Fairs Cup · Second round, first leg · 1968/69

Sporting v Newcastle, 30 October 1968

Flag Sporting
1–1
Flag Newcastle

30 October 1968

Other leg

20.11.1968 · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Second round
Flag Newcastle
1–0
Flag Sporting

Form before this match

  • Flag Sporting

    1. Draw · 13.12.1967 · Fairs Cup, Second round · 1967/68 · Fiorentina (away) 1–1

    2. Loss · 20.12.1967 · Fairs Cup, Third round · 1967/68 · Zürich (away) 0–3

    3. Win · 10.01.1968 · Fairs Cup, Third round · 1967/68 · Zürich (home) 1–0

    4. Win · 18.09.1968 · Fairs Cup, First round · 1968/69 · Valencia (home) 4–0

    5. Loss · 02.10.1968 · Fairs Cup, First round · 1968/69 · Valencia (away) 1–4

  • Flag Newcastle

    1. Win · 11.09.1968 · Fairs Cup, First round · 1968/69 · Feyenoord (home) 4–0

    2. Loss · 17.09.1968 · Fairs Cup, First round · 1968/69 · Feyenoord (away) 0–2

Head-to-head before this match

The first-ever meeting of these clubs in European competitions.

Sporting against clubs from England

2 matches before this one

Newcastle against clubs from Portugal

Newcastle hadn't played clubs from Portugal before.