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===Neutral venue=== Filbert Street hosted a [[Football League test matches|Football League test match]] on 27 April 1895 which saw [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] beat [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] 2β1 to remain in the [[Football League First Division|First Division]], with Notts County remaining in the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]].<ref name=ips/> It also held the finals of the [[FA Amateur Cup]] in 1896 and 1900. On 28 March 1896, [[Bishop Auckland F.C.|Bishop Auckland]] beat [[Portsmouth F.C.|Royal Artillery Portsmouth]] 1β0 and on 31 March 1900, Bishop Auckland were again the winners, beating [[Lowestoft Town F.C.|Lowestoft Town]] 5β1.<ref name=ips/> Filbert was later used as a neutral venue for two FA Cup semi-finals. The first took place in 1928 between Blackburn Rovers and Arsenal and in 1962 it hosted a semi-final replay between [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] and [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]], following a draw at [[Villa Park]]. In the replay, Burnley progressed to the final with a 2β1 win.<ref name=ips/> It was the neutral venue of the semi-final of the [[1970β71 FA Trophy]] between [[Hillingdon Borough F.C.]] and [[Hereford United]], which Hillingdon won 2β0.<ref name=ips/> It also held multiple FA Cup second replays including two long running ties. In March 1975, it hosted the second replay of League champions [[Leeds United A.F.C.|Leeds United]] against [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] in the fifth round of the cup following two previous draws but the second replay also ended in a draw (0β0). Two days later, the teams met again at Filbert Street with Ipswich Town finally winning 3β2 to progress to the semi-final against eventual winners [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]. In 1979, Filbert Street again hosted a marathon tie, this time between Arsenal and [[Sheffield Wednesday]] in the third round. Again, following two draws between the teams, Filbert Street hosted the second replay on 15 January 1979 but this ended in a 2β2 draw. Two days later the teams met again at Filbert Street but again, the teams could not be separated, drawing 3β3. Finally, in the fifth game between the teams held the following week, Arsenal progressed to the next round, winning 2β0. It was the last time the stadium had an attendance over 30,000 (30,275).<ref name=ips/> Despite the struggle to progress from the third round, Arsenal went on to win the competition. Filbert Street also held one [[Football League Cup]] second replay between [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] and [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] on 20 September 1977, which Oldham won 2β1 after extra time.<ref name=ips/> It hosted a third round League Cup tie between [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] and [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] on 27 October 1987 as Luton were banned from using their [[Artificial turf|plastic pitch]] in the competition. Luton won 3β1.<ref name=ips/> England under-23s played West Germany's under-23s at the stadium on 14 October 1970, which England won 3β1. [[England national under-21 football team|England's under-21 team]] played their final qualifying game of the [[1980 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship|1980 UEFA U-21 Football Championship]] and beat [[Bulgaria national under-21 football team|Bulgaria]] to progress to the finals. It was also used for England under-21s games against [[Portugal national under-21 football team|Portugal]] in 1994 and [[Mexico national under-21 football team|Mexico]] in 2001.<ref name=ips/> Filbert Street hosted one full international game between [[India national football team|India]] and [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]] on 29 July 2000, with India winning 1β0.<ref name=ips/>
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