1. LEE BOWYER AND KIERON DYER 2ND APRIL 2005 NEWCASTLE V ASTON VILLA
This is definitely one of my favourite incidents in football ever and could only be better if it hadn’t happened against Aston Villa. Villa were beating Newcastle at St James’ Park and towards the end of the match Lee Bowyer got particularly pissed off with Kieron Dyer and decided to walk up to him and lamp him. The two quickly went at it and had to be separated by members of both teams.
Both players were sent off in this truly bizarre incident that I don’t think I’ve heard anything like before or since. It was pretty much the defining incident of Graeme Souness’ troubled time as Newcastle manager, with the team eventually getting relegated because of so many problems within it.
If you’ve got any more bizarre sendings off or bookings that you can remember, please leave them in the comments as we’re pretty sure we probably haven’t got them all.
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