10 Things Roy Keane Wants You To Forget

Horror tackles, fan bashing, breaking verbal contracts, slamming team-mates, and plenty more!

by Andrew Pollard
Roy Keane is best known for his full-blooded displays at the heart of the Manchester United midfield for over a decade, captaining the Red Devils to many a trophy. Well, that and growing a ridiculously angry looking beard in recent times. The man affectionately known by the Old Trafford faithful as simply Keano is just as known for holding up trophies as he is for his horror tackles and angry scowl. To describe Keane's style as combative would be as much of an understatement as saying that he had a mild dislike for Mick McCarty. Where Roy is concerned, nobody is off limits when it comes to feeling his wrath, and this includes his opponents, his own managers, his own team-mates, his own fans, the press, and pretty much anyone who happened to catch him on an off day It's safe to say, Roy Keane is one of those people whose bed has many different wrong sides for him to climb out of each morning. Over a career that took in Nottingham Forest, Man Utd, Celtic and the Irish national team, Keane€™s CV is blotted my many acts of madness and moments that he€™d rather forget about. Luckily for you, this list is here to give you a timely reminder of some of the more outrageous, embarrassing and straight-up crazy acts of the feisty Keane€™s career. Safe to say, this is one man who you most definitely do not want to cross. Just ask Tom Cleverley.
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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.