October 20 – Keegan’s Revenge and Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting

Happy days at St James’ and a proper dust-up in today’s trip down memory lane.

1996 – Keegan’s Revenge

NEWCASTLE in living-up-to-fan’s-expectations-shock-horror! Believe it or not, once in generation Newcastle seem to come up with a performance and result that their supporters believe is their destiny.

Today in 1996 Gallowgate’s finest witnessed the high-point of the (first) Kevin Keegan era when they beat Manchester United 5-0 at St James’. Read more.

1990 – Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting

HERE at OTFD we believe that fighting isn’t big or clever and there’s no place for it on the football pitch. Yeah right. Nothing beats a good set of footballing handbags, which is exactly what happened at Old Trafford today in 1990 when Manchester United and Arsenal got stuck into each other. Click here for the full story.

Manchester United fans look away now.