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'The Voice of the Toon'

Much has changed around Newcastle United over the past 25 years but there has been one constant - the presence of commentator Mick Lowes.

Lowes calls his final Magpies game on Saturday when Blackburn Rovers visit St James' Park in the Championship.

BBC Sport looks back on a quarter of a century of highlights covering the Black and Whites.

Keegan the catalyst

Before arriving at the BBC in Newcastle, Lowes had commentated extensively for London station Capital on a World Cup and hundreds of games across the Football League. Swapping the metropolis for the provinces proved no less high profile thanks to one man in particular - Kevin Keegan.