Newcastle United 1980s squad

Name: Newcastle United 1980s squad
Creator: Flawless
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Every player who appeared for Newcastle United in the 1980s — 107 in all, with their career-at-club league totals.

John Anderson racked up the most apps of anyone here — 299 in all. Peter Beardsley leads the scoring with 61. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Kevin Keegan: 48 goals in 78 apps. The squad breaks down as 10 goalkeepers, 37 defenders, 33 midfielders and 27 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.

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Player	Pos	Apps	Goals	Legend
Peter Beardsley	FW	147	61	78
Micky Quinn	FW	115	59	78
John Anderson	DF	299	14	78
Kenny Wharton	DF	290	26	77
Kevin Keegan	FW	78	48	77
Imre Varadi	FW	81	39	76
Tommy Cassidy	MF	180	22	76
Kevin Scott	DF	227	8	75
Alan Shoulder	FW	107	35	75
Liam O'Brien	MF	151	19	75
Glenn Roeder	DF	193	8	74
Steve Howey	DF	191	6	74
Kevin Carr	GK	173	—	73
Neil McDonald	DF	180	24	73
Kevin Brock	MF	145	14	73
Peter Withe	FW	76	25	73
Mark McGhee	FW	67	24	73
David McCreery	MF	272	2	72
Paul Gascoigne	MF	92	21	72
Francisco Ernandi Lima da Silva	FW	54	20	71
Martin Thomas	GK	115	—	71
Paul Goddard	FW	61	19	70
Steve Carney	DF	134	1	70
Mick Martin	MF	147	5	69
John Brownlie	DF	124	2	69
Jeff Clarke	DF	124	4	69
Steve Hardwick	GK	92	—	69
Terry McDermott	MF	74	12	68
David Barton	DF	102	5	67
John Trewick	MF	78	8	67
Tommy Wright	GK	73	—	67
John Burridge	GK	67	—	66
Terry Hibbitt	MF	90	5	66
John Bird	DF	87	5	65
Mark Stimson	DF	86	2	65
Ray Ranson	DF	83	1	64
Bjørn Kristensen	DF	80	4	64
Wes Saunders	DF	79	0	64
Michael O'Neill	MF	48	15	63
Ian Davies	DF	75	3	63
Gary Kelly	GK	53	—	63
John Connolly	MF	49	10	63
Stuart Boam	DF	69	1	62
Nigel Walker	MF	68	3	62
Kenny Mitchell	DF	66	2	62
Peter Cartwright	MF	65	3	62
Peter Jackson	DF	60	3	61
Peter Haddock	DF	57	0	60
Darren Jackson	FW	69	7	60
Paul Stephenson	MF	61	1	59
Billy Whitehurst	FW	28	7	59
Billy Rafferty	FW	39	6	58
Kevin Dillon	MF	62	0	58
Andy Thomas	MF	31	9	58
John Hendrie	MF	34	4	58
Bobby Shinton	DF	42	10	57
John Bailey	DF	40	0	57
Dave Beasant	GK	20	—	57
Malcolm Brown	DF	39	0	57
Tony Cunningham	FW	47	4	56
Darren Bradshaw	DF	38	0	56
Andy Thorn	DF	36	2	56
Ian Stewart	FW	43	3	56
Pat Heard	DF	34	2	55
John Cornwell	DF	33	1	55
Brian Tinnion	MF	32	2	55
David Mills	FW	23	4	54
John Ryan	DF	28	1	54
Mick Harford	FW	19	4	54
David McKellar	GK	10	—	54
Wayne Fereday	MF	33	0	53
Gary Brazil	MF	23	2	53
Gary Megson	MF	24	1	52
Jim Pearson	FW	11	3	52
Tony Lormor	FW	8	3	51
Kenny Sansom	DF	20	0	51
Kevin Todd	FW	7	3	51
Alan Davies	MF	21	1	51
Ray Clarke	FW	14	2	50
Peter Johnson	DF	16	0	50
Howard Gayle	FW	8	2	49
Joe Allon	FW	9	2	49
John Craggs	DF	12	0	48
Frank Pingel	FW	14	1	48
Rob McDonald	MF	10	1	48
Ian Bogie	MF	14	0	47
Paul Ferris	MF	7	2	47
Chris Hedworth	DF	9	0	47
Gary Nicholson	MF	12	0	47
Albert Craig	MF	10	0	46
Ian Baird	FW	5	1	46
Mick Channon	FW	4	1	46
John Robertson	FW	12	0	46
Lee Payne	MF	7	0	45
Glyn Hodges	MF	7	0	45
David Robinson	FW	8	0	45
Jeff Wrightson	DF	4	0	45
Chris Withe	DF	2	0	44
Ian Bennett	GK	0	—	43
Simon Smith	GK	0	—	43
Alex Cropley	MF	3	0	43
Rob McKinnon	DF	1	0	43
Kevin Pugh	MF	1	0	42
John Carver	DF	0	0	41
Andy Fensome	DF	0	0	41
Kevin Caizley	MF	0	0	40
Chris Waddle	MF	—	—	37

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