Newcastle United's 11 Top Premier League Goal Scorers

=3. Shola Ameobi - 43

Looking back over the past ten years, the very suggestion that Shola Ameobi should rise to become the joint third highest Premier League goalscorer for Newcastle would have got you laughed out of St. James' for a long time. Never the most motivated, or the most skilful of players, Shola survived as countless bigger names were jettisoned, hitting goals in Europe and the Premier League - mostly as a substitute or a back-up. And he was always the easiest man to blame when things went wrong. But just like his goals against Sunderland, his record cannot be sniffed at (even if he had a lot longer than most to make it). Best Goal: The volley during Newcastle's demolition of Sunderland was an incredible feat of technique under pressure for a player criticised in his final years at Newcastle for being functional and unspectacular... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b_xaMaC0ho