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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barry Glendenning

A final that meant more to Newcastle and their camera-hogging celebrity fans

Ant and Dec get their celebrations on at Wembley.
Ant and Dec get their celebrations on among the crowd at Wembley. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images/Reuters

LIVERPOOL FEEL THE BURN

Considering how long it took them to finally get their hands on some domestic silverware after a 70-year pause, in the end it was remarkably easy for Newcastle United. While the supercilious slogan “this means more” is more readily associated with Liverpool Football Club, prevailing in Fizzy Cup on Sunday clearly meant an awful lot more to Eddie Howe, his players and the travelling Toon Army. Yes, they finally rid their club of the giant baboon on its back on an afternoon when the ever present and significantly larger and autocratic elephant in the room went largely unaddressed.

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