Newcastle United now find themselves to the place they were in the mid-90s, the same place that fans have dreamed of reaching for years with ambition firmly back on the agenda at St James' Park.
The challenges from then and now are certainly different with the financial muscle of Newcastle's rivals now astronomical compared to yesteryear. Just a couple of years after fending off the threat of relegation from Division Three the Magpies became members of the still shiny and new Premier League and were one of the richest.
The fact of the matter is that the current Magpies will need the wealthy backing of Saudi Arabia's PIF in order to compete at the top. As the club looks to maximise ways of making profit now and adhering to FFP, a flick through the history books shows how Newcastle tried to compete financially 29 years ago.
