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English footballer

Ged Keegan
Personal information
Full name Gerard Keegan
Date of birth (1955-10-03) 3 October 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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)
Total 199 (10)
International career
1976 England U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. He made a total of 37 Football League appearances for the club, scoring two goals. 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. In 1978, he was transferred to Oldham Athletic where he made 144 League appearances (scoring 5 goals) before moving to Mansfield Town in 1983. 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.

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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