Town legend Paul Mariner has apologised for failing to join Blues boss Roy Keane for a drink after his Plymouth side’s 2-0 victory at Portman Road last Tuesday. On Thursday, Keane hit out at Mariner for missing the traditional post-match meet-up.
Mariner said: "If I’ve offended anyone I apologise. I have the utmost respect for Roy and there is absolutely no way I would intentionally snub him.
"It was my first time back at Ipswich as a manager and I was kept busy in the media suite.
"Then every few yards I kept bumping into people I hadn’t seen in 20 years, including Mr Sheepshanks.
"To cap it all I lost my reading glasses and I was in a bit of a panic about that before they were found and returned to me. Four members of my staff spent about 25 minutes having a drink with Roy’s staff.
"It was unfortunate that I didn’t see Roy afterwards but I look forward to having a drink with him next time.”