Of 116 ties, 55 have been at home, 61 away. Of those 55 at home, we failed to score in 10.

Top Scorers: Of the 181 we've scored so far in this competition, 51 have come from the boot/head/arse of 8 players.

Player	Goals	Appearances
Malcolm McDonald	12	tbc
Andy Cole	8	tbc
Alan Gowling	7	tbc
Alan Shearer	7	tbc
Gavin Peacock	5	tbc
Peter Beardsley	4	tbc
Craig Bellamy	4	tbc
Mickey Burns	4	tbc
Paul Cannell	4	tbc

NB: No account made of penalty shootouts in above stats.

Peter Beardsley managed four goals in the competition in his second spell with United, but wasn't on target at all in his first. Similarly, Mark McGhee was successful once after his return, but never when he first joined. However, Terry McDermott did the trick, with one goal in each of his two spells as a player with the club.

Kevin Keegan only scored one goal in this competition for Newcastle, away at Oxford.

Current backroom staff at St.James' who have scored for the club in this competition: Tommy Craig, Kenny Wharton, Paul Ferris.

Both Graeme Souness and Dean Saunders have won this competition as a player (for Liverpool and Aston Villa respectively) and have both netted in the final (one for Souness against Everton in the 1983/84 replay at Maine Road  and two for Saunders versus Man Utd at Wembley in 1993/94.)

In addition, the pair guided Blackburn to trophy success in this competition at Cardiff in season 2001/02.

Stephen Carr is the only current Newcastle player with a winner's medal in this competition (for Spurs in 1998/99.)

Hat trick heroes:  

Alan Gowling (v Southport h 1975/76) 4 goals.

Malcolm Macdonald (v Doncaster h 1973/74)
Malcolm Macdonald (v QPR h 1974/75)
Gavin Peacock (v Crewe a 1991/92)
Andy Cole (v Notts County h 1993/94)
Andy Cole (v Notts County a 1993/94)
Craig Bellamy (as sub v Brentford h 2001/02) 

Lowest crowd in the competition involving us: 

Home: 9,073 (vs. Bury 1980/81.)
Away:  4,251 (vs. Crewe 1991/92.)

Number of teams faced: 56
Number of ex-league teams faced: 3 (Southport, Doncaster, Chester)
Number of league teams still to face: 38

Number of grounds played on: 46, including Wembley and St.James'.

Faced on different grounds: 
3: Middlesbrough (St.James', Ayresome & Riverside)
3: Manchester City (St.James', Maine Road and Wembley)
2: Wimbledon (Selhurst and Plough Lane.) 

Most frequent opponent: 
5: Bradford
5: Middlesbrough
5: Sheffield United

We've never faced Welsh opposition in this competition, the nearest we came was Chester.....

Curiously, we've lost 10 of our 13 visits to London, and only drawn one -  at Orient. However, in our only 2 visits to Queens Park Rangers, we've won both.

Appearances: All-time record, Irving Nattrass and Rob Lee (22)