Opinion

Fulham fans have been reacting to the Carabao Cup quarter-final draw that has seen them pull out Newcastle United away.

Marco Silva and his players were lucky to reach the last eight, as they needed a second half equaliser against League One Wycombe and then penalties, to finally get through on Tuesday night.

Wednesday nights saw Newcastle United become one of five clubs to join Fulham, Brentford and Cardiff in the quarter-finals, with Palace, Chelsea, Man City and Arsenal also getting through.

Only four days after Fulham fans saw Newcastle United (eventually) deservedly beat Silva’s team in the Premier League, they were the last two clubs left to pull out in the draw last night, with Arsenal v Palace, Cardiff v Chelsea and Man City v Brentford having already been pulled out. Thankfully it was Newcastle United the seventh ball out, so it is home to Fulham.

One other major positive of drawing Fulham, is the number of seats they will (not!) be taking up.

For a 3pm Saturday match, only 1,700 Fulham fans bought tickets for St James’ Park last weekend.

With the Carabao Cup quarter-finals set to be played a week before Christmas...