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The Overlap On Tour: release date, destinations, what happens in the series based on Gary Neville’s YouTube podcast

The Overlap On Tour sees ex international footballers Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane in Ireland, Manchester, Liverpool and London.

The Overlap On Tour sees former international footballers Jamie Carragher, Gary Neville and Roy Keane, who had hugely successful careers on the pitch, get together for a trip around the UK and Ireland. The three stars are now taking Gary Neville’s YouTube podcast series The Overlap on tour and revisiting the cities that shaped them as individuals and top flight players. 

As part of The Overlap Live Arena Tour the trio, who are now all pundits on the game, will head to Ireland, London, Manchester and Liverpool to visit their boyhood clubs, take in some iconic venues and throw themselves into challenges, such as abseiling in Liverpool and refereeing a Sunday League Game. They will catch up with celebrity pals, including John Barnes and Stuart Pearce, and show one another around the places that mean the most to them. 

Here’s everything you need to know about The Overlap On Tour ….

The Overlap On Tour release date 

The Overlap On Tour launches on Sky Max and Sky Showcase from Wednesday June 14 at 9pm. New episodes will air weekly.

Is there a trailer for The Overlap On Tour?

There's no official trailer The Overlap On Tour from Sky yet but you can watch YouTube clips of the three footballers talking for The Overlap Live Tour. Take a look at their London leg below...

What happens in The Overlap on Tour

The Overlap on Tour sees former England and Manchester United footballer Gary Neville taking his YouTube sports podcast The Overlap to venues around Britain and Ireland. As part of that, the Overlap On Tour sees him hook up with his former Man Utd team mate and Republic of Ireland star Roy Keane and England and Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher to take trips down memory lane, visiting the places that meant the most to them throughout their careers. They will take in the most popular tourist attractions in four cities, visit grassroots clubs and throw themselves into local life. 

The Overlap On Tour episode guide

Here's our brief guide to The Overlap On Tour

Episode 1: Ireland In the first episode Roy Keane takes Gary and Jamie around his homeland before they take to the stage in Dublin. They visit his childhood clubs Rockmount AFC and Cobh Ramblers and take a trip to his hometown. They meet some sporting legends, kiss the legendary Blarney Stone and try their hands at hurling. 

Episode 2: London Before the trio get on stage at the OVO Wembley Arena, they referee a Sunday League match in Hackney Marshes. They take a tour of the capital in a black cab, visit the National Galley and go for pie and mash with England legend Stuart Pearce.  

Episode 3: Liverpool  Jamie takes Gary and Roy around his hometown Liverpool, which is enemy territory for the ex Manchester United stars. They visit Anfield for an abseiling challenge before going undercover to give guided tours to Liverpool fans. They check out the world-famous Cavern Club, where the Beatles played, take a ferry across the Mersey and meet up with former England footballer John Barnes and boxer Tony Bellow. They then entertain thousands of fans at the M&S Bank Arena. 

Episode 4: Manchester The trio head to Manchester, where Gary and Roy played for Manchester United. There’s no information available about the episode yet but as soon as we know what the boys get up to in Manchester, we’ll update this page. 

The Overlap On Tour stars — Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Roy Keane

Here's a brief lowdown on the three stars of The Overlap On Tour ...

Gary Neville Gary joined Manchester United as an apprentice in 1994 and played with the club until 2011, winning the league 12 times and Champions League twice. He also played for England, making 85 appearances for his country. Gary had a disastrous stint as manager of Spanish club Valencia from December 2015 to March 2016, where they won only three of their 16 games during his tenure. He now part owns Salford City and has a successful career as a football pundit, working for Sky Sports. He and Jamie Carragher played together for England in Soccer Aid 2022 (see ablve). Gary has spoken more about politics in recent years is a member of the Labour Party.

Roy Keane   Roy also played for Manchester United where he won 19 major trophies. He left in 2005, signing for Celtic where he retired the following year. He was also captain of the Republic of Ireland side but was sent home from the 2002 World Cup after a row with coach Mick McCarthy. Roy managed Sunderland and Ipswich and was the assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national team. He is now a pundit, working on Super Sunday for Sky Sports.  

Jamie Carragher  Defender Jamie played for Liverpool from 1994 to 2013 and won the Champions League with the club. He also has 38 caps for England. After Jamie retired he joined Sky Sports and is still a commentator and pundit. He played with Gary Neville in Soccer Aid 2022 (see pictured above).

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• 08 December 2022

The Overlap goes on Tour!

The overlap live tour.

Thousands of fans have already bagged their tickets for the YouTube sensation’s biggest ever stage show at OVO Arena Wembley on April 5 when football legends Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane will take to the stage.

Now the legendary football trio are delighted to announce three new dates as they take The Overlap Live to their spiritual homes of Manchester and Liverpool as well as a not to be missed show in Dublin.

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Gary Neville’s The Overlap on Tour kicks off with a trip to Roy Keane’s homeland

Roy Keane is known for being a very private man but in Sky’s new show The Overlap on Tour which premiered on Sky Max this week, the football legend welcomes cameras back to his hometown of Cork.

Joined by fellow sporting heroes Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher, Roy offers viewers ‘a little window’ into his life with a whistle-stop tour of Cork that includes visits to his former clubs, the church where he got married and a trip to Blarney Castle to kiss the famous Blarney Stone.

The show is presented in a unique format – a live recording of Gary Neville’s The Overlap on Tour interspersed with snippets of the long-time friends touring the UK and Ireland.

The first episode sets the tone for the series, an interesting mix of personal anecdotes, behind-the-scenes stories, live show highlights, special guest appearances (you don’t want to miss the striking contest with hurling legend TJ Reid in Croke Park!) and trips to locations that hold special meaning in the men’s careers.

For Roy, there’s no place like home as he tells the crowd in Dublin’s 3Arena ‘it’s great to be back in Ireland.’

The Irish leg of the tour sees the trio visit Roy’s beloved Maryfield and his old football haunts Rockmount AFC and Cobh Ramblers.

It’s here the football pundit earned his stripes before moving on to play for Nottingham Forest in the UK.

‘My dream was always to get to England and play professional football,’ he explains. ‘

At 18/19 I got a few breaks. That’s why I never forget the little bit of luck I had along the way.’

‘We all have different paths to get to where we get to and it’s great to come back and see other people’s journeys,’ former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher tells the camera, and that’s exactly why The Overlap on Tour is so charming.

You can watch The Overlap on Tour on Sky Max now.

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Gary Neville is taking The Overlap Live on tour with Roy Keane, Jamie Carragher and more

With more than 64 million views, one billion impressions and over 473,000 subscribers, The Overlap is going on tour.

Gary Neville’s The Overlap has quickly become one of the most popular sports podcasts in the UK and now they’re taking the hit Sky Sports show on the road.

The Overlap Live Tour was announced on Monday, 5 December, revealing four massive live shows across the UK and Ireland in 2023, featuring go-to guests Jamie Carragher, Roy Keane and more.

Due to high demand, a fourth show in Dublin was added to the list of dates which will no doubt please everyone’s favourite irritable Irishman.

The sports discussion podcast and YouTube show gives exclusive insights into some of Britain’s greatest athletes and a behind-the-scenes look at their lives outside of the sporting area.

While Neville and co. have held standalone live shows and fan debates before in the likes of London and Manchester, this is the first official Overlap Tour, with the run ending at O2 Apollo Manchester on 8 June.

Regular host Josh Denzel and Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football presenter Kelly Cates will be joining them on their Overlap Live trip around the UK next year.

Used to heated discussion and no-holds-barred opinions, Gary said: “The reaction to the Wembley show has been brilliant so we are delighted to be able to confirm three new dates… It’s fair to say these will be lively shows and I think all three of us know exactly what we are in for!

“As with the Wembley show we’ll be opening up to questions throughout the night, which we might live to regret, but it should be interesting to say the least – particularly for me and Roy in Liverpool! Seriously though, these will all be great nights – so join us if you like!”

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The Overlap Live 2023 Tour dates are as follows:

• 2 February – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
• 23 March – Dublin, 3Arena
• 5 April – London, OVO Arena Wembley
• 8 June – Manchester, O2 Apollo

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday, December 9, via cuffeandtaylor.com

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Over 33,000 fans welcomed a star-studded lineup of legends to the Theatre of Dreams with Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Paul Scholes all back donning United red in aid of the Manchester United Foundation.

United’s squad were to entertain a Celtic XI featuring Stylian Petrov and former Manchester City man Georgios Samaras. The match ended 1-1 after 90 minutes before the visitors prevailed in a 5-4 win on penalties.

The United legends were on top for large portions of the game, but if ever the men in green and white stripes were up against it, they certainly had a 12th man to boost their motivation.

Here’s what we took away from the wholesome day of charity football.

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Celtic fans travel in force for the united legends game.

The Glaswegian side has followers around the world and the ‘Green Wall’ were in good voice in the away corner of Old Trafford . It was difficult to avoid the shamrock of the hoops on the ride up to the ground, which seemed to be an almost 50/50 colour split on the walk up along Sir Matt Busby Way.

The reason could lie in Manchester’s large Irish community showing support for their second favourite club, behind the Reds, of course.

They were a constant presence until the final whistle, receiving the result they deserved as Darren O’Dea slotted the winning penalty in the shootout – with a compulsory belly slide celebration to boot.

Carrick and Fletcher have still got it

Amidst Man United’s current midfield woes, the match on Saturday confirmed that the partnership of Michael Carrick and Darren Fletcher still works in 2024. The midfield pairing dictated proceedings with their usual calm and control which never left the duo despite being on the wrong side of 40 years old.

As the match went on and the pace of the game gradually diminished, I couldn’t help but wonder whether my Sunday side could give these old boys a game.

A sequence of one-touch passes and neat flicks around the corner between the pair followed by a meandering run into the box by Carrick quickly put all my questions to bed. They are five-time Premier League winners for crying out loud, we’ll just stick to the local park.

🤝 Reuniting with former team-mates ✅ 🏟️ Playing at #OldTrafford ✅ ❤️ Vital funds raised for the Foundation ✅ A memorable day all-round for our #MULegends and #DarrenFletcher on Saturday 🥰🗣️ pic.twitter.com/MZ8b6XOczD — Manchester United Foundation (@MU_Foundation) September 9, 2024

No such thing as a friendly

Even for a charity match, there is no love lost between ex-professionals. Their bodies might be ageing but the passion for a meaty tackle evidently never goes away.

For the Reds, Phil Bardsley and Fletcher couldn’t help but get stuck in whilst Celtic’s Joe Ledley and Charlie Mulgrew were the main culprits to never shirk a 50/50.

The Celtic boys were flying in around the box, which helped give us the moment of the game – a Wayne Rooney free-kick into the top corner from 25 yards. Textbook.

Rooney never lets you down

If it was ever in doubt, Wazza’s class is permanent. He may be a far cry from the 18-year-old who would go on to score over 250 goals for the Red Devils but he rolled back the years with a pearler of a strike.

After a previous attempt from a dead ball which struck the wall, the former England man obliged with his next attempt. He was hardly going to let the Old Trafford faithful leave without another iconic finish.

The goal just before the halftime break drew the entire stadium to its feet, including a rightful applause from the travelling support. The second biggest roar came during his departing substitution for Paul Scholes – a fitting tribute to mark the return of arguably United’s best ever.

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More than just a game

With the first team action on hold due to the international break, this was the perfect replacement of footballing action for an unbelievable cause.

The match against Celtic generated almost £1 million in revenue, which will help to support the Manchester United Foundation’s work with young people in Greater Manchester and other outreach areas in the UK.

United Foundation Chief Executive John Shiels said: “We’d like to thank our fantastic team of legends for playing so brilliantly in the name of charity.”

“We are incredibly thankful to Manchester United fans for supporting our work all year round, but especially so today, when the price of their ticket goes back into our work supporting young people.”

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The United vs Celtic Legends game was just the latest in the club’s regular programme of exhibition matches for a good cause among a variety of other annual fundraising activities.

The Foundation delivers community outreach and educational programmes to encourage young people to make more positive life choices across the 10 boroughs all year round.

What better way to connect to our community than through the beautiful game?

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You do not need to wait for January to get your body moving again – there’s no time like the present.

The trick to sticking with your health kick is often to find the right routine for you, and when it comes to exercise, finding the gym that will make you feel supported as well as pushed physically is key.

There’s no shortage of brilliant gyms here in Manchester , from the do-it-yourself commercial gyms to the fitness facilities manned by highly-qualified trainers who will guide you every step of the way.

Whether you’re a fancy girl who needs fancy facilities to coax you into the gym, or you’d rather get your head down and save some cash, we’ve got you covered.

Here are 11 of the best to try in 2024 – and how much it’ll cost you.

Ultimate Performance – prices are bespoke and available on request

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Ready to transform your body or lay the foundations for lifelong health, and feeling pretty serious about it?

Ultimate Performance is the gym in Manchester to join if you want to stick to your plan and achieve whatever goals you set yourself, from fat loss to muscle building to general health, with some of the world’s best personal trainers coaching from here.

The transformation photos of previous and current U.P clients speak for themselves – you will get results here.

You can find out more or enquire here .

Barry’s Bootcamp – up to £308/month (for unlimited)

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Barry’s is the gym loved by all the famous LA-dwelling beautiful types, and first opened here in Manchester in 2018.

Workouts take place in the ‘red room’, where rows of benches, dumbbells and treadmills promise a total body workout.

It’s now a global phenomenon, with gyms everywhere from the USA to the UAE to Australia to Mexico.

It ain’t cheap though – memberships start at £125 per month, which gets you eight classes, or you can book a drop-in class for £20. The most expensive membership will set you back £308. Check out all the offers here .

Blok – £205/month for unlimited

This gym is genuinely very beautiful, taking over a corner of the historic Ducie Street Warehouse.

It’s another one with three different studios to choose from – you can do pilates and yoga, take on full-body strength-focused or boxing workouts, or try out barre and cardio exercises.

There are top-notch changing rooms for getting refreshed in afterwards too.

Unlimited membership is £205 a month, but if you’re happy to commit to a set number of classes there are cheaper packs available too. Check it out here .

Form – £168/month

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You will not find a nicer or more supportive group of trainers than the ones who work at Form – you also won’t find any who take away your ability to walk up stairs quite so efficiently.

As well as one-to-one training, they offer their ‘reload’ programme with small groups training together at their New Bailey Street gym, and the best pilates and yoga classes in town at their Reset gym on Marble Street.

Form promises a longterm change to your life – this is no flash-in-the-pan fitness phase.

Memberships start from £168 a month and we promise you get a lot of bang for your buck. Find out more at formmcr.com .

F45 – £165/month

First created in Australia, there are now more than 1,000 F45 studios all over the world, creating what it claims is the most innovative fitness gym on the planet.

Each 45 minute session blends cardio and HIIT-style workouts for ‘sweat-dripping, heart-pumping fun’.

The circuits in the Manchester gyms will kick your ass, in a good way.

It’s £165 a month if you commit to six months, otherwise you’re looking at £195 a month – check it out here .

Zeno Training Clubs – £99/month

With four different fitness studios to choose from, Zeno (formerly known as Hero) offers a little something for everyone.

You can seriously test your cardio in their spin studio or in the Athletic studio (where you can also take on boxing classes), push your strength in the Stronger studio (which are basically like small group PT sessions), or reset a bit in the Rejuvenate studio. There’s also an open gym upstairs.

Zeno has some of the best facilities in the city – seriously, there are more squat racks in here than in some of the biggest commercial gyms – and a bloody lovely group of trainers to guide your every move.

Memberships start from £99 a month, and there are class bundles available too. Find out more at herotrainingclubs.com .

TRIB3 – £79/month

This ‘next-level fitness studio’ follows a pretty similar modal to V1BE, but factors in assault bikes (ouch) and has classes with a more tailored focus.

There are three different TRIB3 classes to choose from – upper body and core, lower body, and full body – broken down into three zones of treadmill, resistance and intensity.

It’s proving to be a very popular option for Mancs.

Unlimited memberships are £79/month but there are loads of other options too. Find out more at trib3.co.uk .

V1BE – £59/month

It’s all about the cardio at V1BE, Manchester’s boutique gym group that will literally display your heart rate on a giant screen for all to see.

Most workouts are spread between sprint sessions on the treadmills and weighted circuits on the floor, but they also have STR1KE classes that factor in some intense boxing drills.

You will be sweaty, you will get competitive with yourself, and you’ll definitely love it (once the hill sprints are over).

Membership starts from £59 a month (that’s for open gym access and six classes), or you can go all-in for £79 a month. Find out more here .

Nuffield Health – £51/month

What makes Nuffield Health so extraordinary of all the gyms in Manchester is that is has a real life swimming pool, which is quite a luxury in a city centre as crammed as ours.

The gym has an army of treadmills and bikes, plus a functional fitness room, a free weights room, and several different studios.

There are also physiotherapists and personal trainers based here to help you build the healthiest body possible.

It’s £51 per month, or you can go off-peak for £43 a month. Sign up at nuffieldhealth.com/gyms/manchester-printworks

JD Gyms – £19.99/month

With a rapidly-growing number of gyms nationwide, it’s easy to see why JD Gyms are becoming more and more popular – and it’s got a lot to do with the price.

Their gym in Manchester city centre has more than 300 classes a month, a sauna, and literally hundreds of pieces of strength and cardio equipment.

There’s a large free weights zone, a sprint and sled track, bootcamps, boxing, and personal trainers.

Basic membership is £19.99 a month, which includes classes, but for £25 a month you can also get 10% off at JD Sports online and use any of their gyms nationwide – find out more here .

PureGym – £12.99/month

Oh well all know PureGym, let’s be honest.

As one of the country’s biggest gym groups, they’re famed for being cheap and practical, with 24-hour opening times.

Facilities are very good for the price and there are four PureGym gyms in Manchester city centre alone. You just have to get used to their weirdly futuristic beam-me-up-Scotty entrance vestibules.

You can get a membership from just £12.99 – find out more at puregym.com/city/manchester .

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Since launching in April 2021, Gary Neville’s The Overlap has topped an astonishing 64 million views, one billion impressions and now boasts473,000 subscribers. The channel features exclusive interviews with some of world sport’s biggest stars who talk openly about the highs and lows of their careers, the triumphs and challenges of reaching the top of elite sport as well as sharing many hilarious anecdotes. The Overlap’s live ‘Fan Debates’ have quickly become the stuff of legend as supporters get to put Gary, Jamie and Roy –together with a host of special guests –on the spot.

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For 15 years, Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville were fierce rivals, figureheads of the long-standing enmity between Liverpool and Manchester United. These days, they’re going abseiling and skydiving together.

The punditry pair have been working alongside each other on Sky Sports for some time now, first linking up for the 2013-14 season - their double act has been so successful that it’s spawned The Overlap On Tour, an expanded version of Neville’s Overlap show, where the former England full-back interviews star names.

In a new four-part series, which begins on Sky Max at 9pm tonight (Wednesday, June 14), Neville and Carragher are joined by fellow Sky pundit Roy Keane as they head to Dublin, London, Liverpool and Manchester for shows at packed arenas.

The weekly episodes also feature the trio visiting the places where each grew up - in an entertaining first programme, they head to Keane’s boyhood clubs Rockmount and Cobh Ramblers, as well as making the trip to kiss Ireland’s famous Blarney Stone and learning how to play hurling at Croke Park, with mixed success.

In later episodes, they have a go at becoming a referee on Hackney Marshes (with help from Mike Dean), abseil at Anfield and even jump out of a plane. It’s all a far cry from the days when they were at each other’s throats on the pitch for their respective clubs.

“If you’d said to me 10 years ago I’d be going on tour with Jamie Carragher, I’d have said ‘You’re f**king mad’,” Neville jokes, prompting laughter from his former rival, as both chat to FourFourTwo . “But things evolve. The camaraderie between all of us is the strongest part of the show.

“The live shows have been amazing - the idea for those came from us, but it was Sky who wanted the road trip element of it and it’s worked really well, with nostalgic moments visiting where we grew up and other different challenges, which have made it exciting.”

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The arena shows have already been a big hit with live audiences - Neville’s presence at the Liverpool show and Carragher’s appearance in Manchester adding spice to the occasion. “Going into each other’s patch brings something to the atmosphere straight away,” Carragher smiles. “It’s good cop, bad cop - I’m the bad cop in Manchester, Gary and Roy get all the cheers.

“We’ve just been filming the last episode - we went to Gary’s home town Bury, after going to Roy’s in Cork before that, seeing their family members, friends and where they grew up, things I hadn’t seen before.

“We’ve also gone out of our comfort zone - skydiving, not things I’d ever have done before I did this show. It was a bit terrifying, but I’m sure it’ll make good TV!”

As will the abseiling at Anfield. “That was brilliant, one of the best moments of my life,” Neville chuckles. “I don’t like heights and I’d never done anything like that. Before we did it, I was terrified.”

“Basically, he wasn’t as terrified as me though!” Carragher says.

“He bottled it at the top and wouldn’t go down!” Neville laughs. “So I went down and just started screaming. It was so enjoyable.”

Given that he was a Manchester United treble winner, abseiling at Anfield, was he paranoid that someone might cut his rope? “There’s always that…” Neville laughs. “I was a bit more fearful though that the parachute wouldn’t open going out of the plane when we went skydiving!”

An afternoon refereeing on Hackney Marshes was rather less fear-inducing, thankfully. “Carra was the best at it, according to Mike Dean - but Mike Dean’s from the Wirral, by the way…” Neville smiles.

“I think I enjoyed it more than the others and maybe was a little bit fitter than the others - I think that helped me get the nod off Mike Dean,” Carragher laughs. “But it was helpful as well for our roles on TV, to understand what officials go through, the communications between each other to get to decisions. We learned a lot.”

Neville has interviewed a long list of people for The Overlap since it began in 2021, including David Beckham, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. “I’ve interviewed Vincent Kompany recently too and enjoyed that - I’d spoken to him before of course, but it was really interesting to listen to him now in his post-football career,” the former Manchester United defender says. “There are quite a few people I’d still like to interview - we’re going to have a quieter summer, we’re ready for a break, but then we’ll go hard again for the start of the season.”

* There will be more from Carragher and Neville on nearly a decade together at Sky, and their thoughts on Liverpool and Manchester United ahead of the 2023/24 Premier League campaign, in the season preview issue of FourFourTwo .

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Roy Keane to bring The Overlap to Dublin with Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher

'The Overlap', the YouTube channel that discusses the most topical sporting issues, is coming to the 3Arena for its first Irish live show ever in 2023.

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'The Overlap is coming to the 3Arena Dublin for its first ever gig in Ireland next March, where Roy Keane and others will talk about the most current topics in the world of sport.

Hosted by Gary Neville, 'The Overlap' YouTube channel was set up last year and already has over 473,000 subscribers, as the channel hosts discussions with sporting legends as well as live fan debates. Roy Keane will be joined by Jamie Carragher, as well as host Gary Neville on stage at the 3Arena on the Thursday 23 of March 2023.

The trio will no doubt provide some entertaining heated discussions as these old adversaries go head-to-head. This will be a night "no sports fan will want to miss," and the audience can expect some "insightful opinion, glorious banter and hysterical tales." .

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The channel began with exclusive interviews with the stars of sports, where they discussed the highs and lows of their careers, the reality of reaching the top of their elite sport, as well as sharing some hilarious and inspirational anecdotes. As the channel grew in popularity so did their segment, 'Fan Debate's' where supporters put Roy, Jamie and Gary, as well as special guests in the hot seat.

Presenters Kelly Cates and Josh Denzel will keep the boys on their toes on the night. Tickets are €41.05 and go on sale this Friday December 9 at 10am from www.ticketmaster.ie

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Ian Wright tells Roy Keane of his ‘amazing’ experience of playing alongside one ‘unbelievable’ Man Utd legend, he was in awe

Arsenal hero Ian Wright opened up to Sky Sports pundit Roy Keane about playing alongside one “unbelievable” and “amazing” Manchester United legend in his career.

Ian Wright had a remarkable playing career at club level and lifted a Premier League title, a European Cup Winners’ Cup, two FA Cups and a League Cup with Arsenal.

The 60-year-old former Arsenal striker made 281 appearances for the Gunners and netted an impressive 180 times during his spell at the club in the 1990s.

Despite his successful club career, footballer-turned-pundit Wright saw his playing time limited with England on the international stage.

Wright, who made his England debut under Graham Taylor in 1991, only managed 33 appearances for the Three Lions and scored nine times for his country.

The former Crystal Palace and Gunners star was even brutally snubbed by former England manager Terry Venables for Euro 96.

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Ian Wright played in World Cup and European Championship qualifiers for England, but the Arsenal legend missed out on major tournaments for the Three Lions.

Despite his lack of opportunities for England, the former Crystal Palace and Arsenal striker shared fond memories with one Manchester United legend in a B team match.

Wright appeared in The Overlap ’s latest video alongside Roy Keane , Gary Neville , and Jamie Carragher during the YouTube channel’s tour in Turin, Italy.

The ex-Three Lions international was sat in the back of the car with United legend Keane and shared his experience of playing for England B at times.

Wright admitted to Keane that he deeply enjoyed one England B match that he played in his career after sharing the pitch with the United legend Bryan Robson .

“I played a B game,” he said.

“I played a B game with Bryan Robson [against] Algeria. Nah, it was amazing. It was because Bryan Robson was playing in it with me.

“It was unbelievable. I don’t know if he was coming from injury – we were in Algeria – it was amazing playing with him.”

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Wright on playing against Robson

Bryan Robson remains United’s longest-serving captain in history and had a remarkable playing career at Old Trafford under Sir Alex Ferguson .

Wright crossed paths with the 67-year-old ex-United star when he was at Crystal Palace and scored a late equaliser against the Red Devils in a 1-1 draw in 1989.

Speaking to FourFourTwo in 2016, he said: “After winning promotion, we played Manchester United at home in the old First Division.

“They had the likes of Bryan Robson, Mark Hughes and Paul Ince playing for them. We were losing 1-0 after Robbo had given them the lead, but I equalised in the last few minutes.

“People had been saying: ‘You scored in the Second Division, but can you do it in the top league?’

“When I did it in the first home game of the season against Man United I realised: ‘I’m in the big league.’”

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Keane sends warning to Grealish about Man City situation after England minutes

Roy Keane has warned Jack Grealish that he may “lose that sharpness” unless he increases his game time under Pep Guardiola at Man City.

The former Aston Villa winger was in and out the side last season at the Etihad Stadium with Guardiola only affording him ten starts in the Premier League last term.

England captain Harry Kane scored twice on Tuesday night as he celebrated his 100th appearance for the Three Lions with a Nations League victory over Finland.

Interim boss Lee Carsley’s first match managing at Wembley was as dominant as Saturday’s win by the same scoreline away to the Republic of Ireland .

Grealish scored against the Republic of Ireland and was given a start again by Carsley as he played well again against Finland on Tuesday night – but former Man Utd midfielder Keane insists the England winger needs to be starting more for Man City.

“Biggest thing for Jack is, I definitely think he needs to play regularly at Man City and that’s obviously difficult, the challenges there,” Keane told ITV Sport .

“I think he needs to be sharp. When he’s not playing regularly he does lose that sharpness very quickly. So it’s key he gets games at City.

“Usually when you’re doing well at club level, you’re selected for your international team. So your bread and butter is what you do week-in, week-out at club level, particularly for players like Jack.

“After what’s happened this summer he’s reacted well, scored at the weekend, done well tonight. But looking forward, he has to play a lot more regularly for City.”

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And fellow pundit Ian Wright reckons Grealish, who has started one Premier League match out of three for Man City this season, will be hard to keep out of the England and Citizens sides if he recaptures his “Aston Villa Jack” form.

“He’s trying to be progressive, taking people on, creating things – exactly what you want to see him doing. Getting past people, what we know he’s great at doing,” Wright said.

“We haven’t seen so much of it at City but we’ve seen it in the last couple of games for England.

“And again, it comes down to the opposition but it’s great to see him playing and playing in that style and hopefully it can be enough to force him into his team.

“I’d like to see him playing like he used to play because if he can get back to that Aston Villa Jack then there’s no way anyone can keep him out of that team.”

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Roy Keane Had Some Remarkably Positive Things To Say About Man Utd

Man Utd easily hurdled what could have been a tricky obstacle on Wednesday evening as they hammered CSKA Moscow 4-1 in Russia. Though, their cause was aided by some helpfully poor defending from the home side.

Speaking on ITV's Champions League highlights show, Roy Keane more than agreed with presenter Mark Pougatch that Man Utd are a different side this season.

In fact, Keane believes his old team 'are back'.

Oh, United are back. United now look like they can compete to win the big trophies. Whereas over the last year or two, you're looking at them and thinking, 'They'll win a League Cup' or the so-called lesser trophies. They're back now competing and you'd expect United now to be at the latter stages of the Champions League and certainly winning the Premiership.

Keane also lauded Romelu Lukaku - a player who destroyed Ireland at Euro 2016 - as a £75 million bargain.

He is a good player, at a good age; 24, an international player. He knows the Premiership. I think he was a bargain at £75 million - it was obvious he was going to score goals. He has got off to a good start. A big, strong boy. Speaks well, comes across well and seems like a decent character. His record at Everton was fantastic and clearly, he has gone to a bigger club and better team, who will create so many chances for him, he will get 25-30 goals a season. Advertisement

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So just what is Roy Keane's problem with Liverpool?

Manchester United legend has been very outspoken about Liverpool's apparent shortcomings in the Champions League this season

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He's a Manchester United legend who captained them to seven Premier League titles to help knock Liverpool off their famous "f*****' perch".

But other than that, just what exactly is Roy Keane's problem with Liverpool?

The former United skipper now combines his duties as Republic of Ireland assistant with a Champions League punditry role for ITV, and has not been shy of laying into Jurgen Klopp's Reds at every turn this season.

Liverpool booked their place in the last 16 of Europe's premier competition on Wednesday with a 7-0 blitzing of Spartak Moscow .

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Philippe Coutinho scored his first-ever Liverpool hat-trick, while Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah also got in on the act alongside a brace from Sadio Mane.

Limited opposition? Possibly, but this was a Spartak team who had beaten Sevilla 5-1 earlier in the group stage and still had a chance of qualification heading into the final round of fixtures.

It was quite simply a stunning display of attacking football from Klopp's Reds, in particular their four goalscorers.

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They finished the group stage as the highest scorers, with 23 - five more than they managed when they won the tournament in 2005 - but Keane was unimpressed .

"We keep repeating ourselves, the big tests are yet to come," sneered the Irishman. "Clearly they’re beating these so called lesser teams, it’s the same in the Premier League.

"They wouldn’t get that time and space against a decent team.

"Tonight they were enjoyable to watch, and if you give quality players time like that on the ball, they are going to punish you.

"But the reality is, if they’re playing a top team in Europe, they won’t get that time and space. They won’t get those opportunities."

It isn't the first time curmudgeon Keane has neglected to dish out even a smidgen of praise for Klopp's free-scoring side.

Keane had earlier proven himself as a hard man to please after watching Liverpool see off Maribor 3-0 at Anfield.

He said: "It's hard to get excited about them. To me, they are going nowhere fast."

The former Sunderland boss then proceeded to paraphrase a famous Bill Shankly quip about closing the curtains if Everton were playing in his garden.

"If Liverpool were playing out in my back garden, I wouldn't watch them," he added. "They're just drifting. Drifting nowhere."

Some indictment for a team who had just won 3-0. Original too...

Contrast those views with his take on former club United after watching them book their own place in the knockout stages.

"For my mind, they are in with a chance," said Keane.

"I think they are going along nicely and it's tough in Manchester at the moment with what City at doing.

"They have got them at the moment and I think United need to show them they are top dogs but they have great options going forward, they have got pace in the team and they will be a threat in the competition, of course they are."

Liverpool scored 11 goals more than United throughout the group stages - nearly twice as many as the 12 their fierce rivals managed.

Their goal difference was plus eight on the Red Devils, who were competing in Group A alongside FC Basel, CSKA Moscow and Benfica.

And Keane's wildly contrasting opinions on the two sides hasn't gone unnoticed by Liverpool fans, it seems...

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Roy Keane makes prediction over Casemiro's Man Utd future and identifies Ten Hag mistake

Roy Keane is confident Casemiro will stay on at Manchester United despite his worrying form and believes Erik ten Hag made an error hauling the midfielder off against Liverpool.

Casemiro endured a tough end to last season amid United’s defensive injury woes, with the Brazilian forced to fill in as a makeshift centre-back in the absence of Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez, Raphael Varane and Victor Lindelof.

The 32-year-old will have been desperate to prove his doubters wrong with a strong start to the 2024/25 campaign but he produced a horror-show display as United were swept aside by Liverpool on Sunday.

A clinical brace from  Luis Diaz  gave Liverpool a healthy two-goal advantage inside 42 minutes and Casemiro was largely to blame for both strikes, twice punished for giving away possession at Old Trafford.

Ten Hag decided to replace Casemiro with academy graduate Toby Collyer at the halfway stage but the substitution made little difference, with Mohamed Salah putting the visitors out of sight with an unanswered third in the 56th minute.

Footage soon began to circulate which appeared to show Casemiro leaving the the Theatre of Dreams before the final whistle had been blown, though  Erik ten Hag insisted this was not the case when he faced the media .

It appears unlikely the five-time Champions League winner will continue his run in Ten Hag’s starting XI against Southampton when the Premier League resumes after the international break.

There has even been speculation that Casemiro could be set for a loan move to Galatasaray before the Super Lig’s transfer deadline on September 13, with talks reportedly ongoing between the two clubs .

However, legendary former United captain Keane is reluctant to write Casemiro off just yet and feels Ten Hag should try playing the Brazil international in a more advanced position.

‘I think he will [play again]. Where else is he going to go, unless something is done in the next week? He’ll definitely be here until January,’ Keane said on The Overlap .

‘The one thing I would say… he had a difficult first half, obviously, but he played in the Community Shield, done okay, played against Fulham, done okay.

‘They should have beaten Brighton, Manchester City had half a team, I get it. But I wouldn’t be writing players off at that age.

‘We’re saying 31, 32… what happens, I’ve been there, when you get to that age and he had an unbelievably poor game which he did in the first half… everyone’s quick, as if none of us had a bad game when we were twenty two.

‘Everyone’s says, “Your legs are gone”, and you’re going, “Actually, my legs were gone a few years ago!”.’

The former Republic of Ireland international added: ‘I wouldn’t be writing him off yet.

‘Maybe his role in the team if he gets back in, gets a couple of games under his belt, might be higher up the pitch.

‘The first thing we always say is that he can’t get around the pitch but when you see him going forward he does have an eye for a pass and set-pieces, how many times do you see him get his head on it?

‘Will Casemiro get Man United back to competing with Man City? Of course not. But the deal is done, he’s at the club.’

Keane would have liked to have seen Casemiro given the chance to atone for his mistakes by staying on the pitch for the second half against Liverpool.

‘When he got taken off at half-time, I wouldn’t go as far as saying I feel sorry for him. Listen, he’s an experienced professional, he’s on a good deal, suck it up a little bit,’ he continued.

‘But when you make mistakes as a player, I bet he’s looking around going, “Lads…”.

‘I would have left him on. You bring on a young player and sometimes managers do that. They bring on a young player, a bit of PR, and this kid will probably be a decent player but when he comes on, he’s come on to a difficult situation at Old Trafford.

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‘It’s not because of what he’s done previously, I still think there’s enough there that he could maybe give something to Man United.

‘But the problem is that they’re still so far behind City, Arsenal and, on the evidence of the weekend, of course there is Liverpool.’

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