Keane expects ‘nervy’ night with Birmingham

ROY KEANE knows from bitter personal experience that good teams do go down. How good his Sunderland side are, languishing third from bottom in the Premier League, is open to debate.

But the Black Cats’ manager is resolute in his conviction that they can avoid the ignominy that befell him when he was a player with Nottingham Forest 15 years ago.

Forest’s relegation from the inaugural Premier League marked the sad end of Brian Clough’s illustrious managerial career.