Newcastle United’s promotion: The stats.
Posted on April 7th, 2010 | 149 Comments |
Chris Hughton is the sixth manager in Newcastle United’s history to acheive promotion into the top tier of English football. The first was Frank Watt and the Newcastle United Selection Committee of 1892-1929. Watt was the longest serving and most successful manager in Newcastle United’s history, though his teams were selected by commitee. The full list is below.
1897-8: Frank Watt and the Newcastle United Selection Committee
1947-8: George Martin
1965-66: Joe Harvey
1983-84: Arthur Cox
1993-4: Kevin Keegan
2009-10: Chris Hughton
Promotion will be worth an extra £35 million for the club at the very least, though it is probably likely to be as much as £50-60 million. Much of this will come in the form of increased TV revenue.
Despite being in the Championship this season, St James’s Park has seen the fifth largest average attendance in English football this season, with 42,796.
Currently, according to German football website, ‘Transfermarkt’ the 32 members of Newcastle United’s first team squad are estimated to be worth approximately £60,660,000 with an average player value of £1,895,625. According to the same source, Newcastle United’s most valuable player is Argentinian international, Jonás Gutiérrez, with an estimated value of £7,200,000.
Chris Hughton’s current salary is £260,000 per annum.
A total of 33 players have appeared in Newcastle United’s first team this year so far. The most appearences have been by Kevin Nolan with 43 including one as a substitute. The player to make the most appearences in the Championship alone is Steve Harper with 41.
On a goals per game and minutes per goal scored basis, our most frequent goalscorer is Shola Ameobi.
Newcastle United have acheived an average of 2.17 points a game so far this season. If the team continue with exactly the same form unitil the end of the season, they will finish with a total of 99.853658536585365853658536585366 points.
Last time Newcastle were promoted (with Kevin Keegan as manager), Newcastle United played 46, won 29, drew 9 and lost eight, winning 96 points and taking the Championship trophy as winners.
In Championship games alone, Kevin Keegan’s win percentage was 63.04%. In his 41 Championship games so far, Chris Hughton’s win percentage has been 63.41%
Since taking over as permanent manager, Chris Hughton has presided over 46 competitive games, winning 28, drawing 12 and losing six. His overall win percentage in all competitions so far is 60.87%.
I’m getting into this now so beware, there may be more facts and stats coming soon!
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