I got a phone call from a Sunderland fan I know after Newcastle United won at Wembley… | OneFootball

The dust is settling after that epic Newcastle United victory over the mighty Liverpool in the Carabao Cup Final at Wembley.

So I have been taking a look around to see what the regional and national press and media have had to say.

I must admit, I think most of the reaction to United’s victory has been fair and good.

Rightful praise given for a brave performance in a game which we deservedly won.

Some betting outlets had us as 3/1 underdogs going into the final, the scousers odds on to lift their first trophy of the Arne Slot era.

I can imagine that the bookies took a battering and my daughter Joeli claimed winnings on the 2-1 scoreline with her first ever bet.

Most fans of other clubs have since praised Newcastle United and appreciated what it meant to our fanbase.

A lot of the scousers were magnanimous in defeat, but I think they may have to reconsider changing their signature tune, ‘You’ll never walk alone’.

Pretty much none of their fans left inside Wembley Stadium when Liverpool picked up their losers medals.

Of course, Newcastle’s cup win was never going to go down well on Wearside.

Many of Sunderland’s supporters that frequent a certain forum, had tried in the build up to convince themselves that Newcastle United would be soundly beaten.

When the unthinkable (in their eyes) happened, disbelief was soon replaced by vitriolic bitterness and envy.

Numerous needless threads appeared, some so embarrassing that they became quickly shut down.

And yet I received a lovely call from a former workmate on Tuesday.

John is a Sunderland man and he phoned to offer me his congratulations, as he has always known what Newcastle United mean to me.

John appreciates good football and regularly compliments Eddie Howes team.

If the boot had of been on the other foot I know I would do the same.

In many an old round of banter between Geordies and Mackems in the workplace, I was always quick to point out to younger black and whiters that Sunderland’s 1973 FA Cup win was no mean achievement.

Manchester City and Arsenal were disposed of in the quarters and semis, before the biggest upset of all time in the final against Leeds.

Along with Liverpool and Derby County, the aforementioned clubs were at the time the best five in the country.

I have always known that there is no use having banter, or going on the wind up, if you don’t know your stuff.

So although not unexpected, some of the things that have been said about United and the Geordie public over the last few days by so-called Sunderland supporters have bordered on the ridiculous, preposterous even.

I’m confidently sure that they’ll never get over it and there is also going to be a lot more to come.

One national tabloid ran a headline in the sports pages on Tuesday proclaiming ‘The Tynes, they are a changing’.

This was a warning to the Septic Six cartel that Newcastle United had well and truly arrived, basically that “their old road was rapidly ageing” (Thank you Bob).

It went on to say that the PSR rules that have previously hindered the progress of Newcastle United wouldn’t work.

It mentioned ‘Project 2030‘ and the Saudi PIF’s vision for United. That is for us to be a leading club challenging for titles and Champions Leagues.

It seemed to accept that Newcastle United should no longer be viewed as just another component in the PIF’s considerable portfolio.

Seeing our chairman Yasir Al Rumyyan joyfully holding the cup at Wembley tells me as much.

It’s now a long way on from the utter turmoil and grief we endured before the takeover in 2021.

Like the vast majority, I have already embraced the notion of a brand new state of the art super stadium that stays in the city centre.

The team will soon be far too good to have even have contemplated staying in an out-dated, no longer fit for purpose, St James’ Park.

As I’m typing I’m listening to the crackling original vinyl and the thought provoking lyrics of Bob Dylan.

‘The line it is drawn, the curse it is cast, The slow one now will later be fast, As the present now will later be past… The order is rapidly fading, For the times they are a changing’.