Roy Keane was a guest on Tommy Tiernan Show as the hit talk series returned to screens on Saturday night.
Keane, 51, is known for being a notoriously private person but he shared a hilarious anecdote on the show about his first date with his wife, Theresa, that went "very badly".
The former Republic of Ireland captain recalled how he first met Theresa in a club in Nottingham and they later went on a date - that ended after 15 minutes with her slamming the car door.
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Keane said: "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."
Keane then left the audience in stitches of laughter as he finished the story, saying: "And we're still married."
The couple has been married for more than 25 years and share five children together, Shannon, Caragh, Aidan, Leah and Alanna.
The pair met 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.
Roy previously opened about his wife during an interview with David Walsh for the Sunday Times in the early 2000s, saying Theresa is his 'rock'.
He 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."
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