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They never uttered a fucking peep when Abramovich was laundering Putin’s money through Chelsea. I think the odd one has basically mentioned they were scared of litigation. Which doesn’t really say much for their journalistic integrity but also begs the question as to why they never mention it now either, given how obvious the consequences of turning a blind eye to that and the other oligarchs was at the time. They all fucking went to the World Cup there after he’d already invaded Ukraine and annexed a large part of the country. Louise Taylor wrote a gushing article about Qatar and only admitted afterwards when she got found out that the Qatari government had paid for the trip. And most of all, if you claim to care about human rights abuses in Saudi but only bring it up in relation to NUFC then it’s plain as day what really bothers you. Go and fucking fuck yourselves, you hypocritical cunts

The sheer enormity of what we achieved on Sunday is only just starting to land with me. It’s not just WHAT we did, it’s the manner in which we did it to get the monkey off our back that fills me with unmeasurable pride and emotion. - Beat the clubs in the top 4 English places. - Played the runaway league leaders in the final. - Ended this 70 year / 56 year hex. - Very much put to bed the argument that NUFC don’t turn up to finals. - Did it without Gordon, Botman & Hall. Any mitigation contrary fuckers could use to diminish what was achieved, we have an answer for. We didn’t win this through circumstance; we won it because we deserved it. It might sound trite to say so but I think it is a natural thing to think back to those you’ve lost at times like this. When I was stood there at Wembley on Sunday watching my club running round the pitch like I’ve enviously witnesses dozens and dozens of other clubs do so in the 40 years I’ve supported this club made me think of my Grandad who I lost in 1991, my Nan who I lost in 1996 and my Mam who I lost in 1997. All of them were forever willing NUFC to win something to put a smile on my face. So yeah, when that finally happened I looked up, pointed up and quietly said “we’ve done it at last!” This fucking club, man. It’s a privilege and a curse wrapped together to support it, I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Modelled on Adam Johnson's prison canteen and they've spelled fondlers wrong.

And this is why AI can never replicate human brilliance.

Aye, my first thought afterwards (and during) was of my uncle in Sweden, who was as big a fan as almost any of us. Back in the days before satellite/cable TV, he used to crack open a couple of Brown Ales purchased at no small cost from the government-owned liquor store and "watch" our matches on Swedish TV's teletext. He was very good at English swearing and he'd have no doubt texted me saying he was "over the fucking moon" or something. Not least with a Swede scoring the winner and having such a brilliant couple of seasons for us. Time's a bastard, isn't it.

Brilliant, saw another pic of a fan leaving the stadium at the very end when everyone had left just looking back at it all with tears in his eyes, very emotional and poignant. Fantastic. Bless him.

I think because of the almost literal lifetime of waiting for this event it was inevitably very emotional. I would probably have been watching this with my Dad and maybe sister present if they were still here. If I'm honest the empty settee seats at mine were another reason I couldn't face the match on TV, especially as it is very close to their anniversaries (my sister had the good grace to ruin St Patrick's day forever!). That said, the success makes me feel I can genuinely move on from this in the future at least where football's concerned. Here's to all those who couldn't be here.

I'm a visual person. Couldn't resist.

Saw a clip of a guardian podcast where one of them opens with the amount of executions there was in Saudi Arabia last year, saw a Times podcast that was about the match and occasion but halfway through the female on it thought it was a bit depressing that nobody mentioned Saudi Arabia and sports washing and I thought the only depressing thing about that show was her trying to suck out any joy Martin Hardy had, (he answered her superbly and the others seemed a bit embarrassed by her or Martin I'm not sure but seemed more by her). The only sports washing I've seen around NUFC other than some initial divvies in the earliest days of the takeover was the sports direct washing of the club, it was everywhere in the stadium, it was on the boards for interviews and the cunt even desecrated our historical name. As for these? Apart from seeing lasses with head dress on escorting players onto the pitch* you don't see much if anything, if they're sports washing they're being very low key about it, in fact the only cunts who bring it up are the usual suspects. *No wait, that's at the Emirates.

Player ratings (out of 10): Nick Pope: 10 Kieran Trippier: 11 Fabian Schär: 10 Dan Burn: 12 Tino Livramento: 11 Sandro Tonali: 12 Bruno Guimarães: 10 Joelinton: 12 Jacob Murphy: 10 Harvey Barnes: 10 Alexander Isak: 11

That gives me a marketing idea......

Still a boring cunt.

Great post. Absolutely nailed it.

"Bogwarts"

"Wa ganna ha' ta start wa owan news programme now, marra. Wa'll call it Lewk 12 miles Less North and wa'll get Bally to dey the anchor role. Marco Gabbadeyney will definitely wrap up BBC mags to dey the sports fo weh. We can have a standing segment abewt why Dawn Thewlis is such a slag and wa'll send Pickford owa to the middle eyst to look for bin bags filled with Khashoggey's remains."

Man Utd sponsored directly by Saudi Arabia. Miguel: Qatar host the world cup, and Miguel Delaney: (He went by the way, on Qatari coin. Not a peep). NUFC do anything: "Bad craic lads, what about Khashoggi?"

That'll explain the puzzled zoologists the next day. "Dr Smith, come and see this, we appear to have a new species of Brown Trout living in the fountains of Trafalgar Square. This is amazing, how did it get here?"

Not pregnant no, just a beer belly. Also, in photographs taken about 2 minutes later, she looks noticeably thinner.…

I've not bought or won a football.top for over fourty years. if I'd still lived up home and had regular contact with mackems I would've bought the white and green saudi 3rd kit, applied a very dribbles of gravy and worn the fucker continuously.

@Howmanheyman @Alex

Ah yes, such a classy fanbase. They would never actually celebrate in a debauched and deranged way if they won a trophy... Looking at the way they carried on just getting to a final I'd shudder to think what it would be like if they won an actual trophy... So classy, classiest fans in England. lol

Not sure….what I’d definitely like to see is a 30 foot effigy of Dan Burn astride the mouth of the Port of Blyth like a giant Anglo Saxon Collosus of Rhodes with his one hand reaching up to the heavens, garlanded with the League Cup trophy grasped firmly in his mitt as per Sunday at Wembley. Maybe @Renton should get weaving on a mock up his AI gizmo so we can present the idea to the authorities?... Here’s some pics to get you going

My best mate who I went everywhere with died of cancer just after the start of the pandemic. My tears on Sunday included quite a few for him. His famous response to the shit around the Saudis at the time of the takeover was "I wouldn't care if we were owned by Hitler if it meant winning something". Just thinking it was when we were first linked with them not after it happened.

I thought Carragher made a right cunt of himself after the game. There was twice he made snide comments about seeing too much of Tindall. One to the panel, and one where he tried it on with Howe, and Howe just said "He's always been absolutely first class for me." At some point, these dickheads need to realise that if it doesn't bother the bloke that they think is being usurped by Tindall, maybe they should stop letting it bother them, or at least shut up about it. Him then having a right face on when Bruno burst into Burn and Isak's interview, shouting "He's from Blyth". It's a perfect encapsulation of why they shouldn't allow that bloke to commentate on every fucking Liverpool game or play the "honorary Geordie/Leicester/whatever fan" in other games. He's incapable of seeing life through anything but scouse eyes. And he can fuck off. And btw fair play to the commentary team at the weekend. I don't particularly care for either of them, but there was never even a hint from Drury that he was wishing Liverpool back into the game. Neville will obviously hate Liverpool, but I also think he doesn't mind us, and he seemed genuinely happy.

I really wanted to enjoy Sunday but the tens of thousands of Saudi flags our fans brought ruined it for me.

Sports washing is working because no one is talking about Kashoggis murder any more according to Delaney. No fucker was talking about it two weeks after it happened in 2018. They talked about it a lot when Saudi Arabia bought NUFC three years later. Then they didn’t. Again. Was anyone on this board unaware that Saudi Arabia is a repulsive evil theocracy without even the most basic human rights in 2018 or in 2021? We’ve bought their oil since WW2 sold them arms so they could fight Iran in their 1500 year old Sunni v Shia war and the UK government of the day facilitated the sale of NUFC to them. Am not sure what power we held as a fanbase in the face of all that. It doesn’t sit well with me, I still contribute a pittance to unicef and TEAR fund for the victims of the war in Yemen. @Howmanheyman just listened to that pod you mentioned earlier, Alison Rudd is the type of person @Alex was talking about when it comes to hypocrites. They haven’t ruined anything for me and they’re the only people who think Saudi ownership tarnishes in any way what happened on Sunday

I'm a fairly regular match goer and not once seen a fan in a tea towel etc. It must have happened very occasionally because there are photos, but its definitely not a remotely common thing (must be <0.01%). Also I'd say there's not been a greater feeling of local pride since the Keegan days. If this is what Sports washing is, I'm not losing any sleep over it.

I remembered writing this back in December about a far less meaningful game against Man Utd. Didn't actually think we'd ever really do it properly...

I doubt any of these Morlocks commenting will be able to afford the access due to the increase on their season ticket from £120 pa to £120.50 pa.

Fucking hell. I take it back about looking like a sixth form cafeteria. Looks more like a primary school dinners hall from the inside.

Just got back home. Spent the day in the centre circle section of Club Wembley before getting guest list for Limp Bizkit at Wembley Arena Its hard to put into words how mental that was & the feeling of seeing the players lift the trophy in black & white ribbons. Best day of my life. 🏆🥇

So I am waiting for my job offer and should get it tomorrow. I am then looking at handing in my notice on Friday. My mate said it's not good to hand it in on a Friday. Said it feels like dropping a fart and running. TBH I couldn't give AF I am doing that

That's the place for a Rhodes type one (with the outdated spanning concept).. The colliective anger of a foot in "County Durham" would power the country for decades. #imagine.

FYP

To be fair, I’d probably watch that.

"Ahh, man! Not Browny anaarl, marra?"

It's another straw the mackems have been clutching at, trying to mock us. Nobody seriously wants a statue ffs. I mean, who the fuck would erect a statue for a manager after a single cup win?

The dour cunt went to the same school of charisma as Michael Owen.

sticky fingers with young lasses and dismembering bodies. it's took a rather sinister turn this thread.

I quite admired the way they went about the khashoggi thing me. if I thought i could've got away with doing exactly the same thing to the entire family of cunts I was practically joined to the hip with in the next door semi for 2 decades, I would've followed suit.

Re England and Howe btw. Burn saying in his press conference yesterday that Tuchel has pointed out to them that there are only 24 England training days between now and the start of the next WC. I don't see how Howe could do that job. At least not until much later in his career. All he talks about is how he loves being on the training ground improving players.

Just watched it again with sober eyes. Main takeaways: Burn’s performance was Herculean. He won absolutely everything in the air. Both sides were unusually direct, to our advantage. I think it was our game plan, to pump it long and use our midfield advantage to win the second balls. Liverpool were forced to go long too because we didn’t allow them to play out. We won duels all over the pitch. They couldn’t cope with our athleticism and tenacity. And when we had to defend, which didn’t happen too often, we blocked pretty much everything. They were all 10/10 performances but Burn, Joelinton, Tonali, Tino and Trippier were different class. Hat tip to the crowd. It sounded like we were playing at home. Barely a peep from the scousers

Fucking hell, lads. We’ve just won a cup final and you’re on about losing our best player. Have a couple more days basking in the glory at least

As you were gentlemen, carry on.

Scandinavian broon ale had to be made separately as it had to have 0.2% abv knocked off it as their alcohol duty must've been a little excessive so hope your uncle enjoyed his slightly watered down durg?

Rudd doesn't even know the basics. She's claiming Howe said he deliberately played a different way in "that amazing 3-3". Sorry like but even just employing the basics of the passage of time, you should know that that 3-3 game wasn't 2 weeks ago. Dickhead.