Newcastle were 'The Entertainers' in 1996 but nothing was more box office than when their manager went for Sir Alex Ferguson on live TV... Kevin Keegan's infamous rant was not followed by a title win but it is still loved 25 years on

In the early hours of a Tuesday morning, exactly 25 years ago, a teenage Newcastle fan crept into his sitting-room and saw a hand-written note stuck to the television: 'PRESS PLAY!'

David Paull was 17 years old and had just returned home after watching his team beat Leeds United 1-0 at Elland Road on April 29, 1996.

'My dad taped the match for me,' he says. 'I put the TV on and, for some reason, he had the tape ready at Kevin Keegan's post-match interview. I thought, 'What's all this about?'.

'On the bus back from Leeds no one knew anything.