Ged Keegan

Gerard "Ged" Keegan (born 3 October 1955 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English former footballer who played as a right-back. He joined Manchester City as a trainee in 1973 and made his debut in March 1975 in a 2–1 defeat against Carlisle United.[1] He made a total of 37 Football League appearances for the club, scoring two goals.[2] However his most memorable game for them was in their 1976 Football League Cup Final victory. He also played in the first ever England under-21 match.[3] In 1978, he was transferred to Oldham Athletic where he made 144 League appearances (scoring 5 goals) before moving to Mansfield Town in 1983.[2] After a short spell here he moved on to Rochdale, and then to Altrincham. As of 2008 he was working as a car-parking attendant at Manchester Airport.[4]

Ged Keegan
Personal information
Full name Gerard Keegan
Date of birth (1955-10-03) 3 October 1955
Place of birth Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Playing position(s) Full back
Youth career
1973–1975 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1978 Manchester City 37 (2)
1978–1983 Oldham Athletic 144 (5)
1983–1984 Mansfield Town 18 (1)
1984–1985 Rochdale 2 (0)
National team
1976 England U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

References
  1. "Gerard Keegan - Manchester City FC". Football-Heroes.net. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  2. Neil Brown - player stats
  3. "U21s take centre stage". 23 March 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  4. Struthers, Greg (13 January 2008). "Caught in time". The Times. London.


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