Keane revs up Tractor Boys

TRUST Keano to confound expectations. Notwithstanding an excellent performance by a young, fast improving Finn Harps side, you had to imagine that Roy Keane would be considerably less than impressed at seeing his Ipswich Town Championship contenders lose 2-1 to a First Division League of Ireland team at Finn Park on Tuesday night, in what was the Tractor Boys’ first outing ahead of the new season.

But far from delivering his trademark 1,000-yard stare, it was a relaxed Keane who, reflecting on the night’s proceedings in a Ballybofey hotel, opted instead to lavish praise on Harps before going on to describe the match as “the perfect pre-season game for us”.