Jorge Robledo single goal took United to be the first team in modern football to retain the FA Cup after Blackburn Rovers did 60 years before. Newcastle won the FA Cup two years in succession after a win against Arsenal in Wembley.

In the year that Arsenal had been one of the main runners in the Championship chase that season but only settle for third in the end. We had comparatively disappointing season and finished eighth despite scoring more than any other team with 98 goals.

Before the final match, both teams met at Highbury where a weakened Newcastle side satisfied with a 1-1 draw. Earlier in the season we had beaten them 2-0 at home.

United’s best performers in the final game were coming from our back line where Harvey, Cowell, Brennan and McMichael did well to create the wall to held the opposite players to come any near or creating chances.

On the other half the herculean efforts from Arsenal players also did well to guard United’s most feared strikeforce, Jackie Milburn, before Chilean-born Jorge Robledo score the only goal. United captain Joe Harvey receive the Cup from Winston Churchill.

Newcastle United road to Wembley 1951-1952
Round 3 vs Aston Villa 4-2
Round 4 vs Tottenham Hotspur 3-0
Round 5 vs Swansea Town 1-0
Quarter-Final vs Portsmouth 4-2
Semi-Final vs Blackburn Rovers 0-0, 2-1

Final Wembley, 3 May 1952
NEWCASTLE UNITED (0) 1 - ARSENAL (0) 0

Newcastle United :
Simpson - Cowell, McMichael, Harvey, Brennan, Eduardo Robledo, Walker, Foulkes, Milburn, Jorge Robledo, Mitchell.

Arsenal :
Swindin - Barnes, Smith, Forbes, Daniel, Mercer, Cox, Logie, Holton, Lishman, Roper.

Referee : A. Ellis.
Att: 100,000

Ahead for today’s fixture against Arsenal in Premier League match at Emirates Stadium, United will losing Mark Viduka after his latest medical check shows he still have light calf injury and Keegan will not take any risk to play him.

Kevin Keegan confirmed that Viduka got a slight calf strain so he’s not quite ready but hopefully he’ll be featured for the home game with Middlesbrough.

With Viduka’s missing, Joey Barton is set for his return to Newcastle substitutes bench. Barton is currently awaiting his trial over an alleged incident last month, but a change in the player’s bail conditions makes him able to play at the Emirates.

“We are very low on numbers at the minute and we might need Joey and I’d have no problems with bringing him on.” Keegan explained, “He has worked really hard in training and I do believe that we will make a plus out of a minus.”

Keegan says despite the Gunners 3-0 victors in the FA Cup fourth round, United still has an excellent chance to get away with a result from the Emirates today. King Kev challenge them to show the same quality like their FA Cup first-half courage through the full 90 minutes tonight.

“If we play like that against most teams in the Premier League then we’ll have more to cheer about than we will to cry about,” he told Newcastle World TV. “We’ve had a really good go and I was delighted with that. The lads showed courage and we should’ve gone in ahead at half-time.”

Meanwhile, Wenger warned his Arsenal players of Michael Owen threat at the Emirates Stadium and believes that given Owen half a chance he will punish the North Londoners.

“His match sharpness will come back with more games,” Wenger said, “You still feel that if you make a mistake, he will be there to take advantage of it as his runs are very intelligent.”

“You see that the quality is there, but Owen is not yet 100 per cent.”

We were canny good first half. We were toe to toe and for every attack they had we replied; we had a wee bit of menace in our endeavour.

Duff was doing well down the left, I remember a one off the line from Duff, a cross from Milner flashing across the face of the goal with Owen close to it, Taylor with a freak free header. A canny team effort. We did fine going forward and Arsenal looked more pretty and clever than full-blooded threatening.

Then the second half started.

If Geremi’s legs have gone then Butt’s are gone too today, while Duff was knackered after an hour. Our midfield disappeared and our defence again exposed couldn’t cope and was on the brink of comedy at times.

Better than of late but miles and miles and million and millions adrift and sub standard in defence, midfield and attack. This is only half time against a bigger, fitter and out of site better team than our lot.

Keegan believes his side are in need of a confidence boost after seeing his second game in charge ended in defeat as Arsenal picked up a 3-0 win at Emirates Stadium.

“In the first half we actually matched them and probably outplayed them,” Keegan told Sky Sports. “The challenge was to put 45 minutes on top of that. But we couldn’t do that today.”

“In the second half there were some things that were not good enough. The biggest thing that is missing is confidence. It is the one thing that makes a player find that extra step.” He added more, “We have got to get the players thinking a little bit differently because I am different to Sam.”

Arsene Wenger said after the game that United’s squad has gave his side a stern test at Emirates Stadium today and started very brightly and created some chances.

“It took us some time to take control of the game,” Wenger said as quoted from Sky Sports. “It was not easy at all. Kevin brought them here with drive going forward and belief in what they do. They were dangerous. We have learnt you need to be top class to beat Newcastle at the moment.”