Newcastle United Carabao Cup Celebrations

All you need to know on the city's plans to celebrate Newcastle United Football Clubs victory from the 16th of March.

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00:00On Sunday 16 March, Newcastle United Football Club defeated Liverpool 2-1 in the Carabao

00:05Cup final at Wembley Stadium. After decades of not taking home a major trophy, the drought

00:11finally ended, marking a historical event for the city. Following the club's triumph,

00:16Councillor Karen Gilgower, leader of Newcastle City Council, nominated Eddie Howe for the

00:20Freedom of the City of Newcastle. This honour is the city's highest accolade and recognises

00:25individuals who have made significant contributions to the community.

00:31Dan Burns has been nominated for the Freedom of Northumberland. Councillor Glenn Sanderson,

00:36leader of Northumberland County Council, proposed this honour in recognition of Burns' pivotal

00:39role in the Carabao Cup win and his representation of the region. Both nominations are pending

00:46approval.

00:47As many will know, Newcastle United's upcoming celebration of their Carabao Cup victory is

00:53set to take place on Saturday 29 March from 4pm until 8pm at the Town War. The celebration

01:00will feature a DJ, a live band, highlights of the team's journey to Wembley, a full screening

01:06of the Carabao Cup final and appearances by special guests. The Newcastle United First

01:11Teams squad and manager Eddie Howe will lift the Carabao Cup on stage, which will be an

01:16iconic moment for the team that will go down in history no doubt.

01:20For the weekend, supporters were required to register their interest to attend the event

01:24following a phased priority system, where season ticket holders could get registered

01:28first, followed by Mags and Mags Plus members, then finally all the other supporters. This

01:35undoubtedly caused a lot of online controversy as many feel it's not fair on a lot of supporters

01:40to celebrate in this manner. I spoke with people in Newcastle to find out about their

01:44views on this historical match itself and whether they'll be attending the celebrations

01:48on Saturday.

01:50Well obviously I'm chuffed to bits for Newcastle United, always a Toon fan, and I used to go

01:56to the matches years ago when Kevin Keegan used to play for them, talking a few years

02:00ago, but I live in Scotland now so I haven't really been to any matches for a long time,

02:05but I'm chuffed for them so that's it, as long as they win, that's all that matters.

02:10I'm absolutely buzzing about the win and I'll be going, I will be celebrating a lot, my

02:16family are big Newcastle fans, it'd be nice to just meet all the fans up and have a nice

02:22time. I'm not really bothered, I would have preferred a period because everyone can get

02:27involved but it's quite limited with the numbers, if it's with the news it's a lot more of it.

02:33Over the moon, but unfortunately I won't be attending the celebrations, I just lost my

02:40father recently so I'm a bit occupied with that, and then I've got a few Palestinian

02:45activities happening on that day so I might be going to one. It was happening here in

02:49town actually but they changed the venue because of that cup celebration so they're having

02:54it in North Shields, Ridley Bay, that neck of the woods.