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9. John Carver

If it wasn't for football, Newcastle's assistant manager would probably have lived an entirely different life. Raised on a tough estate in Cruddas Park, the diminutive former Toon schoolboy admitted that his only options as a child were football, hooliganism or vandalism. He chose football, but says "a lot of the people I grew up with, where I come from, got into all sorts of trouble. I don't want to go into too much detail but they went down a different path." Very wink, wink, nudge, nudge, and if Carver's demeanour on the side of the pitch is anything to go by, they're probably not the kind of people you'd happily mess with. After all, the tough as teak coach was one of the good lads, but his genetics tell of his upbringing: he's a fireball when he's angry, and he's quick to defensive violence. In his career, he's notably had dust-ups and bust-ups with Craig Bellamy, Callum McManaman, Robert Pires, Laurent Robert, referee Andy D'Urso, Wigan coach Graham Barrow, and infamously offered basically the whole Newcastle away end out against Southampton earlier this season.