Roy Keane

**tricky_colour** · 11/05/2006, 11:29 PM

Does anyone know how many games Roy Keane played for Ireland
as an international Irish player?

I was going to ask in the World Football forum but then I thought
that would obviously be the wrong forum as it is a question about
Roy Keane, not World Football.

Thanks. I would google it but I lost my internet conection

**Fireball** · 11/05/2006, 11:39 PM

66 caps and 9 goals.

**Plastic Paddy** · 12/05/2006, 6:01 AM

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

Thanks. I would google it but I lost my internet conection

So how did you manage to post here then, TC?

(Reminds me of the Letter from the Old Irish Mother: "Sure I would have put a tenner in but I'd already sealed the envelope".

)

PP

**NeilMcD** · 12/05/2006, 11:01 AM

Classic post.

**Risteard** · 12/05/2006, 2:56 PM

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

Classic post.

An actual classic post.
Well done.

**Karlos** · 13/05/2006, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

So how did you manage to post here then, TC?

(Reminds me of the Letter from the Old Irish Mother: "Sure I would have put a tenner in but I'd already sealed the envelope".

)

PP

Post of the month contender!

**brine3** · 13/05/2006, 8:56 PM

another keano-related inquiry:

does anybody know if he ever won FAI Player of the Year, and if so, when?

**gustavo** · 13/05/2006, 9:32 PM

AFAIK he won it for the calender year 2001 presented in Feb 2002.

**TheJamaicanP.M.** · 13/05/2006, 9:43 PM

Originally Posted by brine3

another keano-related inquiry:

does anybody know if he ever won FAI Player of the Year, and if so, when?

I think he won it 2 or 3 times. I remember him being presented the award in Manchester one year as he was injured at the time. He possibly won it in 2000.

**eirebhoy** · 14/05/2006, 8:46 AM

1990: Youth Player of the year.
1991: U21 player of the year.
1993: Young player of the year.
1994: Young player of the year.
1997: Senior player of the year.
2001: Senior player of the year.

**tricky_colour** · 15/05/2006, 1:00 AM

Am I correct in saying that he won in 2001 despite his 'late tackle'
( four years late !! ) on Alf-Inge Haaland?

**tricky_colour** · 15/05/2006, 1:32 AM

Originally Posted by gonzo

More pertinently, anyone know how many he was called up for?

66

**Aldini98** · 15/05/2006, 3:19 PM

Over rated bully of the year more like.......

**NeilMcD** · 15/05/2006, 3:26 PM

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

Am I correct in saying that he won in 2001 despite his 'late tackle'
( four years late !! ) on Alf-Inge Haaland?

Not defending the tacke one bit but why should a tackle in an EPL game have any effect on his nomination and subsequent winning of the FAI International Senior Player of the Year award for 2001. Is it not judged on performances for the Senior Irish football team.

**Paddy Garcia** · 15/05/2006, 3:53 PM

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

. Is it not judged on performances for the Senior Irish football team.

Yes - maybe he got it that year for a string of world class performances & (almost) single handily driving his team to the world cup finals.

reder · 16/05/2006, 8:51 AM

Originally Posted by gonzo

More pertinently, anyone know how many he was called up for?

Thats a stat I would love to know, as we all know mr. 110% commitment, wants to win no matter what at everything, expects nothing less than 100% from everyone, "didnt do friendlies" cos ironically, he could get motivated for them.

Anyway im happy in the knowledge that we will never see him put on a green jersey again. Only hope to god he is not dragged out onto the field at half time in the 1st international after he finally retires from football.

**green army** · 16/05/2006, 9:24 AM

Originally Posted by gonzo

More pertinently, anyone know how many he was called up for?

how many was he called up for, pulled out of the squad and then played for man united the following saturday??

**OwlsFan** · 16/05/2006, 9:29 AM

Originally Posted by reder

Thats a stat I would love to know, as we all know mr. 110% commitment, wants to win no matter what at everything, expects nothing less than 100% from everyone, "didnt do friendlies" cos ironically, he could get motivated for them.

Well, he made his debut in 1991 and if you exclude his 2 years of self-imposed exile from the country he loves, that about 13 years international football to make 66 caps, making on average 5 caps a year.

Compare that to someone like Steve Staunton who had 102 caps in 15 years of international football averaging 6.8 games a year.

So the difference is 1.8 games a year on average between the two and multiply Keane's 13 years x 1.8 and you'll get about 23 games he missed for one reason or the other.

**TheJamaicanP.M.** · 16/05/2006, 1:10 PM

Originally Posted by OwlsFan

Well, he made his debut in 1991 and if you exclude his 2 years of self-imposed exile from the country he loves, that about 13 years international football to make 66 caps, making on average 5 caps a year.

Compare that to someone like Steve Staunton who had 102 caps in 15 years of international football averaging 6.8 games a year.

So the difference is 1.8 games a year on average between the two and multiply Keane's 13 years x 1.8 and you'll get about 23 games he missed for one reason or the other.

Not completely accurate OwlsFan. Stan was on the bench for a number of games between late-1999 and mid-2001. He only returned to the starting team when we played Portugal in June 2001. Nonetheless, he had turned up for those internationals when he was not selected. I don't recall Keane spending may games on the bench. Didn't Keane say in his autobiography that he found it hard to be interested in playing for Jack Charlton's Ireland because of the tactics. Ironically, in 2002 he told Tommy Gorman and the Irish public that "nobody wants to play for Ireland more than me. Nobody."

Robbie Keane's statistics are in stark contrast. He made his international debut in 1998 and has won 65 caps for Ireland (one less than Roy). Along with the likes of Shay Given (75 caps since 1996) and Kevin Kilbane (69 caps since 1997), Robbie Keane is a true Irish legend. They represent all that is honest and good about Irish football.

**NeilMcD** · 16/05/2006, 1:23 PM

I agree that Robbie Keane is a true Irish legend also. I dont think that Roy Keanes choice of club did him any favours with a lot of the people who dis like him. In fact the sides that most people took in relation to Saipan were all ready established long before the incident in my view. Those that hated Keane before Saipan hated him afterwards and those that were a fan of his before Saipan were a fan afterwards. Very few people actually changed theirs min in relation to Saipan. I think his failure to play many friendlies and a lot of hysteria drummed up in the press by certain journalist did not help his cause either.

Roy Keane had very vew bad games in those 66 games and was Irish player of the tournament in 1994 and was also player of the Qualifying for 2002. He was immense in many other games also and that was right up to the last game when he was the best Irish player on the pitch versus France.