Of 121 ties, 56 have been at home, 65 away. Of those 56 at home, we failed to score in 12.

Top Scorers: Of the 187 we've scored so far in this competition, 55 have come from the boot/head/arse of 9 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: Kenny Wharton.

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: 47, 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: Arsenal (Highbury and Emirates.) 
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 11 of our 14 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)