The Mag
·28 March 2025
We all saw how much winning the Carabao Cup meant to Newcastle fans – BBC Sport pundit looks ahead

The Mag
·28 March 2025
BBC Sport pundit Chris Sutton has been reflecting on Newcastle United winning the Carabao Cup Final, defeating Liverpool 2-1.
Although that scoreline certainly flattered Arne Slot’s side, who were very lucky to get away with just a one goal losing margin.
Looking back on that 2025 Carabao Cup Final, the BBC Sport man declaring:
“We all saw how much winning the Carabao Cup meant to Newcastle fans after their long wait for a trophy.”
As we all know as Newcastle fans, this ended a 56 year wait for a major trophy, 70 years for major domestic silverware.
That is all in the past though…
However, for other clubs, it has also been a long wait for a trophy, indeed, some have never won a major trophy at all, ever!
That could change though in the next two months and Chris Sutton has been previewing the eight clubs who are still in with a shout of winning the FA Cup.
The BBC Sport pundit stating:
“Liverpool and Arsenal are out, and City are clearly not the force they were, so this feels like a big chance for the other teams left in it to get some glory – I just hope they try to take it.”
These are Chris Sutton’s FA Cup quarter-final predictions this weekend:
Saturday 29 March
(12.15pm) Fulham 2 Crystal Palace 1
(5.15pm) Brighton 2 Forest 0
Sunday 30 March
(1.30pm) Preston 0 Villa 2
(4.30pm) Bournemouth 2 Man City 3 (AET)
Here are the eight remaining FA Cup clubs and when they last won a major trophy:
Fulham – Never won a major trophy
Palace – Never won a major trophy
Brighton – Never won a major trophy
Forest – Won the League Cup in 1990
Preston – Won the FA Cup in 1938
Villa – Won the League Cup in 1996
Bournemouth – Never won a major trophy
Man City – 10 months since won the Premier League
As Newcastle United fans, who would you most like to see win the 2025 FA Cup?
We will bring you the collective results on Saturday.