When Cambridge United’s Cup heroes dropped to the turf and sat in a line in front of the Leazes End, you wondered if it was in preparation for some Boat Race-themed celebration. They had, after all, spent much of the afternoon rowing back against a wave of Newcastle attacks.
Alas, it was not. Rather, they were simply knackered. They also wanted to savour the moment. High above them, in the country’s most-elevated away end, were 5,000 of their supporters, singing and dancing at an altitude that just about captured the scale of their team’s achievement.
For this was no watered-down FA Cup upset.