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Ipswich fan who was next to Roy Keane during furious incident reveals what really sparked 'car park' row

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Published 10:57 26 Nov 2024 GMT

Ipswich fan who was next to Roy Keane during furious incident reveals what really sparked 'car park' row

Neil Finbow, a season ticket holder at Ipswich Town, has given his take on the incident.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare

An Ipswich Town fan who was stood next to Roy Keane as he clashed with another supporter has opened up on what happened during the heated incident at Portman Road.

In the aftermath of Sunday's Premier League clash between Manchester United and Ipswich, a furious Keane was spotted confronting a supporter during an ad break.

Footage soon emerged of the heated incident, where Keane can be heard telling the supporter: "I’ll wait for you in the car park and we can discuss it."

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Keane, who was punditry duty for Sky Sports, calmly headed back to the pitch after security and stewards diffused the situation. Jamie Redknapp, meanwhile, was heard telling the group to "just leave it".

Now, season ticket holder Neil Finbow, 55, has given a further insight into the row after standing right next to the former Manchester United captain as the incident played out.

"It was the guy in the middle's comments that got him, I think," Finbow told The Mirror. "He was going on about his time when he was manager, how he treated his kids."

Finbow continued: "I will sort of defend Roy Keane here as well, because it may be that the comment 'I'll see you in the car park' is to talk to the guy rather than take him out, so it can be misconstrued. I thought he was being quite aggressive, in hindsight.

"The guy had an issue, when [Keane] was at the club, when you see him point he was pointing to 'when you were here in the car park, you ignored my kids and swore at them', and he had an issue with that. So obviously that's been pent-up."

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He added: "I don't have any regrets [about going down the front]. It's pent-up anger. No swear words came out of my mouth, I just said 'you're a better pundit than you are a manager'."

Sky Sports will reportedly investigate the incident to see if any action is needed, while Finbow admits he is concerned about the future of his season ticket.

"Everyone I sit with knows what I'm like," he said. "I'm in the family bit there, I've been there for years. I do worry about my season ticket, someone has put on there that it could affect it, but I don't think I've been abusive or anything. If people class that as abuse then it's just gone mad."

Roy Keane clashed with an Ipswich supporter. Image credit: @adenLFC4life
Roy Keane clashed with an Ipswich supporter. Image credit: @adenLFC4life

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Finbow added: "I want my side to be heard, that it was more sarcasm than anything. To be fair, he's provoked it by coming over, hasn't he? I was actually saying 'calm down, Roy', funnily enough, which I've been telling a lot of my friends to do this morning."

SPORTbible have reached out to Sky Sports for comment.

Featured Image Credit: X/adenLFC4life

Topics: Roy Keane, Manchester United, Premier League, Ipswich Town

Jack Kenmare
Jack Kenmare

Jack is a Senior Journalist who enjoys a long read. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of Football Manager wonderkids from 2005 to the present day, and has interviewed a handful of FM's finest, including Freddy Adu, Supat Rungratsamee and Mika Aaritalo.

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