While the Magpies may find themselves in the bottom half at present, they rank highly in the all-time top flight table – as calculated by Sky Sports.
Scroll down and click through the pages to see exactly where the Magpies rank, and how they compare to their bitter local rivals, Sunderland:
13. 13th - Bolton Wanderers
Top-flight points gained since 1889: 3692 | Getty Images Photo: Gareth Copley
14. 12th - Blackburn Rovers
Top-flight points gained since 1889: 3702 | Getty Images Photo: Lewis Storey
15. 11th - West Brom
Top-flight points gained since 1889: 4065 | Getty Images Photo: Morgan Harlow
16. 10th - Sunderland
Top-flight points gained since 1889: 4560 | Getty Images Photo: Ian MacNicol
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