Bet that’s what you were doing, Roy... ‘NO RUDE GESTURE’ SAYS KEANE
R.I.P: Hillsborough disaster in 1989
related issues as well. So it was very much a difficult time for the game generally.”
It is widely known and accepted that disgraceful slurs made about Liverpool fans and hooliganism related to the 1989 disaster are untrue, as was clarified at the 2016 inquests which found Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed.
Regret
A tweet from the
BBC News Press Team account said: “We regret that we did not robustly challenge Martin Tyler on a comment which appeared to link Hillsborough and hooliganism.”
But Deanna Matthews, whose uncle Brian was killed said: “Stop giving people a platform to spout lies and untruths.”
NO-NONSENSE Roy Keane ■
remained true to form as he joined fellow pundits Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Micah Richards and Jamie Redknapp for a dinner party ahead of the Premier League kicking off last night.
The telly pundits briefly took ■
a break from their evening of food and wine to smile for a photo, but Keane in his trademark manner had other ideas as
ROY Keane has a creative explanation for what he was doing just as the camera panned away from him at Croke Park during Dublin’s match against Cork.
With Dublin predictably strolling to victory by 11 points that day, Keane being spotted among the crowd wound up being the most memorable moment from the occasion. he bore a straight-faced expression.
Martin Tyler sat
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by Keane’s side, enjoying the party after weathering a social media storm over his Hillsborough comments.
But Man United’s
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wantaway Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t in such high spirits when he was seen as the season kicked off.
Particularly because there were a few pantomime boos as well as an entertaining reaction from the former Ireland captain when he appeared to be on the verge of giving them the finger — only for the cameraman to skilfully cut back to the action on the pitch.
But now Keane has offered an explanation in an interview with Off The Ball.
He said: “I’d lost a bet...so I was just about to hand over the few bob that I’d lost. There ya go, that’s what I was doing.”
Ireland kit man Dick Redmond shared a pic on the day that made it clear he had won a wager on the game with Roy.