Late Tackle

HARVEY’S HEROES

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
23 May 2019

NEWCASTLE UNITED
DAVID DOCHERTY RECALLS WHEN NEWCASTLE UNITED TRIUMPHED IN EUROPE HALF A CENTURY AGO…

Warm welcome: Newcastle captain Bobby Moncur shows the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup to the thousands of adoring Geordie fans

IT’S incredible to think that 50 years have passed since Newcastle United shocked Europe, and probably themselves, by lifting the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
The Magpies beat Hungarian giants Ujpest Dosza in both legs of the 1969 inal. They had already overcome Feyenoord, Sporting Lisbon, Real Zaragoza, Vitoria Setubal and Glasgow Rangers en route.
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