NEWCASTLE ended their 70-year major domestic trophy drought and hero Dan Burn begged: Don’t wake me up from this dream.
The Geordie etched his name in Toon Army folklore with a headed Wembley opener as they claimed Carabao Cup glory.
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And it capped a fairytale few days after his first England call-up on Friday.
Burn, 32, beamed: “I’ve had worse weeks! I don’t want to go to sleep because I feel like I am dreaming.
“As soon as I headed it, I knew it was in. I don’t get many so at least I saved it for a big occasion. It is hard to put into words.”
The 6ft 7in defender is now set to join up with Thomas Tuchel’s debut Three Lions squad at St George’s Park today.
Excited Burn added: “I’ll be first there at eight o’clock.”
Jubilant Newcastle chief Eddie Howe was in shock when Burn scored — as he had been terrible in set-piece training.
Burn lost marker Alexis Mac Allister on the stroke of half-time to head in from Kieran Trippier’s corner.
Howe said: “We worked consistently for two weeks on set-plays just for this game. And if you had seen us in practice, you’d 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.”
Alexander Isak doubled the lead before Federico Chiesa’s consolation.
It made Howe the first English boss since Harry Redknapp, a 2008 FA Cup winner with Portsmouth, to lift major silverware.
And the emotional 47-year-old held back the tears as he dedicated the triumph to his late mother, Anne, who died in 2012.
Howe added: “Naturally you end up thinking of the players, the staff, but also the people that aren’t with you. Like for me, my mum and family members.
“You think of all the sacrifices and hard work they gave you as a child to give you the chance to have a good life.
“I’ve just always had the thought that I want to make my family proud.”
Newcastle had not lifted a major domestic trophy since the 1955 FA Cup.
And Howe, whose side will be back in European competition next season, said: “We were well aware of the history. We knew what was at stake for all our fans — we wanted to do them, and the club, proud and win the trophy.”
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Scorer Isak added: “We will see more from the fans and what it means for the people when we get back to Newcastle.
“We are all aware of how long it’s been for the fans without a trophy.
“This is just the start.”
