Fans pay their respects to former player and manager Kevin Keegan in Newcastle, England, on Monday . | REUTERS
Jul 21, 2026
LONDON – Kevin Keegan wore his heart on his sleeve as both a player and manager, and the fans loved him for it.
The former England forward, who has died of cancer at 75, combined charisma and impulsive passion with an ability to score the goals that mattered while never losing sight of where he had come from and what the game meant to so many.
“The fans made me,” former club Liverpool recalled their ’Mighty Mouse’ as saying once.
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