Ant and Dec jump for joy as duo celebrate Newcastle’s Carabao Cup win against Liverpool at Wembley – after their beloved club ended 70-year domestic trophy drought

Iconic TV duo Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly jumped for joy as they celebrated Newcastle’s Carabao Cup win over Liverpool at Wembley on Sunday.

The Tyneside stars, known more commonly as ‘Ant and Dec’, celebrated as Dan Burn scored the Magpies’ first goal of the game just moments before half-time, and let out loud roars as the final whistle went to signal the end of the club’s 70-year domestic trophy drought.

Newcastle beat Arne Slot’s side 2-1 to win their first major trophy since the 1955 FA Cup final, with local hero Burn and in-form striker Alexander Isak netting the goals inside the national stadium.

Burn opened the scoring for Newcastle with a header from no less than 15 yards out, following Kieran Trippier’s corner. The 6ft 5in centre back climbed high to nod the ball into the bottom left corner and sent thousands of Newcastle fans – including the presenters – into frenzy.

Burn’s goal means that he has scored more non-penalty goals in cup finals than Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah – the Egyptian King is yet to manage such a feat despite being one of Europe’s form players this season.

But all the Geordies were thinking about was the trophy, which Brazilian captain Bruno Guimaraes and manager Eddie Howe lifted in the final presentation.

Also in the stands was Newcastle legend Alan Shearer – the Premier League’s all-time top goalscorer, who is also a regular on BBC’s Match of the Day, swapped his TV duties to make the trip to north-west London to watch his former side.

Isak, Newcastle’s top goalscorer this season, doubled his side’s fortunes on the other end of half-time to put them two up, but there were a nervy few moments when Fererico Chiesa halves the deficit with a few minutes left.

The Magpies lifted their first domestic trophy in 70 years in front of a jubilant crowd

Captain Bruno Guimaraes cut an emotional figure at full time as he etched his name into history

But the Toon showed strong character to see the game out, and the final whistle saw the majority of the 88,500-strong crowd celebrate wildly – with a number of fans brought to tears. 

Slot, who only took over at Liverpool from legendary boss Jurgen Klopp this season, went deep into his bench to throw everything he had at Howe’s side, making five second-half substitutions.

It was substitutes Harvey Elliot and Chiesa who linked up to pull one back for Liverpool in the 94th minute, but it was too little too late for the Premier League leaders.

On the night before that game, the Toon took to Trafalgar Square to make their presence felt in London with a massive turnout, with some of the players’ WAGs also hitting the town.

Juliette Pastore, fiance of Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali, was in high spirits as she joined the Magpies’ faithful in London ahead of Sunday’s final. 

A regular at St James’ Park, Juliette embraced the pre-match celebrations, posing with fans and draping herself in Newcastle flags—one of which featured Sandro’s face in a Birra Moretti-style design, highlighting his move from Milan to Tyneside in 2023.

I’m A Celeb stars Ant and Dec reportedly helped to promote the Saudi Public Investment Fund’s takeover of Newcastle United, it was revealed in October.

The Tyneside stars were asked to promote an article about opposition to the Premier League failing to approve the Saudi Public Investment Fund’s takeover, it has been reported.

Newcastle legend and Premier League all-time leading goal scorer Alan Shearer also watched on during the game

Newcastle supporters are known as some of the most passionate in Europe and showed it again at the national stadium

Jubilation: Fans erupted as Newcastle United celebrated their victory at Wembley

A fan thrusts his scarf into the air and cheers as the stadium erupted following the win

One fan painted his face black and white as he witnessed today’s victory from the stands

Tears of joy: One fan becomes emotional as the final whistle blows in the Carabao Cup Final

Back home, fans in the Strawberry pub in Newcastle erupt into cheers after the cup win

Newcastle fans in central London clap their hands and cheer as the team won their first major trophy in 70 years

Newcastle United supporters celebrate at the statue of Alan Shearer at St James’ Park

Hundreds of fans flocked down to St James’ Park to take in the victory atmosphere 

Jubilant fans climb the statue of Alan Shearer while chanting and cheering on Sunday night

Fans hold their heads in disbelief and film the scenes as the whistle blew on the crunch match

For many fans today’s victory represents the first time in their lives that they have seen Newcastle United bring home a domestic trophy

Fans were delighted after seeing Newcastle beat Liverpool 2-0 in the EFL Carabao Cup final

Ant and Dec also took to social media to celebrate Newcastle’s victory at the national stadium

Ant was snapped in full voice before the game, donning a scarf with midfielder Sandro Tonali’s name on it

The full time whistle triggered emotional scenes from fans – most who had never seen their side win a trophy

Some struggled to hide their emotions – and the players thanked the supporters post-game

The nation’s favourite double act found themselves a surprise enemy in Extinction Rebellion at the end of last year for their ties to Santander Bank (pictured in the advert)

In WhatsApp messages The Telegraph report they have seen, former Magpies director Amanda Staveley promised that Ant and Dec would ‘push’ the article – and within four minutes they had shared it on Twitter.

The article in October 2020 from the Shields Gazette was about a supporters’ group claiming that the Premier League was acting against UK anti-competition law by delaying the takeover.

According to The Telegraph, two days later Ant and Dec’s account on the platform, which is now called X, shared another article from the same publication answering questions about the progress of the takeover.

In the summer of 2020 the Premier League refused to sanction the takeover, which involved a consortium backed by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, amid concerns over links to the Saudi state.

The nation’s favourite double act found themselves a surprise enemy in Extinction Rebellion at the end of last year.

Extinction Rebellion called for Ant and Dec both 49, to be axed from I’m A Celeb for their ties to Santander Bank.

Extinction Rebellion group XR Balham wrote a statement on the group’s South London X page during the I’m A Celeb launch show

The result marked the first major success for the club since they were taken over by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia

Manager Eddie Howe received a huge cheer as he presented the trophy in front of supporters

Liverpool fans, meanwhile, were left gutted after essentially being knocked out of a second cup competition in a week

The climate activist group wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: ‘Ironic that Ant and Dec are on ITV again in the Jungle, while they’re the face of Santander bank, a massive financier of deforestation and destruction in the Amazon Jungle… 

‘Ant and Dec get them out of there.’

The statement was written on the group’s South London X page, XR Balham, in November launch show. 

Extinction Rebellion has a strong presence in Australia, where the show takes place each year.