Mike Keen

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Mike Keen
Full name	Michael Thomas Keen
Date of birth	March 19, 1940 (1940-03-19) (age 68)
Place of birth	High Wycombe, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1959–1969 1969–1972 1972–1975	Queens Park Rangers Luton Town Watford	393 (39) 144 (11) 126 0(5)
Teams managed
1973–1977 1980–1984	Watford Wycombe Wanderers
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Mike Keen (born 19 March 1940 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) is an English former footballer who played during the 1960s and 1970s. He is the father of former West Ham United and Stoke City player Kevin Keen.

Keen started his career at Queens Park Rangers, making his debut in 1959 against York City. He went on to play 393 league games and scored 39 goals for the club.

Keen was the captain of the QPR side that won the League Cup and Third Division Championship in 1966–67. He captained the FA tour of Australia in 1971. He scored 6 goals as they were won all of their 9 games, 2 against Australia and 7 against state sides. He later played for Luton Town and Watford.

He was appointed player-manager of Watford in 1973. He was sacked in 1977 shortly before a home game with Huddersfield Town, but was on the touchline during the game, which Watford won 2–0 despite having two players sent off.

He later moved into full-time management with his hometown club, Wycombe Wanderers, managing them between 1980 and 1984.

[edit] Managerial positions

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Watford F.C. – Managers

Goodall (1903–10) • Kent (1910–26) • Pagnam (1926–29) • McBain (1929–37) • Findlay (1938–47) • Bray (1947–48) • Hapgood (1948–50) • Gray (1950–51) • Green (1951–52) • Goulden (1952–55) • Paton (1955–56) • Goulden (1956) • McBain (1956–59) • Burgess (1959–63) • McGarry (1963–64) • Furphy (1964–71) • Kirby (1971–73) • Keen (1973–77) • Taylor (1977–87) • Bassett (1987–88) • Harrison (1988–90) • Lee (1990) • Perryman (1990–93) • Roeder (1993–96) • Taylor (1996) • Jackett (1996–97) • Taylor (1996–2001) • Vialli (2001–02) • Lewington (2002–05) • Boothroyd (2005–)

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Northampton Town F.C. – Managers

Jones (1897–1907) • Chapman (1907–12) • Bull (1912–13) • Lessons (1913–19) • Hewison (1920–25) • Tresadern (1925–30) • English (1931–35) • Puddefoot (1935–37) • Cresswell (1937–39) • Smith (1939–49) • Dennison (1949–54) • Smith (1954–59) • Bowen (1959–67) • Marchi (1967–68) • Flowers (1968–69) • Bowen (1969–72) • Baxter (1972–73) • Dodgin, Jr. (1973–76) • Crerand (1976–77) • Petts (1977–78) • Dodgin, Jr. (1977) • Bowen (1978) • Keen (1978–79) • Walker (1979–80) • Dodgin, Jr. (1980–82) • Walker (1982–84) • Barton (1984–85) • Carr (1985–90) • Foley (1990–92) • Chard (1992–93) • Barnwell (1993–94) • Atkins (1995–99) • Broadhurst (1999) • Wilson (1999–2001) • Broadhurst (2001–03) • Fenwick (2003) • Wilkinson (2003) • Hill (2003) • Calderwood (2003–06) • Gorman (2006) • Barron and Sampson (2006–07) • Gray (2007–)

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Wycombe Wanderers F.C. – Managers

McCormick (1951–52) • Cann (1952–61) • McDonald (1961) • G. Adams (1961–62) • Welsh (1962–64) • Darvill (1964–68) • Lee (1968–76) • Powell (1976–77) • Reardon (1977–78) • Williams (1978–80) • Keen (1980–84) • Bence (1984–86) • Gane (1986–87) • Suddaby (1987–88) • Kelman (1988–90) • O'Neill (1990–95) • Smith (1995–96) • Gregory (1996–98) • Smillie (1998–99) • Sanchez (1999–2003) • T. Adams (2003–04) • Gorman (2004–06) • Lambert (2006–08) • Taylor (2008–)