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> On 3 Sep 2002 03:01:45 -0700, simon@thomas299.freeserve.co.uk
(=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tommo_=B3?=) wrote:
> >Linfield are suing Keane for this piece of fiction from his ghost
> >writer, but I think they'll find its a case of "get the the back of
> >the queue" ;
> >
> Like a certain African footballing nation, the mighty weight of Linfield's
legal machine should
> never be underestimated.  By the time they've finished with him, no doubt,
he won't have a pot to
> piss in....

How Keane ever got permission from Fergie to publish his book, I'll never
know. I've just got my copy through the post today, and I'll tell you
something, you ain't heard nothing yet. Here are just some of the passages
that have caught my eye upon initial perusal:

"Yeah, its true, we should never have let the title slip to Arsenal that
time. The trouble was, many of the players had put bets on Arsenal winning
the league at the start of the season, and so we had to throw a couple of
matches to get our money back."

"Fergie? Oh, he doesn't really run the club. He's just a glorified spokesman
really. Phil Neville makes most of the decisions, who plays, who doesn't,
who we buy, who we sell, what formation we play. How do you think he keeps
his place in the team?"

"The Queen? It's all a big lie. She's not even English, ffs. She's from
Jamaica, and she's a man. It's true."

"Football? Well, it's shit really, isn't it. Never liked it. I only play for
the money. I think it's great the way we rip millions of children off every
year, but if they're stupid enough to spend fifty quid on a poxy t-shirt,
that's hardly my problem, is it."

"Ireland? I fucking hate playing for Ireland, it's a shithole. I couldn't
have been happier when Mick let me go home, the last thing I wanted to do
was play in the stupid World Cup. Its just a fucking panto really. I mean,
if I really cared about Ireland, I'd have stayed there. I wouldn't have
moved to England."

"Not a lot of people know this, but David Beckham had an affair last year.
Seriously. In fact, I think I'm the only person that knows this. At least, I
was. Yeah, he confided in me one drunken evening. Some slapper from Norwich,
apparently. Said he regretted it and all that, and that he'd never do
anything to jeopardise his family again. I can respect that. I just hope
Posh never finds out about it."

Honestly, it's a great read. I recommend it.

Joe
--
"Did you miss a digit off Joe's score?"