Eddie Howe cup story – Simply extraordinary and difficult to take in | OneFootball

Here’s a story for you, an Eddie Howe one.

A quite extraordinary tale.

A tale that covers these three seasons that Newcastle United have kicked off under Eddie Howe.

We are talking about the cups.

The domestic cups that Newcastle United fans dream of winning.

What would be the first domestic silverware in 70 years or more if Eddie Howe can pull it off.

Have a look at this…

Newcastle United domestic cup results Under Eddie Howe from February 2022, these last three seasons:

Tranmere 1 Newcastle 2

Newcastle 0 Palace 0 – NUFC won 3-2 on pens

Newcastle 1 Bournemouth 0

Sheff Wed 2 Newcastle 1

Newcastle 2 Leicester 0

Southampton 0 Newcastle 1

Newcastle 2 Southampton 1

Man U 2 Newcastle 0

Newcastle 1 Man City 0

Man U 0 Newcastle 3

Chelsea 1 Newcastle 1 – Chelsea won 4-2 on penalties

Sunderland 0 Newcastle 3

Fulham 0 Newcastle 2

Blackburn 1 Newcastle 1 – Newcastle win 4-3 on penalties

Man City 2 Newcastle 0

Forest 1 Newcastle 1 – Newcastle win 4-3 on penalties

Newcastle 1 AFC Wimbledon 0

Newcastle 2 Chelsea 0

Newcastle 2 Brentford 0

Arsenal 0 Newcastle 2

Newcastle 3 Bromley 1

Newcastle 2 Arsenal 0

Birmingham 2 Newcastle 3

Complete Newcastle United Cup record these past three years:

Played 23 Won 19 Lost 4 Goals Scored 36 Goals Conceded 14

Some other interesting facts in this three year run of NUFC domestic Cup form:

Against Premier League opposition – Won 13 and Lost 3

In 11 of the 18 home or away cup draws, Newcastle were drawn away (AFC Wimbledon match moved to SJP).

These last three years have seen Newcastle win 83% of domestic cup matches and lose 17% of them.

I think there is nothing so true as how football fans get used to winning, how it can get taken for granted.

How what went before fades totally from memory.

How the new reality overwhelms and totally readjusts expectations, as though this has always been the norm.

What happened previously?

Previous to the 2022/23 season…

Newcastle United hadn’t been in a final for 24 years/seasons, since 1999.

Newcastle United had been in one semi-final since 2000.

These three seasons kicking off under Eddie Howe, Newcastle United have already reached two semi-finals and two finals. We face Liverpool at Wembley next month and if beating Brighton at home, Newcastle will be one win away from a return to Wembley in the FA Cup as well.

I pointed out above that Eddie Howe in these three seasons has won 19 of 23 domestic cup matches, whilst only losing four, those four were away at Chelsea on penalties, away at all conquering Man City, in the final against Man U (who finished third in the league that season), plus away at Sheff Wed in a game that fell three days before a League Cup quarter-final against Leicester, with Eddie Howe playing a much weakened team in the FA Cup as he prioritised hopefully Wembley in the League Cup.

In 16 games against Premier League clubs these last three seasons, Eddie Howe and Newcastle winning 13 and losing only three.

Compare that to the previous 14 seasons, 2007/08 to 2021/22 (inclusive), in 14 years can you guess how many cup wins Newcastle United managed against Premier League clubs?

The answer is four!

A bizarre 4-3 away at Chelsea in 2010/11, 2-1 home to Blackburn who went on to be relegated that 2012/13 season. Then two (TWO!) in 2014/15, as Dummett and Riviere(x2!!) got the goals in a 3-2 at Palace and Pardew totally fluked a 2-0 at Man City having picked a seriously weakened team to lose.

Four cup wins in 14 seasons against Premier League opposition, which is of course four wins against PL clubs in 28 domestic cup runs!