Newcastle United boss Matthias Jaissle reacts during the Premier League game with Aston VillaImage source, Getty Images
Image caption,

Newcastle have won just one of their past five Premier League games

ByNeil JohnstonBBC Sport football reporter

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.