Eddie Howe might feel like he has 99 problems amid Newcastle’s goalkeeping crisis, but 99 years ago his predecessors, a selection committee, had exactly the same issue - and duly won the Cup with their emergency keeper as man-of-the-match.
In an echo of events of nearly a century ago, the Magpies will be without first choice Nick Pope for tomorrow’s Carabao Cup final against Manchester United.
He is suspended and Loris Karius, in what will be his Newcastle debut, is set to make his first appearance in two years.
Back in 1924, and ahead of the FA Cup final with Aston Villa, Sandy Mutch suffered what would prove a career-ending knee injury, ironically in a league fixture against Villa.