Newcastle fans begin party after generational win as Eddie Howe poignantly remembers passing of his mother

"It's all for these fans. They deserve everything."

Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes couldn't have put it any better in his tearful message to the Toon Army both at Wembley Stadium and back in the North East as they celebrated their historic Carabao Cup final win.

A 2-1 win over Liverpool sees Newcastle finally end their wait for a domestic trophy - a barren run that lasted 70 years with their previous triumph the FA Cup in 1955.

In the black and white half of Wembley there wasn't a dry eye with players as well as fans lucky enough to obtain tickets for their generational triumph overcome with emotion.

"When I first came here I said I wanted to put my name in history," Guimaraes continued.

"We can now say we are the champions again. This is one of the best days of my life.

"I don't have any words. It's the best day of my life. For them [the fans] it's like the World Cup.

"People have grown up and not seen us as champions. My first year as captain of this club and it's one of the best days. This is unbelievable.

"This is my second home. We are making history. Some day when I leave this club I want the fans to sing my name the way they do to (Alan) Shearer. He text me before the game. I'm so emotional today."

Meanwhile Eddie Howe, now a Newcastle legend and surely an adopted Geordie, was left feeling similarly emotional.

Howe said: "Naturally you end up thinking of the players, the staff, but also the people who aren't with you - like for me, my mum, family members.

"You go to them and just think of all the sacrifices, hard work that they gave you as a child to give you the opportunity to have a good life, really.

"You think you're getting help from above and you get support. I've just always had the thought I want to try to make my family proud, and now of course I have three boys and I want to try to make them proud too."

Emotions ran high in the talkSPORT studio too when the full-time whistle was blown.

Our very own Geordie colleague at talkSPORT.com, Jack Cunningham, was starring on the Goals Show for the showpiece match.

He was a few miles from Wembley, but Jack kicked every ball and fought back the tears when the team he's supported his whole life managed to get over the line.

"I sadly lost my grandad in August 2021, he was the one who got me into football, got me supporting Newcastle," Jack said.

"And he never got to see the takeover, Eddie Howe... and I just know wherever he is... this would mean so much to him. He would've loved it. It's just amazing."

And what do you do when you've waited decades for a trophy? Go out and get radged... as those from the Toon say.

And the early signs show there will be a lot of sore heads on Monday morning with Newcastle fans already drinking it all in - in more ways than one.

Thousands of fans who didn't make the trip down south made their way to home ground St James' Park to bask in their glorious victory.

Celebrations also continued in London town with the travelling Toon Army regathering at Covent Garden, as they did on Saturday night, to dance the night away.

And now the monkey on the club's back been lifted, don't be surprised if we see more nights on the toon after more Newcastle success.