Week 29 of the Premier League season began weeks ago, when Aston Villa drew Liverpool 2-2 in a match pulled forward due to the Reds' Sunday date with Newcastle United at Wembley Stadium in the League Cup Final.

Looking at these Premier League fixtures in this round of matches. Seeing the other games from a Newcastle United perspective. Eddie Howe having got that massive win at West Ham on Monday night. This was after pretty much all the other results of Premier League fixtures last weekend had gone against NUFC.

Newcastle United are pushing ahead with their summer transfer business – with links hotting up between them and Ipswich Town forward Liam Delap.The striker has been linked to several Premier League

Newcastle’s last major domestic trophy win was the FA Cup in 1955 when they defeated Man City 3-1. Since then, Newcastle have lost five major domestic cup finals (2x EFL Cup, 3x FA Cup), with only Chelsea ever having a longer run (3x EFL Cup, 3x FA Cup since 2019).

It is not that the EFL Cup does not matter for Liverpool, or even that the outcome of the final cannot change the tone of their season. It is simply that its importance to the Premier League champions in waiting is nothing to Newcastle United,