Kevin Keegan ya rayu lokuta masu ban mamaki da yawa a Newcastle United, amma wata daren Oktoba 1996 ya zarce duka — daren da ƙungiyarsa ta lalata Manchester United 5-0 a St James' Park, kuma Eric Cantona ya ba da hukunci wanda Keegan zai tuna da shi har abada.

Yanayi: abokan hamayya na taken kara

Kakar 1995/96 ta Premier League ta ƙare da zuciya ciwo ga Newcastle United. Wani ci da ya zama kamar ba za a iya canzawa ba ya narkewa, kuma Manchester United ya ɗauki taken yayin da Newcastle suka kallo. Sa'ad da kulob ɗin biyu suka sake haɗuwa a Oktoba 1996, a wasan goma na kamfen ɗin sabon kakar, duka biyunsu ana sa ran su sake fafata don gasar — Manchester United ba a ci su ba, Newcastle na saman tebur.

Kwallatarwa a St James' Park

Abin da ya biyo baya ya kasance mai ƙarfi. Darren Peacock da David Ginola sun kai Newcastle 2-0 cikin dakika 30. Les Ferdinand da Alan Shearer sun faɗaɗa wannan cika zuwa 4-0 a minti na 75. Sa'an nan sai kwallo ta zo wanda ya rufe komai a ƙwaƙwalwar Keegan: Philippe Albert yana ɗaga kwallo sama da Peter Schmeichel don kammala kwallon biyar mai ban sha'awa.