NUFC Season Summaries
NUFC Season 1983/84
| Manager | Arthur Cox |
| Lge Pos | D2 - 3rd |
| FA Cup | 3rd |
| Lge Cup | 2nd |
| Euro | |
| Attendance | 29,419 |
| Top Scorer | Keegan 28 |
The Regular Cast
- Thomas/Carr
- Anderson
- Ryan/Wharton
- McCreery
- Clarke/Saunders
- Carney/Roeder
- Keegan
- Beardsley
- Waddle
- McDermott
- Wharton/Trewick
This was a roller coaster of a season where we plumbed the depths of despair and soared to the heights of happiness often within the same 90 minutes. We eventually paddled into a promotion winning third place before the Cox went overboard.
Tyneside received the news it had been praying for when Keegan signed on again but was shocked and aggrieved to see Varadi departing
We got off to an unconvincing start but the October signing of Peter Beardsley triggered a five game winning run that set the promotion wagon rolling. The addition of Glenn Roeder also added a bit of class to the defence
The 1984 promotion run-in was certainly not straightforward as Keegan announced he would retire at the end of the season and uncertainty grew over manager Cox's future at the club.
An FA Cup thrashing by the scousers and a Milk Cup humbling by Oxford could not sour the promotion party and the Magpie campaign ended in fireworks and choppers as King Kev flew the nest.