Kevin Keegan (OBE) Born February 1951

In February 1992 , after eight years of retirement and golf in Spain, Keegan returned to the game as manager of Newcastle United. He led Newcastle to promotion to the Premier League as First Division champions in 1993 .

Although Keegan was appointed Director of Football in 1994 and agreed a new deal that tied him to the club for next 10 years, he resigned as manager of Newcastle on 8 January 1997 .

During Keegan's reign as manager, Newcastle finished runners-up to Manchester United F.C. in the Premier League in 1996 . England striker Alan Shearer was transferred from Blackburn Rovers F.C. to Newcastle with a world breaking record of 15 million pounds.

It was during his time at Newcastle that Keegan had his famous rant on Sky Sports . Manchester United manager, Alex Ferguson (famous for playing psychological games with opponents), had suggested that teams tried harder against Man Utd than Newcastle United. After Newcastle's hard fought victory over Leeds United in their next match an emotional Keegan was interviewed on Sky Sports. Seeming to be on the verge of tears Keegan said:

"I think you have to send a tape of the game to Alex Ferguson - isn't that (the Leeds performance) what he wants? You just don't say that about Leeds" . "I would love it if we could beat them. He's gone down a lot in my estimation. Football in this country is honest. You sometimes wonder about abroad but not in this country." "I would love it if we beat them. Love it!".

After this game Newcastle managed to throw away what had previously been seen as an unassailible lead in the Premier League. Keegan's bitter rant is remembered by football fans everywhere and is often seen as the turning point in the season of 95-96.

On leaving Newcastle, Keegan was appointed as chief operating officer at Second Division club Fulham F.C. , with Ray Wilkins as manager. When Wilkins was sacked as manager in 1998 , Keegan took over his coaching role.

Keegan was named new England coach in February 1999 succeeding Glenn Hoddle . He led the team for a winning start with 3-1 win over Poland to reignite England's Euro 2000 qualifying campaign.

Keegan resigned as England coach on 7 October 2000 after England were eliminated from Euro 2000 at the group stage and lost to Germany in their first World Cup qualifier in the last game ever to be played at Wembley Stadium .

He was appointed manager of first division Manchester City F.C. on 24 May 2001 . They were promoted to the Premier League the following year and remain there to this day.

Overall England Performance

P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
18	7	7	4	26	15	38.89

Win	38.89%
Draw	38.89%
Loss	22.22%

Preceded by Howard Wilkinson (Caretaker)
Succeeded by Peter Taylor (Caretaker)