Sean Longstaff, he’s one of our own.
It took just five minutes for the chant to start swirling around St James’ Park, and it was still in place after the Newcastle midfielder conducted his post-match interviews 10 minutes after full-time. Two goals, a 2-1 win on the night, and he’d steered his club to Wembley.
The Local Hero. For the second time in consecutive Carabao Cup ties at St James’, after Dan Burn’s quarter-final endeavour, a Geordie boy was the goalscoring champions.
