Perhaps it was meant to lift spirits after Newcastle 's underwhelming start to the season.

On Tuesday, the Magpies reminded their 2.8 million followers on X that it was 30 years to the day that Kevin Keegan's swashbuckling team of 1996-1997 crushed Manchester United 5-0 at St James' Park to sit top of the Premier League.

It was a flashback to one of the all-time great Newcastle performances, with the social media post , external coming the same week their new German boss Matthias Jaissle is still trying to figure out why his class of 2026-2027 have yet to fire.

Last weekend's home loss to Aston Villa, which was greeted by a chorus of boos from the stands at the final whistle, means Newcastle head into Sunday's game against struggling Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park (14:00 BST) looking to end a run of three defeats in four games.

That sequence includes back-to-back 4-1 away defeats at Leeds United on 14 September and Coventry City on 12 October.

"The pressure will seriously be on if they don't get a…