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Eddie Howe seeks to achieve what Bobby Robson and Kevin Keegan couldn’t: End Newcastle’s trophy drought
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Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe (left) and Liverpool boss Arne Slot will be hoping to win their first trophy with their respective teams when they meet in the League Cup final on March 16.
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An archive news clip from 1976 says so much about the passion and fervour of Newcastle United’s fans. An open-top bus tours Newcastle city centre, to applause from streets full of people, there for the lads. The catch: Newcastle have just lost the League Cup final to Manchester City. “We Nearly Won The Cup” is the chant being heard.
The club’s search for a first domestic trophy since winning the 1955 FA Cup has continued another 49 years.
