It was a historic and glorious day for the Toon Army having to wait 56 years to win another trophy.

They did so today (March 16), downing Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley to hoist the Carabao Cup in triumph.

The selection of fresh-faced Eddie Howe as manager has paid off, and he has made Newcastle contenders, restoring faith in English managers.

It has to be said that against the run of form, Newcastle dominated Liverpool, who were lacklustre today. It has been a woeful week for Arne Slot’s team, who were kicked out of the Champions League on Tuesday by PSG and today were gunned down by Newcastle.

Just before half time, Kieran Trippier took a corner, floating the ball for local hero Dan Burn to head home for Newcastle, leaving the Liverpool players and fans stunned.

Liverpool no doubt thought they would make things right in the second half. With the firepower of Mo Salah, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez available, Liverpool were expected to come out all guns blazing in the second half.

That was not to be. If anything, Newcastle were more in the ascendancy, and in the 52nd  minute, the mercurial Alexander Isak scored after Newcastle had an offside goal disallowed.

One got the feeling this was not going to be Liverpool’s day.

Joelinton was a lion in defence today for Newcastle, thwarting Liverpool at every turn.

In the 94th minute, Liverpool got a goal back when the Italian Federico Chiesa scored. Initially, the goal was disallowed but then overruled by VAR and allowed to stand.

After the match, Newcastle manager Eddie Howe said: “ I am very, very emotional and been so all day, which is unlike me. We knew what was at stake today for all our fans, we wanted to do them proud and win the trophy. I am so, so pleased with the result and the performance—we deserved to win today. It was tough when Liverpool scored. I was thinking about extra time, we always make it difficult for ourselves. It was never going to be 2-0.

“We were well aware of the history, and we wanted to do the club proud. We wanted to score, we wanted to perform, and we wanted to win.”

The last time an English man won either the FA Cup or League Cup was in 2008 when Harry Redknapp did so with Portsmouth.

With this win today, Eddie Howe’s star continues to be on the rise.

Jamaica’s national team coach, Steve McClaren, won the League Cup, which is now the Carabao Cup with Middlesborough in 2004.