Swansea Took A Hammering - In More Ways Than One!

Obviously the one thst sticks in the memory was Paul Kitson's hat-trick back in 1995 in the 4th round of the FA Cup.

We won 3-0, following a 1-1 draw with Man Utd at SJP and a goal-less encounter with Sheff Wed at Hillsborough.

The cup tie sticks in my mind because of the trouble prior to the game. Toon fans were waiting outside of one of the bars on Westgate Road and gave the Welsh fans a right kicking.

I went up to the Gallowgate End to sell fanzines, and loads of Swansea supporters passed me a little 'worse for wear'.

A meeting of rival fans had been organised outside Central Station, but the Swans failed to show, so the Gremlins went looking for anyone in Swansea colours.

It was unusual to see trouble of that scale in the Toon, but it was probably sparked by the  visit of the Man U fans earlier in both the League Cup and the Premiership game. They arrived looking for trouble, and took a lot of people by surprise because they attacked kids and families ... something we hadn't seen at Newcastle for many years.

Swansea happened to take the backlash from it.

As for our cup run that year - we followed up the 3-0 win over the Swans with a 3-1 home win over Man City - with a brace from Keith Gillespie and one from John Beresford (his only goal of the season).

But we lost to Everton at Goodison in the quarter finals 1-0.

TOON v SWANSEA - THE HISTORY ....

 1994/1995 Sat 28 Jan Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Swansea City F.A. Cup  
 1983/1984 Sat 31 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Swansea City Second Division  
  Sun 16 Oct Swansea City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
 1980/1981 Sat 13 Dec Swansea City 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
  Sat 18 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Swansea City Second Division  
 1979/1980 Sat 19 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Swansea City Second Division  
  Sat 24 Nov Swansea City 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
 1964/1965 Sat 27 Mar Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Swansea Tn. Second Division  
  Sat 09 Jan Swansea Tn. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup  
  Sat 14 Nov Swansea Tn. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
 1963/1964 Tue 17 Mar Swansea Tn. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
  Sat 05 Oct Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Swansea Tn. Second Division  
 1962/1963 Sat 16 Mar Swansea Tn. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
  Sat 27 Oct Newcastle Utd. 6 - 0 Swansea Tn. Second Division  
 1961/1962 Fri 02 Feb Swansea Tn. 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
  Sat 16 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Swansea Tn. Second Division  
 1952/1953 Sat 10 Jan Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Swansea Tn. F.A. Cup  
 1951/1952 Sat 23 Feb Swansea Tn. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup  
 1946/1947 Sat 04 Jan Swansea Tn. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
  Sat 07 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Swansea Tn. Second Division  
 1938/1939 Sat 22 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Swansea Tn. Second Division  
  Sat 17 Dec Swansea Tn. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
 1937/1938 Sat 30 Apr Swansea Tn. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
  Sat 18 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Swansea Tn. Second Division  
 1936/1937 Sat 17 Apr Swansea Tn. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
  Sat 12 Dec Newcastle Utd. 5 - 1 Swansea Tn. Second Division  
 1935/1936 Sat 11 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Swansea Tn. Second Division  
  Sat 26 Oct Swansea Tn. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
 1934/1935 Sat 16 Feb Newcastle Utd. 5 - 1 Swansea Tn. Second Division  
  Sat 06 Oct Swansea Tn. 3 - 4 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
 1914/1915 Sat 06 Feb Swansea Tn. 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup  
  Sat 30 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Swansea Tn. F.A. Cup