'I wanted to clap' - Ambrose recalls the sound of Rooney's volley vs Newcastle

Darren Ambrose was on the pitch that day and had a great view of it and, bizarrely, may have Manchester United flop Kleberson and former Premier League referee Neale Barry to thank for an absolutely priceless piece of memorabilia.

Ambrose was playing for Newcastle at Old Trafford in 2005 and was in high spirits, having scored the opening goal of the game.

That was until Rooney decided to score one of the greatest Premier League goals of all time.

The United striker had a slight knock and, as he looked over to the sidelines, he could see Brazilian midfielder Kleberson warming up and getting ready to come on and replace him.

If that wasn't enough to wind Rooney up, he was getting frustrated by the referee for what he saw as a failure to clamp down on Newcastle striker Alan Shearer's persistent fouling.

So, Rooney's reaction to that was to turn around and smack the ball as hard as he could into the top corner from 30 yards - and Ambrose couldn't help but want his famous no.8 shirt afterwards.

He told Darren Bent's Shirt Swap, a new series that will be live on talkSPORT Edge on Friday: "It was incredible to just witness. It kind of spoiled my day as I'd scored the goal there.

"If I remember rightly, we did a lot about Wayne Rooney before the game. I wasn't playing directly against him as I was playing wide and he was up front.

"I believe Stephen Carr was man-marking him. It was a famous goal. He was having a little row with the ref.

"I say a little row - he was going absolutely crazy. He turned around, Peter Ramage hates me saying this but he headed the ball up in the air, and then you could just hear the connection.

"There's a picture of him scoring and I'm just behind him with a sheer look of terror that he's about to ruin my day.

"If there was ever a moment on a football pitch, I could have clapped I would have done."

Since then, Rooney won five Premier League titles for the Red Devils, as well as a Champions League and numerous England caps.

Ambrose even goes as far as saying he is England's greatest Premier League player of all time.

"He was something else," said the former midfielder.