Alan Shearer draws very close parallels between Crystal Palace and Newcastle United | OneFootball

Alan Shearer has been chatting about Crystal Palace and Newcastle United.

The United legend talking about winning trophies.

Especially what it means (or should mean!) to football fans when this happens.

Crystal Palace fans on Saturday living the dream at Wembey.

Just as was the case with Newcastle United fans nine weeks earlier.

Alan Shearer drawing parallels between the two occasions.

United fans (many for the first ever time) seeing NUFC win a first trophy in 56 years whilst for Crystal Palace fans, the first major trophy in the entire history of their club.

Great to see.

Although, if you’re honest, a lot easier to be magnanimous as a Newcastle United fan after we had already got over that trophy-line back in March!

Alan Shearer talking to BBC Sport and reflecting after Crystal Palace 1 Manchester City 0:

‘First Newcastle, now Crystal Palace.

As I said on BBC One after Saturday’s FA Cup final, 2025 is the year of the underdog – and I love it!

I know exactly how the Palace fans felt after seeing their side beat Manchester City, because I was there myself only a few weeks ago when Newcastle won the Carabao Cup final.

Like them, I had waited my entire life to see my team win a major trophy. For Palace supporters this is their first piece of silverware in their history and, from where I was doing my co-commentary at Wembley, I could tell how much it meant to them.

They reminded me of the Newcastle fans with the way they roared their team on from the moment they got into the ground. For most of the game they drowned the [Man] City supporters out, and I went through every emotion with them during the 90 minutes, and especially beyond.

You could see the agony on their faces when the board went up to show there would be 10 minutes of stoppage time, and when I looked around I saw everyone with their head in their hands – the same way I was when I was waiting for the final whistle in the same stadium against Liverpool.

I saw the joy and the tears afterwards too, when the celebrations were just getting started. A lot of them will have sore heads on Sunday and Monday, and I don’t blame them one bit.

They knew they had a part to play if their team was going to beat [Man] City, and they did it – it was a great performance by Palace’s players, but their fans were sensational too.

Now this is their moment and they should absolutely make the most of it – I know I did when it was finally Newcastle’s turn to win something.

Usually you see a team lift a trophy and you ask ‘what next?’, but – apart from enjoying European football for the first time next season – the only thing Palace should be looking forward to right now is Tuesday’s home game against Wolves, because there is going to be one heck of a party at Selhurst Park.’