Murphy, who set up the winning goal in the Carabao Cup final for Alexander Isak, told supporters – and the council – that more trophies (and more parades) were on the way after the club broke its 70-year domestic trophy drought.
“From being a little boy, that's more what you envision it like. But driving through there, I didn't expect it to be quite as spectacular as it was,” the winger said.
“I think the Newcastle fans, the council, everyone's probably going to have to get used to this.
_(Image: John Walton)_ “We always knew that the specialness was in being the first and to be on that bus, knowing that we were the first in so long to do it, makes it even more special.
“We spoke about it so much – being the first. Now that the club's on this trajectory, I think titles, accomplishments like this will be happening more frequently. But to be the first, I think it makes it even more special.
“Especially for seven decades of nothing, being the first, that's the important one.”
Murphy, like defender Dan Burn, thought that his time to shine at Newcastle had come and gone after a couple of loan spells away from the club led some to believe that he had been written off in black and white.
But a revitalised stint in the squad under Eddie Howe has made Murphy one of the first names on the team sheet at points during the last 12 months and being on the bus was everything he dreamed of.
_(Image: Danny Lawson)_ “I think you stop having them dreams at certain points and then suddenly it becomes a reality,” he told reporters after stepping off the bus.
His childhood was filled with dreams of playing for Newcastle, but the sticky parts of his career at the club still stay with him now.
“There was one point where everyone thought that it was my time to go. I never thought that.
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“Here I am on that bus parade, you know, leaping at the back post to nod it down to our superstar striker to put us 2-0 in front at Wembley.
“It's just an amazing journey and one that my family are proud of, I'm super proud of.
“It's awesome.”