Keegan: "I have always felt the same about that. The referee has got to get on with it and referee the match, and it is the players' job sometimes to help him a bit more because it is not an easy job.Keegan: Football Should Be Like Rugby And Show More Respect!
Keegan: "I have always felt the same about that. The referee has got to get on with it and referee the match, and it is the players' job sometimes to help him a bit more because it is not an easy job."With the incident in the week, Ashley Cole has come out and apologised - had he not done that, a lot of people would have been very, very disappointed with him.
"But he has been big enough to do that, he has accepted he was wrong and he has said sorry in the only way he can.
"You have to respect that, and maybe that could be seen as a turning point because certainly, nobody likes to see referees being treated with disrespect.
"The rugby world is where you would like to think it could get in football. It never has quite got there at the moment.
"That is a challenge for the PFA, for the FA and for all the players and all of us in the game - how can we all help because for kids watching that, it is not great.
"Maybe that incident will draw a line under it and maybe they can look at it in the close season and come up with something that stops that happening and just gives referees a little bit more to hang on to, because it is a tough job."