Newcastle United made it to the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in the 1969-70 season .
Barcelona won this play-off 2–1.Among the changes was the abandonment of the `` one city one team '' rule , which had had a particularly bad effect on English entrants for 1969–70 , when Liverpool ( 2nd ) , Arsenal ( 4th ) , Southampton ( 7th ) and Newcastle ( 9th ) got the places , at the expense of Everton ( 3rd ) , Chelsea ( 5th ) , Spurs ( 6th ) and West Ham ( 8th ) .
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup