(28 May 2015, 11:46 am)Andreos1 wrote Early - mid 80's if I remember right for the English Milk Cup.
Didn't have a sponsor prior to that.

Newcastle had cracking youth teams in the 80's and 90's.
They won the FA Youth Cup and NI Youth Cup a few times over that period.

Some members of those Newcastle teams made it to a higher level.
Gazza, Ian Bogie and Neil McDonald (who was the first West Ham representative to congratulate John Carver last weekend). John Carver had also played at that level before injury.
Later on, Lee Clark, Steve Watson, Steve Howey etc appeared.

(31 May 2015, 8:24 am)MurdnunoC wrote On the subject of the 'Milk Cup' there was also the 'Milk Race' which was essentially a Tour of Britain cycle race. I also had the computer game for my Spectrum +3 which involved a lot of key-bashing as far as remember, I'm not sure if the race still takes place now, but the MMB (Milk Marketing Board) loved their sports sponsorship deals.

Anyway, I digress...

And brought Accrington Stanley into our living rooms too!