End of an FA Cup run NOT end of the World | OneFootball

A message for the Newcastle United fans.

It is the end of our FA Cup run but NOT the end of the World.

The way some of you are going on is pitiful.

Yes, it was a day when everything seemed to go against us.

However, Sunday was just one day in a very long season and nobody should be writing Eddie Howe and his players off just yet, least of all the Newcastle United fans.

We lost an FA Cup last 16 match in a game where two evenly matched sides were playing each other and it could have gone either way.

It wasn’t to be our day.

Things started badly when Lewis Hall was missing from the matchday squad and reports he is seeing a specialist to check out an ankle issue, hopefully to rule out anything serious.

Whilst the Anthony Gordon red card was another tough punch to take, with seemingly little chance of any appeal against it being successful. He is set to miss the next three matches, including the Cup final. However, that is not the end of the season and nor is it indeed the end of our hopes at Wembley.

If you really think Newcastle United have zero chance at Wembley, then I think you should be handing your cup final ticket to somebody else.

There is also the small matter of with 11 Premier League matches to go, Newcastle United only two points off Champions League qualification (fifth place all but certain to supply this) and only four points off third.

It is all to play for in both league AND cup.

Ahead of this past weekend, Eddie Howe had been asked if Newcastle United were a one man team, after Alexander Isak missed the Liverpool match in midweek.

The answer is of course, no. Just as it is a case of Anthony Gordon not being the one man we rely on.

Newcastle United haven’t won 21 matches already this season due to relying on one, or even two or three players.

Just like the players will be doing, as Newcastle United fans we may have to now go away and lick our wounds.

However, it is then a case of in a week’s time making sure we are all prepared to help and get the three points at West Ham, then return to London for that Wembley weekend and all of us give it everything. Rather than walking around with placards declaring ‘The end is nigh’…

Newcastle 1 Brighton 2 (AET) – Sunday 2 March 2025 1.45pm

Newcastle United:

Isak 22 pen, Gordon red card 83

Brighton:

Minteh 44, Lamptey red card 90+1, Welbeck 114 extra time

Possession was Newcastle 48% Brighton 52%

Total shots were Newcastle 15 Brighton 21

Shots on target were Newcastle 5 Brighton 5

Corners were Newcastle 6 Brighton 5

Touches in the box Newcastle 38 Brighton 45

Newcastle team v Brighton:

Dubravka, Livramento, Trippier (Targett 69), Schar, Burn, Joelinton (Willock 56), Tonali, Miley (Bruno 56), Gordon, Isak (Wilson 86), Barnes (Murphy 56)

Unused subs:

Pope, Krafth, Osula, Longstaff

(Newcastle 1 Brighton 2 (AET) – Match ratings and comments on all Newcastle United players – Read HERE)

(Newcastle 1 Brighton 2 (AET) – Instant Newcastle United fan/writer reaction – Read HERE)

(An opportunity lost – Newcastle 1 Brighton 2 (AET) – Read HERE)

Upcoming Newcastle United fixtures:

Monday 10 March – West Ham v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports

Sunday 16 March – Newcastle v Liverpool (4.30pm) Carabao Cup final Sky Sports

Wednesday 2 April – Newcastle v Brentford (7.45pm)

Monday 7 April – Leicester v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports

Sunday 13 April – Newcastle v Man U (4.30pm) Sky Sports

Wednesday 16 April – Newcastle v Palace (7.30pm)