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Newcastle and Liverpool meet for the first time in 51 years in a big final on Sunday and have since begun many different trajectories.
On May 4, 1974, the teams headed head in the shadow of the famous Twin Towers with the FA Cup, and it was the Reds – inspired by Kevin Keegan, who would later establish himself as a hero on Tyneside – who prevailed.
The trophy held that day by captain Emlyn Hughes, the 11th piece of big silverware in the history of his club, after eight league titles, a previous FA -Cup and a UEFA cup.
Coincidentally, they looked with Newcastle, whose four league clites, six FA makers and the 1969 Inter Cities Cupe represented their total time up to that point.
The sides will be re -embarked on at the English football’s headquarters in the Carabao Cup final of Sunday, with their fortune taking sharp contrasting roads during the intermediate period.
Liverpool’s trophy cabinet has since been unlocked no less than 40 opportunities to accept big prizes, including 11 English titles and six European cups, the youngest two in the current guise of the Champions League.
Newcastle’s remained undisturbed.
Not since Bob Moncur was handed over to the Fairs Cup, they claimed a major trophy, and their most recent domestic success came in the 1955 FA Cup final.
That yawn has extended to almost 70 years and the hunger to end the guard is almost tangible in a city that lives and breathes, but had to learn to live without success.
Where Liverpool managed to remain relevant as Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City dominated for significant periods on the field, Newcastle has spent 12 seasons outside the top flight since 1974 and has only threatened to end their drought.
Twice the runners-up of the Premier League in the 1990s after the takeover of Sir John Hall, they made them in the league cup in 1976 and 2023 and the FA Cup final in 1998 and 1999, but got away empty-handed.
Both endured problems from the field -Liverpool fans mobilized to compile protests against previous and current owners about their management of the club and decisions that negatively affected supporters, while the tone -army waged a running battle with Mike Ashley Ashley sports clothing.
But while the bond between club and fans on the red half of Merseyside remained firmly galvanized during Jurgen Klopp’s nine-year-old government of success-the toxic relationship between Ashley and his club’s supporters left deep wounds.
There were wild celebrations on Tyneside when Amanda Staveley’s Saudi-backed consortium successfully completed his takeover at St James’ Park and has since helped the investment they made in the group to close the void on Liverpool and their ILK.
However, the gap remains considerable.
On February 26 at Anfield, goals from Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister handed the Reds a 2-0 league victory over the Magpies, which sent them 13 points at the top of the table and underlined the challenge in front of the men of Eddie courts in the final.
Courts were Without Key Defender Sven Botman, Combative Midfielder Joelinton and in-Form Striker Alexander Isaac-One of the Few men to have troubled the imperious virgil of Dijk in Previous Meetings-That Night and While Joelinton and Isaac Have Since Since, Full-Back Lewis Hall has Joined Botman on the Sidelines and Liverpool-Born Forward Anthony Gordon will miss out at Wembley Through Hanging.
That said, the absence of Mohamed Salah of the scoreboard was something of a rarity and the fact that Newcastle Liverpool knocked nowhere in 17 attempts that date until December 2015 will weigh a lot on Geordie Minds.
At the beginning of the season, the Carabao Cup was the least of Liverpool’s priorities, and despite their shock FA Cup at the hands of Championship Pliters Plymouth, the champions elected have larger fish to fry.
However, a success of the 11th league would be a first trophy for the new boss Arne lock, a landmark he would be desperate to get under his belt at the earliest event.
For the opposite number courts it would also be a first – but its impact on his club would be much more important.
