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George Flood

Newcastle stun Liverpool to win Carabao Cup final and end 70-year wait for major trophy

Drought finally over: Newcastle celebrate their first major trophy success since the 1955 FA Cup final at Wembley - (Getty Images)

Newcastle stunned Liverpool 2-1 in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley to end one of English football’s most famous trophy droughts.

Boyhood Toon fan Dan Burn and top scorer Alexander Isak scored either side of half-time to at long last halt the club’s 70-year wait for major domestic silverware that had stretched back to 1955.

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