12 Greatest Ever Newcastle United Rants, Outbursts And Melt-Downs

11. Lee Bowyer Likes Being Passed To

It was an incident that summed up the shame and disrepute that was manifesting within St. James' Park under Graeme Souness. It's not often that two team-mates try to tear lumps out of each other, but if it was going to happen to any club that season, it was surely going to be at the circus of Newcastle. With the Tyneside outfit circling the drain as Aston Villa romped into a 3-0 lead, tempers came to a head when Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer squared up to each other in a heated row because the latter wouldn't pass the former the ball. Schoolyard behaviour at best.

''He was like, 'Give me the ball' and I was like 'I haven't given the ball away, what are you talking about?'. Five minutes later he came again and I gave it to somebody else. And he said, 'You never pass to me.' I said, 'The reason I don't pass to you is because you're s*** basically'. There were a lot of swear words. And that was it then, you just saw him lose his head.'' - Kieron Dyer, October 2014.