Did Mackem Keane Walk Out? Fans Get On His Case!

Keane: "Honestly I have been in football a long, long time and particularly since I have gone to Sunderland there seems to be a story every week about something.

"Where do the stories come from? I honestly haven't got a clue. It is just crazy.

"The answer is obviously no. I am very happy and obviously even happier when we win football matches.

"But these stories that I am not happy or that I am resigning is just nonsense."

QUOTE OF THE WEEK ... FROM A MACKEM ...

We were in Sir Bobby Robson's local last night (Langley Park Cricket Club) and the Mackem supporters bus arrived back from Blackburn.

One lad had a polo shirt with a Mackem club quest alongside a Durham Cricket Club crest, and I couldn't resist asking him "WHY?".

His reply: "Club and county ... they're both from County Durham!"

Oh yeah? "So what about Tyne & Wear?"

He came back with: "That's not a proper county".

SAD MACKEM B******!