This is history. Right here, right now, Newcastle United are going to the revamped Wembley for the first time in club history for the big occasion and back to the venue of legends for the first time in 24 years.
The scramble for hotels and train tickets was already well under before Eddie Howe's United flew into a 2-0 lead in front of a full house at St James' Park and sent Trainline.com into meltdown. But this is the stuff that dreams are made of, this is the reason we follow Newcastle, this is the type of passion the wealthy investors from Saudi Arabia paid their money for and this is the type of night Mike Ashley did not want to entertain because he feared the cups could relegate the Magpies.
As referee Paul Tierney blasted his whistle at St James' Park the green light which signalled the road to Wembley was open for Geordie fans and all of the emotions of the last few years exploded into the cool January air at St James'.
