Statistics for Newcastle United Modern History

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Player bought for a World Record transfer fee in 1996 and club all time leading goalscorer	Alan Shearer	100%
Former player and manager who said 'I would love it if we beat them! Love it!' during the 1995/96 title race	Kevin Keegan	100%
Billionaire retail magnate club owner since 2007	Mike Ashley	96%
Iconic kit sponsor of the 1990s	Newcastle Brown Ale	96%
Either of two teammates who got into a fight with one another on the pitch during a match against Aston Villa in 2005	Lee Bowyer \| Keiron Dyer	91%
Club that manager would have loved to beat, but didn't	Manchester United	87%
Former manager who asked 'What is a club in any case?'	Sir Bobby Robson	87%
Club captain from 2011-16 who made fans 'want curly hair too!'	Fabricio Coloccini	83%
Either of the two club owners from 1992-2007	Sir John Hall \| Freddy Shepherd	83%
How many points clear of the above were Newcastle when they were on top of the league at Christmas in 1996?	10 points	78%
Seasons spent in the second division since 1992	3	78%
Striker bought for a Club Record transfer fee in 2006	Michael Owen	78%
Cup won in 2006	UEFA Intertoto Cup	78%
Player with the second most Premier League goals for the club	Peter Beardsley	74%
Manager from 2016-19 who was serenaded to the tune of Ritchie Valens' 'La Bamba'	Rafael Benitez	74%
2011-12 stadium name-change, implemented because 'St James' Park' was not a 'commercially attractive' name	Sports Direct Arena	74%
Player who recovered from testicular cancer to help ensure 2015 Premier League survival, who later won a disability discrimination case against the club for their treatment of him during his illness	Jonas Gutierrez	70%
300-game player from 2000-14 who once starred in an MTV Cribs episode	Shola Ameobi	70%
Team nickname of the late 1990s	The Entertainers	70%
Irish international who has the most Premier League appearances for Newcastle	Shay Given	65%
Local junior club for which the above two played (along with Steve Watson, Steven Taylor, Lee Clark and Michael Carrick)	Wallsend Boys Club	57%
Former player who was manager at the time	Glenn Roeder	48%
Stadium name-change temporarily instituted during 2009	SportsDirect.com@StJames'Park Stadium	4%