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Newcastle celebrations are not over the top – this is why it means so much

If you do not understand what winning the Carabao Cup final means to Newcastle United, if you cannot appreciate what this moment has unleashed in a football obsessed city, maybe this is not the game for you.

For 70 years Newcastle United fans have waited. For seven decades they had wondered what it would be like to see their team win a trophy at Wembley. A fanbase conditioned for disappointment, a fanbase with sore tongues used to licking the wounds of failure and frustration for so long.

Well the wait is over and the celebrations did not disappoint.