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RIP Kevin Keegan

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Fallingstar Mon 20-Jul-26 15:48:15

www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13563799/kevin-keegan-dies-aged-75-former-england-forward-and-manager-passes-away-after-battle-with-cancer

Kevin Keegan the curly haired dynamo on the football pitch, much loved by many in the football world, especially Newcastle.
Thoughts are with his family, friends, and football fans.

Kloppqueen Wed 22-Jul-26 09:08:17

YNWA Kevin. My first love at Liverpool. Was gutted when he left us for Hamburg, but his parting gift was very special, our first European Cup.

Brilliant footballer and a lovely man as well.

RIP

MayBee70 Wed 22-Jul-26 00:59:00

My partner was a Newcastle United supporter and he’s been in tears about his death. I don’t think anyone has a bad word to say about him. We’ve lost so many lovely people recently sad.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Tue 21-Jul-26 21:41:32

I cried this evening. For my own loss.
And found myself thinking “Mrs Keegan will be feeling like this now too”. 💐
A club that no one wants to be in, that’s for sure.
Thoughts tonight for all who are. x

67notout Tue 21-Jul-26 21:28:59

Yes those words from Alan Shearer made me well up too. Simple but so effective. Watched Kevin K when he played for Liverpool and then at Anfield when he was manager of Newcastle. Such love and respect for him from both lots of supporters. YNWA

Thisismyname1953 Tue 21-Jul-26 21:23:00

My son named my grandson after him.
YNWA ❤️

WithNobsOnIt Tue 21-Jul-26 19:42:54

The man who launched perms for men. Even if they looked really naff.

Decent type and and a good footballer. Thanks Kevin

RIP🙏

nexus63 Tue 21-Jul-26 18:00:05

kevin was a pin up on my wall as a teenager, he was a really nice guy, RIP kevin.

NotAGran55 Mon 20-Jul-26 21:37:29

A beautiful man, inside and out. RIP KK

Bukkie Mon 20-Jul-26 21:36:59

MT62 I think that hairstyle will always be affectionately known as "having a Kevin Keegan" My Grandad met KK when he came to Hull City and got his autograph on a program.

Harris27 Mon 20-Jul-26 21:26:01

I’ve got a lovely picture of him and my son at a charity night. I will treasure it always because it was so nice and he was so natural and friendly. May he rest in peace.

Galaxy Mon 20-Jul-26 20:05:07

I am sad to hear this. He visited a special school where I worked about 30 years. He was lovely and so charming to the young adults I worked with. I have had a soft spot for him ever since.

MT62 Mon 20-Jul-26 19:46:46

Bukkie

Such sad news. What a terrible year 2026 is turning out to be. With the reappearance of the mullet hairstyle, I often say to people you have a Kevin Keegan hairstyle.

I remember my dad having a perm,the Kevin keegan.
Seemed a nice guy RIP

ferry23 Mon 20-Jul-26 19:42:42

I remember having a poster of him on my bedroom wall.

Always came across as a lovely man, and he had a distinguished football career.

Another sad loss this month. R.I.P. KK

Poppyred Mon 20-Jul-26 19:14:43

RIP. Loved you playing for Liverpool in the 70s.

MG55 Mon 20-Jul-26 18:37:28

Sad news indeed. Such an icon of my youth ☹️
I saw him a few times in Liverpool city centre when I was a student there in the 70s. His hair was so distinctive it was easy to recognise him amongst the shoppers.
Also, went to the Kop to watch him play a few times.

Fallingstar Mon 20-Jul-26 18:37:18

I have to add that by not leaving these shores am not referring to his three year signing with a German club. I very much meant in later life as he could so easily have retired from the game and gone elsewhere in the world to live and make a fortune he probably couldn’t have made here in the UK.

Fallingstar Mon 20-Jul-26 18:32:14

Thanks for kind wishes. xx
I remember King Kev as a sensitive and gentle man who cared deeply about the game and those he managed as well as the supporters. He was very much a man of the people who never left these shores to make his fortune elsewhere.
Alan Shearer’s tribute made me teary when he simply said ‘My hero, my manager, my friend. Rest easy boss’.😢

Patsy70 Mon 20-Jul-26 18:32:09

So very sad. RIP Kevin - one of the great sportsmen. 😢

LizzieDrip Mon 20-Jul-26 18:30:17

RIP Kevin. A really good bloke who wore his heart on his sleeve😢

MollyNew Mon 20-Jul-26 18:27:40

Very sad news, one of the greats of British sport. RIP Kevin.

ReturningFromExile Mon 20-Jul-26 18:21:52

Kevin Keegan seems to have been a thoroughly decent man. flowers Fallingstar and all best wishes for your daughter.

Bukkie Mon 20-Jul-26 18:19:24

Such sad news. What a terrible year 2026 is turning out to be. With the reappearance of the mullet hairstyle, I often say to people you have a Kevin Keegan hairstyle.

ViceVersa Mon 20-Jul-26 16:35:12

Sad news indeed. He was a speaker at a charity dinner I attended a few years ago - came across very well indeed, and was lovely afterwards, chatting and posing for photos with anyone who wanted one.

crazyH Mon 20-Jul-26 16:33:22

Oh so sad.
Falling star and FGT - so sorry flowers .
FS - I wish your young daughter, a successful treatment and a good future !

JaneJudge Mon 20-Jul-26 16:24:20

I’m sorry FGM flowers and what a worry for you fallingstar. I wish your daughter well flowers

Poor old Kevin.