With the 2022 FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and France taking place next Sunday at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar, we reach our final retrospective.
So far, we've looked back the finals from 1950 to 2010 and highlighted any Newcastle United links. Here we recall the finals of 2014 and 2018, as well as naming each of the 34 World Cup Magpies who have been called into their respective national squads for the final stages over the last 72 years.
World Cup, 2014: The World Cup decamped to Brazil once again, and Newcastle United had five players in the land of the samba dance - Mathieu Debuchy and Moussa Sissoko of France, Cheick Tiote of the Ivory Coast, Tim Krul of Holland, and Shola Ameobi of Nigeria. As for England, it was doom and gloom and an early flight home once again as Roy Hodgson’s men finished bottom of their group after losing to Italy and Uruguay, and drawing with Costa Rica. Germany were eventual winners, beating Argentina and Lionel Messi 1-0 in the final.
