[Football] League Cup Final

[RioGrandeGull]

What you might not be aware of - and it's entirely understandable as the media missed this for some reason - is that Newcastle have not won a trophy since the dinosaurs roamed the earth.

As such for the people of Newcastle, this is a highly significant event.

Dinosaurs still roam parts of the North East….

 

[West Upper Seagull]

Another consideration for European qualification as you shouldn’t rule out Newcastle suffering a hangover from this win and dropping points in the next few games, giving us the opportunity to overtake them !

 

[kevo]

The elephant in the room, which no-one has dared mention in the massive media love-in, is that Newcastle United are funded by the Saudi state.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

The elephant in the room, which no-one has dared mention in the massive media love-in, is that Newcastle United are funded by the Saudi state.

Yes, they have a large fanbase in Saudi I believe.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Fair play to Dan Burn winning a trophy with them the week he gets an England call up. When you think of some of the other world class Geordie players such as Chris Waddle, Paul Gascoigne, Peter Beardsley, Alan Shearer and Barry Venison never won a trophy with Newcastle, it puts in perspective.

 

[Milano]

Fair play to Dan Burn winning a trophy with them the week he gets an England call up. When you think of some of the other world class Geordie players such as Chris Waddle, Paul Gascoigne, Peter Beardsley, Alan Shearer and Barry Venison never won a trophy with Newcastle, it puts in perspective.

But at no point in that time was the club funded by a COUNTRY, they were a smallish club in northern England.

They’ve spent half a billion to win this cup and the media are acting like they’re Wimbledon 88.

 

[A1X]

Working out the permutations is a fool’s game for now IMHO. We’re 6 games unbeaten in all comps, European qualification is in our hands through two routes, let’s beat Villa and Forest in the next couple of games and we’ll be right in the mixer regardless of permutations. I think we can do it too.

 

[Kit Napper]

Fair play to Dan Burn winning a trophy with them the week he gets an England call up. When you think of some of the other world class Geordie players such as Chris Waddle, Paul Gascoigne, Peter Beardsley, Alan Shearer and Barry Venison never won a trophy with Newcastle, it puts in perspective.

Yes I feel the debate on this board as to whether Dan Burn is good enough to face the might of Albania and Latvia was conclusively settled today

 

[Brian Fantana]

You chose to live on their patch

I didn't unfortunately. Family circumstances made it necessary. As soon as that's not an issue, I'll be gone.

 

[ManOfSussex]

But at no point in that time was the club funded by a COUNTRY, they were a smallish club in northern England.

They’ve spent half a billion to win this cup and the media are acting like they’re Wimbledon 88.

They're acting like they're Wimbledon 88, Coventry 87, Luton 88 all rolled into one with Swindon in 69 as the cherry on the top. All of whom, as have others, won domestic trophies in the intervening 70 years since Newcastle last did. Still, it reduced Ant & Dec to tears and Alan Shearer demonstrated a better celebration then he ever did as a player.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I didn't unfortunately. Family circumstances made it necessary. As soon as that's not an issue, I'll be gone.

Fair enough, let them enjoy their win though, we have to suffer plastic Liverpool fans in every Sussex city, town and village whenever they win something.

 

[Milano]

To be on the safe side re Europe I think we should just win the FA Cup and be done with it.

 

[Bob!]

To be on the safe side re Europe I think we should just win the FA Cup and be done with it.

Or guarantee sixth place before the FA cup final, and have a back up plan of winning the cup.

 

[Bodian]

For any Dan Burn fan https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/16/dan-burn-newcastle-liverpool-cup-final

 

[nicko31]

For any Dan Burn fan https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/16/dan-burn-newcastle-liverpool-cup-final

“It was the move to Brighton that made him”

 

[Birdie Boy]

Working out the permutations is a fool’s game for now IMHO. We’re 6 games unbeaten in all comps, European qualification is in our hands through two routes, let’s beat Villa and Forest in the next couple of games and we’ll be right in the mixer regardless of permutations. I think we can do it too.

7...

 

[dwayne]

Just for simplicity.

We only need to worry about Newcastle taking a European spot off us if we finish 7th and they finish out of the top 7?

The other question. If we finish 6th and they finish 7th ..we take the Europa place and they get conference? Right?

*Taking fa cup out of equation at the moment.

 

[Hometownglory]

The scope for boasting must surely be limited given it's the Carabao which is hardly the Champions League.

I tend to agree. Whilst I would obviously love the Albion to win it, anything. It doesn't hold the same gravitas as winning the Prem title, a European cup of any level or the FA Cup. For a club the size of Newcastle, it won't hold much weight for long. I mean, every year it's put forward for this cup (name after an Thai energy drink) to be scrapped to allow players more rest time...

 

[Javeaseagull]

For any Dan Burn fan https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/16/dan-burn-newcastle-liverpool-cup-final

I do enjoy Barney Ronay. Thanks

 

[dejavuatbtn]

It's only the league cup.

Yeh, but if it was us winning it I would be as excited as them.