FA Cup (Fourth Round)- Saturday 27 January 1979 at St James Park (Att 29,561)

Newcastle United (0) 1 (Withe 71): Hardwick, Brownlie, Mitchell, Nattrass, Blockley, Barton, Guy, Martin, Withe, Hibbitt, Robinson (McGhee*).
Wolves (0) 1 (Hibbitt 85): Bradshaw, Palmer, Parkin, Daniel, McAlle, Berry, Hibbitt, Daley, Bell, Eves (Brazier 68), Carr.

Referee: Mr A Morrissey (Bramhall).
Order of Goals: n,W.
Connections: The Magpies were managed by Bill McGarry and John Barnwell was born in Northumberland. Newcastle’s substitute Mark McGhee went on to manage Wolves. The Magpie scorer Peter Withe is an ex Wolf and the Hibbitt’s are brothers.