RIP KEVIN KEEGAN: That Giles punch and the Liverpool-Leeds rivalry

Kevin Keegan the former England footballer and manager, has died at the age of 75.

It was announced in January that Keegan had been diagnosed with stage four cancer, with his family revealing he was to begin treatment.

Most revered for his feats as a manager at Newcastle and as a player at Liverpool, Keegan forged a successful career that included three First Division titles, one FA Cup, one European Cup, and two UEFA Cups as well as two Bundesliga titles between the years of 1968 and 1984.

Keegan’s traits as a forward was founded on his pace and ability with the ball, and he formed a formidable strike partnership with John Toshack, and was at the heart of Liverpool’s prosperous side in the 1970s under Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley.

As a manager, Keegan took Newcastle from the second tier into the Premier League and to their best-ever second finish, earning the nickname ‘King Kev’, and signed some of the club’s most iconic players, including Alan Shearer.

Here in this podcast, Keegan joined his old friend and rival, John Giles to mark Giles' 80th birthday back in 2020, and the duo alongside Nathan Murphy reminisced on that punch and the glory days of the 70s and 80s.

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