Newcastle United claim their first major domestic trophy in 70 years while the Premier League relegation places seem sewn up. For paying subscribers, here's your one-stop shop for this weekend.
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So, the run has come to an end, then. Newcastle United have their first domestic trophy since 1955 and their first of any sort since the Inter Cities Fairs Cup (if you count that, and the case for doing so isn’t quite as simple as ‘this is what the UEFA Cup used to be’), but considering that they’d upset the strong favourites to win the competition, the central place that the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne holds within the lexicon of the game in this country, and the long-held position that the club had as many people’s ‘second club’, the celebrations upon the final whistle beyond Tyneside were somewhat muted.