Signed at nine. Unused when they won.

Sean Longstaff joined Newcastle at nine years old and stayed eighteen years — over 200 appearances, a Champions League goal, a boyhood club made good. Then Wembley, March 2025: a 70-year trophy drought finally broken, and Longstaff an unused substitute, watching it happen. Four months later Newcastle sold him to Leeds for £12m. Tonight they come to Elland Road. Eighteen years of service. Ninety minutes to answer it.