The year 2025 will go down as a historic one in Newcastle United's history as the 70-year wait for domestic silverware finally ended. The 2-1 Carabao Cup final victory over Liverpool secured the Magpies' first major trophy since the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1969 and first domestic success since the 1955 FA Cup. The party might have started under the Wembley arch, but it carried on in Tyneside for days!
The year 2025 will go down as a historic one in Newcastle United's history as the 70-year wait for domestic silverware finally ended.
The 2-1 Carabao Cup final victory over Liverpool secured the Magpies' first major trophy since the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1969 and first domestic success since the 1955 FA Cup.
The party might have started under the Wembley arch, but it carried on in Tyneside for days!
Take a look back at how that special day unfolded.
The Angel of the North and Millennium Bridge were given a makeover and decorated in black and white as Newcastle prepared to face Liverpool in the final.
Flags were flying high across the city and even dogs were pictured wearing shirts.
Newcastle went into the match on a run of nine successive Wembley defeats, but on Sunday, 16 March there was real belief that it was their time.
They were the underdogs but that was a name tag fans relished.
Eddie Howe's side emerged from the Wembley tunnel to a sea of black and white scarves and tifos and to the roar of the Toon Army.
It was the local lad from Blyth, Dan Burn, who broke the deadlock just before half-time with a thumping header from Kieran Trippier's corner.
That was Newcastle's first goal in a cup final since 1976 and the scenes in the stands showed just how much it meant.
A second would come in the second half through Alexander Isak, before Federico Chiesa netted a consolation late on for Liverpool.
But that late goal did not matter because Newcastle had done it - they had won the Carabao Cup.
The party was now well under way in the stands and on the pitch.
Scarves around heads, home flags draped around shoulders and winners' medals worn with pride - the players and staff soaked up every single moment.
It was clear to see how much it meant to everyone.
Howe and his team wrote themselves into the club history books that day by achieving such a feat.
They also provided thousands of people with one of the best days of their lives.
But perhaps most importantly, they also helped to remind clubs up and down the country that there is still magic in the cup.
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