Keane: The Autobiography - Hardcover

Keane, Roy; Dunphy, Eamon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718145542 ISBN 13: 9780718145545

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2002

Synopsis

Roy Keane is captain and talisman of the most famous football club in the world, Manchester United.

But his passion has sometimes given rise to the wrong kind of headlines. His commitment to winning has led to violent confrontation on the pitchand controversy off it.

His skill and fierce determination as captain helped Ireland qualify for the World Cup finals and yet days before the tournament began he was sensationally sent home.

This will be the first genuine insight into the lifeof a footballing icon and the game's toughest competitor.

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Review:

The most talked about, written about and argued over sports autobiography of 2002, Keane: the Autobiography does not disappoint. This story of Manchester United and Ireland captain Roy Keane's brilliant and controversial career, written in collaboration with Irish journalist and former professional footballer Eamon Dunphy, crackles with score-settling vigour.

It presents a revisionist view of a life in football that has had tabloid editors rubbing their hands with glee almost from the moment the fiery, confrontational midfielder made his British debut for Nottingham Forest under arch eccentric Brian Clough right through to his sensational bust-up with international boss Mick McCarthy and subsequent departure from the 2002 Irish World Cup squad on the eve of the finals.

Amid all the wrangling and point-scoring Dunphy and Keane have written a rags-to-riches review of Keane's journey from a poor, battling background in Cork to the £50k a week highlife at Old Trafford. It's very entertaining, although an independent biographer would doubtless have put a less heroic spin on proceedings.

The two key headline-grabbing stories--the war with McCarthy and the allegedly deliberate injuring of Alfie Haaland--read somewhat differently in the book from the way they did in the papers. Make no mistake about it, Keane is frank about his own failings, franker about the failings of others and prepared to spill the beans to some extent about being the odd-man-out in the Old Trafford glam-fest. But this is very much his side of the story. --Alex Hankin

Review:

From a Cork childhood to the World Cup finals, the story of football's toughest competitor. Love him or hate him, Roy Keane is the inspiration behind Manchester United FC's success over the past nine years. A relentless, aggressive midfield general, Keane has epitomized United's winning approach on the field - at times bringing him into trouble with referees, other managers and, of course, the Football Association. He's also been in trouble off the pitch as well, and it's good to see that these incidents have not been omitted. This book is bound to sell in huge quantities in the red half of Manchester, as well as the whole of Dublin, but United's national - and international - appeal to millions will ensure bumper sales figures for Penguin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0718145542
• ISBN 13: 9780718145545
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 294