Roy Keane 'involved in hotel bar fight' after pestering fan threw drink at him
Former Ireland skipper Keane was a fearsome and tenacious player throughout his illustrious career with Forest, Manchester United and Celtic. It wasn't just his tackles on the pitch or confrontations with rivals such as Patrick Vieira that highlighted his notorious temper, as his fiery disposition would sometimes spill over into his social life.
Now 53, Keane was speaking to former Forest team-mate Mark Crossley when the conversation took a turn to their escapades under legendary manager Brian Clough. The Irish midfield legend harked back to an incident on a mid-season trip to Jersey when he found himself in the thick of a fracas during a Forest mid-season tour.
According to previous reports from FourFourTwo, Keane was in the hotel bar when he got into a heated exchange with a woman, which culminated in her chucking a gin and tonic over him. Keane allegedly retaliated with a pint of ale, before her husband stepped into the fray.
Keane mentioned a bar fight during Crossley's appearance on the Stick to Football podcast, immediately intriguing Gary Neville, Ian Wright, Jill Scott and Wayne Rooney. It began with Neville asking if Keane and Crossley had any particularly memorable nights out together.
Crossley then turned to Keane and said: "Do you remember the Jersey ones, they were good, weren't they? Those mid-season ones." Keane raised eyebrows when he answered: "I was sent back from that, remember? I had a fight with that hockey team or something."
This captured Scott's attention, who asked if Keane really took on the whole hockey team, to which Keane replied: "It was a few of them."
Keane then provided a brief insight into the events of the bar altercation. He said: "He (Clough) sent me back from Jersey. An incident in the bar. [Someone] wanted to get something signed. [Then] someone threw a drink over me."
When Scott queried if this occurred because Keane refused an autograph, he clarified: "No, it's because I had already signed something and I said, 'How many do you need?' Then they threw a drink over me."
Reflecting on the aftermath with a smirk, Keane said: "I said that's unacceptable behaviour. The next day he sent me back on a flight, two days early. The good days, huh?"
This wasn't the last instance of Keane getting into an altercation after having a few drinks. On a previous episode of the Stick to Football podcast, Keane revealed that he got into a physical fight with ex-United team-mate Peter Schmeichel during a pre-season tour of Asia.
Recalling the incident, Keane said: "Yes - he started it! It was self-defence, but yeah it was a proper fight. There was obviously drink involved and a bit of jetlag. I think Peter had a black eye. But we trained as normal the next day."
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