Shola was born in Nigeria, but moved to England when he was five years old.

First playing for our youth team Newcastle spotted Shola’s early talent and signed him to the Newcastle United Academy on July 1, 1995. Ameobi started to excel and made rapid strides towards the first team.

Five years later he progressed to the senior team and made his debut in a home game against Chelsea on September 9, 2000. He made 22 appearances for Newcastle in his debut season. He has made regular appearances for the first team since his debut also having to contend with some serious injuries but he seems to be back to his best again.

Shola also has played over a three-year spell with England's U21 and managed to make a big impression on the world stage. He is also currently in second place in the club's table of leading goal scorers in European competition with twelve goals, behind only Alan Shearer.

Ameobi in recent years had agreed a loan deal with Stoke City but returned to Newcastle after a short spell. Ipswich Town was also in talks with Ameobi and was keen to sign Shola.

Through opportunities under Joe Kinnear Ameobi has kick started his career at Newcastle again and is back to goal scoring ways, his talent and determination has always shone through and we are proud to be associated with such a great person and player.

David started off his playing career at Newcastle United in 1996 where he graduated to the first team in 1998 after being captain of the youth and reserve teams.

After Newcastle David then joined Grimsby Town on loan in August 2001 for 3 months. After this short loan spell he joined Oldham Athletic on another loan deal to the end of the season.

Oldham Athletic then bought him on 6 March 2002 on a three-year contract after impressing with his pace and defensive skill.

After an excellent period of first team football Beharall left the club and joined Carlisle United then moved onto a spell with Stockport County until the end of the 2005-06 season.

He played another 11 league games during 2005–06 season and has unfortunately been forced to retire due to injury.

Richard started his career with Newcastle United as a youth team player but never made a first team appearance for the club. During his time at Newcastle, he was capped by England at Under-20 level and loaned out three times with one very good spell at Darlington.

He left Newcastle at the end of the season. During 2004 to 2005 and had some brief spells abroad in the likes of Turkey, South Korea, and Belgium.

Richard joined Doncaster Rovers on a free transfer but was limited to only 5 appearances at the club and subsequently left at the end of the season.

He then joined Hamilton Academical in the Scottish second division in 2006. He signed a contract to keep him at the club until May 2009 in November 2006 and netted his first senior hat trick when Hamilton ran out 3-0 winners against Dunfermline on February 9, 2008 in the SPL.

He has had continued success with Hamilton since helping them to secure promotion to the Scottish Premier League.

Guy as many others before him from Walker Central joined Newcastle United in 1993 at the age of 8. He quickly began to move through the youth system, setting several junior goal scoring records during that time.

After success with the youth team Bates found a regular spot in the Reserves team but it proved significantly more difficult for Guy to break into the first team as he was fighting for a place behind established strikers such as Alan Shearer, our own Shola Ameobi and Patrick Kluivert.

The lack of opportunities for Bates led him to seek a release from Newcastle and headed to Australia in January 2005, where he signed for the Newcastle United Jets. Bates played and scored regularly in the Jets' pre-season campaign, but sadly did not make a big impact with the A-League team.

In November 2005,Guy returned home to England in the hope of joining another club he trialled at Darlington and Belgian club K.V. Mechelen. He turned down an offer from the Belgian side for Darlington. Over the season he could not find a regular starting spot and moved on in May 2006 playing for KV Oostende in Belgium.

Again he was on the move to Drogheda United in the Eircom Premier Division in 2007 where his goals have seen him enjoy some great success at the club.Guy recently scored the winner against Cork City that won the title for Drogheda making him a local legend for his current team.

Mark progressed from Walker Central and was signed by Newcastle United he is a skilful midfield that is composed on the ball and likes to link up with the strikers.

He has played nearly 40 games during the 06/07 for the Newcastle U18 and reserve sides. Also making his debut against Hull in a friendly game in 2007.

Mark has signed a professional contract with Newcastle in 2008 and they and we have high hopes for his future.

Kris Gate joined Newcastle’s youth team from Walker Central and rose through the ranks to captain the reserves. He was called up to the first team squad in 2004/05 after a series of eye-catching performance for the reserves.

He is a tough tackling defender and the son of Alan Gate who is the clubs secretary and coach of our Under 11 and 14’s boy’s teams.

Kris has since moved on from his time at NUFC and signed for Gateshead FC in 2007 where he is still plying his trade.

Kieran is the son of former United player Jeff, he has firmly followed in the family tradition of becoming a professional footballer.

Kieran is a bright lively and inventive midfield player and signed professional terms in July 2007 by NUFC. He has so far made one substitute appearance for the U18s in April 2007, and nine more in 2007/08. Going on to make his Reserve-team debut in 07/08 and by all accounts he is one to watch for the future.