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It wasn’t so long ago that Newcastle United were the watchword for underperforming silverware-repelling giants. But lifting the 2025 League Cup did for that. Now it’s over to Everton, a trophy-hoovering behemoth whose spree started in Victorian times only to come to a juddering and ignominious halt in 1995. It’s about time, and this campaign represents the first stirring of a cup run in a wee while, so people are beginning to talk . Fleetwood Town await the winners of this tie in the quarters, so a pathway is opening up. Is this to be Everton’s year, their first in 31? Or are Newcastle to make it a successful London-buses quest, a second pot in three years after that 56-year wait? Only one of these grand old clubs can keep it going past 10pm or so. Kick-off is at 7.45pm GMT. It’s on!
