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Newcastle revels in silverware success as history boys parade Carabao Cup

Alexander Isak and Kieran Trippier celebrate with the Carabao Cup Trophy, as Anthony Gordon, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton, Nick Pope and Eddie Howe, Manager of Newcastle United, look on as the bus passes St James' Park during the Newcastle United trophy parade and celebration on March 29, 2025 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Newcastle United defeated Liverpool in the Carabao Cup Final to end their seventy-year domestic trophy drought. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

An explosion of sheer joy following a lifetime’s worth of disappointment? A not so subtle expression of soft Saudi Arabian power? A wonderful example of the synergy between a city and its football club? Or a Sunderland supporter’s worst nightmare?

Saturday’s celebrations on Newcastle’s Town Moor staged to commemorate Eddie Howe’s team’s Carabao Cup triumph against Liverpool at Wembley two weeks ago was all those things and much, much, more.