Newcastle United made history by reaching the League Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1976 and ended their last four hoodoo in this competition.
The old Wembley chants cascaded down from the Gallowgate End as the seconds ticked down at St James' Park but this time, for the first time since the mid-noughties, there seems genuine cause for excitement. Could Geordie fans be walking down Wembley way again for a big cup occasion for the first time since the year 2000 on February 26?
Well, the dream is still alive. But only after a nervous first hour on Tyneside in which the black and white masses headed and kicked every ball!
