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The return of fans at Wembley for the Carabao Cup final was music to everyone’s ears... it felt like being reunited with an old friend

Noise at a football match? This could catch on, you know.

Finally, an atmosphere. Finally, a roar. Finally, supporters are back at football.

The language, granted, left a fair bit to be desired but we wouldn’t have it any other way.

Eight-thousand spectators were granted access into Wembley for the Carabao Cup final. It may as well have been 80,000.

Okay, perhaps that’s a slight exaggeration but after a season that has been characterised by its mind-numbing silence, we’re all allowed to get carried away.

Because we’ve all missed this - fans goading each other, tormenting their own players, ironically applauding in unison when someone in the opposition gets something horribly wrong.