McCarthy and Keane make peace

Tranmere second in One

Fergie dismisses Kenyon’s ‘biggest club’ claim

—– Warm handshakes before and after Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Championship game with Sunderland demonstrate Mick McCarthy insistence that his personal differences with Roy Keane were “dead and buried”.
His Wolves team dominate the Molineux clash that was overshadowed by the first meeting of the two managers since their bitter feud in Saipan four years ago which led to Keane leaving McCarthy’s Republic of Ireland World Cup squad.
Jemal Johnson gives Wolves an interval lead but Stephen Elliott’s late strike evens the honours.
McCarthy reflects: “Everybody has been dragging the row out. The media were desperate to see a bad reaction but all you’ve seen is a very good reaction and a terrific match.
“We’re two ultra competitive guys and perhaps we’re an example to others.”
Keane sighs: “It’s all history. The media have made a bigger issue of it than it is. I find it quite boring now. We’ll have a drink later, just like I do with the other managers.”

—– Goals from Chris Greenacre and Steve Davies lift Tranmere Rovers into second place in League One after their 2-0 win against Blackpool at Prenton Park.
Cheltenham Town move from bottom to our of the bottom four with a 2-0 win against fellow starugglers Brentford at Whaddon Road.

—– Ahead of their Sunday Premiership meeting at Old Trafford, Sir Alex Ferguson dismisses Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon’s claim that the London club will overtake Manchester United as the biggest club in the world.
Kenyon has stated that Chelsea are “more dynamic, more relevant” and that “by 2014 we want to be internationally recognised as the number one club.”
Sir Alex retorts: “It’s a nice time to say that stuff but I’m hardly going to tremble about it. How other teams look at these things is their business.
“All I know is that we have a great history and have all these supporters because we entertain. We will not change from that.”