Michael Keane (footballer, born 1993) Michael Keane (footballer, born 1993) Michael Vincent Keane (born 11 January 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Everton and the English national team. He began his career at Manchester United and was named as their Reserves Player of the Year in 2012, but was loaned out several times, latterly to Burnley who signed him on a permanent basis in January 2015. He was part of their team which won the 2015–16 Football League Championship prior to his transfer to Everton in 2017. Keane has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-17 and under-19
David Sharpe (football club chairman) David Sharpe (football club chairman) David Sharpe (born 11 May 1991) has been the chairman of English football club Wigan Athletic since March 2015. Sharpe was born in Wigan. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and then studied business at Oxford Brookes University. Sharpe's grandfather Dave Whelan took control of Wigan Athletic in February 1995, when the club was in the Football League Third Division, then the fourth tier of English football. The club finished fourth from bottom in 1993-94, under threat of relegation to the non-league Football Conference. Under Whelan, the club was promoted several times, reaching the Premier