The Reason Why We Can Get A Result In Ukraine!

The bookies believe Newcastle will exit Europe on Thurday when they face Metalist Kharkiv on their own sub-vero turf. But there are reasons for Toon fans to believe we will triumph.

We have been held 0-0 at St James' Park four times in our European history, and twice we have progressed to the next round.

As Fairs Cup holders, in 1969, we face our very first all-England tie when Southampton came to Tyneside.

They got the result they wanted, but Pop Robson scored in a 1-1 draw at the Dell and we won on away-goals.

In November 1999 we lost 1-0 in the 'Eternal City' to Roma with a goal from Marco Delvecchio, and we couldn't overturn the result two weeks later.

April 2004 we played in the UEFA Cup semi-finals against French side Olympique Marseille and mis-fired despite Gary Speed and Andy O'Brien coming close in the final minutes.

Then a Didier Drogba-inspired performance rocked the Magpies in France and we lost 2-0.

But ... August 2006 and we won 1-0 in Latvia against FK Ventspils with a Titus Bramble goal ... and held out in the second leg.

So it just goes to show ... ALWAYS KEEP BELIEVING!

Source: Newcastle United Mad