Republic of Ireland Football Results
Manager Mick McCarthy – Captain Roy Keane
Roy Keane played in 42.6% of soccer matches during Mick McCarthy’s reign as manager of the Republic of Ireland team. He played in just over a quarter of the 27 friendly matches played while Mick McCarthy was the Irish football manager.
On average he only played in one friendly for each year of McCarthy’s reign. Of the seven friendlies that he did appear in, four were in February and one was in March. On only one occasion during eight seasons did Keane play in a friendly match for McCarthy after the end of the English football season. That was in one match in the build up to the 2002 World Cup finals.
His first match for Brian Kerr on his return to International football after the Saipan incident was in an end of season friendly on 27th May 2004 against Romania.
Mick McCarthy – Republic of Ireland Record as Manager
|
Year
|
Played
|
Won
|
Drew
|
Loss
|
Win Ratio
|
|
1996
|
11
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
27.3%
|
|
1997
|
10
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
30.0%
|
|
1998
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
33.3%
|
|
1999
|
10
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
50.0%
|
|
2000
|
10
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
40.0%
|
|
2001
|
10
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
70.0%
|
|
2002
|
11
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
45.5%
|
|
TOTAL
|
68
|
29
|
20
|
19
|
42.6%
|
Mick McCarthy – Record as Ireland Manager when Roy Keane Played
It is not surprising to discover that that the Republic of Ireland performed much better when Roy Keane was in the team. The Irish won a higher per centage of matches and had a lower loss ratio with the Irish captain on the soccer pitch. Ireland recorded a very impressive win ratio, in excess of 70%, during 2001 when the majority of the qualifiers for the 2002 World Cup were played. The only defeat that the Irish suffered in 2001 was in the Iran second leg playoff in Tehran – which Roy Keane missed.
|
Year
|
Played
|
Won
|
Drew
|
Loss
|
Win Ratio
|
|
1996
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
00.0%
|
|
1997*
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
42.9%
|
|
1998*
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
66.7%
|
|
1999
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
50.0%
|
|
2000
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
50.0%
|
|
2001
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
71.4%
|
|
2002
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
50.50%
|
|
TOTAL
|
29
|
15
|
9
|
5
|
51.7%
|
* Roy Keane missed three competitive matches at the end of 1997 and three friendly matches in 1998 due to a cruciate ligament injury.
Roy Keane Football Manager
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| Saipan Table of Contents | Roy Keane & Eamon Dunphy |
| Saipan Introduction | Roy Keane & Cork |
| Methodology | Keane’s Aversion to Being Away From Home |
| Saipan Conclusions | Roy Keane’s Relationship with Ireland |
| Roy Keane – Mick McCarthy Relationship | Roy Keane – Zenith Data Systems Cup |
| Roy Keane Version of Saipan Incident | Roy Keane – Jack Charlton Relationship |
| Mick McCarthy Version of Saipan Incident 1 | Roy Keane’s Flawed Character |
| Mick McCarthy Version of Saipan Incident 2 | Roy Keane’s Good Character |
| Niall Quinn Version of Saipan Incident | Roy Keane – Footballer |
| Jason McAteer Version of Saipan Incident | Roy Keane – Team Captain |
| Matt Holland Version of Saipan Incident | Roy Keane – Family Man |
| Roy Keane & Saipan – The Backdrop | Roy Keane & Faking Injury |
| Roy Keane & Saipan – The Issues | Roy Keane – Bad Boy |
| Keane / McCarthy Boston Row 1992 | Roy Keane – Career Lows |
| Keane Misses Iran Playoff Game | Roy Keane – Red Cards etc |
| Keane Misses Niall Quinn Testimonial | Roy Keane – Cruciate Injury |
| Countdown to Saipan Incident | Roy Keane & Alf-Inge Haaland |
| Roy Keane Saipan Tirade at Mick McCarthy | Roy Keane & Gareth Southgate Red Card |
| Roy Keane / Tom Humphries Saipan Interview 1 | Roy Keane & Alan Shearer Red Card |
| Keane / Humphries Saipan Interview 2 | Roy Keane / Alex Ferguson Relationship 1 |
| Roy Keane / Irish Times Saipan Interview 3 | Roy Keane & Sir Alex Ferguson 2 |
| Roy Keane / Paul Kimmage Saipan Interview 1 | Roy Keane & Charity |
| Keane / Kimmage Saipan Interview 2 | Roy Keane & Autobiography Contradictions 1 |
| Roy Keane / Sunday Independent Saipan Interview 3 | Roy Keane & Contradictions 2 |
| Roy Keane / Tommie Gorman Interview 1 | Roy Keane – Integrity |
| Roy Keane / Tommy Gorman Interview 2 | Roy Keane – International Matches |
| Roy Keane / RTE Interview 3 | Roy Keane – Football Record |
| FAI Involvement in Saipan Affair | Roy Keane & Sandwiches |
| Saipan Reaction of Irish Players | Roy Keane – Walker |
| Mick McCarthy – ‘crap player, crap manager’ | Saipan – Pacific Island |
| Roy Keane / Mick McCarthy Playing Record | I Keano – The Musical |
| Colin Healy – Forgotten Man of Saipan | Roy Keane – Football Manager |
| Saipan Ten Years Later | Roy Keane’s Dog Triggs |
| Roy Keane’s Autobiography | Saipan Bibiliography |
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Roy Keane – View Seven Years After Saipan
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