Dyeyzzon

Think my wallet's in trouble. Singapore is the closest NUFC will ever be to Manila

It's lovely reading along through everyone's individual stories on here. Could only imagine what it would be like in Newcastle right now as I live all the way in the other side of the planet where the final kicked off at 30 past midnight. Final finished at 2:30 am then sheer euphoria meant I couldn't sleep until 4am. Somehow, I managed a full shift the next day, despite appearing to be teary-eyed every other hour while at work. This was among only a few NUFC games that made me cry, but it's the first one wherein the tears kept flowing well after the match and throughout the following day - it's surreal. Was lovely getting a lot of warm messages from mates who support the bigger clubs. It's as if winning a trophy was what we needed to come of age in their eyes. Was equally lovely to have the last laugh on a LFC-supporting boss who tweeted me a photo the day before about our trophy drought. Glad I just shut up until we won and let my team do the talking.

I felt like applauding Bournemouth after that tbf. One of the few times I've felt like this.

Yup, fuming as I was over how we went about the second half, they were outstanding. Had a great gameplan and executed it perfectly.

Great win. Reminded me of the Brentford away from the 4th season where we turned it around in the second half. May be as important as well.

Glad that Brighton game got a mention. I remember the build up being all about how they suck in teams that press them and how we might come unstuck with how we play. Then to beat them 4-1 and practically qualify for the CL with it was just….can’t put it to words. One of the few games where I really cried happy tears. The 4-1 scoreline would prove quite prophetic too in hindsight.

RIP Sven. His last role was actually to manage here in the Philippines - leading the national team to our only Asian Cup appearance to date. Legacy.

This is a dream but it would be a wild dream to have. For a country with 110M population, the national team only average under 10k for home matches. Just shows how football is almost non-existent here, which makes it even more amazing to see a Newcastle top on sale in a local Adidas.

Been following Newcastle for two decades here in Manila and it's the first time I've been able to buy a Newcastle top in a local Adidas rather than having it shipped from overseas.

Trippier sighting phew

At least the pitch had two balls

Thought the Slovak sub was Lubomir Satka for a second.

Konsa LB. Christ.

A centre forward who holds up the ball rather than drops deep into his own half to collect

Took Foden off set pieces and bam

Bellingham desperate to keep the Balon D'or alive

No shot on target in 90 mins is just

Iceland vibes this

The one season we finish about Man United and this happens.

It’s good to see this relentless version of ourselves back.

Probably transformational. Delighted for him.

Great result given that we were not at our best.

Having class players like Schar and Bruno are saving us.

Was already on his way down when the contact arrived.