44 | 60 |
| 02 | Man United | 24 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 40 | 56 |
| 03 | Blackpool | 20 | 10 | 12 | 79 | 53 | 50 |
| 04 | Newcastle | 18 | 13 | 11 | 62 | 53 | 49 |
| 05 | Arsenal | 19 | 9 | 14 | 73 | 56 | 47 |
| 06 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 11 | 13 | 76 | 65 | 47 |
| 07 | Portsmouth | 16 | 15 | 11 | 71 | 68 | 47 |
| 08 | Bolton | 19 | 7 | 16 | 64 | 61 | 45 |
| 09 | Liverpool | 16 | 11 | 15 | 53 | 59 | 43 |
| 10 | Burnley | 14 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 43 | 42 |
| 11 | Derby | 16 | 8 | 18 | 81 | 75 | 40 |
| 12 | Sunderland | 12 | 16 | 14 | 63 | 73 | 40 |
| 13 | Stoke | 13 | 14 | 15 | 50 | 59 | 40 |
| 14 | Wolves | 15 | 8 | 19 | 74 | 61 | 38 |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 12 | 13 | 17 | 66 | 68 | 37 |
| 16 | West Brom | 13 | 11 | 18 | 53 | 61 | 37 |
| 17 | Charlton | 14 | 9 | 19 | 63 | 80 | 37 |
| 18 | Fulham | 13 | 11 | 18 | 52 | 68 | 37 |
| 19 | Huddersfield | 15 | 6 | 21 | 64 | 92 | 36 |
| 20 | Chelsea | 12 | 8 | 22 | 53 | 65 | 32 |
| 21 | Sheff Wed | 12 | 8 | 22 | 64 | 83 | 32 |
| 22 | Everton | 12 | 8 | 22 | 48 | 86 | 32 |
| Player | A | G |
|---|---|---|
| Batty R | 3 | |
| Brennan F | 38 | 1 |
| Corbett B | 25 | |
| Cowell B | 50 | |
| Crowe C | 43 | 1 |
| Fairbrother J | 50 | |
| Graham D | 1 | |
| Hannah G | 13 | 1 |
| Harvey J | 44 | 1 |
| Houghton F | 4 | |
| McMichael A | 23 | |
| McNeil M | 11 | |
| Milburn J | 39 | 25 |
| Mitchell B | 48 | 10 |
| Paterson T | 1 | |
| Robledo E | 4 | |
| Robledo G | 46 | 17 |
| Stokoe B | 9 | 1 |
| Taylor E | 48 | 10 |
| Walker T | 50 | 10 |
| own goals | 2 |
Total Number of Games: 50
Total Number of Players Used: 20
(Figure in brackets = total players used in that position)
01: (1) Fairbrother
02:(1) Cowell
03: (4) McMichael > Corbett
04: (2) Harvey
05: (3) Brennan
06: (3) Crowe
07:(1) Walker
08: (2) Taylor
09: (4) Milburn
10: (3) Robledo G
11: (2) Mitchell
| Name | Date | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paterson Thomas | 06/50 | Leicester | £2,500 |
| Thompson Jh | 09/50 | Internal | |
| Lackenby George | 10/50 | Internal | |
| Duncan John | 11/50 | Ayr Utd | £8,250 |
| Luke George | 12/50 | Internal | |
| Simpson Ronald | 02/51 | Third Lanark | £8,750 |
| Cameron Hugh | 04/51 | Torquay Utd | £4,500 |
| Davies Ellis | 04/51 | Southend | £9,000 |
| Greener Ronald | 05/51 | Easington Colliery |
| Name | Date | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodgin Norman | 06/50 | Reading | £5,000 |
| Craig Benjamin | 07/50 | Retired | |
| Fraser Robert | 07/50 | Retired | |
| Sibley Albert | 07/50 | Southend | £2,000 |
| Graver Andrew | 09/50 | Lincoln City | £5,000 |
| Thompson T | 09/50 | Aston Villa | £15,000 |
| Graham Douglas | 11/50 | Preston | £8,000 |