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Notes
Kevin Keegan's
natural ebullience was not enough. The rainy gloom furnished an
appropriate setting for one of the saddest days in England's football
history as Keegan, head down, walked off the
pitch and away from the job following the loss to Germany in old
Wembley's last international.
|
Kevin Keegan -
Biographical Facts |
|
Full
name |
Joseph Kevin Keegan. |
|
Born |
14 February
1951 at 32 Elm Place, Armthorpe, South Yorkshire; |
|
Playing Career |
|
Club |
Forward; Following a
trial at Coventry City FC and a subsequent rejection, Keegan played his
football with the local Doncaster sides, including Peglar's Brass Works
Reserves, Elmfield House Youth Club and Lonsdale Hotel FC. It was
from the latter that Scunthorpe United FC became interested and signed him
in 1968. A dream move followed to Liverpool FC for £33,000 on 10 May
1971, although if Preston North End FC could have afforded as little as
£500 more, history may have been a little different. After 230
league games and 68 league goals, Keegan went across to West Germany to
join SV Hamburger for £500,000 in July 1977, a Bundesliga record fee (90
league apps, 32 league goals). In February 1980, a press conference
was called that would shock a soccer nation when Lawrie McMenemy announced
that Southampton FC had clinched the signing of Keegan, with effect from 1
July 1980 for £400,000 (68 league apps, 37 goals). Keegan dropped a
division and signed with Newcastle United FC on 19 August 1982 for
£100,000 (78 league apps, 48 league goals). Retired at the end of
the 1983-84 season. |
|
International |
England, 63 appearances, 21
goals, from
Match No. 461, 20 May 1972, Wales 0 England 3, British Championship
match at Ninian Park in Caerdydd to
Match No. 569, 5 July 1982, Spain 0 England 0, World Cup final
tournament match at Estadio
Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, 31 captaincies. |
|
Managerial Career |
|
Prior
experience |
Appointed
manager of Newcastle United FC on 5 February 1992, when United where
floundering at the bottom of the second division of the Football League.
After guiding Newcastle into the top tier, the FA Premiership, he shocked
the footballing world by announcing his resignation on 7 January 1997.
Keegan returned to football with Fulham FC on 25 September 1997, as Chief
Operating Officer, taking over the manager's role in May 1998. He
took over as national coach on 17 February 1999 on a part-time basis,
becoming full-time when he left Fulham FC in that May of 1999. |
|
England tenure |
Appointed
temporary manager 17 February 1999 and manager 14 May 1999; resigned 7
October 2000. |
|
Notes |
Appointed
temporary manager
of the Under-21 side on two occasions as
cover for Dave Sexton in October and November 1994. |
|
First England match |
Match No.
756, 27 March
1999, England 3 Poland 1, European Championship preliminary competition
match at Wembley Stadium in London. |
|
Last England match |
Match No.
773, 7 October 2000, England 0 Germany
1, World Cup qualification match at Wembley Stadium in
London. |
|
Major
tournaments |
European
Championship 2000 final tournament; |
|
England team honours |
None. |
|
Individual
honours |
Football Association Hall of
Fame 2002. |
|
Distinction |
Compiled the worst team
record and had the shortest tenure of any England manager/coach (other
than those appointed in a temporary capacity). |
|
Backroom staff |
Peter Beardsley
was an assistant coach. Arthur Cox was used as a part-time coach, as
the Football Association refused to employ Cox permanently. |
|
Matches in Which
Kevin Keegan Was
In Charge of England |
|
Season 1998-99 |
|
756 |
27-Mar-1999 |
England 3
Poland
1 [2-1] |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
ECP |
HW |
|
757 |
28-Apr-1999 |
Hungary
1
England 1
[0-1] |
Népstadion,
Budapest |
Fr |
AD |
|
758 |
05-Jun-1999 |
England 0
Sweden
0
[0-0] |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
ECP |
HD |
|
759 |
09-Jun-1999 |
Bulgaria
1
England 1
[1-1] |
Stadion
Balgarska Armia, Sofiya |
AD |
|
Season 1999-2000 |
|
760 |
04-Sep-1999 |
England 6
Luxembourg
0
[5-0] |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
ECP |
HW |
|
761 |
08-Sep-1999 |
Poland 0
England 0
[0-0] |
Stadion Wojska
Polskiego, Warszawa |
AD |
|
762 |
10-Oct-1999 |
England 2
Belgium
1 [1-1] |
Stadium of Light, Sunderland |
Fr |
HW |
|
763 |
13-Nov-1999 |
Scotland
0
England 2
[0-2] |
The National Stadium, Hampden
Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow |
ECP
play
offs |
AW |
|
764 |
17-Nov-1999 |
England 0
Scotland
1 [0-1] |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
HL |
|
765 |
23-Feb-2000 |
England 0
Argentina
0 [0-0] |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HD |
|
766 |
27-May-2000 |
England 1
Brazil
1 [1-1] |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HD |
|
767 |
31-May-2000 |
England 2
Ukraine
0 [1-0] |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HW |
|
768 |
03-Jun-2000 |
Malta
1
England 2
[1-1] |
The National
Stadium, Ta'Qali |
Fr |
AW |
|
769 |
12-Jun-2000 |
Portugal
3
England 2
[2-2] |
Philips
Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands |
ECF |
NL |
|
770 |
17-Jun-2000 |
England 1
Germany 0
[0-0] |
Stade
Communal, Charleroi,
Belgium |
NW |
|
771 |
20-Jun-2000 |
England 2
Romania
3 [2-1] |
Stade
Communal, Charleroi, Belgium |
NL |
|
Season 2000-01 |
|
772 |
02-Sep-2000 |
France
1
England 1
[0-0] |
Stade
de France, Saint-Denis |
Fr |
AD |
|
773 |
07-Oct-2000 |
England 0
Germany
1
[0-1] |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
WCP |
HL |
|