Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane went to the Super Bowl together; Twitter cannot cope

Mon, 08 Feb, 2016 - 10:22

Grainne McGuinness

Ah Superbowl Sunday - the annual day when thousands of people around the world pretend to know and care about American football.

Genuine fans grit their teeth while bandwagon-jumpers ask inane questions and wait for the halftime show.

Martin O'Neill drops into the studio to tell everyone that Roy Keane is knocking around too #random #sb50 #coybig pic.twitter.com/67ZxdXRok7
— BoyleSports (@BoyleSports) February 7, 2016

There’s always a few random appearances of well-known faces from other sports - last night Ireland football manager Martin O’Neill popped up in the BBC studio.

So far, so normal - but then he revealed assistant manager Roy Keane was there with him.

Reward for qualifying for the Euros?

A trip to the #SuperBowl for @FAIreland's Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane#SB50 pic.twitter.com/q1fuuZo9NL
— NFL UK (@NFLUK) February 8, 2016

WHAT?

Roy Keane and Martin O'Neill at the #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/6U5e2PDaFV
— Gowans (@tootsdeville) February 8, 2016

People struggled, really struggled, with the idea that the managerial pair head off on holiday together.

Missed about 10 minutes of the game thinking about what Roy Keane & Martin O'Neill's holiday to the SuperBowl would be like.
— David McConnell (@David__McC) February 8, 2016

There was lots of speculation as to what Keano would make of the glitz and glamour of the halftime show.

I'd pay good money to whoever is sitting beside Roy Keane if they snapped a picture of his face during the halftime show #superbowl50
— Jamie Costello (@Sledgejammer) February 8, 2016

I reckon Roy Keane has seen enough and is outside trying to flag a taxi down to take him for a pint somewhere. #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
— Lee Hughes (@Mad_Hatter_79) February 8, 2016

Many feared for the innocents in the stadium who didn’t realise that Roy Keane was walking amongst them.

Just a word of caution to those in attendance at the #SuperBowl
Roy Keane is out there in that stadium, somewhere#SB50 just got sinister...
— Alan (@hiscoresboards) February 8, 2016

Martin O'Neill at the half-time show there holding back Roy Keane from knocking out an attendant charging him 20 quid for a hot dog. #SB50
— Gav Murphy (@cymrogav) February 8, 2016

But most got a warm fuzzy feeling at the thoughts of the Republic of Ireland management team enjoying a good bromance.