{"id":38817,"date":"2024-12-18T01:18:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=38817"},"modified":"2024-12-18T01:18:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:18:58","slug":"newcastle-manager-on-league-cup-we-aim-to-end-a-70-year-trophy-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/18\/newcastle-manager-on-league-cup-we-aim-to-end-a-70-year-trophy-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle Manager on League Cup: &#8220;We Aim to End a 70-Year Trophy Drought&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Newcastle United&#8217;s progress to the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup, where they host Brentford on Wednesday, has reignited the team&#8217;s and fans&#8217; hopes of ending one of the longest trophy droughts among England&#8217;s major clubs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking on Tuesday, Newcastle manager Eddie Howe said: &#8220;I think the desire has always been there with previous teams, but we want to be the team that goes beyond the boundaries and achieves something special.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">No Newcastle fan born after 1955 has experienced the joy of the club winning a major domestic trophy. That year, the Magpies claimed the FA Cup with a victory over Manchester City.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Since then, the club has alternated between periods of stagnation and excitement, failing to deliver tangible success to their long-suffering fanbase. Newcastle has reached the FA Cup final three times (1974, 1998, 1999) and finished runners-up in the League Cup twice, most recently in the 2022\u201323 season.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">They also famously collapsed in the Premier League title race in the 1995\u201396 season after leading by 12 points at one stage.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Howe, the latest manager tasked with ending Newcastle&#8217;s trophy drought, has impressed by transforming the team from relegation candidates to Champions League qualifiers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Despite injury struggles, the club is currently 12th in the Premier League, just five points off the top four. On Saturday, Newcastle thrashed Leicester City 4\u20130 to return to winning ways, but Brentford will be a tough challenge as they, too, dream of a Wembley final.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking to reporters, Howe acknowledged the significance of ending Newcastle&#8217;s 70-year trophy drought.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The importance of this game is not lost on any of us,&#8221; Howe said. &#8220;I made it clear when I joined Newcastle that this is what I wanted to achieve. These matches take on huge significance when you reach the later stages.&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle United&#8217;s progress to the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup, where they host Brentford on Wednesday, has reignited the team&#8217;s and fans&#8217; hopes of ending one of the longest trophy droughts among England&#8217;s major clubs. Speaking on Tuesday, Newcastle manager Eddie Howe said: &#8220;I think the desire has always been there with previous teams, but &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38818,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38817\/revisions\/38818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}