Seventy years of hurt: how Newcastle’s Toon Army savoured historic day
With hope their long wait for domestic triumph would finally be ended, thousands of fans descended on London to watch their team take on Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final
In addition to photographing the fans who flocked to Wembley for the Carabao Cup final, Orlando Gili interviewed writer, playwright and Newcastle fan Michael Chaplin about what it means to follow the Magpies.
What is a typical Newcastle side? It’s built into the culture to play attractive football. It hasn’t always been the case, but it’s certainly true of the late 1950s and 1960s and the great Kevin Keegan team was built around attack and had success with that for a few years. It’s also true to some extent of the current team. Eddie Howe tries to ensure they can do everything, but he, too, is drawn to an attacking style.
A young Newcastle fan has his picture taken inside The Water Rats pub in Kings Cross, having just been given a ticket to the Carabao Cup final.
