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The four lower stars are representative of our League Championship wins - and the six blue above are for our six FA Cup wins. Alex Hurst, 27, one of the founders of Gallowgate Flags said: “The four club badges are a nod to our history as are the ten blue stars. Newcastle United celebrated its 125th anniversary during the 2017/18 season and a special commemorative crest was commissioned as part of the club's celebrations. Gallowgate Flags is a crowd-funded group which unveiled its first flag display before the opening home match of this season against Huddersfield. The club’s current and perhaps most famous crest – synonymous with the Entertainers Era of the mid-nineties – was created in 1988.

Despite having a shelf life of only five years, the club’s next crest remains somewhat of a cult classic. We want to create a positive, noisy and visual culture at St James’ Park,” said Alex at the time. Read More Related Articles

Time has moved on and we want to create something unique, but we wanted to give a nod to the old flags that were so popular. The group’s superb flag creations have included depictions of classic Newcastle United kits, while Legends Day in November saw 12 giant flags unfurled, honouring some of the club’s greatest players - from Hughie Gallacher to Malcolm Macdonald to Alan Shearer. It heralded the return of the overall shape and several elements from the city’s Coat of Arms, namely the supporting seahorses, castle, demi lion and an amended pennon. The Coat of Arms also features the city’s Latin motto, Fortiter Defendit Triumphans – ‘Triumphing by Brave Defence’ – adopted following a brave and stubborn resistance against the Scots in 1644. Newcastle United was formed in the summer of 1892 when Newcastle East End absorbed the assets of city rivals Newcastle West End, including the lease of St. James’ Park.

The first club-specific crest was created in 1976 and it retained an illustration of Castle Keep – which still stands imposingly in the city today.

Our shirts first had the city's Coat of Arms emblazoned on them as early as 1911, but it was in 1969 that the club finally adopted it as an official emblem. The latest creation from Gallowgate Flags will be unveiled before the match against Aston Villa at St James' Park on February 20 (Image: Handout, Publicity Picture) We take a look at our crests over the years, what they consist of and what their individual components signify.