Jocks,Geordie & Mackems miss out Newcastle, Sunderland and Hampden Park have missed out on the right to stage the 2005 Uefa Cup final. Uefa's executive committee decided to hand the final to Sporting Lisbon's Jose Alvalade Stadium, one of two Portuguese venues which were in the running. European football's governing body also gave the 2005 Champions League final to the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul which beat five other venues, including the Stade de France in Paris and the Vicente Calderon in Madrid.
