Kevin Keegan had to dress in disguise to return to Newcastle
The HinduFormer Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan claims he had to use a disguise to watch his former club at St James’ Park after his fall-out with controversial owner Mike Ashley. “I will always be persona non grata as long as the Mike Ashley regime remains in place,” Keegan wrote in an autobiography serialised by The Times. I improvised, I put on a pair of glasses, I found a flat cap and I turned up the collar on my overcoat to complete the disguise.” Read: Benitez tells FA to examine Zaha red-card comments Keegan played 78 times for the Magpies, and managed the club for five years from 1992, taking it to the Premier League before narrowly missing out on the title to Manchester United. ‘Extraordinary club run by unconventional people’ Keegan was awarded GBP 2 million in damages after winning his case against Newcastle for constructive dismissal.
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