Newcastle United 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Newcastle United in the 1980s — 107 in all, with their career-at-club league appearances and goals. John Anderson made the most appearances (299). Peter Beardsley scored the most (61).
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Beardsley | FW | 147 | 61 | 80 |
| Micky Quinn | FW | 115 | 59 | 80 |
| John Anderson | DF | 299 | 14 | 79 |
| Kenny Wharton | DF | 290 | 26 | 79 |
| Tommy Cassidy | MF | 180 | 22 | 78 |
| Kevin Keegan | FW | 78 | 48 | 78 |
| Imre Varadi | FW | 81 | 39 | 78 |
| Kevin Scott | DF | 227 | 8 | 77 |
| Liam O'Brien | MF | 151 | 19 | 77 |
| Alan Shoulder | FW | 107 | 35 | 77 |
| Glenn Roeder | DF | 193 | 8 | 76 |
| Steve Howey | DF | 191 | 6 | 76 |
| Kevin Carr | GK | 173 | 0 | 76 |
| Kevin Brock | MF | 145 | 14 | 75 |
| Neil McDonald | DF | 180 | 24 | 75 |
| Peter Withe | FW | 76 | 25 | 75 |
| Mark McGhee | FW | 67 | 24 | 75 |
| Paul Gascoigne | MF | 92 | 21 | 74 |
| David McCreery | MF | 272 | 2 | 74 |
| Martin Thomas | GK | 115 | 0 | 73 |
| Francisco Ernandi Lima da Silva | FW | 54 | 20 | 73 |
| Paul Goddard | FW | 61 | 19 | 72 |
| Steve Carney | DF | 134 | 1 | 72 |
| Steve Hardwick | GK | 92 | 0 | 71 |
| John Brownlie | DF | 124 | 2 | 71 |
| Jeff Clarke | DF | 124 | 4 | 71 |
| Mick Martin | MF | 147 | 5 | 71 |
| Terry McDermott | MF | 74 | 12 | 70 |
| David Barton | DF | 102 | 5 | 69 |
| Tommy Wright | GK | 73 | 0 | 69 |
| John Trewick | MF | 78 | 8 | 69 |
| John Burridge | GK | 67 | 0 | 68 |
| Terry Hibbitt | MF | 90 | 5 | 68 |
| John Bird | DF | 87 | 5 | 67 |
| Mark Stimson | DF | 86 | 2 | 67 |
| Ray Ranson | DF | 83 | 1 | 67 |
| Bjørn Kristensen | DF | 80 | 4 | 66 |
| Gary Kelly | GK | 53 | 0 | 66 |
| Wes Saunders | DF | 79 | 0 | 66 |
| Michael O'Neill | MF | 48 | 15 | 66 |
| Ian Davies | DF | 75 | 3 | 65 |
| John Connolly | MF | 49 | 10 | 65 |
| Nigel Walker | MF | 68 | 3 | 64 |
| Stuart Boam | DF | 69 | 1 | 64 |
| Peter Cartwright | MF | 65 | 3 | 64 |
| Kenny Mitchell | DF | 66 | 2 | 63 |
| Peter Jackson | DF | 60 | 3 | 63 |
| Darren Jackson | FW | 69 | 7 | 62 |
| Peter Haddock | DF | 57 | 0 | 62 |
| Billy Whitehurst | FW | 28 | 7 | 61 |
| Paul Stephenson | MF | 61 | 1 | 61 |
| Billy Rafferty | FW | 39 | 6 | 60 |
| Andy Thomas | MF | 31 | 9 | 60 |
| Kevin Dillon | MF | 62 | 0 | 60 |
| John Hendrie | MF | 34 | 4 | 59 |
| Bobby Shinton | DF | 42 | 10 | 59 |
| Dave Beasant | GK | 20 | 0 | 59 |
| John Bailey | DF | 40 | 0 | 58 |
| Malcolm Brown | DF | 39 | 0 | 58 |
| Tony Cunningham | FW | 47 | 4 | 58 |
| Darren Bradshaw | DF | 38 | 0 | 58 |
| Andy Thorn | DF | 36 | 2 | 57 |
| Ian Stewart | FW | 43 | 3 | 57 |
| Brian Tinnion | MF | 32 | 2 | 57 |
| Pat Heard | DF | 34 | 2 | 57 |
| John Cornwell | DF | 33 | 1 | 56 |
| David Mills | FW | 23 | 4 | 56 |
| David McKellar | GK | 10 | 0 | 56 |
| Mick Harford | FW | 19 | 4 | 55 |
| John Ryan | DF | 28 | 1 | 55 |
| Wayne Fereday | MF | 33 | 0 | 54 |
| Gary Brazil | MF | 23 | 2 | 54 |
| Gary Megson | MF | 24 | 1 | 53 |
| Jim Pearson | FW | 11 | 3 | 52 |
| Tony Lormor | FW | 8 | 3 | 52 |
| Kenny Sansom | DF | 20 | 0 | 52 |
| Kevin Todd | FW | 7 | 3 | 51 |
| Alan Davies | MF | 21 | 1 | 51 |
| Ray Clarke | FW | 14 | 2 | 51 |
| Peter Johnson | DF | 16 | 0 | 50 |
| Howard Gayle | FW | 8 | 2 | 50 |
| Joe Allon | FW | 9 | 2 | 50 |
| John Craggs | DF | 12 | 0 | 49 |
| Frank Pingel | FW | 14 | 1 | 49 |
| Rob McDonald | MF | 10 | 1 | 49 |
| Ian Bogie | MF | 14 | 0 | 48 |
| Chris Hedworth | DF | 9 | 0 | 48 |
| Gary Nicholson | MF | 12 | 0 | 47 |
| Paul Ferris | MF | 7 | 2 | 47 |
| Ian Baird | FW | 5 | 1 | 47 |
| Albert Craig | MF | 10 | 0 | 47 |
| Mick Channon | FW | 4 | 1 | 46 |
| John Robertson | FW | 12 | 0 | 46 |
| David Robinson | FW | 8 | 0 | 45 |
| Jeff Wrightson | DF | 4 | 0 | 45 |
| Lee Payne | MF | 7 | 0 | 45 |
| Glyn Hodges | MF | 7 | 0 | 45 |
| Chris Withe | DF | 2 | 0 | 43 |
| Ian Bennett | GK | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Simon Smith | GK | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Alex Cropley | MF | 3 | 0 | 43 |
| Rob McKinnon | DF | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| Kevin Pugh | MF | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| Andy Fensome | DF | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| John Carver | DF | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Kevin Caizley | MF | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Chris Waddle | MF | — | — | 37 |
Newcastle United through the decades
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