Newcastle United's ecstatic fans streamed down Barrack Road towards the statues of Geordie icons Sir Bobby Robson and Alan Shearer that stand at St James' Park, hoping the last leap to long-overdue glory is finally in sight.
Many of those making their way towards the tumult of the city were not born when Newcastle last tasted success – and those who were would have had to dredge deep into their memory bank to recall it.
Newcastle United's last domestic trophy was the FA Cup in 1955, while the club's last major silverware came in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1969, a competition that then had the guise of the Uefa Cup and is now the Europa League.