Újpesti Dósza 2-3 Newcastle

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final 2nd Leg 11/06/1969

The match was perfectly set up after a 3-0 first leg victory at St James’ Park. Typically Newcastle rattled a few nerves letting in two goals in the first half before an inspirational half time talk from Joe Harvey turned things around and Newcastle scored 3 second half goals to win the cup 6-2 on aggregate. Here is how Frank Clark remembers it…

’“For 45 minutes they absolutely pulverised us,” former Newcastle defender Frank Clark said. “The goalkeeper, Willie McFaul, was fantastic but we couldn’t get a kick. We were 2-0 down at half-time and it looked like they would go on and win the game comfortably.

“We were all sat there very despondent and Joe Harvey just said ‘listen, all you have to do is score a goal’. We looked at each other, thinking ‘how can we when we can’t get the ball?’ Then we said ‘OK boss’. Anyway, within two minutes Bobby Moncur, who was a defender but had scored twice in the first leg, scored again. It was like pricking a pin into a balloon because that meant they had to get five to get through. They just collapsed. We coasted through the rest of the game and won it 3-2.”

Team line-ups:

Újpesti Dózsa: Antal Szentimihalyi, Beno Kaposzta, Istvan Bankuti, Ede Dunai, Erno Solymosi, Erno Nosko, Laszlo Fazekas, Antal Dunai, Ferenc Bene, Janos Gorocs, Sandor Zambo

Manager: Lajos Baroti

Scorers: Ferenc Bene (30), Janos Gorocs (42)

Newcastle United: Willie McFaul; David Craig, Frank Clark; Tommy Gibb, Ollie Burton, Bob Moncur; Ben Arentoft, Bryan Robson, Wyn Davies, Jim Scott (Alan Foggon 73), Jackie Sinclair.

Manager: Joe Harvey

Scorers: Bob Moncur (48), Ben Arentoft (52), Alan Foggon (74)

Venue: Megyeri uti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 34,000

Here is the full match https://youtu.be/UerIVir37Dg

Highlights here https://youtu.be/hAw2qvZq4us