One Newcastle United fan has taken his pride for the club and city to a whole new level ahead of the Carabao Cup final this weekend by getting a Greggs-inspired buzz cut.
Newcastle United will face Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final this Sunday and with a number of city-centre fan zones offering free entry already confirmed, one fan decided on a unique tribute before embarking on the Geordie pilgrimage to Wembley.
Wanting to unite two Geordie icons ahead of the match this Sunday, 29-year-old Matty Nicholls, a lifelong Newcastle United fan, decided to showcase his devotion to his beloved home city by requesting the custom haircut.
The ultimate tribute to show off at the game, the buzzcut features the iconic Greggs Sausage Roll peeking out of a Greggs paper bag, containing the brand’s unmistakable logo and has already been gaining quite the reaction on social media.
Matty, who is from Ashington, Northumberland, has been a Newcastle United fan his whole life, going to games with his father, grandfather and uncles from an early age. He’s now a front row season ticket holder and attends every match, home and away, with his 11-year-old daughter.
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The Greggs-inspired trim comes courtesy of .edits barbershop in Heaton, Newcastle and was lovingly shaved by local barber Mich Lange, who counts Newcastle United FC players including Bruno Guimarães, Joelinton and Kieran Trippier amongst his regular clientele.
Pictures of the haircut surfaced online last night when Mich Lange took to Instagram to show off his creation, and Greggs fans were quick to comment how impressed they were with the Sausage Roll inspired cut.
One user commented: “This can’t be a real…” while another added: “I’ll be in for Chicken Bake on Saturday mate!”.
Even Greggs themselves couldn’t resist a cheeky comment on the unique hairstyle, with the brand’s official Instagram reposting the unique haircut to their stories, commenting “Short Bake and Sides.”
Following the reaction on social, two hair appointments have been made for the now dubbed ‘Short, Bake and Sides’.
The link to book the appointments will be posted on Greggs’ Instagram bio at 6pm tonight, giving other fans the chance to get the iconic haircut ahead of the game on Sunday.
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