Roy Keane - Career Low Points
Continued from Roy
Keane Bad Boy
The catalogue of the some of the low points
in Roy Keane's football career is continued below.
1995 - Roy Keane Sent Off for Diving !
In August 1995 Roy
Keane was sent off while playing for Manchester
United for the second time in a Premiership match against Blackburn
Rovers for two bookable offences. The second yellow card was shown for
diving. An unlikely event. (Source:
Keane: The Autobiography - Page 153)
1995 - Keane's Third Red Card in One Year
In October Roy was sent off for the third
time in 1995 in a match against Middlesboro apparently, though unconfirmed,
for punching a Boro player. (Source: Keane:
The Autobiography - Page 153)
1996 - Roy Keane Sent Off in First Appearance as Irish Captain
In March 1996 the Republic of Ireland played
Russia in a friendly match at Lansdowne
Road (now re-developed and named Aviva
Stadium). Earning his 30th cap Roy Keane had been handed the Republic
captain's armband after Andy Townsend was substituted. Keane was "...sent
off for kicking a Russian." (Source:
Keane: The Autobiography - Page 247)
1996 - Roy Keane Sent Off against Southampton
On 26th October 1996 Roy Keane was sent
off for the fifth time in his career and for the third time in twelve
months against Southampton at the Dell. Having been booked earlier in
the match for dissent Keane went on to earn second yellow card for a late
lunge on Claus Lundekvam. (Source: Keane:
The Autobiography - Page 165)
1997 - Row With Neighbour over Straying
Dog
Also in September Roy Keane was questioned
by police after a neighbour made a complaint that Keane had threatened
him over a straying dog. There was no follow up by the police. (Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk)
1997 - Roy Keane in Hotel Brawl
Manchester United had drawn 1-1 with Chelsea
at Old Trafford on Wednesday 24th September 1997. The match had been tempestuous
affair with fists "...flying in the tunnel." and Keane
had been booked. Following the match Roy went drinking with friends from
Cork in the nearby Chester Court Hotel. At half past three in the morning
Keane became involved in a slanging match with United supporters from
Dublin. Following some more drink the "...belligerence between
Cork and Dublin became more personal and heated. Blows were exchanged.
I gave as good as I got." (Source:
Keane: The Autobiography - Page 171)
1997 - Roy Ruptures Cruciate Ligament
Having been involved in the hotel altercation
in the early hours of Thursday Roy Keane took to the field two days later
against Leeds United in very poor shape both physically and psychologically.
It was late September 1997. In Roy Keane's
autobiography he claims that Haaland had spent most the match winding
him up. Late on in the match, in an attempted foul on Alf-Inge
Haaland, Keane ruptured his cruciate ligament. The cardinal sin from
Roy Keane's point of view was that, as Keane lay on the ground in agony,
Haaland bent over him and accused him of faking
injury. Perhaps this was not unreasonable as Keane had just fouled
Haaland and there was no way that the Norwegian could have been aware
of the extent of Keane's injury. (Source:
Keane: The Autobiography - Page 172)
1999 - Keane Sent Off for the Sixth Time
In April 1999 during the FA Cup semi-final
replay against Arsenal Roy Keane had already earned a yellow card when
he made a "desperate tackle on Marc Overmars." Keane
claimed that the tackle was more out of "desperation rather than
badness" however referee David Elleray had no hesitation in sending
him off. (Source:
Keane: The Autobiography - Page 184)
1999 - Keane Arrested after Brawl in Manchester
Bar
Manchester United had secured the first
element of the historic treble on 16th May 1999. That night Keane had
partied with the rest of his team mates plus their wives and girlfriends.
Another night of celebration had been arranged for the next night (Monday)
just for the team in Mulligan's Bar at 5pm. This wasn't early enough for
Keane so he arranged to meet former United player Norman Whiteside in
The Griffin, a bar in Bowden, at twelve. After an afternoon of drinking,
on top of the previous night ("I've eaten nothing. I haven't had
much sleep") Keane met the rest of the team in Mulligan's. After
a few more drinks The players went to another bar called Henry's. In this
bar an exchange took place between Keane, and two women and a man. As
things became more heated "...a glass flies through the air, hitting
me in the face...I lunge at the guy. Then all hell breaks loose. What
follows is a blur." It is hardly surprising that it was a blur
to Keane in view of the amount of drink he had consumed. Keane was arrested
by the Greater Manchester police and was held in police custody overnight.
He was released on bail when Alex Ferguson called to the police station
the next morning. Ultimately no charges were made and Keane heard no more
about the matter. (Source: Keane: The Autobiography
- Page 197-204)
Continued from Roy
Keane Bad Boy & Continued on Roy
Keane Red Cars etc.
NOTE: Unless stated otherwise all
quotations are from:
Keane: The Autobiography; Roy Keane with Eamon Dunphy (2002); Michael
Joseph Ltd
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