The hippocampus, or hippocamp, is a mythological creature mentioned in Etruscan, Greek, Phoenician, Pictish and Roman mythologies, typically depicted as having the upper body of a horse with the lower
Winged hippocamp in an Art Deco fountain, Kansas City, Missouri, (1937)
Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl) with lid, late 5th century BC
Hippocampus in Roman mosaic in the thermae at Aquae Sulis (Bath)
Jonah and the sea monster, from Christian artwork in Roman catacombs at the end of 2nd century A.D. The sea monster drawn by the Roman Christians resembles a hippocampus.
Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English footba
Hippocampus (mythology)
…Bronze hippocampi appear in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland on lampposts next to a statue of Henry Grattan and on Grattan Bridge. The English football club Newcastle United has two hippocampi depicted on its crest. They appear to the left and right of the shield in the middle. The Civic Centre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne is…
Harry Hampton of Aston Villa scores one of his two goals in the 1905 FA Cup final.
Newcastle United in 1960. L-r, standing: Jimmy Scoular, Dick Keith, Bryan Harvey (goalkeeper), Bob Stokoe, Alf McMichael and George Eastham; front: Terry Marshall, Ivor Allchurch, Len White, John McGuigan and Liam Tuohy.
Kevin Keegan (pictured in his second spell in 2008) guided Newcastle to promotion and Champions League football from 1992 to 1997, turning United into one of the biggest clubs in England despite not winning the league.
Bobby Robson managed the club for five years, departing in 2004.