Like Manchester United, The Overlap podcast would not have become the superforce it is now without the influence of Roy Keane.
Gary Neville is swiftly becoming public enemy No 1, whether it is down to his political stance that has attracted wider and sometimes unsavoury vitriol, or the unrelenting negativity, especially in match commentary, about his boyhood club that has even turned United’s own supporters against him.
Ian Wright, Jamie Carragher and Jill Scott were always going to fail to get their voices heard among the United-heavy focus and background of famous Overlap guests. Keane, however, whenever he stands on the soapbox, has an often three-million-plus audience taking note.
One of the greatest ever to do it is in a unique position of power, and his “it was never like this in my day” trope has therefore stood the test of time and become his calling card.
A generation of United supporters, who have an unerring penchant for nostalgia more than most, have been unanimous in agreement with Keane’s criticisms, listening in while their Instagram algorithm throws up reruns of that famous night in Turin.
