Kevin Keegan: genius, glory and almost-greatness
Anthony Quinn charts Kevin Keegan’s extraordinary rise from Scunthorpe hopeful to Liverpool icon, Ballon d’Or winner and England boss. Blending wit, nostalgia and sharp insight, he explores how Keegan came to define 1970s football and why his story is one of brilliance, near-misses and the fans’ longing for a hero.
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Keegan: The Man Who Was King
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Kevin Keegan: genius, glory and almost-greatness
Anthony Quinn charts Kevin Keegan’s extraordinary rise from Scunthorpe hopeful to Liverpool icon, Ballon d’Or winner and England boss. Blending wit, nostalgia and sharp insight, he explores how Keegan came to define 1970s football and why his story is one of brilliance, near-misses and the fans’ longing for a hero.
- Book Synopsis
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Kevin Keegan was stranger than he knew, and stranger than any of us knew. England captain, mercurial competitor, pop star manqué, the Face of Brut 33, pioneer of the footballers’ perm, twice winner of the Ballon d’Or — he owned the 1970s. We had never seen his like before and there appeared to be nothing he could fail at.
Tracking his career from youth-team player at Scunthorpe to the England manager’s job, by way of Liverpool, Newcastle and Hamburg, Keegan reflects on the extravagant highs of a football man who touched the game with genius, who was never sacked, and who came within an ace of triumph as a manager.
- About The Author
- Anthony Quinn was born in Liverpool in 1964. From 1998 until 2013 he was the film critic for the Independent. He is the author of ten novels, including The Rescue Man, which won the 2009 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award; The Streets, which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize; Freya, a Radio 2 Book Club choice; Curtain Call, which was chosen for Waterstones and Mail on Sunday Book Clubs and adapted into the acclaimed film The Critic in 2024; and, most recently, The Mouthless Dead.
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- ISBN
- 9780571399246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, (31 July 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 135 mm
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