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'My family were Arsenal fans, but I supported Liverpool and Kevin Keegan was my hero – I later told him he was my inspiration and he replied, "I get that a lot"': Gunners legend and ex-Everton defender reveals childhood fandom

7 Oct 2000: England manager Kevin Keegan and Martin Keown at the last game at Wembley during the match between England and Germany in the European Group Nine World Cup Qualifier at Wembley Stadium, London. Mandatory Credit: Phil Cole/ALLSPORT Kevin Keegan.

Arsenal legend Martin Keown reveals that, while his family all supported the Gunners when he was growing up, he preferred watching Liverpool due to his obsession with Kevin Keegan.

Though born and raised in Oxford, Keown joined Arsenal as a teenager in 1980 on schoolboy forms before eventually working his way into the first team. He left for Aston Villa in 1986 before joining Everton in 1989, the rivals of the club he supported as a kid.

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