Paul Merson and Roy Keane don’t really strike you as having a great deal in common. Apart from the fact that they made a living from playing football and now…
Roy Keane has revealed that his highlight as Sunderland manager was beating Newcastle, a result that eventually relegated Newcastle and saved the Mackems.
There would have been far more validity if they’d brought up the ‘hate’ factor when Steve Bruce and Roy Keane were appointed on Wearside, both despised by many United fans long before they arrived to help bring Sunderland to its knees.
t got to the point with Bruce and Keane where I began to dread them getting results that would be simply too much even for sunderland and getting the push.
If you’ve been lucky enough to miss this, Keane has sat there night after night with a face like a constipated baby, spreading misery and disapproval like he’s driving some gigantic combine harvester of desolation.