Keane: Origins

Keane: Origins charts Keane's journey from an economically-ravaged Cork to a spectacular three-season spell under Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest via a memorable stint on a government-funded training scheme and brief spell in the League of Ireland.

Reviews

Superb. Of all the words written on Roy Keane, this book goes further than anything before. Brilliant, fascinating insight into a man who intrigues us all - Daniel Taylor You may think you know the Roy Keane story but here is the definitive work that charts his extraordinary journey from Cork boy to ultimate football man in exhaustive and entertaining detail. In an enthralling narrative, Eoin O'Callaghan has pieced together the formative years of a legend using the testimony of eyewitnesses who watched one of their peers outstrip them all. The tale of how Roy Keane came to be is a quite brilliant addition to the Irish football canon. - Dave Hannigan, sports columnist, The Irish Times O'Callaghan is an excellent sportswriter. In this, his first book, he deftly takes the reader through Keane's formative years from the early days at Rockmount via Clough and Jack Charlton to his arrival at Ferguson's United: a well-told rites of passage.Eoin O'Callaghan writes with genuine-felt respect for and knowledge of his subject, a huge Irish talent and controversial personality, who fought hard, against the odds, to reach the summit of his football playing career. - Jimmy Burns, author The Hand Of God: The Life of Diego Maradona Brilliant insight into one of the sport's enduringly fascinating characters... A fascinating book on a man who intrigues us all... Of all the words written about Roy Keane, this book goes further than anything before...superb. A book every Roy Keane fan will want to read - Daniel Taylor, senior football writer, The Athletic