You’d be forgiven for thinking that Alan Pardew and Roy Keane are relatively similar men.
They’re both partial to a cheeky mid-match headbutt – Pardew nutted David Meyler on the touchline of Newcastle’s 4-1 victory over Hull last season while Keano revealed in his latest book that he got his hard, North Cork head stuck into the face of Peter Schmeichel on a pre-season tour.
The pair have both managed in the North East of England – Pardew currently manages 5th-placed Newcastle and Roy was at the helm at Sunderland between 2006 and 2008.
Both Keane and Pardew are also fairly well-known for their use of ‘colourful’ language. Pardew famously called Manuel Pellegrini a ‘f***ing old c**t’ while there are too many examples of Keane cursing for us to choose one. But if we had to pick, we’d go for Keane recalling his tackle on Alf-Inge Halaand, thinking ‘take that, you c**t’.
BUT it turns out that the men are worlds are worlds apart when it comes to a ringing phone.
On Saturday, a journalist’s phone went off in Pardew’s post-match press conference and the Magpies manager took it as well as you could possibly imagine – laughing and joking along with the reporters.
Roy Keane, on the other hand, is famed for not seeing the funny side of an unanticipated phonecall.
