Mon, 12/19/2011
Manchester United legend Roy Keane has revealed how he was stopped from enteringWigan Athletic's DW stadium.
Keane, who had watched a game at the DW Stadium only weeks before, even offered to buy a season ticket on the spot, but after giving the turnstile operator “a bit of lip” security was called.
He told the Daily Express: “I was down to Wigan four weeks ago, when they played Blackburn. Wigan’s a good club for me because there are generally spare seats in the far stand, away from the main one.
“Dressed in jeans, cap over my ears, scarf over my chin, I went to the woman at the window and said, ‘Can I buy a ticket?’
“She said, ‘Can I have your details?’ I said, ‘Do you have to?’ and she then said it was OK and I handed over my £20, got my ticket.
“Good value, I thought. Watched the game, enjoyed it, pie at half-time, six goals, no one recognised me, didn’t have to make small talk, good day.”
But when Keane returned to the same ticket window and the same woman for the Arsenal game two weeks later, he ran into problems.
“With my cap and scarf, she didn’t know who I was,” he said. “‘Listen, I was here two weeks ago and bought a ticket then, can I buy one now?’
“She said this was a different category game and she needed my details. I gave my name and address.
“‘You’re not on the system,’ she said. “‘I know,’ I said. ‘But I bought a ticket two weeks ago and you said it was OK’.
“‘That was for Blackburn,’ she said. ‘OK,’ I said, ‘I’ll buy a season ticket’.
“She said it wasn’t possible. ‘You’re not on the system’. And I said, ‘I think your club is £37million in debt and you don’t want my money’.
“I did give her a little bit of lip and she said she would call security. ‘Call them,’ I said. The security guy came along and put his hands on my arm.
“‘Get your hands off me,’ I said. He did.
“I strolled back to my car and drove home.”
