1969 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.

1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
Event1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
on aggregate
First leg
Date29 May 1969
VenueSt James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
RefereeJoseph Hannet (Belgium)
Attendance60,000
Second leg
Date11 June 1969
VenueMegyeri úti Stadium, Budapest
RefereeJoseph Heymann (Switzerland)
Attendance37,000
1968
1970

Route to the final

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Newcastle UnitedRoundÚjpesti Dózsa
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Feijenoord[a]4–24–0 (H)0–2 (A)First round Union Luxembourgw/o
Sporting CP2–11–1 (A)1–0 (H)Second round Aris11–22–1 (A)9–1 (H)
Real Zaragoza4–4 (a)2–3 (A)2–1 (H)Third round Legia Warzawa3–21–0 (A)2–2 (H)
Vitória de Setúbal6–45–1 (H)1–3 (A)Quarter-finals Leeds United3–01–0 (A)2–0 (H)
Rangers2–00–0 (A)2–0 (H)Semi-finals Göztepe8–14–1 (A)4–0 (H)

Match details

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First leg

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Newcastle United 3–0 Újpesti Dózsa
Moncur 63' 72'
Scott 83'

Second leg

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Newcastle United win 6–2 on aggregate

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Though the club was invariably referred to as either Feijenoord (the original Dutch spelling) or Feyenoord (the Anglicanised/international spelling) in the years prior, it would not be until 1974 that the club officially changed its name to Feyenoord.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Wist u dat..." stadionfeijenoord.nl (in Dutch). Stadion Feijenoord N.V. Archived from the original on 31 December 2007. zowel Stadion Feijenoord als Feyenoord Rotterdam met een lange ij geschreven werd. Pas in 1974 besloot de voetbalclub een y te gebruiken, de lange ij gaf namelijk problemen met de uitspraak in het buitenland