How Dan Burn, Newcastle’s local boy and ungainly colossus, ended 70 years of pain - Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle United: Dan Burn and Alexander Isak secure glory at Wembley to end the Magpies’ drought

There was no one more fitting than Dan Burn to score and be the best player on the pitch in a game where Newcastle United finally won a major domestic trophy.

For all the millions of pounds Newcastle United have invested in an array of talent from around the globe since a Saudi Arabia-backed takeover in 2021, it was Dan Burn, born down the road in Blyth, who proved the hero to end decades of hurt on Sunday.