Kevin Keegan

Kevin Keegan first came to prominence with Scunthorpe in the late 1960s, before signing for Liverpool in the summer of 1971.

It was at Anfield that he formed one half of the legendary 'little and large' partnership with strike partner John Toshack and, in 1973, he helped Liverpool lift their first League Championship in seven years, as well as the UEFA Cup. They were the first of a number of major honours he would win in a red shirt, before moving to Germany in 1977 to join Hamburg.

Ever-industrious, and a constant thorn in the side of defenders, he was twice crowned European Footballer of the Year during his time in the Bundesliga and on his return to England in 1980 he had a talismanic effect on first Southampton and then finally Newcastle.

Although captain for six years, Keegan's international career was blighted by England's failure to qualify for the World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978, plus the 1976 Euros. Seven goals in 22 qualification games for Euro 80 remains a highlight, but England still crashed out at the group stage.

His final performance was a 26-minute cameo in  Spain '82, when he battled back from injury having missed the first four games of the tournament. Sadly, the lasting memory from that tournament is of Keegan missing a headed opportunity in England's final match against Spain. England were eliminated at the second round stage, without losing a game.

Keegan's managerial career could and has taken up a whole book. It began at Newcastle in 1992, where he helped rescue the ailing club from relegation to the old Third Division and took them within a whisker of the Premier League, before meltdown and that outburst in front of the Sky Sports cameras.

He finally quit in 1997, but was soon lured to Fulham by the Harrods chequebook of Mohamed Al-Fayed. England then came calling but naturally, that ended in tears as well. He resurfaced at Manchester City, before returning to Newcastle in 2008, but this time the messiah couldn't sort out the mess at St James' Park.