The ten best goals from the 2006/07 campaign:
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Newcastle United 5 - 0 Manchester United (1996/97)
During the 1990s, under Kevin Keegan, Newcastle continued to succeed, impressing with their attacking flair and a third place finish during the 1993-94 season, this was their first season back in the top flight. The attacking philosophy of Keegan led to Newcastle becoming labelled by Sky television as "The Entertainers". The following season Newcastle sold top scorer Andy Cole to Manchester United and finished 6th that season.
With the transfer money in 1995-96, Newcastle rebuilt with the signing of David Ginola and Les Ferdinand amongst others. The Toon came very close to winning the Premier League that season, and were at one time 12 points ahead of nearest rivals Manchester United, but eventually lost out. One match in particular from that season stood out, the 4-3 defeat at Liverpool, which is commonly voted the best ever game in the first 14 years of the English Premier League. The following season saw Newcastle finish in second place again, despite the signing of Alan Shearer (a then world record transfer of £15 million). However the blow of a second successive failure to win the Premiership was softened as Newcastle defeated Manchester United in this famous 5-0 victory on 20 October 1996.
With the transfer money in 1995-96, Newcastle rebuilt with the signing of David Ginola and Les Ferdinand amongst others. The Toon came very close to winning the Premier League that season, and were at one time 12 points ahead of nearest rivals Manchester United, but eventually lost out. One match in particular from that season stood out, the 4-3 defeat at Liverpool, which is commonly voted the best ever game in the first 14 years of the English Premier League. The following season saw Newcastle finish in second place again, despite the signing of Alan Shearer (a then world record transfer of £15 million). However the blow of a second successive failure to win the Premiership was softened as Newcastle defeated Manchester United in this famous 5-0 victory on 20 October 1996.
Faustino Asprilla: A South American Legend
The Colombian is unfairly bracketed with Rodney Marsh as a signing that stopped a team’s momentum to the title. Kevin Keegan added the Parma forward to his fantasy football lineup in 1996 just as the Magpies began to implode on the championship run in. Known as ‘The Octopus’ in Colombia for his loose-limbed, unorthodox approach, Asprilla provided a walking definition of the word enigma.
The international striker didn’t have a word of English and being a Colombian saw nothing unusual in carrying a handgun- something his Toon minders soon had to have words about. Always unpredictable, he once drew a suspension after being booked for celebrating a goal by removing his shirt and hoisting it skyward with the corner flag.
He remains a Tyneside legend for an unforgettable hat-trick that beat Barcelona in St. James’ Park's first Champions League game but these were his last goals for the club. Never likely to be Kenny Dalglish’s sort of player, ‘Tino’ returned to Parma in early 1998. He couldn’t recapture the form that made him one of Serie A’s most exciting talents – he won UEFA Cup and Cup-Winners Cup medals in his first spell in Italy where he played with another player who became a misfit in English football, the Swede Thomas Brolin.
His career took him on to Palmeiras in Brazil and he had an excellent scoring record for the national side with 20 goals in 57 internationals. His last port of call has been for his hometown team Tulua, although he nearly came back to the North-East for Darlington. Asprilla agreed a deal with chairman George Reynolds only to make an early morning flit on a flight to Colombia, complaining that he couldn’t live on the wages offered.
The international striker didn’t have a word of English and being a Colombian saw nothing unusual in carrying a handgun- something his Toon minders soon had to have words about. Always unpredictable, he once drew a suspension after being booked for celebrating a goal by removing his shirt and hoisting it skyward with the corner flag.
He remains a Tyneside legend for an unforgettable hat-trick that beat Barcelona in St. James’ Park's first Champions League game but these were his last goals for the club. Never likely to be Kenny Dalglish’s sort of player, ‘Tino’ returned to Parma in early 1998. He couldn’t recapture the form that made him one of Serie A’s most exciting talents – he won UEFA Cup and Cup-Winners Cup medals in his first spell in Italy where he played with another player who became a misfit in English football, the Swede Thomas Brolin.
His career took him on to Palmeiras in Brazil and he had an excellent scoring record for the national side with 20 goals in 57 internationals. His last port of call has been for his hometown team Tulua, although he nearly came back to the North-East for Darlington. Asprilla agreed a deal with chairman George Reynolds only to make an early morning flit on a flight to Colombia, complaining that he couldn’t live on the wages offered.
Feyenoord 2--3 Newcastle (UEFA Champions League 2002-03)
Down and out after the first three group games, who could believe that the boys would go to Holland and get the victory that they needed?
One of the all-time famous European victories!
One of the all-time famous European victories!
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