NUFC legend Alan Shearer FaceTimed Sam Fender after historic Carabao Cup win: “He was so emotional”

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Sam Fender after Sunday’s historic Carabao Cup win.Fender’s home team took home their first domestic trophy in 70 years on Sunday (March 16) after beating Liverpool 2-1 in the Carabao Cup.

Thousands of fans headed to Wembley to see the club lift their first European Inter-City Fairs Cup since 1969 and first domestic trophy since their 1955 FA Cup victory.On the day, the ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ singer was on stage in Berlin, marking the occasion by switching up aspects of his live show to pay homage to his club.

He walked out to NUFC anthem, Mark Knopfler’s ‘Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero’, and altered the lyrics to his song ‘Little Bit Closer’ later in the set.He changed one of the lines from “I never found him” to “his name is Dan Burn” – which came after the player sent Newcastle United one ahead at the Carabao Cup Final with a header in the 45th minute.On the most recent episode of The Rest Is Football, Shearer – who Fender named his guitar after – touched on the musicians reaction to the historic win. “I was with his agent yesterday and we FaceTimed Sam just after the game.

He was crying,” he said.“The tears were real tears of joy and happiness and everything else. Because Sam’s song ‘Seventeen Going Under’ was blasting out of Wembley, and all the Newcastle fans were singing it.