Roy Keane: Red Man Walking

by Frank Worrall

Roy Keane's love affair with Manchester United came to an abrupt end in November 2005 when he was unceremoniously kicked out of the club. The controversial Irishman had spent 12 years under Sir Alex Ferguson, winning 7 Premiership titles, 4 FA Cups, and the European Cup during that time. How, then, did the star player and his star manager end up parting in this way, and who is the real Roy Keane? With the help of those who know him best, Frank Worrall builds up an illuminating picture of what makes Keane tick. He probes the inner demons that bedevil this complex man, exploring his early days in the tough Northside of Cork, through his learning period with Brian Clough, and on to his golden era at Manchester United.

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[James · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boring recap of his career which would have excused him murdering his family on the basis that he was insecure. Plenty of people have insecurities, they don't all do horrible things. Gave up reading at page 70, skipped to the bit about Saipan which offered nothing new. This was mostly a collection of run of the mill quotations from dull interviews to the press rather than any real insight, and skim reading other sections suggested this was the same throughout. Even the cover annoyed me, colouring the black away kit red.

[Shane O · Rating 5 out of 5]

a brilliant book very well written about roy keanes career from his humble beginnings in Cork to his massive success at Manchester united this book goes into Great detail about keanes sad departure from old Trafford and the reason why.goes all the way through to keanes retirement in june 2006.brilliantly put together and well researched with all facts and figures correct.i would highly recommend this book

[Stephen Hero · Rating 1 out of 5]

Roy Keane to Mick McCarthy

Who do you think you are having meetings about me? You were a crap player and you are a crap manager. The only reason I have any dealings with you is that somehow you are the manager of my country and you're not even Irish you English c***!


Roy Keane on heart-attack victim Clive Clarke

On a night we got beaten in the cup by Luton, the staff came in and said, 'Clive Clarke has had a heart attack at Leicester'."

I said, 'Is he OK? I'm shocked they found one, you could never tell by the way he plays'.

[Dale · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although an interesting read I feel that the book is, at times, biased and paints one of the greatest managers of all time in a bad light.