Average attendances of Newcastle United. Newcastle finished as the Football League's best supported club on ten occasions. NUFC were the first club in the world to attract over 1 million for league games (1946-47) and average over 50,000 for league games (1947-48; Newcastle 56,283; Arsenal 54,982; Man Utd 54,890). St James' Park had undergone several changes to capacity since opening in 1892.