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1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final

Event	1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Newcastle United Újpesti Dózsa 6 2
on aggregate
First leg
Newcastle United Újpesti Dózsa 3 0
Date	29 May 1969
Venue	St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Referee	Joseph Hannet (Belgium)
Attendance	60,000
Second leg
Újpesti Dózsa Newcastle United 2 3
Date	11 June 1969
Venue	Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest
Referee	Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)
Attendance	37,000
← 1968 1970 →

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.

Route to the final

Newcastle United				Round	Újpesti Dózsa
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Feijenoord	4–2	4–0 (H)	0–2 (A)	First round	Union Luxembourg	w/o
Sporting CP	2–1	1–1 (A)	1–0 (H)	Second round	Aris	11–2	2–1 (A)	9–1 (H)
Zaragoza	4–4 (a)	2–3 (A)	2–1 (H)	Third round	Legia Warzawa	3–2	1–0 (A)	2–2 (H)
Vitória de Setúbal	6–4	5–1 (H)	1–3 (A)	Quarter-finals	Leeds United	3–0	1–0 (A)	2–0 (H)
Rangers	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Göztepe	8–1	4–1 (A)	4–0 (H)

Match details

First leg

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

Newcastle

Újpesti Dózsa

Second leg

Újpesti Dózsa	2–3	Newcastle United
Bene 31' Göröcs 44'		Moncur 46' Arentoft 50' Foggon 74'

Újpesti Dózsa

Newcastle

Newcastle United win 6–2 on aggregate

See also

• 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
• Newcastle United F.C. in European football
• Újpest FC in European football

Notes

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.

References

• RSSSF

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

• 1968–69 in European football
• International club association football competitions hosted by Hungary
• International club association football competitions hosted by England
• Newcastle United F.C. matches
• Újpest FC matches
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup finals
• 1968–69 in English football
• 1968–69 in Hungarian football
• May 1969 sports events in the United Kingdom
• June 1969 sports events in Europe
• International sports competitions in Budapest
• 1960s in Budapest
• 20th century in Newcastle upon Tyne