“I said, ‘What are you doing? What are you f***ing doing?!’” Andy Townsend thought he had seen it all in football, especially during his Italia 90 and USA 94 experiences with Ireland, but nothing could prepare him for living with Paul Gascoigne in the late 1990s. The former Chelsea and Aston Villa midfielder moved to […]

3 years ago

“I wasn’t going to say, ‘Roy, what’s all that about?’” Luke Chadwick has recalled his car journey with Roy Keane after the Irishman’s red card against Manchester City in April 2001. The former Manchester United captain was sent off in the game for an infamous challenge on Alf-Inge Haaland. The pair had previous, and Keane […]

4 years ago

“And he’s gone, ‘Come on then, let’s go and sort it out like men’.” Steve Sidwell has recalled the time he angered Mick McCarthy by rejecting the chance to join Wolverhampton Wanderers at the 11th hour. Back in January 2011, Sidwell’s time at Aston Villa was coming to an end and he was looking for […]

4 years ago

“You know what I liked about him? He didn’t mince his words.” It is coming up on 11 years since Roy Keane has full held the reins at a football club. Given how his managerial career started, few would have suspected he would have stayed away from taking the top seat. After hanging up his […]

4 years ago

The two lads have a combined age of 81, now, but could probably still do a decent job of it. It has been over seven years, now, since Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic played together in the heart of the Manchester United defence. Most United fans opt to forget that uncomfortable final season they had, […]

5 years ago

“If the division was decided on characters, I think we would have won it!” Back in 1990, before he set off for his Italia ’90 adventure with Ireland, Andy Townsend had a decision to make – Arsenal or Chelsea. Having jumped from non-league Weymouth to Southampton, in 1985, the midfielder cut his first division teeth […]

5 years ago