What a few weeks it has been for Newcastle United, and particularly their cup hero Dan Burn. Beating Liverpool at Wembley in the League Cup ended a 70-year wait for silverware for the North-East club (discounting their 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup win in 2006 😜), and adding to the romance of the occasion, the winning goal was scored by centre-back Burn, who grew up supporting the club. But there is more to the story: Newcastle released Burn from their academy when he was 11, believing he wasn't good enough to make the grade. How poetic, then, that Burn, born in Blyth, should be the player to score at Wembley and secure the League Cup. 🏆
Never, ever beat Dan Burn; he's from Blyth ... and Darlington, Fulham, Yeovil, Birmingham, Wigan, Brighton, and Wigan (again)!
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