SEAN'S DOUBLE STARTS A TOON PARTY

Longstaff is the local hero to end wait for a Wembley final

- Neil Squires 

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SOUTHAMPTON NEWCASTLE 1

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SEAN LONGSTAFF Shields toddler was a North last time the Newcastle were involved in a Wembley cup final. Thanks to his double last night they will be back there later this month.

Much has been made of the Saudi splurge which has transformed Newcastle over the past year, so for an academy graduate who cost precisely nothing be the man who to booked their passage to the Carabao Cup was especially final satisfying.

The 25-year-old had only scored six goals in 91 appearances for Newcastle before last night, but he picked his moment admirably to polish up his shooting boots with his two first-half goals settling the semi-final. Che Adams did pull a goal back for Southampton who had a man advantage for the closing stages after the 83rd-minute dismissal of Bruno Guimaraes but with the added security of a onegoal cushion from last week's first leg on the South Coast, Newcastle never looked likely to be reeled in.

The endless wait for a trophy is not over yet.