Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe has called on his players to be inspired by the opportunity to make history in this weekend's Carabao Cup Final.

The Magpies are bidding to end a 70-year wait for a domestic trophy at Wembley on Sunday against Liverpool FC, and Howe believes that the team should use the drought as extra motivation to win, rather than see it as a negative.

They've faced tough opponents throughout their run to the showpiece, with standout victories coming against Chelsea in Round Four and Arsenal over two legs in the Semi-Final.

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Now they've got a chance to make it all worth it, something Howe emphasised in his pre-match press conference.

"I think it's a real motivation for us to try and break that long time and that long wait that everyone's feeling," Howe declared.

"It should be inspiring for us - not a negative. I understand it will be a negative or a perceived negative for a lot of people, but we're trying to look at it the other way round.

"It's a chance to make history for us as a team - that's very rare in football. You get very few opportunities to do that, a chance to be remembered positively.

"I want the players to look at it that way, as I said earlier, to attack the game and to get a good representation of us.

Sunday will be Newcastle's second appearance at Wembley in three seasons, as they look to right the wrongs of the 2023 Carabao Cup Final defeat to Manchester United.

They haven't lost a game in this competition inside 90 minutes since that Final two years ago, which shows the momentum they have been carrying over the last couple of seasons.

"I think the whole thing and this season's felt different in the sense that I think we've just gone about our business in a really calm, controlled way, professional way, we've had a really tough run of fixtures in the Carabao Cup," the 47-year-old admitted.

"We've sort of just gone from round to round and now we've ended up in the final, there's been a lot less emotion. There's been a lot less noise I think outside.

"So hopefully that helps us in our performance in the game. You never quite know what effect that will have, but we've been very much focused on our build up and preparation and getting the game plan right."

As always, the support of the Toon Army who will be descending on the capital in their thousands will be crucial to any positive result.

The supporters have been through everything during the period since that 1955 FA Cup victory, with generations still yet to see their side lift silverware.

"I'm sure they will be [the 12th man] for us. I think they always are, they were at West Ham," Howe added.

"We know from the last time we got to the final, the scenes driving up to Wembley, the feeling of support and unity that we have.

"The expression the fans give in every game is huge for us and yeah, we're going to need them, we're absolutely going to need that 50% to turn into 55% if possible.

"We need every bit of help we can to push us over the line."