Tom's the top cat as Keegan seeks alternative to Mickey Mouse team

Apr 03, 2000 11:41AM GMT

IT WOULD seem Kevin Keegan is enlisting the support of every Tom, Dick or Harry after coming to the conclusion he has inherited a Mickey Mouse outfit, otherwise known as the England football team.

Keegan pointed out Walt Disney Attractions European vice-president Tom Allen as the rising star of the game during a visit to the theme park, which Backchat reported on last week (Travel Weekly October 18).

This is the first photographic evidence that Allen is indeed being given a big hand by the England boss.

Backchat reckons Allen's selection is about as likely as England ever winning a penalty shoot-out or Wolverhampton Wanderers climbing out of the first division in the next decade.