Kevin Keegan was deserving of far more appreciation than he received
Steve Powell/Allsport/ Getty Images - Three’s a charm: Keegan celebrates the third goal 3-1 British (Home) Championship matchin 1979. The outstanding achievements of a remarkable player and manager, for club and country, far outweighed his occasional failures. Just ask the supporters at Newcastle, Liverpool and Hamburg Dismissiveness went so far, it obscured a life of achievement few great sports people could have any hope of emulating 26 Jul 2026 - THE OBSERVER / Sport Paul Hayward Whenever a star has to die for us to fully appreciate how special they were, the problem is us, not them. With Kevin Keegan, some landmark disappointments in a 40-year career of playing and managing fell away to allow the real story of his character and accomplishments its rightful glow. In great sporting lives the departed dwelt in a binary world of good, bad, won, lost, veneration, scorn. It’s odd to think now, after Keegan was waved off last week with so much respect and warmth, that there were poin...