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Article: The day Keegan walked out on me; 'I could have lost him - it was close ..too close'; SIR JOHN HALL;.(Sport)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 1, 1996
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Kevin Keegan's tearful outburst against Alex Ferguson stunned soccer - but not his Tyneside chairman.
Newcastle's Sir John Hall knows all about the emotional trigger that lies beneath Keegan's driving will to succeed.
Sir John remembers vividly the day he was woken in the mansion on his 7,000-acre estate to be told that his manager had walked out in a blaze of bitterness.
The bust-up that sent Keegan rushing home in a rage came only 39 days after he took charge at Newcastle.
Keegan, angered by broken promises and frustrated by squabbling ...