‘I will love it’ – 20 years on

Friday marks 20 years since Kevin Keegan’s ‘I will love it’ rant and two decades on, it remains one of the Premier League’s most unforgettable moments.

Back on April 29, 1996, Keegan’s Newcastle side won 1-0 at Leeds to close to within three points of leaders Manchester United with a game in hand and two to play.

Keith Gillespie’s goal gave them their third victory in a row and talk among supporters on their way home would likely have been about the exciting end to the campaign which lay ahead.

That was, of course, until Keegan gave his post-match thoughts to Sky Sports.

Before the game, Old Trafford manager Alex Ferguson had suggested the likes of Nottingham Forest might not try as hard against Keegan’s men as they did against his side.

Newcastle were due at the City Ground three days later to play a team who, curiously, United had just beaten 5-0. Newcastle were also providing the opposition for Stuart Pearce’s Forest testimonial later the same year.

Yet Keegan took the bait and if you ask football followers for their outstanding memory from that campaign, most will tell you of his remarkable reaction in the aftermath of that win at Elland Road.

Referring to Ferguson’s comments, Keegan said: “When you do that with footballers like he said about Leeds – and when you do things like that about a man like Stuart Pearce…

“I’ve kept really quiet but I’ll …

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