FEBRUARY 16
1) 1974 Newcastle beat West Brom 3-0 in the FA Cup 5th Round with goals from Malcolm Macdonald, Stu Barrowclough and John Tudor. We reached the final that season (1973/4) playing an amazing 10 games. What was the only game we won at St James' Park - and what was special about it?
2) Born in 1885, today is the birthday of a Newcastle goalkeeper who holds the most appearance record for the club, a staggering 507 games in all competitions. Who is he?
3) 1985 Newcastle lost 1-0 at Stamford Bridge - the battle of the two promoted sides from the Second Division. Who was the Newcastle manager?
(*Answers tomorrow, and more questions)
1895 FAC Aston Villa A L 1-7 1901 DIV1 Derby County A D 1-1 1907 DIV1 Manchester City A D 1-1 1924 DIV1 Notts. County A L 0-1 1929 DIV1 Leeds United A D 0-0 1935 DIV2 SWANSEA TOWN H W 5-1 1952 DIV1 Wolverhampton Wanderers A L 0-3 1957 DIV1 Luton Town A L 1-4 1970 DIV1 Liverpool A D 0-0 1974 FAC West Bromwich Albion A W 3-0 1977 DIV1 MANCHESTER CITY H D 2-2 1985 DIV1 Chelsea A L 0-1
FEB 15 - ANSWERS:
1) 1992 we lost to Blackburn Rovers 3-1 at Ewood Park. Our scorer was David Kelly, who scored 11 goals in our battle against relegation that season in Division Two. But he was not top scorer that season. Who was? GAVIN PEACOCK
2) A tough question - on this day in 1969 a Newcastle player made his debut against Southampton. However ... he had made his debut the week before (and scored a goal) against Man City, but the game was abandoned and erased from the records. Who was he? ARTHUR HORSFIELD
3) Last year (2011) who scored our goals against Birmingham at St Andrews in the 2-0 win? PETER LOVENKRANDS & LEON BEST
Source: FOOTYMAD
