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The Club was formed on 4th June 1892 at a meeting in Lockharts Cocoa Rooms in Clayton Street, Newcastle. The first records in the Golfing Journal of the time show it as being named NEWCASTLE UNITED WORKMEN S GOLF CLUB which signified that it was for the benefit of all classes, not only the rich and titled, and the spirit of friendship continues to this day. Many people believe that we have connections with the other club of that name namely, the football club. Although it is true that many of the footballers have played the course and still do, none are members at this time. - When we chose our name there was no other Newcastle United only the East-end and West-end Football Clubs which amalgamated later and registered the name in the December of that year but I am told, did not use it for several years. - The Club was only allowed to play on the moor course with the permission of the City of Newcastle Golf Club who rented the course and we were the beginnings of many golfers who first swung a club on the moor course, (Often without permission) which was part of the reason that the City of Newcastle Golf Club moved to where they are now near the 3-mile bridge, leaving Newcastle United to take over the windmill on Claremont Road as their Clubhouse complete with fixtures and fittings which were purchased at the bargain basement price of £13, bearing in mind that members subscriptions were only three shillings and sixpence equivalent to 17.5 pence today. - As with many courses the original design for the City of Newcastle course was laid out by Tom Morris Snr. It had to accommodate such things as the old Fever Hospital and the Bowling Track which followed a line across both moors for several miles and miners used to follow to bet on the bowlers, please don t ask me the rules of that game but it must have been exciting as a crowd of over a hundred would follow it. - So if you pay us a visit and you see shadowy figures on a misty day, just ignore them, they are only ghosts of the past.