Richard Keogh: 'I believed I would come back. A lot of people didn’t'

Richard Keogh says he has grown as a person in the aftermath of the Derby team bonding session that went horribly wrong.

As Sebastien Keogh celebrates his fifth birthday today, little will he know the major role he had in helping dad Richard resurrect his playing career from the depths of despair.

The Republic of Ireland defender was written off after suffering a horrific knee injury in a car crash with former Derby team-mates Mason Bennett and Tom Lawrence, following a drink-fuelled night out in September 2019 — and sacked a month later by the Rams for gross misconduct.