Newcastle United paraded the Carabao Cup around St James’ Park directly in front of Sunderland fans.
Eddie Howe led Newcastle United to their first major trophy since 1955 by beating Liverpool 2-1 in the Carabao Cup final last weekend.
The celebrations at Wembley were iconic, and Newcastle fans will be looking forward to March 29th when the club plan to continue the celebrations throughout the city.
Newcastle will host a bus parade and a public celebration on the Town Moor next Saturday, but some fans have already got a glimpse at the club’s latest silverware.
Photo by Newcastle United/Newcastle United via Getty Images
Photo by Newcastle United/Newcastle United via Getty Images
Newcastle United parade Carabao Cup at St James’ Park
While there are 14 Newcastle players on international duty this week in the men’s team, the women’s team have taken over St James’ Park for a fierce derby clash.
Newcastle United’s women took on Sunderland in a Barclays Women’s Championship clash on Sunday afternoon, and the club decided it was an ideal time to show off the Carabao Cup.
Newcastle won the match 1-0 with Shania Hayles scoring the winner in the second half.
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According to The Chronicle, travelling Sunderland fans tried to drown out the trophy celebrations by chanting “six in a row” and “stand up if you hate the Mags”.
But a packed-out St James’ Park responded brilliantly with Newcastle fans chanting “Stand up if you’ve won the cup”.
Sunderland have never won the League Cup
While Sunderland are falling behind in their push for promotion in the Championship, Newcastle are returning to Tyneside with a trophy to resume their Champions League push.
Newcastle are currently sixth in the Premier League table and have 10 games remaining to secure a return to Europe.
But winning the Carabao Cup last weekend means they have ended a 70-year wait for silverware and lifted a trophy that Sunderland never have.
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Newcastle have been runners-up twice in the League Cup/Carabao Cup, including the heart-breaking defeat to Manchester United two years ago.
But it was third-time lucky for Newcastle last weekend. In contrast, Sunderland have never won the trophy – the closest they got was in 2013/14 when they lost 3-1 to Manchester City.