Manchester United at Wembley? It had to be. Nearly 24 years after facing Sir Alex Ferguson's treble winners in their last final, Newcastle United will go toe-to-toe with the Red Devils under the arch once more as Eddie Howe's side finally look to end the club's trophy drought in the Carabao Cup showpiece.
This is a different era, a different Wembley and a different competition but there is one constant from that FA Cup final: those fans who have never given up. Those same Newcastle supporters who even lined the streets to welcome their side home following that 2-0 defeat against Manchester United in 1999.
Some of the players involved that day found the prospect of a trophyless open top bus parade understandably 'embarrassing' and feared no one would even turn up. Yet the fans did. Thousands of them, in fact, as former defender Andy Griffin recalled of that journey from the Gosforth Park Hotel to Newcastle Civic Centre.
