Image courtesy the Newcastle Chronicle.
The 1950-51 season was Newcastle United's best season since they won the Championship in 1926/27. They won the FA Cup for the first time since 1932 and finished a creditable fourth in the League.
The route to the FA Cup final was as follows:
| Third Round | 06 Jan 1951 | Newcastle United v Bury | Won 4-1 |
| Fourth Round | 27 Jan 1951 | Newcastle United v Bolton Wanderers | Won 3-2 |
| Fifth Round | 10 Feb 1951 | Stoke City v Newcastle United | Won 2-4 |
| Sixth Round | 24 Feb 1951 | Newcastle United v Bristol Rovers | Drew 0-0 |
| Replay | 28 Feb 1951 | Bristol Rovers v Newcastle United | Won 1-3 |
| Semi-final | 10 Mar 1951 | Newcastle United v Wolverhampton Wanderers | Drew 0-0 |
| Replay | 14 Mar 1951 | Newcastle United v Wolverhampton Wanderers | Won 2-1 |
With both eyes on the FA Cup United’s League form suffered. In between the semi-final and the final they played eleven League games and won only once. Off the field the build-up to the final was equally fraught with arguments over bonuses, players resorting to selling their own promotional items to raise a bit of cash and a breaking of a drink curfew. Even the players’ wives were up in arms after the club gave them standing tickets for the final at Wembley!
Programme for the FA Cup semi-final on 10 March, 1951. The game ended 0-0. Newcastle won the replay 2-1.
British Pathé News cinema newsreel footage of Newcastle United’s FA Cup semi-final replay win against Wolves in 1951 can be viewed at:
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/newcastle-v-wolves/query/newcastle+united
