Newcastle United open-top bus parade date announced as 29 March
The 32-year-old defender scored Newcastle's first goal at Wembley in 25 years on Sunday, with the team eventually beating Liverpool 2-1.Leader 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 there.Northumberland 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.
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