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1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final

Field	Value
title	1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final
event	[1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup](1968-69-inter-cities-fairs-cup)
team1	Newcastle United
team1association
team1score	6
team2	Újpesti Dózsa
team2association
team2score	2
details	on aggregate
firstleg	First leg
team1score1	3
team2score1	0
date1	29 May 1969
stadium1	St James' Park
city1	Newcastle upon Tyne
referee1	Joseph Hannet (Belgium)
attendance1	60,000
secondleg	Second leg
team1score2	3
team2score2	2
date2	11 June 1969
stadium2	Megyeri úti Stadium
city2	Budapest
referee2	Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)
attendance2	37,000
previous	[1968](1968-inter-cities-fairs-cup-final)
next	[1970](1970-inter-cities-fairs-cup-final)

The 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final was the final of the eleventh Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. It was played on 29 May and 11 June 1969 between Newcastle United of England and Újpesti Dózsa of Hungary. Newcastle won the tie 6–2 on aggregate.

This was the last major trophy Newcastle won for 56 years until the 2025 EFL Cup final.

Route to the final

Newcastle United	Round	Újpesti Dózsa
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg
Feijenoord	4–2	4–0 (H)
Sporting CP	2–1	1–1 (A)
Zaragoza	4–4 (a)	2–3 (A)
Vitória de Setúbal	6–4	5–1 (H)
Rangers	2–0	0–0 (A)

Match details

First leg

Scott

NIR Willie McFaul (gk)
NIR David Craig
ENG Frank Clark
SCO Tommy Gibb
WAL Ollie Burton
SCO Bobby Moncur
SCO Jim Scott
ENG Pop Robson
WAL Wyn Davies
DEN Preben Arentoft
SCO Jackie Sinclair (sub 75')

Substitutes:

ENG Alan Foggon (on 75') Coach: ENG Joe Harvey
HUN Antal Szentmihályi (gk)
HUN Benő Káposzta
HUN Ernő Solymosi
HUN István Bánkuti
HUN Ernő Noskó
HUN Ede Dunai
HUN László Fazekas
HUN János Göröcs
HUN Ferenc Bene
HUN Antal Dunai
HUN Sándor Zámbó

Substitutes:

Coach: HUN Lajos Baróti

Second leg

Göröcs Arentoft Foggon

HUN Antal Szentmihályi (gk)
HUN Benő Káposzta
HUN Ernő Solymosi
HUN István Bánkuti
HUN Ernő Noskó
HUN Ede Dunai
HUN László Fazekas
HUN János Göröcs
HUN Ferenc Bene
HUN Antal Dunai
HUN Sándor Zámbó

Substitutions:

Coach: HUN Lajos Baróti

NIR Willie McFaul (gk)
NIR David Craig
ENG Frank Clark
SCO Tommy Gibb
WAL Ollie Burton
SCO Bobby Moncur
SCO Jim Scott (sub 73')
DEN Preben Arentoft
ENG Pop Robson
WAL Wyn Davies
SCO Jackie Sinclair

Substitutions

ENG Alan Foggon (on 73')

Coach: ENG Joe Harvey Newcastle United win 6–2 on aggregate

Notes

References

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References

(March 16, 2025). "How bad is Newcastle’s trophy drought according to the numbers? (Very bad)".
"Wist u dat...". Stadion Feijenoord N.V..

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