Premier League legends Robbie Keane and Damien Duff take to the pitch to play against the Irish Amputee Football team
The former Republic of Ireland internationals played in the challenge match at the National Training Centre in Dublin
PREMIER LEAGUE legend Robbie Keane was back in action of the football pitch yesterday... Sporting crutches.
But the Tottenham legend, 36 - now playing for MLS side Los Angeles Galaxy - is not injured, he was in fact turning out for the Irish amputee football side.
Ex-Leeds ace Keane was joined by Irish Amputee Football Association ambassador Damien Duff and Irish Under-21 boss Noel King for the game at the National Training Centre in Abbotstown, Dublin, on Sunday.
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The match is played with metal crutches and without prostheses. Players are not allowed use crutches to advance, control or block the ball.
Keane and Duff were both given a lesson or two by Neil and his skilful team-mates - and looked in good spirits as they got to grips with the sport.
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Amputee Football was first played competitively in America in the 1980s. The US, Great Britain, Russia, Brazil and Uzbekistan were among the first nations to compete internationally.
Today the sport is played by 31 nations, 20 of whom competed at the Amputee Football World Cup in Mexico, in 2014.
Having left the LA Galaxy at the end of the MLS season in November, Keane claimed he is not going to hang up his boots, saying he is after one last challenge.
The Irish ace said: "I still feel as fit and sharp as ever and I am looking forward to my next adventure."
Duff meanwhile hung up his boots in 2015 after a season with Shamrock Rovers, following a successful career at Premier League clubs like Blackburn, Chelsea, Newcastle and Fulham.