Keane’s annus horribilis

ONE YEAR ago today, the Roy Keane whirlwind blew into Ipswich Town targeting promotion to the Premier League in the first season of his two-year contract.

But the reality of the Cork man’s first 12 months at Portman Road has proven very different with the Tractor Boys finishing the season firmly in mid-table, having spent much of the campaign languishing in the relegation zone.

Despite spending a fair amount of money by Championship standards and with supporters’ expectations higher than for several years, the season began disastrously with the Blues failing to win in their first 14 games, a run which gave the club little chance of reaching even the play-offs.