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| 1951 | Birth |  |
| 14th Feb Doncaster Birh of Joseph Kevin Keegan |
| 1971 | Debut | |
| 14th Feb Liverpool Keegan makes his Liverpool debut against Nottingham Forest at Anfield and scores after just 12 minutes |
| 1973 | FA Cup | |
| Keegan scores two as Liverpool hammer Newcastle United 3-0 |
| 1973 | League Championship | |
| Liverpool Kevin Keegan and John Toshack form a prolific goal-scoring partnership which helps Liverpool win their first League championship in seven years as well as the UEFA Cup |
| 1973 | UEFA Cup | |
| Keegan scores twice in the first leg of the final as Liverpool overcome Borussia M”nchengladbach 3-2 on aggregate |
| Kevin Keegan and John Toshack form a prolific goal-scoring partnership which helps Liverpool win their first League championship in seven years as well as the UEFA Cup |
| 1977 | European Cup | |
| Keegan is instrumental in Liverpool's charge towards a double of League championship and European Cup |
| 1977 | League Championship | |
| Keegan is instrumental in Liverpool's charge towards a double of League championship and European Cup |
| 1978 | European Footballer of the Year | |
| Named European Footballer of the Year, 1st time |
| 1978 | Transfer | |
| Hamburg After 323 appearances and exactly 100 goals, Keegan leaves Liverpool & joins Hamburg SV in Germany for ś500,000 |
| 1979 | Bundesliga Championship | |
| Hamburger SV win the Bundesliga title for the first time in its history in the 1978-79 season, with Keegan's unflinching commitment proving decisive |
| 1979 | European Footballer of the Year | |
| Named European Footballer of the Year, 2nd time |
| 1980 | European Championships | |
| Captains England in the 1980 European Championships in Italy |
| 1980 | Transfer | |
| 10th Aug Southampton Lawrie McMenemy calls a press conference at the Potters Heron hotel, Ampfield to announce that the European Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan will be joining Southampton F.C. in the forthcoming summer |
| 1982 | OBE | |
| Awarded the OBE for services to Association Football |
| 1982 | PFA Player of the Year | |
| Keegan is voted the PFA Player of the Year |
| 1982 | Transfer | |
| Newcastle A few days before the start of the 1982-83 season Keegan signs for Second Division Newcastle United for a fee of ś100,000 |
| 1984 | Retirement | |
| Newcastle Keegan announces his retirement prior to the end of the 1984 season |
| 1992 | Manager | |
| Newcastle After eight years of retirement and golf in Spain, Keegan returns to the game as manager of Newcastle United |
| 1997 | Manager | |
| Kevin Keegan is appointed as chief operating officer at Second Division club Fulham & Ray Wilkins as manager |
| 1997 | Resignation | |
| 8th Jan Resigns as manager of Newcastle |
| 1999 | Manager | |
| Wilkins was sacked as manager & Keegan takes over his coaching role |
| Feb Keegan is named the new England coach |
| 1999 | Second Division Champions | |
| Wins the Second Division in a record-breaking season |
| 2000 | European Championship | |
| Comes under fire for tactical naivety, comes to a head during the unsuccessful Euro 2000 campaign, as England beat Germany, but lost 3-2 to both Romania and Portugal |
| 2000 | Resignation | |
| 1st Oct Keegan resigned as England coach after England lost to a Dietmar Hamann goal for Germany in their first World Cup qualifier in the last game to be played at Wembley Stadium before its demolition and reconstruction |
| 2001 | Manager | |
| 24th May Appointed manager of first division Manchester City |
| 2002 | English Football Hall of Fame | |
| Made an Inaugural Inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his impact on the English game as both a player and manager |
| 2005 | Retirement | |
| 10th Mar Keegan quits as manager and decides to retire from football |
| 2006 | Poll | |
| Voted in at No.8 in the Liverpool F.C. poll of over 110,000 Liverpool fans, 100 Players Who Shook The Kop |
