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Have Newcastle United made history?

It was after Sunday’s magnificent victory at Wembley that the thought came to me.

Are Newcastle United  the very first to do this?

Are there any stat freaks out there who can help me out?

Eddie Howe and his players making history?

By the way, I don’t mean history as in, Newcastle United winning their first trophy since 1969, or first domestic trophy since 1955.

When I say making history, I am referring to all teams/clubs.

Back in 2022/23, Eddie Howe and his Newcastle United team got to the League Cup final by beating League Two Tranmere. Then it was five wins over Premier League teams, Palace who ended that season 12th in the PL table Bournemouth who finished 15th, whilst Leicester and Southampton got relegated.

Have a look at this current Premier League table, on Monday (17 March 2025) morning:

Can you see what it is yet?

Well, Newcastle United in their League Cup run had already beaten the second placed Premier League team (twice!), the third place team, the fourth place team (and the 11th placed, as well as a League Two team).

Then at Wembley on Sunday, it was Liverpool, Newcastle United having to play the top of the Premier League team as well.

In the history of the League Cup, has any other club ever beaten all of the top four in the top tier to win the trophy?

Indeed, in the FA Cup has anybody ever managed it?

Bottom line is that Newcastle United have won this trophy, via the very hardest way possible, beating Chelsea, Forest and Arsenal (twice!), plus Liverpool!!

I think that often fans put far too much store by the cups, in terms of success/failure. By which I mean, so much of it is down to the luck of the draw, who you play and whether home or away.

In 2022/23, I think we couldn’t complain about the opposition we were drawn against, even if all but one were Premier League clubs.

This time though, I don’t think Newcastle United and Eddie Howe have really had the level of praise they have deserved.

Back in 1998, Kenny Dalglish absolutely fluked getting to the FA Cup final Newcastle even playing a second tier team (Sheff Utd) in the semi-final.

Ruud Gullit very similar in 1999, he took NUFC to Wembley, playing teams outside the top tier, apart from Everton who finished 14th and Blackburn who were relegated. It was Tottenham in the semi-final but they ended up only 11th in the PL table.

I used to laugh when journalists who were desperate to say how well Steve Bruce was supposedly doing in the cups, yet as soon as we played anybody half decent we got beat, whilst struggling to get past likes of lower league teams such as Rochdale (replay needed), Oxford (replay needed), Newport (late Shelvey goal to take it to penalties), as well as beating the likes of Morecambe as well.

Against the odds, Eddie Howe has massively delivered this season, Carabao Cup winners and if winning their game in hand, Newcastle United will be fourth top in the Premier League.

Liverpool 1 Newcastle 2 – Sunday 16 March 4.30pm

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Burn 45, Isak 52

Liverpool:

Chiesa 90+4

Possession was Newcastle 34% Liverpool 66%

Total shots were Newcastle 17 Liverpool 7

Shots on target were Newcastle 6 Liverpool 2

Corners were Newcastle 9 Liverpool 4

Touches in the box Newcastle 26 Liverpool 17

Newcastle team v Liverpool:

Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento, Joelinton, Tonali, Bruno, Barnes (Willock 81), Isak (Wilson 81), Murphy (Krafth 90)

Unused subs:

Dubravka, Longstaff, Targett, Osula, Miley, Neave

(Liverpool 1 Newcastle 2 – Match ratings and comments on all the Newcastle United players – Read HERE)