Keane

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

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The Stuff of True Leaders - Rated
You don't have to be Irish, A Man Utd fan or a beer drinker to appreciate the autobiography of a true leader. I'm neither of the above three and yet I found this book compelling reading. Several notable anecdotes including the famous Haaland and Saipan incidents but I will remember this book for a long time because of one popular quote;
"The only thing that goes with the flow is a dead fish."

Not Fit forToilet Paper - Rated
This book is an abosolute discgrace.
Anything that is touched by Eamon Dunphy is a complete disaster.
Eamon Dunphy - Boil on the face of Humanity...

TOP - Rated
Best footballers book i have read. He says the brutal true and it is ace couldn't put it down nearly cost me my degree hehe. And i ain't even a Man utd Fan

Best book ever! - Rated
I read this book last summer.
I think I finished the first two pages and I said to one of my friends "this is the best book I've ever hold in my hands.! Forget the Lord of The Rings and Harry Potter, you have to read this book!"
and when I finished it, a week or so later, I was so sorry that it wasn't my book..that I'd just borrowed it...
This is the best book ever, no doubt about it!
I love this book, you really get a good impression of the Irish man.
Everything you might want to know about him, like why he tackled Alfie Haaland and if it was on purpose, you find an answer in this book.

READ IT!

Keane: The Autobiography - Rated
THIS IS TRULY A GREAT BOOK. IVE READ A FEW AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND THIS ONE TOPS THEM AS KEANE IS SOO TRUTHFUL IN THISBOOK EXPLAINING HIS ACTIONS CLEARLY AND CAREFULY. HE TELLS THE STORY OF HIS FOOTBALLING CAREER AND DOESNT HIDE AWAY ANY PROBLEMS THAT OCCURRED OVER HIS TIME AT MAN UTD AND IRELAND. GREAT BUY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED