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Keegan's Off Again
« on: September 02, 2008, 03:15:08 PM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/7593683.stm

According to Radio Five Keegan has thrown his toys out of the pram for a second time at Newcastle. Well I think we all knew it wouldn't last the minute he said he would stay forever. He was a pretty good football player in his day but as a manager he has been a total arse.
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Re: Keegan's Off Again
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2008, 06:07:13 PM »
Just announced on the news that they have taken him back. Given the reaction to the news of him leaving, the fact that the news wasnt posted on the club website and the events leading up to it I suspect that he was initially sacked after fighting his corner. Ashley put Denis Wise in above keegan as a 'scout' and he is a nasty piece of work who undermined Keegan when it came to the transfers.
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Re: Keegan's Off Again
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2008, 06:09:50 PM »
 rubschin: Hmm I heard that on the 7 o'clock news too. All very odd. I still think Keegan is a useless manager tho'.
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Re: Keegan's Off Again
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2008, 06:16:18 PM »
Keegan is a motivator but I've never been entirely convinced that he's had the leeway at Newcastle to manage. Both Sheppard and Ashley strike me as wanting to run things their way without the knowlege of how to manage the team.
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Re: Keegan's Off Again
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2008, 06:25:06 PM »
Not exactly a CV to impress anyone ~ He does a runner everytime someone says he can't have his own way.

The ups and downs of Kevin Keegan's career

DOWN:February 1992 - Takes over as manager of Newcastle following the sacking of Ossie Ardiles but walks out on the club after money promised for players does not appear. "It's not like it said in the brochure," Keegan said. Keegan agrees to return after discussions with Newcastle chairman Sir John Hall.
UP: May 1992 - Newcastle hang on to their then Second Division status.
UP: July 1992 - Keegan begins his big-spending spree with the capture of John Beresford and Rob Lee for £650,000 and £700,000 respectively.
UP: March 1993 - Andy Cole becomes Keegan's first £1million-plus player when he joins from Bristol City.
UP: May 1993 - Keegan wins the First Division title to take United into the top flight.
UP: July 1993 - Signs Peter Beardsley from Everton for £1.5million.
UP: February 1994 - Breaks the £2million barrier with the capture of Ruel Fox from Norwich.
UP: May 1994 - Cole's 41 goals in the season help Newcastle qualify for Europe for the first time in 17 years.
UP: September 1994 - Newcastle defeat Royal Antwerp 5-0 in Belgium in the first leg first round of the UEFA Cup.
DOWN: October 1994 - Newcastle throw away three-goal first-half lead against Athletic Bilbao at St James' Park before crashing out of Europe to away goals.
DOWN: January 1995 - Keegan defends his decision to sell star striker Cole to Manchester United from the steps of St James' Park.
UP: June 1995 - Spends £10million to strengthen squad with Warren Barton and Les Ferdinand before adding David Ginola and Shaka Hislop later in the summer.
DOWN: January 1996 - Keegan takes Newcastle to 12-point lead at the top of the Premier League.
UP: February 1996 - Keegan splashes the cash again with £7.5million spent on Faustino Asprilla and £3.75million on David Batty.
DOWN: March 1996 - Home defeat by Manchester United closes the gap to just one point.
DOWN: May 1996 - Keegan blasts Man Utd boss Alex Ferguson on television with Infamous "I'd love it..." rant. Newcastle eventually miss out on first title for 69 years. Keegan offers resignation but is rejected by the club.
UP: July 1996 - Keegan makes his 14th and final seven-figure signing when Alan Shearer joins the club from Blackburn for world record £15million.
DOWN: January 1997 - Keegan sensationally quits Newcastle leaving Tyneside fans in mourning.
UP: September 1997 - Returns to the game as chief operating officer at Fulham.
DOWN: May 1998 - Sacks friend and colleague Ray Wilkins before the play-off semi-final against Grimsby which Fulham lose.
UP: February 1999 - Takes over as England coach in temporary move.
UP: April 1999 - Wins Second Division title with Fulham before he announces his intention to take the England job permanently.
UP: May 1999 - Appointed full-time England coach. Starts reign with a 3-1 win over Poland in a Euro 2000 qualifier.
UP: October 1999 - Sweden defeat Poland 2-0 to spare Keegan's blushes and earn England a play-off place.
UP: November 1999 - A 2-0 first-leg victory against Scotland at Hampden Park puts England on the road to Euro 2000, and they qualify despite a 1-0 defeat in the second leg at Wembley.
DOWN: June 2000 - England throw away a two-goal lead and open their Euro 2000 campaign with a 3-2 defeat to Portugal. A 1-0 win over Germany follows, but a 3-2 loss to Romania condemns Keegan's men to an early exit.
DOWN: October 2000 - Disappointing start to England's World Cup qualifying campaign, as England lose their last competitive match at Wembley 1-0 to Germany. Keegan emerges after lengthy discussions with Football Association officials to reveal he has resigned as national manager.
UP: May 2001 - Keegan ends his seven-month absence from football when named the new manager of Manchester City, succeeding Joe Royle.
UP: April 2002: City land the First Division title in Keegan's his first season in charge. A 5-1 victory over Barnsley was enough to see City secure the top spot with two games to spare.
UP: June 2002 - Signs French international striker Nicolas Anelka for £13million from Paris St Germain.
UP: June 2003 - City win a place in the UEFA Cup qualifying round after England finishing top of the UEFA Fair Play table.
DOWN: November 2003 - City are knocked out of the UEFA Cup on the away goals rule by Polish minnows Groclin.
DOWN: December 2003 - Keegan admits the pressure on him is growing as City lose three successive Premiership games, are knocked out of the Carling Cup by Tottenham, and exit the UEFA Cup to Groclin.
UP: February 2004 - City end a dismal run of only one win in 18 games in all competitions with an amazing 4-3 win at Tottenham in The FA Cup fourth round. City trailed 3-0 at half-time and had Joey Barton sent off before launching their comeback.
DOWN: September - City lose 1-0 at home to 10-man Everton - their third defeat in the first five Premiership matches of the new season - to increase the pressure on Keegan.
DOWN: March 2005 - City announce Kevin Keegan is leaving the club by mutual agreement.
UP: January 2007 - Returns to St James' Park to become Newcastle manager for a second time.
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Re: Keegan's Off Again
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2008, 06:32:13 PM »
Daft question Snoop but who are City?  whistle:
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Re: Keegan's Off Again
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2008, 06:34:19 PM »
The other Manchester Team
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Re: Keegan's Off Again
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2008, 06:35:56 PM »
Ah right.
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Re: Keegan's Off Again
« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2008, 07:51:29 PM »
That clip of when he "lost it" gets trotted out each time. Always worth a look  ;D
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Re: Keegan's Off Again
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2008, 05:33:26 AM »
They were still discussing this on GMTV (I know  redface: ) this morning. They had a keen Newcastle fan on who was a vicar. There he sat in full football kit plus dog collar discussing the matter and ended the interview with John Stapleton (keen Man City fan) with, "thanks John, and it's good to see you've finally got a Brazillian"  eeek:

God must have choked on his cornflakes  lol:
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Re: Keegan's Off Again
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2008, 09:38:00 AM »
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« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2008, 12:39:54 PM »
I blame the comprehensive system  noooo:
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Re: Keegan's Off Again
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2008, 03:53:32 PM »
I see Ashley's decided he's going to do a bunk now. His statement managed to make him sound like he hadnt done anything wrong except the fans werent angry about him not being able to fund the transfers, we were bleedin livid that he went out of his way to undermine the manager. No matter your views on Keegan Ashley's sneaky approach to forcing him out was unacceptable.
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