Roy Keane rarely mentions his wife Theresa in public, but has admitted she is his 'rock in life', with the pair having been together for over 30 years.
They have five children together - Shannon, Caragh, Aidan, Leah and Alanna. The couple met all the way back in 1992 while Keane was playing for Nottingham Forest, and they later tied the knot at the Church of Our Lady Crowned in his native town of Mayfield, Co. Cork in 1997.
Previously opened up about Theresa during an interview with David Walsh for the Sunday Times in the early 2000s, Keane said: "I don't really mention her in public, but in fairness to her, she has been a rock in my life. Just brilliant. She reads me better than I read myself.
"I wouldn't say Theresa likes every part of the package. She knows I haven't got a halo over my head. Actually, that's what she likes about me. She also knows I am not the nastiest person in the world."
However, Keane did previously reveal that Theresa 'wasn't too pleased' about a comment he made when she asked him about his tattoo choice.
The former Republic of Ireland captain was quoted as saying: “I've got my kids (tattooed) on my right arm: Shannon, Caragh, Aidan and Leah… The wife did ask me why didn't I get hers and I said 'they'll always be my kids but you won't necessarily always be my wife,' which she wasn't too pleased about.”
Keane also previously told how his first date with Theresa did not go well at all, stating that it went "very badly".
He told RTE's Tommy Tiernan Show: "We probably only had one really proper date which wasn't good, really."
Host Tommy questioned, saying: "You mean it didn't go well?
"It went very badly," admitted Keane. "We met, I picked her up, and I'd met her [before] when I had a few drinks so the chat was slightly different.
"We went for a spin and I said, 'Do you fancy going to the pictures?' Because at least at the pictures you can just watch the movie, you don't have to chat too much.
"And she said 'No, I went last night with my friends'.
"So I said, 'Do you want to go for a drink?' She said 'No'.
"I literally drove back to the car, this is all within 10 or 15 minutes. She said, 'What are you doing?'
"I said, 'Well, you don't want to go for a drink, you don't want to go to the pictures, what else can we do?'
"She got out [of the car] and I said, 'Might see you next week' and she said 'I don't think so' and slammed the door. That was my first date."
The 53-year-old then left the members of the audience in fits of laughter as he finished the story, saying: "And we're still married."
In his memoir, Keane revealed that despite his illustrious football career, his true joy lies in spending quality time with his loved ones.
Reflecting on Manchester United's 1999 Champions League win, he confessed that he yearned to return home to his wife Theresa and their children.
The former Sunderland boss humorously recalled how he had envisioned a post-retirement life filled with family outings and bonding, much like the fictional Walton family.
However, his family had other plans, and after a mere two months, they encouraged him to return to work. Keane shared: "My plan when I first stopped was, we're going to go on some family trips, we're going to be like the Waltons.
"We're all going to spend time together, go walk in the park, and after a month or two, they didn't have the same plan as me, so I think they were kind of missing me going to work.
"I got offered the job at Sunderland, and I was away on a family holiday and my family were looking at me... not saying it directly but going we kind of enjoy your company but not too much of it so when the job came back up they were saying you should go for it."
