Keegan: "There will be an atmosphere when they run out that they have earned. "It is probably the first game of the season where the optimism is there.
"The change has come from the players, everything comes from the players.
"They can be advised and guided but the players have turned this club around by their performances. The players now know, almost certainly, if they beat Reading they are Premiership players next year.
PREMIERSHIP RUN-IN
NEWCASTLE - 35pts
Remaining games: Reading (h), Portsmouth (a), Sunderland (h), West Ham (a), Chelsea (h), Everton (a).
MIDDLESBROUGH - 34
Remaining games: Man Utd (h), Tottenham (a), Bolton (h), Sunderland (a), Portsmouth (h), Man City (h).
WIGAN - 31
Remaining games: Birmingham (h), Chelsea (a), Tottenham (h), Reading (h), Villa (a), Man Utd (h).
SUNDERLAND - 33
Remaining games: West Ham (h), Fulham (a), Man City (h), Newcastle (a), Middlesbrough (h), Bolton (a), Arsenal (h).
READING - 32
Remaining games: Newcastle (a), Fulham (h), Arsenal (a), Wigan (a), Tottenham (h), Derby (a).
BIRMINGHAM - 30
Remaining games: Wigan (a), Everton (h), Aston Villa (a), Liverpool (h), Fulham (a), Blackburn (h).
BOLTON - 26
Remaining games: Aston Villa (a), West Ham (h), Middlesbrough (a), Tottenham (a), Sunderland (h), Chelsea (a).
FULHAM - 24
Remaining games: Sunderland (h), Reading (a), Liverpool (h), Man City (a), Birmingham (h), Portsmouth (a).