Now we move on to a Premier League match of vividly contrasting fortunes. Newcastle bouncing on a trampoline of all-consuming joy and Everton morose and fearful. One shooting for the land of plenty that is the Champions League the other scared of a rare and traumatic fall through the PL trapdoor.
Two clubs of history with potentially very different futures. Life can be both wonderful and harsh. Do Geordies know it! Cometh the hour on Thursday evening, cometh reality.
Stats are often sobering of course. Newcastle may have failed to win trophies over barren decades, but humiliation rather than a lack of success is quite another matter and therefore those of Everton devotion are currently living through hell. They stand on the cusp of their first relegation for 72 years since they went down at the end of the 1950-51 season just as Newcastle were being hailed as the FA Cup kings of England with three Wembley wins to come over five years.
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So at their lowest moment we had our last great domestic successes. The contrast is not dissimilar now. Everton have stood proudly as members of England's top division since 1954-55 but if the Toffees are to get out of a sticky mess and maintain their stature they must target their remaining home matches starting against Newcastle.
Sean Dyche was brought in to do just that upon the sacking of this season's serial loser Frank Lampard. The combination of soccer's Bear Grylls, a passionately desperate Goodison crowd, and players fighting for their very existence ought to guarantee a stiff challenge to United.
However self doubt is always just a step away from those threatened and a rampant Newcastle will aim to prick fragile confidence while boosting their own one-eyed mission. It is a fact that while Everton and Southampton - United's next opponents at home on Sunday - need to fight for their very lives they are in the bottom three for a reason and that is they are basically well short of the required standard.
Everton may produce more resistance and challenge than a flaky Spurs but they are dreadfully lacking in ability and goals. Kill the crowd and you will almost inevitably kill them. United were truly stunning in the six-goal demolition of fifth top Tottenham. They showed quality right across the board. It was a joy to behold.
Joe Willock was a visionary in the middle of the park, Sean Longstaff inevitably a steadying influence allowing others to flourish, wide players Jacob Murphy and Joelinton destroyed Spurs early doors with their power play, and Alexander Isak looks a sensational modern day centre-forward.
Isak now has 10 goals in 11 starts plus four sub appearances which means that Newcastle, normally so short of reliable goalscorers, possess three these days with Miggy Almiron and Callum Wilson boasting 11 each. No bets being taken on who will finish as United's top scorer of course. It will be the man currently in third place.
Isak is the real deal and if Anthony Gordon requires inspiration while he desperately tries to make an impact after a big money transfer he should look no further than the lanky Swede. Gordon was initially hampered by being cup tied as United made it to Wembley just as Isak's appearances were restricted by a bad injury but he has risen from suggestions in some ill-informed quarters that he was not worth United's £60m outlay to become a 'steal.'
Gordon could also do himself a favour by acknowledging the emergence of a guy currently occupying his preferred position. Murphy was once bombed out on loan to West Brom and Sheffield Wednesday and seen here as no more than a bench warmer but has over a recent period as a starter produced the sort of form which has transformed his standing.
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Gordon will almost certainly not start at Everton even if Howe is tempted to spread the load and that is probably just as well because the reaction of the Goodison crowd would be hostile in the extreme given the way they perceived he left their club. United do not need to further aggravate fans who are Everton's biggest hope and will already be desperate to add their weight to the cause which is progressively do or die.
While Harry Kane must leave a fractured, suicidal, and dispirited Tottenham this summer if he is to chase glory people like Isak and Bruno must be delighted that they came to the land of the Three Musketeers: all for one and one for all. What a project this is.
From perennial relegation strugglers to Champions League contenders. How the world has changed in such a short space of time and how grateful are those who for so many long debilitating seasons were habitually let down. May the last mile be a lap of honour.
Seven games to go with four of the next half dozen at home. Those visiting a fortress are Southampton, Arsenal, Brighton and Leicester while the away two are Everton and Leeds, hardly frightening, before we reluctantly bring down the curtain at Chelsea.
Yes, Arsenal and Brighton will be cracking games of high intensity and confrontation but why should a team which has lost only once on hallowed turf be scared of a challenge. Champions League? It is ours unless we get awfully careless.
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