Beard Liberation Front
17th June
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Roy Keane will feature in Beard of Summer 2021 poll despite shaving beard
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that football pundit Roy Keane, currently commentating on matches in the European Championships, will feature in the vote for Beard of Summer 2021 despite shaving his beard off on Wednesday.
The vote for Beard of Summer will open at the weekend with the winner announced on 26th June as part of National Beard Week 2021.
The campaigners say that Keane has form on suddenly shaving his beard and was dropped from a poll as long ago as 2013 for precisely that reason.
However there are rules around the matter and on this occasion Keane has not transgressed. He has had a beard during the period covered by the Beard of Summer, which is a quarterly award. Only if he had shaved the beard off while voting was underway would there have been an issue.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said. When Roy Keane’s beard is in its full organic state, it is imposing feature, which adds some gravitas to his punditry. The quarterly beard awards are about capturing those who don’t always have a full-time beard so he will be on the vote for Beard of Summer.
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