The Sun:
Roy Keane's Manchester United career hit rock bottom last night with a 45-minute reserve-team outing against little Rossendale United.
And his night was made even worse when kick-off was delayed by 40 minutes due to the team bus being caught up in a traffic jam on the way to Rossendale’s Dark Lane ground!
Keane, 33, has been forced to train with United’s reserves after missing out on the club’s Far East tour following a reported bust-up with boss Alex Ferguson.
Fergie has claimed the Irishman was left behind in order to cure a hamstring injury sustained in training three weeks ago.
But while his team-mates were 5,000 miles away in Beijing, Keane was forced to face Rossendale’s £50-a-game part-timers at their tiny ground.
None of Keane’s young team-mates could even claim a first-team appearance between them for Ferguson’s side.
But despite being named as captain for the night, Keane passed the armband to young defender David Fox.
Keane should have opened the scoring when he was put clean through by Colin Heath after just nine minutes, but his strike from 12 yards was kept out by keeper Andrew Robertson. He was put out of his misery at half-time when he was taken off and replaced by Adam Eckersley, 20, before United ran out 7-0 winners.