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We will all be hoping Newcastle United can buck the trends of footballing history on Tuesday night .

The Magpies face Premier League Hull City at the KCOM Stadium in the quarter-final of a cup competition that has rarely proved fruitful for the visitors.

The FA Cup? Yes, six trophies in the bag. The league title? Four times has it resided at Gallowgate. And add to that the 1969 Inter City Fairs Cup, of course.

The League Cup, meanwhile, in its various incarnations - Milk, Littlewoods, Coca-Cola, Carling and the rest - has seldom been to Newcastle United’s liking.

The Toon’s first involvement in the newfangled knock-out competition came in 1961 when they meekly bowed out in the first round, losing 4-1 at fourth division Colchester.

After that inauspicious start, we ask how many times have Newcastle United reached the quarter final of the League Cup - OK, the EFL Cup - and how have they fared?

You might want to look away now!

1. 1974-75. Chester 1-0 Newcastle:

More than 31,000 were at St James’ Park on December 4, 1974, to see Supermac and co grind out a 0-0 draw with fourth division Chester City. Two weeks later the unthinkable happened. United flopped to a 1-0 defeat against the minnows and were out.

2. 1975-76 Newcastle 1-0 Nott County:

It was December 3, 1975, and 31,114 braved a chilly St James’ Park to see a County own goal gift United a narrow 1-0 win. The League Cup semi-final and final would beckon.

3. 1995-96. Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle:

It had been 20 years since the Toon last graced the quarters. Steve Watson famously gave a the Toon a 1-0 win at Liverpool in round four. A trip to Arsenal on January 10, 1996 proved too much for Keegan’s ‘Entertainers’ with an Ian Wright brace sending them packing.

4. 1997-98. Newcastle 0-2 Liverpool:

Not for the first time, Liverpool proved to be Newcastle United’s nemesis. Goalless after 90 minutes, extra-time strikes from Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler would send the bulk of a 33,438 crowd home with their tails between their legs on January 7, 1998.

5. 2001-2002. Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle:

It was last-minute agony for United at Stamford Bridge on December 12, 2001. Bobby Robson’s formidable team sat top of the Premier League, enjoying superb away wins at Arsenal and Leeds as Christmas approached. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s last-gasp goal put paid to any League Cup ambitions.

6. 2006-2007. Newcastle 0-1 Chelsea:

United were now in the post-Shearer era, and Glenn Roeder’s team would bow out to the eventual winners at St James’ Park in front of 37,406 fans. five days before Christmas 2006. In a tight encounter with the expensively assembled visitors, it was a 79th minute goal from Didier Drogba which broke Newcastle hearts.

7. 2014-2015. Spurs 4-0 Newcastle:

December 17, 2014 was a date to forget for United. More than 34,000 were at White Hart Lane to see goals from Bentaleb, Chadli, Kane and Soldado crush the Toon. Ouch.

And that’s it. Newcastle United’s League Cup quarter-final showings to date.

We trust that the record books will be thrown out of the window on Tuesday evening in Yorkshire’s East Riding.