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A brawl between players of the opposing sides is a common sight..
A brawl between opposing players and fans is a rare sight..
A brawl between players of the same side??…Well thats ‘once in a life time’ !!
1. Lee Bowyer v Kieron Dyer
2nd April, 2005, Premier League match between Newcastle United and Aston Villa.
Newcastle Uniteds’s Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer exchanged blows, shortly after Villa went up 3-0 , much to the surprise of everyone in St.James Park, not to mention manager Graeme Souness’s helplessness , who could just watch and ponder.
During this fracas, the duo were separated by Villa goalscorer Gareth Barry and several of their team-mates, though not before Bowyer’s shirt had been ripped.
Dyer and Bowyer were both sent off and Newcastle were down to 9 men… Didn’t make a difference to the scoreline, did it?
2. Bruce Grobbelaar vs Steve McManaman
1993 Merseyside derby
Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar was rather vocal about McManaman’s awful clearance.
This was obviously not enough to teach young Steve a lesson as he gave it back to the furious shot-stopper. Grobbelaar decided to settle the matter with a punch to the throat before sending McManaman on his way.
The Zimbabwean was certainly in the mood for a fight and so was McManaman.
3. Emmanuel Adebayor v Nicklas Bendtner
January 2008. Carling Cup, Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal
Frustration boiled over when the visitors trailed 4-1 and prepared to take a corner. Bendtner, who had already put one through his own net, and the substitute Adebayor started pushing and shoving each other at the far post. Tempers frayed once the Dane alleged that he had been head-butted by his team-mate. The pair eventually were separated by their captain, William Gallas. He also remonstrated with Bendtner, while Eduardo da Silva and Bacary Sagna dragged Adebayor from the scene.
Tottenham won 6-2 on aggregate.
4. Ricardo Fuller vs Andy Griffin
West Ham vs Stoke
Carlton Cole equalised for the Hammers in the 51st minute with a clinical finish. But things turned ugly when Ricardo Fuller slapped his Stoke captain, Andy Griffin.
Fuller was sent off and his captain was the happiest man on the pitch. The Hammers went on to win the match 2-1.
I’ve included ‘on the field’ brawls only. There were others too. A fight inside the tunnel between Roy Keane and Patrick Vierra, a training ground scuffle between Joey Barton and Ousmane Dabo and lot more.
