Many of a black-and-white persuasion were taken aback at Wembley. The Geordie nation who had been starved of success, who had resigned themselves to never seeing Newcastle win anything, witnessed their first trophy since the 1960s, their first in English competitions since the 1950s.
Eddie Howe was surprised, too. He hadn’t even noticed that the prize for lifting the Carabao Cup included a spot in next season’s Conference League.
