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Joseph Kevin Keegan OBE (born 14 February 1951) [2] is an English former footballer and manager. Nicknamed "King Kev" or "Mighty Mouse", [3] [4] Keegan was recognised for his dribbling ability, as well as his finishing and presence in the air, and is regarded as one of the greatest players of his era.
The 1995–96 season saw Sir John Hall's millions allow Newcastle to invest heavily in players from across the world. With a total of some £16 million spent on the signings of Les Ferdinand, David Ginola, Warren Barton and Shaka Hislop before the start of the season, Kevin Keegan's team made a strong start.
Keegan reacted furiously when questioned about the story at the end of a press conference after the FA Cup tie with Charlton Athletic, storming out after stating "I'm here to talk about the game. You know the guy who wrote that. End of story." [24] However, on 8 January 1997, Kevin Keegan resigned as manager of Newcastle United.
Kevin Keegan has revealed that he had to don a disguise to sneak into Newcastle United and has vowed never to return to St James’ Park until owner Mike Ashley’s reign is over.
Although Newcastle had just been promoted to the First Division, club captain Kevin Keegan announced his retirement and McDermott, in his second stint at the club, was released. With a lack of funding from the board, Charlton had little choice to promote youth team players Peter Beardsley , Chris Waddle and later, Paul Gascoigne .
Kevin Keegan. Hall presided over a period of boardroom calm at the club, debts were restructured and the funds were made available for team strengthening. He chairman installed Kevin Keegan, a former Newcastle player, as the new manager on 5 February 1992, in place of Ardiles. In the last few weeks of the season Keegan led the team to safety ...
Late in the season, Keegan had signed young striker Andy Cole from Bristol City, who repaid his transfer fee by scoring 12 goals in the final 11 games of the season. In anticipation of a campaign in the new Premier League, Keegan re-signed a 1980s Newcastle hero, his former Newcastle strike partner Peter Beardsley from Everton in the close season.
Newcastle United made the best start to any top division season in their history, winning their first six games to go top. The first team had built up a reputation for playing an attacking, almost cavalier, brand of football under Kevin Keegan – their occasionally leaky defence was not a major problem, as the team could almost always score ...