10 of the biggest fights on the football pitch

#7 Alan Pardew and David Meyler

Pardew’s headbutt on Meyler saw him handed hefty fines by both the FA and Newcastle

While it is incredibly unlikely to see teammates get into fights with one another, a manager getting into a fight with an opposition player is arguably unlikelier. The former West Ham, Newcastle and Crystal Palace boss has been involved in his fair share of controversy; from claiming he couldn’t be racist because his wife was Spanish to calling Manuel Pellegrini ‘a f**king old c***.’

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Pardew, however, managed to outdo himself during a Newcastle vs Hull City match in 2014. With the Magpies 3-1 up in the 70^th minute, the game was all but over. But when Hull City’s David Meyler bumped into Pardew while retrieving the ball for a throw-in, Pardew responded angrily and gave Meyler a headbutt.

He received a 3 match stadium ban, a 4 match touchline ban, was fined 60,000 pounds by the FA and 100,000 pounds by Newcastle for his troubles.