FEBRUARY 20
1) Newcastle made their first appearance on Match Of The Day on this very day - February 20th. Who was it against? West Ham; Leyton Orient; or Spurs?
2) 1988 we lost 3-1 to Wimbledon in the FA Cup, but it was famous for an incident when Mirandinha kicked a Wimbledon player up the arse. Who was it?
3) 2000 we beat Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park 3-2 in the FA Cup on our way to a Wembley appearance. Tranmere had the 'Rory Delap' of the day - a guy who could throw the ball to the far post without problem. What was he called?
(*Answers tomorrow, and more questions)
| 1897 | DIV2 | Loughborough | A | L 0-3 | Results | Table | |||
| 1909 | FAC | West Ham United | A | D 0-0 | Results | ||||
| 1915 | FAC | The Wednesday | A | W 2-1 | Results | ||||
| 1926 | FAC | Clapton Orient | A | L 0-2 | Results | ||||
| 1932 | DIV1 | Middlesbrough | A | L 1-2 | Results | Table | |||
| 1937 | DIV2 | Chesterfield | A | L 0-4 | Results | Table | |||
| 1947 | FAC | Leicester City | A | W 2-1 | Results | ||||
| 1954 | FAC | West Bromwich Albion | A | L 2-3 | Results | ||||
| 1960 | DIV1 | West Ham United | A | W 5-3 | Results | Table | |||
| 1965 | DIV2 | Leyton Orient | A | L 1-2 | Results | Table | |||
| 1971 | DIV1 | TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR | H | W 1-0 | Results | Table | |||
| 1980 | DIV2 | BIRMINGHAM CITY | H | D 0-0 | Results | Table | |||
| 1982 | DIV2 | Shrewsbury Town | A | D 0-0 | Results | Table | |||
| 1988 | FAC | WIMBLEDON | H | L 1-3 | Results | ||||
| 1999 | PREM | Southampton | A | L 1-2 | Results | Table | |||
| 2000 | FAC | Tranmere Rovers | A | W 3-2 | 15,776 | Results | |||
| 2005 | FAC | CHELSEA | H | W 1-0 | Kluivert 4 | 45,740 | Report | Results | |
| 2010 | CHMP | PRESTON NORTH END | H | W 3-0 | Løvenkrands 3; Nolan 55; Taylor 90 | 45,525 | Report | Results | Table |
FEBRUARY 19 - ANSWERS
1) 1977 Newcastle lost to Man Utd 3-1 at Old Trafford, Geoff Nulty scoring our goal. Who did we sign him from and who did we sell him to? BURNLEY - EVERTON
2) 1994 Blackburn beat us 1-0 at Ewood Park in our first season in the Premiership. We drew 1-1 with them at SJP earlier in the season. Which former Arsenal striker scored our goal? ANDY COLE
3) Justin Fashanu has been in the news recently for being the first English football to admit to being gay, and he was born on this day in 1961. He only made one appearance for Newcastle. Who was it against? PETERBOROUGH UTD