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27th September 2022
06:08pm BST

"How dare you, you're a disgrace, you should know better Niall Quinn," recalled the Dubliner on Virgin Media.Ronnie Whelan was next in line and just like those who went before him, the seasoned veteran took his scolding on the chin. You commit the crime, you face the time. Then came a young Roy Keane, 19-years old and swinging for the jugular. Unlike his predecessors, Roy wasn't prepared to let McCarthy call the shots and when the veteran took Roy on "First trip, disgrace," the Rebel was hyped up and ready. "First touch, disgrace," Keane responded to leave the bus in stitches. "The whole bus went 'oh my God, that's the most incredible comeback I've ever heard," recalled Quinn, "We were kind of rooting for him in one way, even though we were all great friends with Mick!" McCarthy and Keane face to face but not eye to eye... a sign of things to come. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1361581505919729665 First published on February 16, 2021.
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