Wembley champagne left us thirsty for much more - but can Newcastle United deliver before 2030? |
Wembley champagne left us thirsty for much more - but can Newcastle United deliver before 2030?
Just one year ago Newcastle United lifted a trophy - but where are the club 12 months on?
Jamaal Lascelles with the Carabao Cup trophy after Newcastle's win over Liverpool(Image: 2025 Allstar)
One year feels like it has passed in the blink of an eye at Newcastle United.
Yes, it really is the one-year anniversary since the Magpies won a trophy, a concept that many of us are still getting our heads around 12 months on. Down the years, we've watched on as the anniversary dinners clocked up for the likes of Bobby Moncur, Alan Foggon and Frank Clark with the old Fairs Cup celebrated well and truly down the decades.
You'd like to think that those long trophy droughts are a thing of the past but hearing the final whistle at Wembley this time last year still feels like it hasn't sunk in! Even now, I can see the disbelief around Wembley as the black and whites finally landed a piece of major silverware.
Dan Burn cemented himself in Geordie folklore with the first Toon goal at Wembley in 25 years, and Alexander Isak may one day be forgiven for his antics after netting what proved to be the winner under the famous arch in the capital.
Burn must pinch himself on a regular basis after going from the ex-Darlington defender signed to help keep Newcastle up in 2022 to a club legend, England international and Wembley winner in just 12 months. Isak's feelings will be different after becoming public enemy number 1 on Tyneside, but even then without........