55% of Newcastle United fans make bold prediction as club approach unwanted 70-year wait

This season’s Carabao Cup provides Newcastle United with their last opportunity to end their long wait for a trophy before it creeps into its seventh decade. Wednesday 7 May will mark 70 years since their 1955 FA Cup triumph - the last time the club won a major domestic honour.

With this season’s FA Cup final scheduled to be played on Saturday 17 May, the Carabao Cup is Newcastle’s only way of ensuring they win something before that anniversary. Eddie Howe’s side are into the last-eight of the competition and have been one of the most consistent sides over the past three years having made it to three-straight quarter-finals for the first time in their history.

Brentford, the side that beat them at this stage of the 2020/21 competition, stand in their way of a second-semi final appearance in three years. With a home game against the Bees to come on Wednesday 18 December, Newcastle have every chance of progressing into the final four and, in a poll conducted by the Shields Gazette, there is hope in the fanbase that they can finally end their trophy drought.

In a poll conducted on our website over the weekend, 55% of respondents believe that Newcastle United will win the Carabao Cup this season. The Magpies have already defeated Nottingham Forest, AFC Wimbledon and Chelsea to make it this far this season.