Newcastle United‘s run to the League Cup quarter-finals in which they host Brentford on Wednesday has the team and supporters dreaming again of ending one of the longest trophy-droughts of any of England’s big clubs.
“I think the willingness has been there from previous teams but we want to be the team that can get over the line and achieve something special,” manager Eddie Howe said on Tuesday.
Three times since then they have reached the FA Cup final — 1974, 1998 and 1999 — while they have also twice finished runners-up in the League Cup, most recently in 2022-23. Howe is the latest manager to try and restock the Newcastle trophy cabinet and has impressed since turning the club from relegation candidates to Champions League qualifiers.
This season the Saudi-owned club have again been struggling with injuries and are 12th in the Premier League, although they are only five points off the top four.
Newcastle thrashed Leicester City at the weekend to get back to winning ways but face a dangerous Brentford side who will also be eyeing a Wembley final.
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