10 Newcastle United Cup Runs That Came Close To Ending Their Trophy Drought

3. 2004/05 UEFA Cup Quarter-Final

Dejection for Newcastle United's Alan Shearer (standing) and David Batty after Newcastle were defeated 2-0 by Arsenal in the FA Cup Final at Wembley this afternoon (Saturday). Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA
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Things were looking good for Newcastle as an Alan Shearer strike gave them a 1-0 lead to take to Portugal.

Things looked even better when Kieron Dyer gave The Toon the lead in the José Alvalade Stadium but Sporting hit back with four goals to break Geordie hearts and go through 4-2 on aggregate.

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