For the second season running Newcastle were the best supported club in the land with an average gate of 53,702.
Even the Reserve (Central League) games drew impressive crowds and the attendance record for the competition was broken when 21,721 turned up for the match against Burnley in September.
The top crowd at Gallowgate was 67,362 for the visit of Liverpool in October.
70,787 attended the match against Manchester United at Maine Road.
When United fans travelled to Liverpool on the first day of the season they were given a very friendly reception with supporters wearing the black and white rosette being singled out for special notice whilst those standing in queues outside cafes were taken to the front and given priority.
Eighteen additional trains ferried thousands of fans to Sunderland for the Wear-Tyne derby but the first fans started queuing on Friday afternoon. Mobile canteens arrived to serve hot refreshments at 6am but they sold out within two hours. Town cafes had every available table pressed into service and a brewery company official assured supporters that "Sunderland's public houses have sufficient beer to quench the thirst of the big crowd".
Approximately 10,000 United fans travelled to the game at Blackpool. They were generally well-behaved but the police did have to move in when some fans started setting off and throwing fireworks.
Among the numerous Tynesiders who travelled to Blackpool were a number of North Shields men who returned home with happy memories of a pleasant outing. Apart from the marked hospitality of the Blackpool folk, the visitors were impressed by the excellence and variety of the six meals they had in hotels and were surprised to find no difficulty in securing all the popular brands of cigarettes. The general consensus of opinion was that Blackpool was much better off in the way of foodstuffs than any part of the North-East. Even eggs must have been plentiful there, as some of the visitors managed to bring a few home.
In September the American destroyer U.S.S. Willard Keith arrived on the Tyne on a six-day courtesy visit and most of the men watched the home match against Aston Villa.
In the home match against Arsenal Compton put in some strong challenges which did not go down well with the home crowd and just before the end one irate fan attempted to accost him after a particularly robust challenge on Mitchell.
John Lammonby of Leeds was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment at Newcastle assizes after being found guilty of pickpocketing at the match against tbc.