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troy andreas · 07-10-2014, 08:56 AM

Roy Keane reveals time he head-butted Peter Schmeichel in hotel fight with Man United goalkeeper
By men newsdesk

Roy Keane has admitted to head-butting Peter Schmeichel during a fight which led Sir Alex Ferguson to tell them both they had disgraced Manchester United.

In his autobiography, The Second Half, to be published this week, Keane claims he and Schmeichel engaged in a booze-fuelled bust-up during the 1998 per-season tour of Asia.

Keane revealed that afterwards, Ferguson had fumed the fight had woken up Sir Bobby Charlton.

Keane said: "I had a bust-up with Peter when we were on a pre-season tour of Asia, in 1998, just after I came back from my cruciate injury. I think we were in Hong Kong. There was drink involved.

"There'd been a little bit of tension between us over the years, for football reasons. Peter would come out shouting at players, and I felt sometimes he was playing up to the crowd: 'Look at me!'

"He was probably doing it for concentration levels, but I felt he did it too often, as if he was telling the crowd: 'Look what I have to deal with'.

"He said: 'I've had enough of you, It's time we sorted this out.' So I said 'Okay' and we had a fight. It felt like 10 minutes. There was a lot of noise - Peter's a big lad.

"I woke up the next morning. I kind of vaguely remembered the fight. My hand was really sore and one of my fingers was bent backwards.

"The manager had a go at us as we were getting on the bus, and people were going on about a fight in the hotel the night before. It started coming back to me - the fight between me and Peter."

Keane tells how he had to rely on Nicky Butt for an account of the fight before Fergie called him and Schmeichel into his office to give them the hairdryer treatment.

Keane writes: "In the meantime, Nicky Butt had been filling me in on what had happened the night before. Butty had refereed the fight. Anyway, Peter had grabbed me, I'd head-butted him - we'd been fighting for ages.

"At the press conference, Peter took his sunglasses off. He had a black eye. The questions came at him 'Peter, what happened to your eye?'

"He said ' I just got an elbow last night, in training'. And that was the end of it.

"The first day back at the training ground, the manager pulled myself and Peter into his office.

"He knew exactly where we'd fought - I think he mentioned the 27th floor. He told us that we were a disgrace to the club, and that we'd woken Bobby Charlton up, that Bobby had come out of his room and seen us.

"Peter took responsibility for the fight, which was good. I admired him for it. But Sir Bobby could have tried to break it up."

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troy andreas moderator Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Far away from Tomohon Posts: 9,233 Thanks: 2,370 Thanked 1,947 Times in 1,102 Posts Mentioned: 273 Post(s)	Re: The story of Roy Keane, based on his autobiography Roy Keane reveals time he head-butted Peter Schmeichel in hotel fight with Man United goalkeeper By men newsdesk Roy Keane has admitted to head-butting Peter Schmeichel during a fight which led Sir Alex Ferguson to tell them both they had disgraced Manchester United. In his autobiography, The Second Half, to be published this week, Keane claims he and Schmeichel engaged in a booze-fuelled bust-up during the 1998 per-season tour of Asia. Keane revealed that afterwards, Ferguson had fumed the fight had woken up Sir Bobby Charlton. Keane said: "I had a bust-up with Peter when we were on a pre-season tour of Asia, in 1998, just after I came back from my cruciate injury. I think we were in Hong Kong. There was drink involved. "There'd been a little bit of tension between us over the years, for football reasons. Peter would come out shouting at players, and I felt sometimes he was playing up to the crowd: 'Look at me!' "He was probably doing it for concentration levels, but I felt he did it too often, as if he was telling the crowd: 'Look what I have to deal with'. "He said: 'I've had enough of you, It's time we sorted this out.' So I said 'Okay' and we had a fight. It felt like 10 minutes. There was a lot of noise - Peter's a big lad. "I woke up the next morning. I kind of vaguely remembered the fight. My hand was really sore and one of my fingers was bent backwards. "The manager had a go at us as we were getting on the bus, and people were going on about a fight in the hotel the night before. It started coming back to me - the fight between me and Peter." Keane tells how he had to rely on Nicky Butt for an account of the fight before Fergie called him and Schmeichel into his office to give them the hairdryer treatment. Keane writes: "In the meantime, Nicky Butt had been filling me in on what had happened the night before. Butty had refereed the fight. Anyway, Peter had grabbed me, I'd head-butted him - we'd been fighting for ages. "At the press conference, Peter took his sunglasses off. He had a black eye. The questions came at him 'Peter, what happened to your eye?' "He said ' I just got an elbow last night, in training'. And that was the end of it. "The first day back at the training ground, the manager pulled myself and Peter into his office. "He knew exactly where we'd fought - I think he mentioned the 27th floor. He told us that we were a disgrace to the club, and that we'd woken Bobby Charlton up, that Bobby had come out of his room and seen us. "Peter took responsibility for the fight, which was good. I admired him for it. But Sir Bobby could have tried to break it up." HTML Code: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/roy-keane-reveals-time-head-butted-7891041 __________________ "setial masa ada orangnya, setiap orang ada masanya."