english football musician and coach
For the irish accordion actor, see Kevin Keegan ( musician )
Joseph Kevin Keegan, ( born 14 February 1951 ) [ 2 ] is an english former football player and coach. A forward, he played for several clubs, including Newcastle United, Southampton, Liverpool and Hamburger SV. He went on to manage Newcastle United, Fulham and Manchester City, winning promotion as champions in his first full season at all three clubs. He was besides a player for the England national team, which he later managed, and was twice the achiever of the Ballon d’Or.

Keegan began his playing career at Scunthorpe United in 1968, before moving to Liverpool in 1971. Whilst at Liverpool, he won three First Division titles, the UEFA Cup twice, the FA Cup and the european Cup. Keegan besides gained his beginning England cap in 1972, and moved to west german club Hamburger SV in the summer of 1977. At Hamburg, he was named european Footballer of the year in 1978 and 1979, won the Bundesliga entitle in 1978–79, and reached the 1980 european Cup Final. Keegan moved to Southampton that summer, and spent two seasons at the club before a transfer to Newcastle United in the English second class in 1982. He helped Newcastle to promotion in his second season, and retired from football in 1984, having been capped 63 times for England, scoring 21 goals. Keegan moved into management at Newcastle in 1992, winning promotion as First Division champions. Newcastle then finished second in the Premier League in 1995–96, after leading for most of the season. After a spell at Fulham, he took agitate of the England team in February 1999, but resigned in October 2000, following a 1–0 loss against Germany in qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He then became director of Manchester City in 2001 and spent four years at the baseball club before resigning in 2005. Keegan had been out of football for about three years when he returned to Newcastle United for a moment while as coach in January 2008. This spell lasted alone eight months, as he resigned on 4 September 2008 following guess regarding a dispute with the club ‘s directors. [ 3 ]

early years [edit ]

Keegan ‘s grandfather Frank Keegan Keegan ‘s ancestors arrived in Newcastle from Ireland. In 1909, his grandfather Frank, an inspector, heroically saved lives in the West Stanley Pit disaster. His father Joe and uncle Frank were Newcastle United fans, describing their front-runner players as Hughie Gallacher and Jackie Milburn. His founder moved to Armthorpe in Doncaster to work in a colliery, where he married Doris and they had three children : Mary, who was two years Keegan ‘s senior, Kevin, and Michael. His church father never saw Keegan play for Newcastle. Keegan was born at his aunt Nellie ‘s house in Elm Place in Armthorpe. His aunt ‘s firm was chosen as she had electricity that made it safer for childbirth. Keegan attended St. Peter ‘s High School [ 1 ] in nearby Cantley. Keegan was given his first football by his uncle Frank and his first pair of football boots by his church father after he had a winnings on the horses. They were a second-hand match of Winit boots bought from the erstwhile Doncaster Rovers centre forward, Ray Harrison ‘s sports shop. Keegan played football at Hyde Park using his baby brother Michael ‘s baby buggy as a goal station. As a male child he supported Doncaster Rovers. His favored player was Alick Jeffrey, a actor, once described by Matt Busby ‘s assistant Jimmy Murphy as the English Pelé, and once described by Jackie Milburn as “ the best young actor he had always seen ”. As a schoolboy, Keegan had a test for Coventry City, under coach Jimmy Hill. Despite being one of two players kept on for an extra six-week period, the clubhouse did not offer Keegan a contract, though they did offer apprenticeship terms to the right-back Brian Joy who besides went on to have a 15-year career in football. Keegan besides had a test with Doncaster Rovers, arranged by his father, but when Keegan arrived, he found out he had been given the incorrect information and the test was earlier in the sidereal day and at a unlike put. Keegan participated in respective sports, such as cross country running, rugby, football, and even captaining his educate ‘s cricket team. He besides boxed at his local baseball club, run by the former british Heavyweight champion Bruce Woodcock. At old age 15, Keegan, with two friends, completed a 50-mile rivulet from Nottingham to Doncaster. Afterwards he claimed he would never hit a psychological brick wall again with regards to running. In his autobiography, Keegan claimed this race prepared him physically and psychologically for any run he had to do in any future pre-season educate or football matches. Keegan left school with ‘O’Levels in History and Art. At the historic period of 15 Keegan started work at Pegler Brass Works as an office clerk ; though he has stated that he was more of a tea boy and messenger than an office clerk. Whilst working at Pegler, Keegan continued playing Saturday afternoon football for his local young clubhouse, Enfield House, and playing Sunday morning football for the Lonsdale Hotel. It was during this clock that a colleague, named Harry Holland, invited him to play for the Peglers Works reserves on a Saturday dawn. His probability at professional football came when he was playing Sunday morning league football for the Lonsdale Hotel in a catch against Woodfield Social in 1966. Keegan was marked by a player in his mid 30s, called Bob Nellis. After playing against Keegan, Nellis became impress by the ability of Keegan and offered him a trial at fourth class Scunthorpe United – one of fair two professional sides in the class. This trial would lead to the Scunthorpe coach Ron Ashman giving Keegan his first abridge in professional football. [ 2 ]

Playing career [edit ]

Scunthorpe United ( 1966–1971 ) [edit ]

Scunthorpe United could not afford a jell of football nets and trained on a rugby pitch at Quibell Park. They besides, risking injury, had five-a-side discipline sessions on the Old Showground concrete car park. silent though, at Scunthorpe Keegan would take his training very seriously. doubly a week, after train, Keegan would train with a teammate named Derek Hemstead and they would train by doing slant farmers walks up and down the cantilever stand at the Old Showground. A trait Keegan had was his ladder ability. In running drills at Scunthorpe Keegan liked trying to finish first and Keegan was told by Jack Brownsword that one thing he has going for him is that he is a one hundred percenter and he should never lose that. Though this will to be first in his scat drills would late irritate elder pros such as Liverpool ‘s Tommy Smith and Shankly would late advise Keegan that he did not have to win all his runs. Scunthorpe, a club with little money, did not have a full-time driver to drive them to away games and Keegan, with other the other younger players, such as Nigel Jackson, would take turns in driving the minibus to and from away games. Young Keegan, fellow driver Nigel Jackson and chap young professionals Jimmy Coyne, Alan Olbison and Steve Hibbotson, once borrowed coach Jack Brownsword ‘s stop watch and had timed rallies around the Old Showground with the club ‘s vintage tractor. On Keegan ‘s turn the tractor crashed and the tractor ‘s axle went through the locomotive. The crash was very expensive to fix and the five were given a frolic by coach Ron Ashman. This experience gave Keegan awareness of his responsibility as a representative of Scunthorpe United. Keegan made his debut against Peterborough United at the age of 17, making 29 league starts in his first base season. He became a regular in the inaugural team by the 1969–70 season, playing all 46 league games for the club. This temper saw the team reach the fifth-round of the FA Cup, beating Football League First Division side Sheffield Wednesday along the way. Keegan then missed alone one game in his last season. Earning a pittance, think of Keegan each summer had to find summer jobs ; and each summer he would do jobs such as plate-laying at the Appleby Frodingham Steelworks .

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video icon Keegan interviewed in 1969-70

Keegan played regularly in a creative right midfield function for the Scunthorpe United first team despite his age – he scored 18 goals in 124 games for the club. After his first gear season he started attracting interest from higher division clubs. In one rare television interview of Keegan at Scunthorpe in 1969–70, Keegan tried to play down the interest, stating : “ I ‘m getting first-team football here. Should think if I went First Division, I ‘d struggle a snatch. ” not long after this interview, Keegan, noting other players had moved on to a higher level, began to feel impatient about moving on and Keegan even considered packing the game in and getting a full-time job if he did not get a move to a higher level. Higher division clubs such as Preston, Birmingham City, Notts County, Millwall and Arsenal all showed interest but nothing came of it .

Liverpool ( 1971–1977 ) [edit ]

In 1971, he attracted the attention of Liverpool ‘s head scout Geoff Twentyman, [ 43 ] [ 44 ] whose impression was held in high esteem by director Bill Shankly. After Twentyman ‘s recommendation, Liverpool made an put up for Keegan and this volunteer was accepted by Scunthorpe United. After Scunthorpe had agreed to the fee Keegan was driven the four hours to Bill Shankly ‘s office by director Ron Ashman who was determined to get a cash inflow for Scunthorpe United. Prior to the journey Keegan ‘s don prompted Keegan to not sell himself cheap. Keegan then haggled a condense worth £50 a workweek from Shankly, after Shankly had in the first place offered him £45. Ashman, sensing a cash boom may fall through, was at one stagecoach aghast at Keegan ‘s negotiation game. On the drive back to Scunthorpe Ashman was critical of Keegan ‘s bluff that he was about earning £45 a week at a fourth division football club. After the negotiation Keegan was transferred to Liverpool for £33,000 in 1971, at the age of 20. [ 48 ] Liverpool bought Keegan as a midfielder, but Shankly soon decided to move Keegan upfront aboard John Toshack. In a reserve equal against Tranmere Rovers Keegan, playing right midfield, and after playing a game with an attacking philosophy he was strongly warned by Ronnie Moran that he was “playing too free and easy,” and “nearly playing up front.” At one stage Keegan took Moran ‘s criticism on board, took the criticism as a little, and for a period perceived that Moran powerfully had it in for him. As a result of young Keegan ‘s miss of positional discipline, Keegan was then tested upfront in a preseason reserve match against Southport. Keegan scored both goals in a 2–1 victory. This match was watched by Shankly. Liverpool then tried Keegan in attack at Melwood in a game between the beginning team and the reserves. Keegan played for the first team and scored 4 in a 7–0 victory. His attacking play and ability prompted coach Bill Shankly to stop playing Keegan at right midfield and rather Shankly decided Keegan would be more effective upfront. After his inaugural preseason at Liverpool Keegan was immediately deployed as the new rap partner for Toshack. [ 55 ] Though Keegan did like Toshack as a teammate, Keegan never socialised with him off the flip and Keegan maintained it was about skittish how a lot they instantaneously could read each other ‘s little and large crippled. In his career Keegan explained that the merely player who reached that level of footballing understanding with him was England external Trevor Brooking. On 14 August 1971, Keegan made his liverpool debut against Nottingham Forest at Anfield, scoring after 12 minutes. Keegan made his England debut at under-23 degree later in 1971. His entire debut came in a World Cup modifier against Wales at Ninian Park. Keegan ‘s first goal for his area besides came in a game against Wales in Cardiff. This clock it was a british Home Championship match that England won 2–0 on 11 May 1974, his third base full cap. [ 58 ] Shankly had told Keegan he would play for England 18 month before it happened. early on at Liverpool, Keegan stopped acknowledging his first appoint Joseph on his autograph and good signed it Kevin Keegan, rather of the JK Keegan that he scribbled at Scunthorpe. In 1972–73, Keegan won his first major honor. Don Revie ‘s Leeds United visited Anfield on Easter Monday for a confrontation involving two of the three League challengers. The game turned on a few minutes either side of half time. First Leeds ‘ Peter Lorimer missed an open goal. Two minutes after the break Peter Cormack took his prospect to put Liverpool ahead. Keegan added a late second to seal the win. With Arsenal dropping a degree at Southampton, Liverpool punctually closed out the title with a final game 0–0 draw against Leicester City. This was their foremost major trophy since 1966. [ 61 ] Liverpool besides won the UEFA Cup. The 1973 UEFA Cup Final first base leg at Anfield was abandoned due to a downpour after 27 minutes and rescheduled to be played again the next sidereal day. The 27 minutes that had been played had given Liverpool director Bill Shankly an penetration into Borussia Mönchengladbach ‘s defensive vulnerability in the air. To exploit this he brought tall advancing Toshack into the starting team demoting the smaller Brian Hall, who appeared only as a late substitute. [ 62 ] Keegan scored two goals set up by Toshack headers in a 3–0 gain. Liverpool lost 2–0 off to win 3–2 on aggregate. [ 63 ] The come season, Keegan was again a frequent scorer but Liverpool lost the League title to a Leeds United team that went unbeaten for a then-record 29 games at the begin of the season. Liverpool, however, progressed to the FA Cup final. Their campaign in the competition had started with a tie against the club which had rejected Keegan, Doncaster Rovers, and it was Keegan who scored both Liverpool goals in a 2–2 draw. Liverpool won the replay and Keegan scored doubly more on the means to Wembley Stadium, including a lob-volley over the head of England colleague Peter Shilton in the semi-final against Leicester City at Villa Park. In the 1974 concluding, Liverpool played Newcastle United. Keegan explained that Shankly ‘s motivation was made easy after the pre-game talking by Supermac ( Malcolm Macdonald ) and to a lesser extent John Tudor. Tudor and Keegan ‘s acquaintance, Macdonald, gave interviews confidently proclaiming they had more ability whilst besides being critical of older Liverpool pros such as Tommy Smith. Keegan besides believed Shankly may have got into the heads of the Newcastle players when on the night before the game Shankly and Joe Harvey were being interviewed and Shankly was heard on the microphone, but off-camera, stating, “Joe looks a bag of nerves…” Keegan explained, knowing Shankly it would not surprise him if this was not an accident and Shankly knew what he was doing and that this statement was meant to neutralise any of Newcastle ‘s confidence and that this did indeed rub off into the heads of some of the Newcastle players who became anxious. In the final, Keegan scored two as Liverpool beat Newcastle United 3–0. [ 65 ] It was the first base brace in an FA Cup concluding since Mike Trebilcock scored doubly for Everton in 1966. The game against Newcastle was Keegan ‘s foremost FA Cup Final. To Keegan, with the 100,000 inside the ground, the non-stop chant of both sets of fans, and then the millions watching on television, this plot was vitamin a close to a not drug-induced psychedelic experience as he could ever get. He noted how after this final Shankly, he and the other Liverpool players were sympathetic to the devastate Newcastle players and tried to not rub it in with their victory. Keegan ‘s adjacent visit to Wembley was three months late in the Charity Shield crippled, the traditional curtain-raiser to a newly season, between the League champions and the FA Cup winners. Leeds had decided to niggle at Liverpool, and in particular Keegan, in the match. In one exemplify Johnny Giles punched the unsuspecting Keegan and was reprieved after Keegan asked the referee to be lenient. Giles, after escaping a red card, then late lunged bipedal at Keegan. Upon Keegan ‘s rape reaction Billy Bremner challenged Keegan. Keegan then exploded and punched Bremner. Bremner punched back. They were sent off, the foremost time anyone had been sent off in a Charity Shield catch. Both players removed their shirts in protest, with Keegan visibly shaken by the decision. Inside the Liverpool dressing room, Bremner approached Keegan to apologise and was met by the ferocity of Keegan ‘s don who had come down to check on his son. They both received drawn-out bans. The fight was shown that night on BBC television and both were fined £500, with Keegan being suspended for three games and Bremner eight. Despite this, Keegan, Bremner and Giles remained good friends outside of football. The future year saw Keegan scoring goals and representing his cabaret and nation, but 1974–75 was a trophyless season for Liverpool and England failed to qualify for the european Championships. There were numerous honours for Keegan over the future two years, however, as Liverpool again won the League championship and UEFA Cup in 1975–76. Keegan scored in both legs of the UEFA Cup final against FC Bruges, having entirely scored once previously during Liverpool ‘s run in the competition. In 1976–77, Keegan helped Liverpool get cheeseparing to an unprecedented “ soprano “ of League backing, FA Cup and european Cup, although center through the season he announced his purpose to leave in the summer to play abroad. Nevertheless, Keegan was irrepressible as Liverpool clinched the title and reached the finals of both Cup competitions. Keegan ‘s last appearance in a Liverpool shirt on home territory saw Liverpool lose the FA Cup final examination to bitterness rivals Manchester United, ending the possibility of the double. The european Cup final examination in Rome against Borussia Mönchengladbach was four days late. Keegan did not score, but he did make a belated play which led to a filthy inside the punishment area by Berti Vogts. This led to a penalty which was successfully converted by Phil Neal, sealing a 3–1 succeed. In this temper, on the 4 December 1976, Keegan ‘s father, who had been suffering from cancer, died at the age of 71. After 323 appearances and precisely 100 goals, Keegan left Liverpool. He had been made offers from clubs across Europe, and chose to join Hamburger SV in the west german Bundesliga for £500,000. Liverpool replaced him with Kenny Dalglish. Of his time in Liverpool, Keegan later said, “ The only matter I fear is missing an receptive goal in front of the Kop. I would die if that were to happen. When they start singing ‘ You ‘ll Never Walk Alone ‘ my eyes start to water system. There have been times when I ‘ve actually been crying while I ‘ve been playing. ” [ 67 ]

Hamburger SV ( 1977–1980 ) [edit ]

Keegan with a Hamburger SV supporter in London in 1996 Keegan ‘s transfer to Hamburg was agreed between the FA Cup final and the european Cup final of 1977, although Keegan had negotiated a maximal transfer tip the season before. With the british record transfer record set by Keegan at £500,000, and Keegan about doubling the german transplant record, Keegan arrived in Germany, joining a baseball club that had not finished higher than sixth in two decades. Following his move to Hamburg, Keegan became an early trendsetter with his fresh haircut, the perm. On first sight, his wife thought it was hilarious and his agent facetiously tried to disown him in public. Soon though, players such as Bryan Robson, Charlie George, Phil Neal, Terry McDermott besides had 1980s perms. former, when Keegan was at Newcastle United as a director, he and Terry McDermott would joke about the perm on a national kit supplier attend. [ 73 ] Keegan, who was Hamburg ‘s best-paid musician and had been intensely billed as the ace sign from England who would transform an average german team by the cabaret ‘s business director Dr Peter Krohn, was not immediately accepted by his raw teammates. Keegan perceived things that highlighted he was not immediately accepted. In train he would not receive the ball after he made a rivulet. Rules besides stated that no club was allowed more than two foreign players, and unwittingly to Keegan he had besides upset some of his fresh teammates as his move had indirectly moved out the three times european Cup achiever Horst Blankenburg. Blankenburg was a very popular penis of the police squad. There was besides a impression and a resentment amongst the players that the previous coach, who the players liked and did not think needed replace, was replaced by Krohn, to accommodate Keegan. It was not until Keegan had moved out of impermanent adjustment and moved to a bungalow in the small village of Itzstedt that Keegan began to feel he could make inroads and make a go of football and life in Germany. In one early interview Keegan mentioned how he was settling in. He explained how he missed british cereals that he could not find in the supermarkets in Germany. The Hamburg fans then flooded him with parcels of his front-runner cereal with lists of the suppliers. There were lyric difficulties early on. In one example in the summer, Keegan went into a hardware workshop intend to buy a fuse and he finally left the shop after buying Christmas lights. He scored in pre-season friendlies against Barcelona and early golf club Liverpool, but the club suffered defeat in the European Super Cup against the Merseysiders. Keegan ‘s time in Hamburg got off to a bad get down. Keegan ‘s first gear league match was against Duisburg and Hamburg lost 5–2. Rudi Gutendorf, the coach some believe was appointed for Keegan, would concluding until October. In the winter break of his inaugural temper, and being isolated by the clique in the dressing room, frustrated Keegan was sent off in a friendly against lower league club VfB Lübeck. A player in the match decided to target Keegan. After the third base clock time being smashed, Keegan walked to the goad Lübeck player and punched him. Keegan who knew he was going to be sent off, walked off the pitch anterior to any decision by the referee. Keegan maintains this was the lowest ebb of his time in Germany and following this moment Keegan then decided to master the german language and be in a position to fully integrate in order to be in a impregnable position to ask the players why they were not passing to him, and to show the players in the training ground café, he besides loved the baseball club. Keegan was suspended for 8 weeks and in those 8 weeks Keegan and the team made efforts to integrate. Keegan knew the dress room was turning, when he was getting invited to the squad nights out, when one player told him he could get cheap kernel for his dogs and when the full rear Peter Hidien even got a perm. An infelicitous beginning few months at the club gave way to a more successful temper. Although the club finished one-tenth in the league in 1977–78, Keegan ‘s 12 goals helped him pick up a personal award, the France Football European Footballer of the Year award for 1978. [ 86 ] Hamburg appointed Branko Zebec, a Yugoslav, as a new coach. Zebec was a man who was known to work players to the soap. Zebec ‘s team did a lot of running and Keegan claimed he had never been worked as hard in his life. The 1978–79 season saw a huge improvement on the club ‘s 1978 coating. With new coach Branko Zebec imposing a ruffianly training government, and Keegan ‘s increasing grip of the german speech, coupled with the newly imposed discipline mean that Hamburg finished as league champions for the inaugural prison term in nineteen years. The golf club ‘s achiever besides translated into individual recognition for Keegan, who picked up the European Footballer of the Year award for a second consecutive class at the club. [ 86 ] The European Footballer of the Year award had been running since 1956 and by 1979 merely Keegan, Alfredo di Stefano, Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Cruyff had won the prize two or more times. [ 89 ] By 2017 Keegan was amongst ten-spot players who had won the award two or more times since 1956. [ 90 ] After the 1978–79 temper, Juventus, Real Madrid and the Washington Diplomats tried to sign Keegan offering well terms, but Keegan decided to see out his compress at Hamburg and to try and win the european Cup. In 1979 Keegan was given the nickname Mighty Mouse from the Hamburg fans. [ 92 ] This nickname came from a popular cartoon superhero from the 1970s and 1980s. [ 92 ] After training Keegan would be exhausted, and only have enough energy to sleep. In February in the 1979–80 season, Keegan announced he was leaving after his abridge was up. One of the reasons for leaving was Zebec ‘s education regimen. Keegan had a batch of esteem for Zebec, though Keegan besides reasoned that Zebec ‘s extreme fitness regimen philosophy was flawed for the contemporary football player. Keegan flush told Zebec that his education government would burn himself out as a football player and that he believed he would be finished from playing by 30 if he continued. Zebec, in turn responded to Keegan ‘s review and explained to Keegan it was the same for all the players. Keegan then implied to Zebec that players have different roles and not all players run the like distances on match days ; he pointed out to Zebec that because of his function and his attempt, on match days not many players in the team ran a much as himself. At Hamburg Keegan even doodled with a pen and wallpaper what he thought of the aim government. Keegan, as the metaphorical prisoner, drew a cartoon photograph of Zebec in sunglasses, with he and his teammates doing press-ups, and then scribed Roman numerals conveying Keegan was counting down to his freedom. These drawings were left in his trail ground footlocker. The drawings and Keegan ‘s personal locker are immediately held in the Hamburg museum under the title ‘HSV Legenden ‘ Hamburg ‘s european crusade of 1979–80 see Keegan score two goals to help Hamburg past Dinamo Tbilisi, soviet champions who had beaten Liverpool to reach the latter stages. On the run Hamburg all in, Dinamo Tbilisi, Valur, Hajduk Split and Real Madrid. In the first stage against Real Madrid they were comfortably beaten 2-0 and most football pundits then predicted Hamburg were probably out. Hamburg then upset the apple-cart by winning the reappearance leg 5–1. Keegan regarded this as one of the most great team performances he had the luck to be a function of. In the final they played Nottingham Forest. Forest played with 11 men behind the ball, and won the game 1–0 with a goal from John Robertson. This cup concluding get the better of was coupled domestically with being beaten to the Bundesliga title by Bayern Munich. Having negotiated a maximum transfer tip of £500,000 in his contract the year before and agreeing to a travel in February, Keegan left Hamburg for Southampton in the summer of 1980 .

Southampton ( 1980–1982 ) [edit ]

On 11 February 1980, Lawrie McMenemy called a weight-lift conference at the Potters Heron hotel, Ampfield to announce that the European Footballer of the Year would be joining Southampton in the approaching summer. The news caused surprise throughout the universe of football and around the city of Southampton, as Southampton were a relatively small club. The club were beginning to become established in the top division, but this sign showed how persuasive their director could be, specially when Keegan captained England in the 1980 european Championships in Italy. Keegan had a article inserted into his contract when he joined Hamburg in 1977, giving Liverpool the option to buy him back. Liverpool, however, opted not to exercise this article when he returned to England three years late. a deep as November 2011, Keegan has stated, “ I was with Lawrie [ McMenemy ] at a charity event the other day, and he said he phoned up Peter Robinson because he wanted me, but Liverpool had a article. Peter said, ‘No, we wo n’t be signing him, decidedly, we do n’t need him. ‘ ” It was, consequently, Southampton boss Lawrie McMenemy who snapped him up for £420,000, and Keegan made his Southampton debut at Lansdowne Road in a pre-season friendly against Shamrock Rovers on 23 July 1980. Keegan ‘s two seasons at The Dell saw him as part of a aureate team besides containing Alan Ball, Phil Boyer, Mick Channon and Charlie George. In 1980–81 Saints scored 76 goals, finishing in sixth identify, then their highest league end. In the watch temper, Keegan was able to produce some of his best form and at the begin of April 1982 Southampton sat at the top of the First Division mesa, but a play of merely three wins from the conclusion of February meant a seventh-place eat up, [ 101 ] 21 points off 1st target. Despite this, Keegan was voted the PFA Player of the year and awarded the OBE for services to Association Football. Keegan had scored 26 of the team ‘s 72 goals and was voted the club ‘s Player of the class. This second season was the most prolific of his career and he, in sum scored 30 goals and he won the gold boot. Keegan had fallen out with McMenemy over the coach ‘s failure to strengthen Southampton ‘s defense ( which conceded 67 goals in 1981–82 ) while the team was at the exceed of the board. [ 103 ] There were besides rumours that McMenemy had charged the solid team of cheating after a 3–0 frustration by Aston Villa in April 1982 to which Keegan took great exception. Although Keegan joined Saints ‘ following pre–season go, he had already decided to move. In 2019 Lawrie McMenemy explained that prior to the begin of the 1982–83 temper, Keegan believed that Southampton did not match his footballing ambitions and consequently Keegan had made up his mind and demanded to leave, and there was nothing the club could do about it. [ 105 ] A few days before the depart of the 1982–83 season he signed for Newcastle United [ 105 ] for a fee of £100,000 .

newcastle United ( 1982–1984 ) [edit ]

Keegan joined Newcastle United and spent two seasons there, during which time he was highly popular with the supporters. Keegan ‘s first press conference, to announce his sign, was held in the Gosforth Park Hotel. Upon signing the twice european football player of the class in the second gear division, a local newspaper ‘s main headline was just, ‘Here he is ! ‘ Keegan always felt at one stage in his career he would play for Newcastle United. As a child Keegan ‘s father would tell him football stories about Milburn and Gallagher. Keegan explained his founder would have loved Keegan playing football in black and white stripes, and to Keegan playing for Newcastle felt like coming home. There was euphoria in Newcastle at the sign of Keegan and Keegan felt he was there to help the fans to start believing in themselves. Keegan had never experienced that kind of deification before. Keegan explained, no one could have made him more welcome. People had warned Keegan that whatever he was thinking his welcome would like, it would not be enough … To Keegan, who had played in a european Cup final, Wembley and Hamburg, the atmosphere on his introduction was alone, explaining that the noise on his debut come from all sides of the earth like a surround-sound system. He made his debut and scored his first goal against QPR. After scoring, Keegan did something he had never done ahead, Keegan instinctively, and excellently, threw himself into the crowd to ‘show the fans he was one of them, ‘ and explained to the press afterwards that ‘I just wanted to stay there for ever … ‘ Keegan had a fear of letting the fans down, constantly telling himself ‘You ca n’t let them down. ‘ Keegan at Newcastle was the senior pro. Keegan, along with Terry McDermott, Jeff Clark and David McCreery, immediately had a senior condition. As a aged pro, his coach, Arthur Cox, who would late join many of Keegan ‘s coaching teams when Keegan would late become a coach, had a different relationship to Keegan than with other players. Cox would ask Keegan his impression on players. To Keegan, Cox was a job master, with a good sense of wit. Cox would condition the players like commando by having Keegan and his teammates running improving and down the hills in Gateshead. In his first season Newcastle finished fifth. and Keegan maintained that after a faltering season, this status was a flattering league position. Keegan, finished this season with 21 goals in 37 appearances and won North East Player of the year. In September 1983, Keegan answered a phone call at 1:00 am from Arthur Cox. In the telephone call Cox explained to Keegan, precipitously, he had signed a musician called Peter Beardsley from Vancouver Whitecaps and explained to Keegan that he ‘d like him ; after giving Keegan the message, Cox immediately put the call down … A few days late Keegan met Beardsley at Benwell. Keegan and his teammates, at first batch, thought Beardsley was equitable a cub who had won the competition to train with the first team. It was merely when they saw him in action that they knew he had something about him. At Beardsley ‘s first prepare seance Keegan could not believe his eyes at what a endowment he was witnessing. Keegan once stated about Beardsley, “ At Scunthorpe I always thought Terry Heath had the belly laugh agent, because of his skill on the ball, and when I moved to Liverpool I had never seen anyone with Peter Thompson ‘s ability. By the time I started playing for Newcastle, however, I had played against Cruyff, Maradona and Pelé, and so far I have never had my mind blown as I did on the beginning day I saw Peter Beardsley. ” Keegan announced his retirement anterior to the end of the 1983–84 season, on the 14 February 1984 – his 33rd birthday. Keegan felt his career was finished after a cup game, a calendar month anterior, away at Liverpool. In this peer Keegan was put through on goal from a through ball. This through ball had caught all the defenders flat-footed, left the defenders out of the equality, and left Keegan one on one with the keeper Bruce Grobbelaar. Keegan thought this was his moment to put Newcastle 1-0 up in front of the thousands of Newcastle fans behind the goal. Keegan who had been in a one on one with the goal keeper many times in trail, and in football matches, felt, with his pace, with his experience in this military position, it was second base nature to finish the travel. Keegan though was intercepted by the recovering Mark Lawrenson. As Keegan was moving towards finish with his pace, Lawrenson caught up to Keegan and stole the ball off him from the side. At this accurate moment, it occurred to Keegan he had now lost his yard of yard. At the end of the game a defeated Keegan, whilst clapping off the fans, had decided this would be his final season as a football player. Keegan felt if he had have extended his career at Newcastle in the foremost division he would have had to adjust his game and move from the attacking role he had built his footballing identity on over the last 15 years of his career. Keegan did not want to extend his career by moving back into midfield in the beginning division with Newcastle. He wanted to retire on a high at Newcastle United .

‘I was the bastard who made it to Crufts, and that was ticket by me … ‘

— Two times european Footballer of the Year, Kevin Keegan, on his football career .
Keegan ‘s concluding league plot was against Brighton & Hove Albion, scoring in a 3–1 victory. He played 78 times, he was fecund and he scored 48 goals and helped them to forwarding from the Second Division in 1984, within a team which besides contained Peter Beardsley, Chris Waddle and Terry McDermott. His final appearance for Newcastle came in a friendly against Liverpool some days later, leaving the pitch in a helicopter while hush dressed in his kit. [ 125 ] [ 126 ] Famously, a then unknown 13-year-old Alan Shearer, who Keegan would belated break the world transmit record for, whilst coach of Newcastle, was a ball boy in Keegan ‘s tribute. [ 126 ] Keegan would besides famously rule out football management. [ 126 ] Keegan moved with his family to Spain. Keegan, who had stated that he would never enter football management, did carry out casual knead as a football initiate for british television receiver .

Blacktown City ( 1985 ) [edit ]

In April 1985, Keegan concisely came out of retirement to play a two-game least sandpiper as a guest musician for Blacktown City in Australia ‘s National Soccer League. He scored in the first fastness in a 3–2 loss to Canberra City. [ 127 ]

International career [edit ]

Keegan with England c. 1980, displayed on a Panini card Keegan made his England debut on 15 November 1972 in a 1–0 World Cup qualifying succeed over Wales. Keegan appeared in only the two matches against Wales during this political campaign as England failed to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. [ 128 ] He scored his foremost external goal in his third base appearance, besides against Wales, on 11 May 1974. He was given the captainship by director Don Revie in 1976 after Gerry Francis fell victim to a long-run injury. He went on to captain England 31 times, retaining the captain ‘s armband until his international retirement after the 1982 World Cup. Keegan captained England at the 1980 Euros. England failed to progress from the group stage after finishing third in their group behind Italy and Belgium. He managed lone one World Cup appearance though, after England failed to qualify for both the 1974 and 1978 tournaments. He last reached a World Cup in 1982 when England got to the finals in Spain. He was named in the police squad for the tournament, but was suffering from a chronic back wound and was unfit to play in all of England ‘s group games. In a last, desperate attempt to play in a World Cup ( he knew that he would not be around for the 1986 competition ) he secretly hired a car and drive from Spain to a specialist he knew in Germany for intensive treatment. He recovered sufficiently to appear as a substitute for the last 26 minutes of England ‘s final second-round game against hosts Spain. During this time he missed a blunt header which would have broken the deadlock, in a bet on England needed to win to progress to the semi-finals. England drew the bet on 0–0 and were eliminated from the rival. Following the successful start to the 1982–83 temper with Newcastle United, there was much controversy when newly appointed England director Bobby Robson did not select Keegan for his inaugural police squad, [ 129 ] a decision Keegan learned of from the media rather than Robson himself. Keegan publicly expressed his displeasure at not being given the courtesy of a telephone address from Robson, and never played for his nation again. He had won a sum of 63 caps and scored 21 goals .

Managerial career [edit ]

newcastle United [edit ]

On 5 February 1992, about eight years after his final game as a player, Keegan returned to football as director of Newcastle United. They had been relegated from the top escape in 1989 and narrowly missed out on forwarding in 1990 after losing in the playoffs to arch-rivals Sunderland, but in 1991 they had failed to make the playoffs and at several stages in 1991–92, they had temporarily occupied bottom place in the Second Division. Following the dismissal of former coach Ossie Ardiles, Keegan was appointed to prevent Newcastle from being relegated to the third grade of English football for the first time. Keegan joined a club that calm had participants from the old circuit board room battles that had been going on at the club for decades. It has been argued the internal struggles from the former government had held the club back. After three or more years trying, John Hall had recently won the board room from the old regimen. Though John Hall was not so far confirmed as the president he had accrued enough power to make the key decisions. The board members belonging to the former government were only told by John Hall, one hour before Keegan ‘s beginning press conference that Kevin Keegan would be the coach. Keegan had alone watched two populate matches in seven years. One was the european Cup final in 1991 and the other being a Newcastle United 0–0 string against Blackburn ; as such, calls were made that suggested Keegan was unprepared and inexperienced. When Keegan turned up to Benwell for his first gear educate school term as director, he noted the train reason was in a mess. Keegan was surprised at the timely disregard of the train ground facilities. The train grind was in the process of being sold, despite this, Keegan paid for the clean up of the train ground with his own money, with the cleanse work being done in one weekend. Keegan felt this clean up work was an crucial move and an indirect affirmation to the players that conveyed to the players that their professionalism, from now on, had to be eminent. Assessing the squad, Keegan opined that the team was not good enough to reach the level he and McDermott once played at. In five-a-sides he and Terry McDermott, both in their 40s, with their miss of condition, believed they were two of the stand out players. Keegan noted the cabaret had an impressive crop of youth players. This crop included : Lee Clark, Steve Watson, Steve Howey, Alan Thompson and Robbie Elliott. These unseasoned players would form a core of players involved in Keegan ‘s Newcastle squads from 1992 to 1997. Keegan noted Steve Watson would take throw-ins via a somersault project and this amuse and shock Keegan. Keegan regarded it as a doodad and he could not believe the fans would take rejoice in it. The throw-in, to Keegan, was a sign of how far Newcastle had fallen. Keegan wanted the club to be known for scoring goals and thrilling football. Prior to his first gear game, Keegan made his first tough call with his team of players when he dropped the midfielder Lee Clark. Though he liked Clark ‘s spirit, Keegan believed he was at hazard of being sent off. Prior to the game Keegan arranged a train catch for the reserves and included himself to make up the numbers. In the train match a torment Clark went through the back of Keegan in a knee high harness, following a hospital bye, in a like means that Romeo Benetti went into the back of Keegan in an England versus Italy match. The melee resulted in Pavel Srnicek swinging a roundhouse bang at Lee Clark ‘s heading. Keegan was not upset and he did not punish either player. To Keegan, Srnicek and Clark ‘s reply showed they cared about their football. Keegan ‘s first game, against Bristol City, ended in 3–0 victory in presence of a capacity crowd. On the 14 March 1992, following a 3–1 gain over Swindon Town, Keegan had become frustrated with Chairman John Hall. Keegan perceived he had not given the transfer funds he had been promised. As a result of this frustration, Keegan briefly walked out of the Newcastle job. This resulted in a earphone call between Keegan and Hall, where they settled their differences and where Hall guaranteed Keegan millions of pounds to spend on raw players. [ 138 ] Further assessing his team, Keegan noted some players could not handle the pressure and would sneak in by a turnstile preferably than meet and greet the adult crowd at the front entrance anterior to games. Keegan decided to move these players on. With the cabaret ‘s transfer funds Keegan decided he needed a leader in the team, person with a godforsaken look about him, a look that mean business. Keegan signed the experienced Brian Kilcline. Keegan stated about Kilcline, “ even on his bad days his head never dropped, he was tough as teak, absolutely unafraid ” and “ He was a ready-made captain – one of my more significant signings as Newcastle ‘s director. ” Keegan ‘s managerial guidance in the 1991–92 season helped batten survival, which meant Newcastle United would play in the new Division One for the 1992–93 season. prior to the 1992–93 temper, Keegan strengthened the defense with the acquisition of Barry Venison from Liverpool and John Beresford from Portsmouth, while striker David Kelly had arrived on Tyneside a few months before Keegan was appointed. Newcastle began the season with 11 consecutive wins and led the league about all season, and the golf club record sign language of Bristol City striker Andy Cole in February far strengthened their side ; Cole netted 12 goals in his beginning 12 games for the club. The addition of Charlton Athletic ‘s Rob Lee bolstered the midfield in the fall. Newcastle were promoted to the Premier League as Division One champions. top scorekeeper David Kelly and influential midfielder Gavin Peacock were both sold during the close season, and Keegan brought hitter Peter Beardsley second to Newcastle from Everton, six years after he had been sold by Newcastle to Liverpool. 1993–94 was an enormous success for Newcastle as they finished third in the Premier League and qualified for the UEFA Cup, bringing european football to the club for the first time since the 1970s. Andy Cole was the Premier League ‘s crown scorekeeper with 34 goals from 40 games, and managed a baseball club record sum of 41 goals in all competitions. Keegan then strengthened his side by signing Swiss World Cup defender Marc Hottiger and Belgium ‘s defensive midfielder Philippe Albert, while Norwich City ‘s quick winger Ruel Fox had arrived on transfer deadline day in March 1994. Newcastle won their first six games of the 1994–95 season to top the league and they appeared capable of winning their beginning league title since 1927. But the shock deviation of Andy Cole to Manchester United in January weakened their assail, and finished the temper one-sixth place in the concluding table ; not enough for even another UEFA Cup campaign. In the interim, fall sign Paul Kitson partnered Beardsley in attack. Keegan made several authoritative additions to the Newcastle slope in the summer of 1995 : Reading goalkeeper Shaka Hislop, Paris Saint-Germain ‘s french winger David Ginola, Queens Park Rangers striker Les Ferdinand and Wimbledon defender Warren Barton. Ferdinand was Newcastle ‘s biggest sign at £6 million, while the £4 million paid for Barton was the highest tip paid for a defender in English football at the time. Newcastle excelled in the first half of the 1995–96 season, going ten points ahead on 23 December 1995 and holding a 12-point lead from early in January to 4 February. After a 2–0 get the better of at West Ham United on 21 February, the lead was cut to nine points. A 1–0 kill at the hands of chap claim challengers Manchester United cut the break to a single point on 4 March, and within two weeks Newcastle ‘s star was overhauled and they were ineffective to recover it. Newcastle ‘s 4–3 defeat to Liverpool on 3 April is wide considered to be one of the classical Premier League games. With two games remaining Newcastle and Manchester United both had 76 points. Newcastle only got one point in a 1–1 draw match against Nottingham Forest on 2 May, and with a 1–1 draw for Newcastle against Tottenham Hotspur on the final examination day of the season on 5 May, the title was won by Manchester United, whose 3–0 gloat at Middlesbrough would have won them the title regardless of Newcastle ‘s solution against Tottenham. Keegan stated in 2018 that if Newcastle United had won the entitle in that temper, the team, which included players such as Les Ferdinand, Darren Peacock, David Ginola, Peter Beardsley, Faustino Asprilla and Rob Lee would have stayed together, may have built up a momentum, and won more trophies. [ 141 ] During the race for the 1995–96 entitle, Keegan directed remarks at the Manchester United coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, during a post-match interview live on Sky Sports. His effusion — “ I would love it if we beat them ! Love it ! ” — is frequently referred to when describing the relationship between the pair. [ 142 ] In April 2003, it was named as Quote of the Decade in the Premier League 10 Seasons Awards and Most Memorable Quote in the 20 Seasons Awards in May 2012. It besides appeared in Channel 4 ‘s 100 Greatest Sporting Moments. [ 143 ] Keegan then broke the populace transfer tip record by signing Blackburn Rovers and England striker Alan Shearer in July 1996. Shearer, who had been the Premier League ‘s top scorer in the last two seasons, was born in Newcastle and had grown up as a fan of the club. [ 144 ] Shearer made an instant impact on his native Tyneside, despite being on the lose english on his debut, a 4–0 FA Charity Shield defeat at the hands of Manchester United, and scored two months late in a 5–0 victory against United in the Premier League. Newcastle concisely topped the league at several stages in the first half of the season and Shearer led the league scoring 25 goals. [ 145 ] On 8 January 1997, Keegan announced his resignation as coach. A club statement following his resignation read :

newcastle United Football Club today announce the resignation of coach Kevin Keegan. Kevin informed the control panel of his wish to resign at the end of the season, having decided he no longer wishes to continue in football management at this stage in his life. Following drawn-out discussions of which the board attempted to persuade Kevin to change his judgment, both parties finally agreed that the best road forth was for the club to, reluctantly, accept his resignation with immediate consequence .

Keegan left the club with a unretentive argument read :

It was my decisiveness and my decisiveness alone to resign. I feel I have taken the clubhouse a far as I can, and that it would be in the best interests of all concerned if I resigned immediately. I wish the cabaret and everyone concerned with it all the best for the future .

On the Newcastle United DVD Magpie Magic, it is said that Chairman John Hall asked for a long-run commitment as director from him which he was unwilling to give, while it besides states that many placid rumour that the imperativeness and criticism of selling Andy Cole and the fail deed challenge in 1995–96 took its toll on him. [ 146 ] He was succeeded by Kenny Dalglish, the lapp man who had replaced him as a player at Liverpool 20 years sooner, but Newcastle were ineffective to win the championship and finished second set in the lapp season, and in the following season finished outside the top ten in the Premier League, although they were FA Cup runner-up. They did not return to the top five of the Premier League until the 2001–02 season, when they finished fourthly under Sir Bobby Robson. It was during this period that Keegan gained the nickname “ King Kev ” from Newcastle fans .

Fulham [edit ]

Keegan returned to football on 25 September 1997 as “ headman operating policeman ” ( a similar function to a director of football ) at Division Two club Fulham, with Ray Wilkins as head passenger car. Fulham finished sixth in the concluding table, but Wilkins was sacked good before the first leg of the playoff semi-final and Keegan took over as coach. His appointee came a few months after the takeover of the club by Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, who gave Keegan £10 million to spend on players that temper as the first separate of a £40 million attempt to deliver Premier League football to the Craven Cottage baseball club, who had been outside the top flight since 1968 and had not even played in the league ‘s second tier since 1986. [ 147 ] Keegan was ineffective to inspire Fulham to overcome Grimsby Town in the playoffs, but good mannequin in 1998–99 – helped by the skill of more players who would normally have been signed by Premier League or Division one club – clinched them the Division Two title and promotion to Division One, but Keegan left at the end of the temper to concentrate on his duties as England coach, having succeeded Glenn Hoddle in February 1999. [ 148 ] Fulham replaced Keegan with Paul Bracewell and reached the Premier League two years late under Bracewell ‘s successor Jean Tigana, with a police squad even featuring many of the players bought by Keegan or Wilkins. [ 149 ]

England [edit ]

Keegan as England coach with a Newcastle United fan in Malta After weeks of guess, [ 150 ] Keegan was named as the new England coach on 18 February 1999, succeeding Glenn Hoddle, who had been sacked two weeks earlier following a newspaper consultation in which he suggested that disabled people were being punished for their sins in a previous life. [ 151 ] [ 152 ] He led the team to a winning start with 3–1 victory over Poland to reignite England ‘s Euro 2000 qualifying campaign, [ 153 ] and they entered the reservation playoff with Scotland. Two goals from Paul Scholes gave them a 2–0 winnings in the first peg, [ 154 ] and despite a 1–0 frustration in the second branch, [ 155 ] they qualified for the championships for the one-fourth tournament in succession ( though on the third juncture, they had qualified automatically as hosts ).

After an initial popular period as director, he began to come under fire for his perceive tactical naivete. This came to a head during the unsuccessful Euro 2000 campaign, which began with a 3–2 frustration against Portugal, despite England having taken a 2–0 star after 17 minutes. [ 156 ] A 1–0 winnings in the future game over Germany, the first English victory over Germany in a competitive match since 1966, cost their opposition ( the defend champions ) progression to the quarter-finals, [ 157 ] but in the final group crippled against Romania, England once again lost 3–2, this time after taking a 2–1 lead, and their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals were over. [ 158 ] Keegan resigned as England coach on 7 October 2000, [ 159 ] [ 160 ] after England lost to a Dietmar Hamann finish for Germany in their first 2002 World Cup qualifier, in the last game to be played at Wembley Stadium, [ 161 ] before the erstwhile stadium was rebuilt. Keegan won lone 38.9 % of his games in charge, the lowest such share of any permanent England director – although unlike Don Revie ( 1974–1977 ) or Steve McClaren ( 2006–2007 ), Keegan achieved reservation to a major tournament for England. When Sven-Göran Eriksson became England coach, Eriksson appointed the 64-year-old Tord Grip as his adjunct. This caused Keegan to complain that when he was England coach, the FA had told him that he could not have Arthur Cox as his assistant because at 60, Cox was besides old. Keegan went on, “ I was n’t allowed to bring in the people I wanted and that was wrong. Mr Eriksson was and I ‘m please for him because that ‘s the way it should be. ” [ 162 ]

Manchester City [edit ]

On 24 May 2001, Keegan returned to football as successor to Joe Royle at Manchester City, who had just been relegated from the Premier League. Keegan signed know international players such as Stuart Pearce, Eyal Berkovic and Ali Benarbia. That temper, City were promoted as Division One champions after scoring 108 league goals. Keegan was the first director in the Premier League era to win the Division One title with two clubs. [ 163 ]
In homework for his second season as coach ( 2002–03 ), he signed Nicolas Anelka, Peter Schmeichel and Marc-Vivien Foé. That season saw Manchester City succeed against Liverpool at Anfield and take four points from Manchester United ( their previous win in the Manchester bowler hat being in September 1989 ), but concede five goals away to Chelsea and at home to Arsenal, securing their Premier League condition comfortably by finishing one-ninth. Keegan besides guided City into the UEFA Cup, qualifying via the UEFA Fair Play ranking. [ 163 ] For 2003–04, the clubhouse ‘s first season at the raw City of Manchester Stadium, Keegan added Steve McManaman, Paul Bosvelt, David Seaman and Michael Tarnat to City ‘s team. [ 164 ] City started well and were fifth in the league on 5 November. however, a absorb at home to Polish minnows Groclin led to their second-round elimination from the UEFA Cup, and was followed by a slump in form. City did not win again in the league until 21 February, and finished 16th in the league, although at Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup on 4 February 2004, despite going in at half prison term 3–0 behind and with ten men after Joey Barton was sent off ; Keegan ‘s team came back to win 4–3. [ 163 ] 2004–05 brought better form for Manchester City, but Keegan agreed to leave as coach on 10 March 2005 after telling the president his desire to retire from football at the end of the season. [ 163 ] The club went on to finish eighth under his successor Stuart Pearce, and alone missed out on a UEFA Cup set when Robbie Fowler missed a penalty in stop time of a 1–1 pull with Middlesbrough on the last day of the season, with the survive european home going to their opponents rather. Earlier that season, while still under Keegan ‘s management, City beat Chelsea 1–0 which turned out to be the only defeat in the league that season for Chelsea, who ended up as Premier League champions. [ 165 ] After declaring his retirement from football in 2005, Keegan remained out of the media foreground, working at the Soccer Circus football school in Glasgow. [ 166 ] In October 2007, he indicated he was unlikely to manage again. [ 167 ]

return to Newcastle [edit ]

Following the dismissal of coach Sam Allardyce, [ 168 ] Keegan made a sensational, unexpected return to Newcastle United on 16 January 2008. Thousands of Newcastle United fans attended St James ‘ Park to welcome the director back to the golf club as he arrived to see the FA Cup third-round replay against Stoke City aboard owner Mike Ashley and chair Chris Mort. [ 169 ] He managed his first base game at the club since 1997 against Bolton Wanderers on 19 January 2008. [ 170 ] He awarded the golf club captainship to Michael Owen, state, “ He ‘s not scared to give his opinion when he ‘s correct, and he ‘s not scared to say what he feels. He ‘s a enormous professional, and he trains properly every day. ” [ 171 ] Keegan announced on 22 January that he and Alan Shearer held talks about the two linking up with Shearer as his adjunct, but decided against the idea, leaving the doorway open for him to take other roles he was matter to in. [ 172 ] Keegan ‘s first eight games back at Newcastle passed without a win. On 22 March 2008, however, Keegan achieved the inaugural victory of his second managerial go, a 2–0 winnings against his former club Fulham. [ 173 ] This was his first gear succeed as Newcastle coach since beating Leeds United on 1 January 1997, and he followed it up with wins over Tottenham and Sunderland, maintaining his arrant record over the club ‘s local anesthetic rivals in the Tyne-Wear bowler hat and besides putting Newcastle on circus tent of the league ‘s form chart. [ 174 ] [ 175 ] This discharge of full phase was enormously thanks to a modern 4–3–3 formation which was spearheaded by the fat hit trio of Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen and Mark Viduka. The trio scored 11 of the club ‘s 14 goals in this ply, which safely secured the club from a relegation battle. Newcastle ‘s seven-game unbeaten carry came to an conclusion in a home defeat to Chelsea, and they finished the season in 12th put. [ 176 ] Having signed Argentine international winger Jonás Gutiérrez, [ 177 ] arsenic well as Gutiérrez ‘s Argentina teammate and defender Fabricio Coloccini from Deportivo de La Coruña, amongst others, [ 178 ] [ 179 ] Newcastle began the 2008–09 temper with a 1–1 drawing card against Manchester United at Old Trafford, having lost the former season ‘s fixtures 6–0 and 5–1, [ 180 ] american samoa well as beating Bolton 1–0 the succeed week [ 181 ] and Coventry City 3–2 in the second attack of the League Cup on 26 August. [ 182 ]

resignation and Premier League Arbitration Panel [edit ]

As the 2007–08 season drew to a conclude, rumor of tensions between the club ‘s directors and Keegan began to surface, as he publicly criticised the board, claiming they were not providing him the fiscal support necessary to break into the circus tent four of the Premier League standings. [ 183 ] His accusations caused bad crusade for owner Mike Ashley, who was already battling reports that he had lost hundreds of millions of pounds in a black stock market venture. [ 184 ] Following the settlement of the transfer window at midnight on 1 September 2008, early on in the good morning the following day, versatile media sources reported that Keegan had either resigned from the clubhouse or had been sacked, [ 185 ] leading to fan protests around St James ‘ Park. [ 186 ] The club released statements denying that he had left the club, but stated that talks were ongoing between Keegan and members of the board. [ 187 ] [ 188 ] On 4 September 2008, Keegan issued a argument confirming that he had resigned the same day, stating that, “ … a coach must have the right to manage and that clubs should not impose upon any coach any player that he does not want. ” [ 3 ] Late on Friday 12 September 2008, it was reported Keegan met owner Mike Ashley in London in an undertake to resolve their differences, but the touch ended without a satisfactory decision for either party. [ 189 ] Richard Bevan, chief administrator of the League Managers Association ( LMA ), stated the following calendar month that Keegan would consider a tax return to the club but lone if those who hold the ownership are willing to develop a social organization which he is happy with. [ 190 ] The club was besides warned by the LMA on 5 September 2008 to develop a structure which would satisfy the future coach to replace Keegan to avoid a like position repeating itself and damaging the club ‘s persona. [ 191 ] Following Dennis Wise ‘s resignation as director of football at Newcastle in April 2009, many fans directed the blame of Keegan ‘s passing at both owner Mike Ashley and Dennis Wise as a result of such a function being established and ailing used. [ 192 ] In December 2008, it was reported that following Ashley ‘s decision to withdraw the sale of Newcastle United, a legal dispute in regards to Keegan ‘s passing of the club was in place between himself and Ashley, [ 193 ] with Keegan claiming unfair dismissal and Ashley claiming damage to his populace image. In September 2009, it was reported that Keegan had met with Ashley and the Newcastle board – including former members – in a Premier League arbitration hear for a call of £10 million in recompense for his shock resignation. [ 194 ] All sides agreed to the arbitration being held publicly. [ 195 ] Keegan ‘s dispute with the clubhouse was resolved in October 2009. The court ruled in privilege of Keegan, agreeing that Newcastle had constructively dismissed him by insisting on the bless of midfielder Nacho González on lend ( which was against his wishes ) to replace James Milner following his move to Aston Villa and a offer for Bayern Munich ‘s Bastian Schweinsteiger being rejected. [ 196 ] Although Wise ‘s sign of spanish striker Xisco was not mentioned in the hearing, Keegan stated that this had besides been a central factor in his departure. [ 197 ] The predominate [ 198 ] was based around seven issues. The empanel declared that Keegan had been misled to believe he had the final decision on actor transfers, and was never explicitly told in write, his compress, or news of mouth that he did not or that his role would see him basically report to others. Given the generally silent function of a Premiership director, the dialog box agreed he could reasonably expect that this was not a agent. The club ‘s sign of González meant that they had violated his employment condense, which amounted to constructive dismissal. While González was the chief write out in the panel final decision, the club ‘s allege mistreatment of Keegan, claiming they were in a position to sack him should he have not agreed to the terms they offered him, equally well as his decision to remain at the clubhouse until the 4 September rather of resigning on 1 September, allowing the club to reach a compromise, led to the gore rule in Keegan ‘s privilege. Keegan was awarded £2 million ( plus interest accrued ) according to severance clauses in his contract, which the club never paid him after his passing. Claims for more were turned down on the basis that the standard narrow rupture clauses covered constructive dismissal, but he stated afterwards that the function of his claim had been to restore his reputation, and was delighted with the consequence, allowing him to move forward. [ 199 ] In pastime of winning the court, the club admitted to misleading the media and their fans. several cardinal senior staff, including Dennis Wise and Derek Llambias, had publicly claimed that Keegan had “ the concluding news ” ; they claimed to the court that this was not in fact the case and that their claims were just “ PR ”. It was then revealed that Director of Football Dennis Wise asked Keegan to sign González after watching him “ on YouTube “. On 21 October, a subsequent merging of the same control panel found that the club should pay all legal and consort costs incurred by Keegan as a result of the court. They reached this termination based on their opinion that the club ‘s “ defense on the basal liability issue was, in our view, wholly without deservingness ”. [ 200 ] Keegan stated after the hearing he distillery wants to manage in the top flight of football, and would consider returning to his position at the club, but feels the fans may be exhausted from his last tenure and would prefer him not to. [ 201 ] In June 2013, Keegan stated he would only consider a render should owner Mike Ashley leave the club. [ 202 ] Keegan has continued to criticise Ashley, accusing him of a miss of respect for the fans. [ 203 ] Following the sale of Newcastle United to the Public Investment Fund, Keegan spoke publicly at a talk-in consequence in Cramlington, stating his joy at Ashley ‘s departure and excitement at the new ownership ‘s ability to compete financially with the wealthiest football clubs in the global. [ 204 ]

personal life [edit ]

In September 1970 Keegan met his future wife, Jean Woodhouse, on the Waltzers at Doncaster fair. They married on 23 September 1974 and have two daughters, Laura Jane and Sarah Marie. [ 206 ] Keegan became renowned for his “ poodle perm “ hair in the 1970s, and has regularly appeared at the top of “ worst hairstyles ” surveys. [ 207 ] [ 208 ] In early July 2008, Flybe International announced the appellative of one of their new Bombardier Q400 aircraft in award of Keegan ‘s serve to Newcastle United, both as a player and as coach. The flat is used on the regular service from Newcastle International Airport to London ‘s Gatwick Airport. [ 209 ] He is known for aiding charities, including appearances at cricket matches for Lord ‘s Taverners and Sussex Cricket Club. [ 210 ] [ 211 ]

television receiver [edit ]

In 1976, Keegan competed in the BBC ‘s television plan Superstars. Despite suffering hard cuts after crashing his bicycle, he insisted on re-racing and secured second base place in the event, before going on to win that edition of the course of study. [ 212 ] He besides advertised Brut aftershave aboard boxer Henry Cooper. In 1979 Keegan and his wife, participated with ITV ‘s “ Brian Moore meets Kevin Keegan, ” documentary filmed over the season at the family ‘s Hamburg home and during his personal business appearances, including in France, as an insight and rare glimpse into the life of a modern millionaire football player, away from the pitch. [ 213 ] The same class, during his daughter ‘s baptize reception at a London hotel, Eamonn Andrews the donor of This is Your Life, appeared from within a giant cake, to surprise Keegan and his guests with his celebrated bad loss ledger. [ citation needed ] The television read was broadcast on Keegan ‘s twenty-eighth birthday, ten days late. Keegan quipped, “ I ‘m so glad that I wore embrown trousers ”. He narrated the 90-minute objective Keegan on Keegan, released via Castle Vision on VHS cassette in 1992. In August 2009, about a year after his deviation from Newcastle, Keegan resurfaced after being confirmed as the lead initiate on ESPN. [ 214 ] During the course of the 2010 World Cup, Keegan featured as a initiate for ITV broadcasts. He was partially of ESPN ‘s alive coverage of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 FA Cup finals with pitch-side build-up and post-match comment .

music [edit ]

Keegan released a unmarried in 1972 titled “ It Ai n’t Easy ”. In 1979, his birdcall “ Head Over Heels in Love “, written by Chris Norman and Pete Spencer, was released on 9 June, and peaked at phone number 31 in the UK charts, but climbed to number 10 in Germany where Keegan was based at the prison term, and where Norman ‘s band Smokie was popular. [ 215 ] He released another unmarried, “ England ”, on his return to England from Germany, but it failed to chart .

Incidents [edit ]

In April 1991, he was attacked while sleeping in his Range Rover by the M25 at Reigate Hill in Surrey. His assailants late said in woo that they needed money for a drugs debt and had no mind they were attacking Keegan. [ 216 ] In February 2009, Keegan had three points added to his driving license after being caught doing 36 miles per hour in a 30 miles per hour zone on the A69 road in August 2008. This brought his entire to 12 points and he consequently received a six-month drive banish. [ 217 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

International [edit ]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[218][219]
National team Year Apps Goals
England 1972 1 0
1973 1 0
1974 7 2
1975 8 2
1976 9 2
1977 8 2
1978 6 3
1979 8 5
1980 6 3
1981 5 1
1982 4 1
Total 63 21
Scores and results list England’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Keegan goal.[219]

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of match played 30 November 2013.
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Newcastle United 5 February 1992 8 January 1997 251 138 51 62 0 54.98
Fulham 7 May 1998 9 May 1999 61 38 12 11 0 62.30
England 18 February 1999 7 October 2000 18 7 7 4 0 38.89
Manchester City 24 May 2001 11 March 2005 176 77 39 60 0 43.75
Newcastle United 16 January 2008 4 September 2008 22 7 6 9 0 31.82
Total 528 267 115 146 0 50.57

Honours [edit ]

actor [edit ]

Liverpool
Hamburg
Individual

coach [edit ]

Newcastle United
Fulham
Manchester City

  • Football League First Division: 2001–02

Individual

References [edit ]

Sources [edit ]

Books
  • Hodges, Michael (19 September 1997). Kevin Keegan (first ed.). United Kingdom: Boxtree. ISBN 9780752224763.
  • Keegan, Kevin (1998). My Autobiography. London: Warner Books. ISBN 978-0-7515-2377-5.
  • Keegan, Kevin (4 October 2018). My Life in Football: The Autobiography. United Kingdom: Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1509877201.
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