The goals were flowing as the season started with 21 goals in the first seven games, inside-forward Stan Earle scoring six times. By mid-October there had only been two defeats as the team travelled to play Everton. It was a complete shock as the Hammers were crushed 7–0, and they let in a further five in the next away game at Tottenham. Four goals were scored at home against Middlesbrough – but five were conceded.

In this period regular goalkeeper Ted Hufton had been injured, which left reserve keepers Baillie and Tate to endure a torrid time. On Christmas Eve Newcastle were beaten 5–2 at home, with Vivian Gibbins claiming a hat-trick, but two days later there came a 6–2 defeat at Sheffield United.

The FA Cup brought a 2–0 victory at Portsmouth but in the next round there was a 2–1 defeat at Huddersfield. The team were struggling in mid-table but results improved in March. Vic Watson scored a hat-trick in the 4–0 home win against Leicester City and followed this up with two more goals in a fine 5–1 victory at Cardiff City. The month ended with Jimmy Ruffell scoring twice in the 4–3 defeat of Blackburn Rovers, but there were no further wins in the remaining seven games of the campaign. It had been a disappointing season which ended with a seventeenth place finish.