8 Classic Man Utd/Newcastle Old Trafford Encounters
8. Manchester United 0-2 Newcastle United, February 12th 1972 (Old First Division)
For so long this was the only positive result Newcastle supporters were able to hold on to, and that's why it has to make this list of classic Old Trafford encounters between the two sides. John Tudor (pictured above, but not in the same game) and Stewart Barrowclough scored the Magpies' goals as they left Manchester with a 2-0 victory in the Old First Division. It would be another 41-and-a-half years before Toon fans could make the journey back from Old Trafford celebrating a league victory again...
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