In the intimacy of their dressing room, Newcastle partyed euphorically after winning the Carabao Cup on Sunday.
Manager Eddie Howe was topped with Champagne, goal scorer than Burn Boogied for his singing teammates, while the local boy Sean Longstaff penetrated his drink from the trophy.
The Mapgies ended a 56 -year waiting time for silverware – 70 years for a domestic trophy – by beating Liverpool 2-1 thanks to goals from Burn and Alexander Isak at a Roistering Wembley.
And typical of their Geordie roots, the team and employees were determined to paint the dressing room red – or rather white and black.
The players flourished a interpretation of Gala's hit from Gala from 1996 Freed From Desire – which has become a football hymn in recent years – while they shot champagne in the air, kept beer bottles and spun flags above their heads.
Joelinton, who has been in the club since 2019, struck in the middle of the dance floor while the stars gathered in a circle with their arms around each other and up and down to the Eurodance melody.
In another clip, the players and Staff Gordel, a famous ditty from the stands while posing in front of the cameras: 'Geordie Boys take the p ***'.
For local boys burned, Longstaff, Lewis Miley and Mark Gillespie, those words with special emotion and meaning would have been sung.
Newcastle came in the collision without the suspended Anthony Gordon and the injured Sven Botman and Lewis Hall, but were a good prize for their victory after Howe could be seen opposite the song Arne Slot.
And Howe, who celebrated wild on the touchline, even when Burn turned into the first goal, was sprayed with champagne while BBC Sport put a word with him in the queue.
Captain Bruno Guimaraes and Joelinton belonged to the couple of singing and cackling players to lure their manager in an ambush before his media tasks, and Howe, 47, took it all in his pass with a broad grin.
Let his hand walk through his hair and picked up a strong smile, he could only find one word to describe his new soaked state: “Wow.”
Longstaff, who came to the Newcastle youth team in 2006 before reaching the first team in 2016, filled the Carabao Cup trophy with beer for his own wild act.
The 27-year-old was roaring by teammates as he tapped the cup of drinks in his mouth, although it ended up most of them on his face and shoulders.
Colleague Geordie Burn, 32, is perhaps one of the wise old heads in the dressing room, but that didn't hold him against his hair on Goofy Fashion.
The defender, who received his first call-up in England this week, fourth with his characteristic dance, held his knees together and waved his arms in a short, lanky dance that is worth winning the GOT talent of Great Britain.
Burn has a particularly moving story. Released by Newcastle on Christmas Eve of 11 years old, he spent time pushing trolleys around Asda as a teenager before working with local clubs.
It is difficult to put into words what this means for Newcastle. Take it from Bruno, who told Sky Sports on the field: 'This is one of the best days of my life. For them [the fans] It is just like the World Cup. '
To Instagram the 27-year-old took a photo with his wife Ana Lidia Martins and wrote in Portuguese, Brazilian: 'My best victory in my life! Thank you for always being by my side in our good times and bad. You are everything I ever wanted. '
He shone when he held up the medal of his golden winners and wrote: “Jesus is the owner of the place !!! He is faithful. '
Indeed, this was a spiritual opportunity for some. Oliver Holt from Mail Sport describes in his competition story and saw one fan praying for a full half hour before the last whistle went, while Newcastle Liverpool's Late Onslaught survived, including Federico Chiesa's 94th minute nail strike.
In the meantime, midfielder Joe Willock posted a video with Talismian striker Isak while they held up their medals and shouted “Come On!”
Elsewhere, Jacob Murphy leaned in front of a hug with his twin brother and Portsmouth player Josh Murphy, who do not share words, but simply enjoy the moment with a peaceful smile while his medal hung on his neck.
On the official Instagram page of Toon is a photo of Sandro Tonali that is recorded while he is getting a sea of bubbling liquid, while photographers, black -white scarves draped around their necks, break him in a dazzling lights to be immortal at the moment.
For himself there was a photo of the Italian on the Wembley grass mat with his legs spread over the trophy, and some simple words: 'Historymakers! Came to Wembley. Owned by the moment. Took the trophy home. '
This is what it meant for a club, a city, a culture.
In the stands, TV duo Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, joy jumped while the last whistle went and gave a first trophy to celebrate in their 49-year lifetime.
“We did ittttt!” They screamed in an emotional Instagram stories Selfie-like video before they burst into laughing.
“I lost my voice. Oh my God, this is great, “Ant, said, while Dec added,” I can't believe it! This is the best day of my life.
“Apart from the wedding and the children and so … it's the best day of my life!”
In London it was not a safe place to be a lamppost, because jubilant supporters removed the most from the facilities along the road.
In the meantime, at a fan zone in Newcastle, the shirts were turned off, the bucket hats were on full show and the scarves were Halholt above the heads.
A fan, captured on the YouTube channel of Beanyman Sports, held a scarf with the text: 'Bring it home for Bobby Lads,' decorated with the face of the legendary manager Bobby Robson.
“Take it home for Bobby,” he said. “I'm absolutely buzzing,” size. Absolute. I waited so long until this would happen. Oh my God. Oh my God, I'm buzzing, “frankly.”
He pointed to the face of Sir Bobby and added: 'Best manager in the world, ever. Brilliant.' Maybe Howe would not be close now.
In Newcastle the party spilled into the street while hordes supporters gathered around St James' park.
One fan mounted the brass statue of £ 250,000 from Alan Shearer and sat down. Another shirtless and full of a flowering beard, stuffed on a vape and stared in the distance.
Others left torches while one beer bottles kept in one hand and his phone with the other to talk to a loved one.
One supporter made a spontaneous hat of a cardboard Carlsberg container.
Howe, who had stormed the field with staff and players at full -time, summarized the opportunity as follows: 'Ultimately, you think of the players, the staff, but also the people who are not with you.
'Like for me, my mother and family members. You just think of all the hard sacrifices, hard work they have given you as a child, to give you the chance to have a good life.
'You think you get help from above and you get support, and I have always had the thought that I want to try to make my family proud. Now of course I have three boys, and I want to try to make them proud. '
Of his players, Howe said: 'They all had different journeys to get to this point, but we met like a team. I like to work with them every day. I am honored to be their leader.
'And for the supporters, who came in there today thousands who supported us at home. Since I visited the football club, the support we have at home and gone has been incredible. So I'm just so happy that they have this trophy to end the long wait. And hopefully we can get a little more in the future. '
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