28th October 1981 Fulham 2 Newcastle 0 

(Fulham won this League Cup Second Round tie 4-1 on aggregrate.) NUFC: Carr, Brownlie, Davies, Trewick, Barton, Halliday (Shoulder), Shinton, Martin, Varadi, Wharton , Waddle. After a scoreless first 45 on Tyneside, strikes from Robert Wilson and Dean Coney handed Fulham the initiative, with David Barton pulling one back to make the second leg more interesting. Down in South West London, A Ray Lewington penalty and another from Coney in the second half wrapped things up for the Cottagers.

Malc says:

"At Craven Cottage we didn't have an audible crowd, certainly not like at St.James' Park anyway. I had been delayed in the dressing room talking with the Cottagers club doctor about the progress of an injured player prior to kick off, and didn't take my seat in the dugout under nearly 15 minutes after the game had started."

"Come half time I've gone into the dressing room and started laying into the players for fannying about and displaying a lack of urgency."

'What the hell do you lot think you're playing in, a friendly 5-a-side  tournament for fun?' was just about my only repeatable comment! 

Finally I ran out of air and Ray Lewington, the skipper, quietly said to me: 

'Mal, you do know we're one up don't you ? We scored in the first ten minutes......" 

Cue silence from the Fulham Manager - not often I was lost for words!!"

18th September 1974 Aberdeen 1 Newcastle 1 

Newcastle began their ultimately successful defence of the Texaco Cup with a draw in the first Leg of the Second Round at Pittodrie, in front of 13,500 (the First Round was a local group in which we beat Boro, lost to the mackems at drew with Carlisle.)

Malcolm Macdonald scored for United up in Scotland, and followed this up with a pair in the return leg at Gallowgate, which, combined with a Hibbitt effort gave Newcastle a slim but winning margin of 3-2 on the night (4-3 on aggregate.)

Birmingham were then disposed of in the semis, and Southampton went down 3-1 on aggregate in the final to ensure that the cheap and tacky-looking trophy stayed in our otherwise bare cabinet.

By the next season, the Texaco Cup competiton had mutated into the 
Anglo-Scottish Cup.

Malc says:

"I recall that in the Aberdeen match I had Willie Young marking me, and to be honest I thought "what a donkey" during the game. Of course he subsequently ended up at Highbury and I was horrified when Terry Neill signed him. However, he had improved a bit.

Mind, off the field he was a great lad. He came in the Newcastle dressing room after the game at Pittodrie, and offered to take us on a night out in the best place in town. 

However when we arrived at some dodgy club, the bouncer on the door refused to let us in, having decided they were too many of us in the group for safety. Willie's response was to chin him.... 

We had a lovely night there."