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Kevin Keegan: a series of unfortunate events
🕑 Added 2025-12-02 07:00:07 +0000 UTCThe name Kevin Keegan should conjure images of glittering European nights, mazy dribbles and Balon d’Or wins.
But for most people, football’s unluckiest icon is remembered for four words: I WOULD LOVE IT.
And he’s had plenty of bad luck.
He was beaten up by drug dealers, discovered Father Christmas’ lifeless corpse, and got shot in the face with a bow and arrow.
From undercover gigolos to getting banged up in Serbia, this is his story…
Links from the pod:
Green Cross code ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE8Lk2kSCDo
Scoring in FA Cup final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=gagQcslGM0t59KHN&t=223&v=xFY67LtZn-0&feature=youtu.be
His hit single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJdW7-MnXtc&t=21s
I would love it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=ip99jIR-GKnNQwij&t=5&v=mk87a7r0V60&feature=youtu.be
Will he score: http://www.youtube.com/watch?si=1-R7l9C-zzx9NIfq&t=9&v=k6Bupc_sE4g&feature=youtu.be
Comments
James Windsor
Thanks for the lovely message for Spotify wrapped - proud 1%er and Lazio eagle FAN
Jacob Leiser
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/01/sport.comment I think it closed a few years after this
Jacob Leiser
Good ep lads. Apparently he went back to Newcastle the second time cos he was skint. He put millions into ‘Kevin Keegan’s Soccer Circus’ at this shopping/activity centre in Glasgow and it didn’t do very well. It was quite a cool idea, kind of like a game show type of setup but with football challenges. I think the plan was to be a high tech training place but ended up just being a birthday party place for kids.
