Liam Mackey: The first time I met Keano

In the first of a series of excursions into his football reporting past, Liam Mackey revisits a couple of memorable early encounters with Roy Keane. I might be a Dubliner through and through but I was never happier to play the Cork card — for which I claim entitlement under the parentage rule — than the first time I met Keano. It was in the weeks leading up to the 1991 FA Cup final — in which Not
Liam Mackey: The first time I met Keano

In the first of a series of excursions into his football reporting past, Liam Mackey revisits a couple of memorable early encounters with Roy Keane.

KEANE TO IMPRESS: Roy Keane celebrates Bryan Robson’s goal in Manchester United’s 2-0 win at Norwich on the opening weekend of 1993-94 Premier League season. Keane had just joined United for a then-British record transfer fee of £3.75m, a figure he considered to be ‘crazy money’. Picture: Shaun Botterill/Allsport/Getty Images
KEANE TO IMPRESS: Roy Keane celebrates Bryan Robson’s goal in Manchester United’s 2-0 win at Norwich on the opening weekend of 1993-94 Premier League season. Keane had just joined United for a then-British record transfer fee of £3.75m, a figure he considered to be ‘crazy money’. Picture: Shaun Botterill/Allsport/Getty Images

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