Keegan, Ferguson, Cantona and a collapse: The inside story of the 1995/96 title race
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Keegan, Ferguson, Cantona and a collapse: The inside story of the 1995/96 title race

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Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “He’d make you feel invincible.” open image in gallery Ferdinand was Newcastle’s focal point From that, Keegan didn’t feel the need to say too much before matches. “I kicked fresh air one time in the first half as Asprilla tormented me.” These were the problems Newcastle’s sheer relentlessness were causing. “Let’s go again.” Years later, in his autobiography, he would describe Cantona’s goal as “the moment everything started to unravel for Newcastle”. In all my time in football, that’s the worst I’ve felt, ever… it’s sickening… sick, absolutely sick.” Keegan would later describe it as “gut-wrenching” and “shattering”.

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