“After years and years of hurt, it was just glorious,” said 67-year-old Paul Wearmouth outside St James’ Park on the morning after the night before. “It was tremendous. I’ll be honest, I was crying. They were tears of jubilation.” Wearmouth, a retired school caretaker, has been a fan of Newcastle United all his life and can tell you at length about how difficult a commitment that can be. Paul Wearmouth: ‘We will remember this day.’ Photograph: Mark Pinder/The Guardian Pedants can say that it has been 56 years since Newcastle won a major trophy. But that was the 1969 Inter-Cities