Newcastle fans take over Covent Garden ahead of Carabao Cup final against Liverpool and bid to end 70-year trophy wait

CARABAO CHAOS

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FANS slammed “nonsense” ITV for apologising after an X-rated comment was heard on live TV.

The incident occurred moments before Liverpool faced Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley.

Both sides were cheered onto the pitch by fans ahead of kick-off.

And with the game set to get underway, Arne Slot and Eddie Howe’s men both gathered in separate pre-match huddles.

However, cameras close by the players managed to pick up some unwanted audio.

A swear word was heard by Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk urging his side on to victory.

He said: “We worked so hard to be here. Let’s f***ing do this together, come on.”

And moments later ITV produced an apology to anyone offended by the bad language, with fellow broadcasters Sky Sports also saying sorry live on air.

But that itself drew backlash from supporters, who felt there was no need for an apology.

One fan said: “We live in a time of wet wipes.”

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Another declared: “Stop apologising for bad language when covering sports.

“You poked a camera into a team talk, what did you expect?”

Iconic London landmark lit up by Newcastle stars in incredible projection show ahead of Carabao Cup final

NEWCASTLE LIGHT SHOW

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One noted: “Utter nonsense by ITV.”

Another boomed: “If that offends you switch off the footy and watch Songs of Praise.”

One cried: “It’s not tiddly winks, people are about to watch a game full of emotions.”

Another added: “I’d have been surprised if there hadn’t been swearing!”

Fans think the Wealdstone Raider is a time traveller after his incredible Newcastle Carabao Cup prediction goes viral

Winning Prediction

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NEWCASTLE pulled off a stunning 2-1 Carabao Cup final victory over Wembley at Liverpool to win their first domestic trophy in 70 years.

And given the Magpies‘ dismal record in cup competitions spanning decades, few gave them much of a chance at all of overcoming the Premier League leaders at Wembley.

Few, that is, except 59-year-old Gordon Hill, better known as the Wealdstone Raider.

The non-league superfan was seen donning a Newcastle shirt as he was interviewed ahead of the big match.

And when asked what the score would be, he said: “2-1 Newcastle.”

He was then asked who the first goalscorer would be and incredible responded: “You know what, I think Dan Burn to celebrate the England call-up.

“Well done for that Dan, you deserve it. Header, boom, straight in there.”

And on 45 minutes, Burn did exactly what the Wealdstone Raider said he would do.

Attacking a corner, the defender got to the ball first and coolly headed into Caoimhin Kelleher’s bottom right hand corner.

Burn, who has just been called up to the England squad for the first time, has scored just seven goals in his four seasons on Tyneside.

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And this goal was his first of the current season.

Alexander Isak would then add a second goal after half time before Federico Chiesa pulled one back late on to make the final score exactly the 2-1 Toon victory that the Wealdstone Raider had predicted.

Inside Newcastle’s wild dressing room celebrations as Burn does trademark dance and Longstaff drinks out of Carabao Cup

TOON PARTY

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After the match, boss Eddie Howe joked that Dan Burn hadn’t shown any signs of making a goalscoring contribution during their set piece drills in training.

He commented: “We worked consistently for two weeks on set plays just for this game and if you had seen us in practice you would have said we had no chance.

“We couldn’t believe Dan Burn scored – he didn’t train like that! He was a colossus for us.”

And fans were just as surprised that the prediction had come true, with many left wondering where the Wealdstone Raider’s knowledge of future events had come from.

One posted on X: “Wealdstone raider turned mystic Meg”

Another wrote: “Get the Wealdstone Raider to give us his lottery numbers. Blimey.”

And a third commented: “someone had a vision”