It has already been a challenging season for Newcastle United supporters.
Although the campaign got off to a tricky start with three defeats in their opening four games, Eddie Howe’s side have enjoyed some memorable nights after seeing off Manchester City and Manchester United in the Carabao Cup and who could forget the 4-1 win against PSG as Champions League football returned to St James Park.
But there have been several lows after an injury-hit Magpies squad fell to desperately disappointing Premier League defeats against the likes of Everton, Luton Town, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest that has left them on the fringes of challenging for a second successive season in European competition.
Experiencing every emotion alongside their fellow supporters, there are a whole host of celebrities from the world of television, music and politics that are known to throw their backing behind the Magpies.
1. Chris Eubank (estimated net worth = £500,000)
Eubank’s support for Newcastle may just be mythologized, however, he has claimed to be a Newcastle supporter and has attended functions at St James’s Park. Photo: Justin Setterfield
2. Brian Blessed (estimated net worth = £500,000)
Despite growing up a Manchester United fan, the Yorkshire-born actor has a ‘soft spot’ for Newcastle United and can even recall the club’s FA Cup winning starting line-ups from 1951, 1952 and 1955. Photo: WPA Pool
3. Lewis Ritson (estimated net worth = £1-5million)
Ritson emerged as one of the north east’s brightest boxing talents and often fights in black and white colours. Photo: James Chance
4. Jimmy Nail (estimated net worth = £1million)
The 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet' star is another long-standing fan of Newcastle United, having been born in the city in 1954. Photo: Neilson Barnard