Imagine that the nation's pollsters stopped asking the public about which politician they liked best and decided to busy themselves with the really pressing issues. A question is presented to the traditional 1,000 people. One that looms large and cuts to the heart of the most important of Great Britain's concerns. The question is: "What do you think of when someone says 'Manchester United v Newcastle'?". "Phillipe Albert" wins by a landslide. The classy centre back was the best defender in a Newcastle side far more concerned with attack. This victory was their crowning achievement, a sign that their swashbuckling football that had lost them the title in tragi-comic circumstances the previous seasons could endure. Albert's audacious chip over Schmeichel applied the finishing touch to a devastating win that suggested Newcastle were now a permanent fixture in the upper echelons of the Premier League. In a little over two months Kevin Keegan was gone, and Newcastle were on an emphatically downward trajectory. Manchester United would win the league.