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Yahoo
26-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Dan Burn: 'Never mind next season's Champions League matches - bring on Sunderland..'
WHO are Newcastle United most looking forward to playing against next season? Barcelona? Bayern Munich? Borussia Dortmund? Maybe a revenge mission against Paris St Germain? The list of potential Champions League opponents is tantalising. After last weekend, though, Dan Burn admits he is most excited by the prospect of something much closer to home. Born and bred on the black-and-white side of the North-East, the Magpies defender cannot wait for the return of the derby day against Sunderland. 'I want to play against the best teams, so I'd love to play against Madrid, Barcelona,' said Burn, after Newcastle's return to the Champions League was confirmed despite a final-day defeat to Everton. 'That's why you want to play Champions League football. It'll be exciting. 'But it'll be good to even see Sunderland getting back to the Premier League. It's such a weird thing because I'm really excited about it. 'I shouldn't be, but those were the games when I was a kid. The derby days were the first fixtures I'd look for when they came out. So, I wouldn't say that I'm happy for them coming up, but I am happy that we get the derbies back.' While Sunderland will be looking to re-establish themselves in the Premier League next season, Newcastle's goal will be to improve on a campaign that is surely the best in living memory. Not only did the Magpies end a 70-year wait for a major domestic trophy, they also qualified for the Champions League for the second time in three seasons. As an added bonus, there were also historic wins at the Emirates and Old Trafford along the way. READ MORE:Taking another step forward next season will not be easy, but there is a strong determination to make significant transfer investments this summer and Newcastle's squad should be stronger next term than it was this year. Lifting silverware back in March was a historic achievement. The challenge facing the Magpies now is to become serial winners. 'I don't think we're far away from challenging at the top,' said Burn. 'The gaffer has mentioned that we've not strengthened in the last few seasons, so it'll probably be a big summer to add players and sort of keep it fresh. 'It's probably just going to be that change of mentality where we really get that belief that we should be up there. 'It'd be great to have a good Champions League run and I'm sure that he would love to win another cup. I feel like now that we've won that first cup, it's sort of broken the seal a bit and now we feel like we can really do that again.' This has not just been a breakthrough season domestically for Burn, it has also seen the Blyth-born defender make his mark at international level. Having made his England debut under Thomas Tuchel in March's World Cup qualifying win over Albania, Burn finds himself back in the squad for next month's qualifying game with Andorra and home friendly against Senegal. This time next year, the expectation is that England will be preparing for the World Cup finals in North America, and while Burn was not even part of the conversation ahead of last summer's Euros in Germany, there is every chance he will be contending for a spot on the plane to the US, Mexico and Canada. For a player that started in non-league with Blyth Town and Blyth Spartans, while working part-time at Asda, and also spent time with Darlington prior to turning professional, that would be quite some career transition. 'I said to get that first England call was a sort of dream come true,' said Burn. 'Now, I just want to keep trying to tick these camps off, so I'm really happy that I made it again I just want to try and get some more caps, more minutes and sort of take it from there.'
BBC News
01-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Northumberland walk named after Dan Burn 'a boost for business'
Businesses say trade is booming on a walking trail renamed in honour of Newcastle United star Dan Elsdon Burn Walk in Northumberland was renamed the Big Dan Burn Walk as a nod to celebrate his Carabao Cup opening goal, which helped end the team's 70-year wait for a domestic Sewell, landlady of Bird in Bush, says "the difference that it's made has been tremendous", with the pub experiencing an upturn of more than 110% since 2 to the success, Northumberland National Park Authority (NNPA) has extended the name change until to the end of September as a tribute to the 6ft 7in (2m) Blyth-born defender. Burn, 32, will also be made an honorary freeman of Northumberland, after county councillors unanimously voted to back the plans. Black and white stripes The national park authority has invited people on to the two-hour walk, which follows Elsdon Burn, to "reminisce about that header" and celebrate a "local hero's triumph"."Just about every single person that comes into the pub or the coffee shop is either starting the Big Dan Burn Walk, or they're ending the Big Dan Burn Walk," Ms Sewell told BBC Radio Newcastle. Ms Sewell said the increased popularity had been "absolutely amazing"."We've never seen this many people for so long in Elsdon," she Village Hall, which provides toilet and shower facilities on a donation basis, has also seen an increase in day visitor and overnight campers' numbersAn "increase in takings is being appreciated", the national park authority said it had seen plenty of people doing the walk in their black and white Dan Burn Walk stickers have also been put up alongside the current markers. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
The Guardian
18-03-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Eddie Howe to be awarded freedom of Newcastle by the city
Eddie Howe is set to be awarded the freedom of Newcastle after becoming the first manager of the city's football team to win a major domestic honour for 70 years. Howe's nomination is poised to be rubber-stamped at the next full meeting of the city council after he led Newcastle United to last Sunday's Carabao Cup triumph against Liverpool at Wembley. It dictates that he can look forward to joining Alan Shearer, Sir Bobby Robson and Jackie Milburn in having his name carved into the walls of the civic centre's banqueting hall, not to mention enjoying 'herbage' or grazing rights for his sheep and cattle on the Town Moor. Karen Kilgour, the council leader, has proposed Newcastle's manager for the city's highest honour. 'What Eddie has achieved is nothing short of extraordinary,' she said. 'He will be forever a hero to our city.' Before becoming a freeman, Howe will need to swear to defend the city of Newcastle. A key part of the role involves protecting and conserving the Town Moor – 1,000 acres of green space and an area bigger than New York's Central Park on which the Freemen sublet grazing land to farmers with the proceeds going to charity. During his initiation ceremony Howe must hold a musket and bible and sign an oath. He will also need to present the city's mayor with a silver coin, minted before 1910. Given that Newcastle United's Saudi Arabian owners are contemplating building a new stadium on Leazes Park, a part of the Town Moor, close to St James' Park, Howe could soon find himself experiencing a conflict of interests. He will be invited to attend quarterly meetings of the the Town Moor joint working group. In the 1990s assorted pressure groups strongly opposed the club's previous, ultimately shelved, plan to construct a new ground on Leazes Park. As guardians of Newcastle's green spaces, the Freemen – some hereditary and others, like Howe, honorary after performing the 'highest service' for Newcastle – remain an influential, if slightly mysterious body, proud of their medieval heritage. These days they are no longer expected to carry arms but change has come slowly. It was not until 2009 that women were granted the right to 'freelage', an honour previously restricted to male heirs of Freemen. In April 2010 the first 10 female 'Freemen' were sworn in. They included professor Ruth Plummer, director of the Sir Bobby Robson cancer trials research centre at Newcastle's Freeman hospital. Other honorary Freemen of Newcastle have included Nelson Mandela, who was honoured for his 'services to the cause of freedom' at a time when he was in prison in South Africa. Dan Burn, the Blyth-born scorer of Newcastle's first goal in the 2-1 win against Liverpool, has been nominated to receive the freedom of Northumberland.
The Independent
18-03-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Dan Burn eyes World Cup after finally breaking into the England squad
Dan Burn has gone from thinking he would never play for England to dreaming of the World Cup in a whirlwind week that brought a maiden call-up and a starring role in Newcastle's Carabao Cup triumph. The 32-year-old has taken the road less travelled to his boyhood club and international football, having suffered relegation from League Two with Darlington at the start of a career that has seen several setbacks. Burn rose up the leagues and earned England recognition from new boss Thomas Tuchel, who selected the Blyth-born defender for the World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia. It means an immediate Wembley return for the toast of Newcastle, having helped end a 70-year wait for a major domestic trophy by opening the scoring in Sunday's 2-1 Carabao Cup final win against Liverpool. 'Definitely had worse weeks,' Burn said with a smile. 'It started off with the manager (Tuchel) FaceTiming me on Tuesday, saying that they were debating calling me up and he'd let me know by Thursday. 'Then it got to sort of six o'clock Thursday night and I'd not heard anything, so I said to my wife 'nothing's going to happen' then I got a text saying 'are you still awake?' at 10. I was like 'yeah' straightaway. 'He said I was very unprofessional for not being in bed for 10 o'clock!' Burn said he told Tuchel he could offer just as much off the pitch as on it, with the towering defender arriving at St George's Park with unwavering belief. 'I'm not just coming in to sort of be a cheerleader and help the boys out,' he said. 'I want to play. 'I feel like I've got the ability to play at international level, and I've said it for a long time.' Those chances have not been forthcoming in the past and it was understandable that Burn feared the England ship had sailed two months out from his 33rd birthday. 'There was a little bit of chatter around the World Cup in 2022 when I was playing left-back,' he said. 'I thought there might have been a chance there. 'But I felt it was hard, having never played any international football at all worked against us but also you can't gain international experience without getting called up, so it was a situation that wasn't ideal. 'I did genuinely think at 32 that it had probably passed me by but when a new manager came in, there was always that feeling of 'you never know'.' Burn wants to grasp this opportunity, joking he will play right wing if needed, as the door to next summer's World Cup unexpectedly opened. 'I'd say last Monday it definitely wasn't on my radar but now it's got to be my ultimate aim,' he said. 'I feel like there are going to be a lot of steps I'm going to have to go through to get there. 'Being in that very first camp is important but I don't want to be here for no reason. I want to be here to improve and take my chances.' Such excitement means he parked Carabao Cup celebrations to capitalise on his England chance. 'It was strange,' he said. 'As soon as I left the stadium, my focus had like completely switched to this. 'I had my family there and my kids, so we ended up getting on the bus back at about 12 o'clock to the hotel and it was getting a bit rowdy, and I was just ready to go to sleep! 'There will be time to celebrate. I know that the club has put stuff out about a parade on the Saturday when we get back, so I think that's when I'll celebrate. 'But at the moment I knew that I'd waited a long time for this opportunity, and I didn't want to spoil it.'
BBC News
18-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Newcastle United open-top bus parade date announced as 29 March
Newcastle United have announced the date for an open-top bus parade through the city following their historic League Cup club has issued a "save the date" for 29 March, which comes after the international break, to celebrate Sunday's Carabao Cup is the Magpies' first piece of major silverware since 1969 and first domestic one in 70 years, with supporters expected to line the streets of Newcastle to watch the team lift their Blyth-born Dan Burn has been nominated for the Freedom of Northumberland following his man of the match performance. The 32-year-old defender scored Newcastle's first goal at Wembley in 25 years on Sunday, with the team eventually beating Liverpool of Northumberland County Council Glen Sanderson said he intended to nominate Burn for the Freedom of Northumberland as he believed it would "inspire young people to achieve their dreams"."It's a great victory for the region and the fact a local lad from Blyth played such a crucial part of the journey is wonderful," he added. And the honours for Burn do not stop National Park has also announced it has temporarily renamed Elsdon Burn Walk, near Elsdon, to "Big Dan Burn Walk".Once the centre of defence in the Border Reiver battles, a spokesperson said it "seems like a fitting place to mark Dan's and the whole teams' heroic achievements"."Northumberland National Park is a place as grand and expansive as Dan himself," they added, in a nod to the player's 6ft 6in (1.98m) height. Follow BBC Newcastle on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas here.
