Newcastle United made history TWICE on League Cup night against Crystal Palace as the good times continue to roll at St James' Park.
For a start, the attendance of 51,660 was the biggest ever in this competition for the club as it pipped the 49,902 crowd of 1976 against Tottenham in the semi-final of the League Cup. And then came the heroics in the penalty shoot-out as bad memories were replaced by a wonderful display between the posts from England international Nick Pope.
His three stops to deny Luka Milivojevic, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Malcolm Ebiowei meant that Newcastle won a shoot-out at home for the first time ever in any competition. Some high profile defeats on spot-kicks include going out the Champions League to Partizan Belgrade in 2003 and Chelsea in the FA Cup in 1996.
