Career
He was also in the Celtic youth team but never played a first-team game for them. When playing for Dumfries club, Queen of the South, McKeown was part of the side that made it to the 1997 Scottish Challenge Cup final playing alongside Jamie McAllister, Andy Aitken, Jim Thomson, and man of the match Tommy Bryce. In 2001, he was the subject of a book published by Mainstream Publishing entitled "Don"t Give Up the Day Job: A Year in the Life a Participant-time Football player" written by Bill Leckie, which gave an insight into the difficulties of juggling work commitments and family life, whilst playing as a part-time professional football player for Queen of the South F.C. in the Scottish League.
This was his second stint with the Palmerston Park club
His playing career effectively came to an end after sustaining a broken leg in a pre-season game between Barrow AFC and Stenhousemuir F.C. in 2002. He managed Stenhousemuir F.C. from 2004-2006 (during the 2004-2005 season, he was co-manager alongside Tony Smith).
McKeown, who nowadays owns a stationery supply company in the Glasgow area, works part-time as a pundit for British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland and also has a column in the Scottish edition of The Sun newspaper.