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Apart from the Bowyer disgrace (which I'll never forgive, it did so much damage to Bobby) I feel for the lad - he was really mint for about 2 seasons, but ever since then its been returning from injury and he's just been a weight on any team he's been associated with.

 

Unlike Jenas, I've always wanted him to do well, if only for England - I wish Jenas could have had Kierons injury problems and Kieron get an extended stint with Tottenham.

Sourness was manager when that fight went on.

 

Dyer sums up that exciting period at the club though.

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Kieron Dyer has opened up about his onfield punch-up with Lee Bowyer.

The pair came to blows during a 3-0 home defeat against Aston Villa in 2005 when they heaped shame on Newcastle United.

Dyer says that it was a personal insult aimed at Bowyer’s lack of ability that pushed him over the edge.

The former Toon star said: “We were playing the game, he came short and wanted the ball and I passed to someone else.

“He was like ‘Give me the ball’ and I was like ‘I haven’t given the ball away, what 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 **** basically’.

“There were a lot of swear words. And that was it then you just saw him lose his head.

“He said, ‘You what?’ And I said, ‘You heard me.’

“As he was walking towards me I just thought he was going to grab me or push me.

“When he was raining the punches in I thought, ‘You need to get on the weights because they aren’t hurting.’

“Secondly, I was thinking ‘I can’t believe he’s doing this in front of 50,000 people’.”

 

The spat continued in the dressing room, and Dyer revealed that Jean Alain Boumsong told the pair to fight it out in the dressing room – before they backed down when Graeme Souness offered to fight them both!

Dyer said: “I didn’t know you could get sent off for fighting your own team-mate, so when the red card came out I thought, ‘What the hell!’

“I was sent off first and I was waiting in the tunnel to get some revenge. He came in, and we had two massive masseurs and they just dunked us on their shoulders.

“It was like a cartoon when your feet are dangling off the ground and we were trying to get at each other. We are sat in the changing room and they were in the middle of us.

“I was thinking how I could get to him. Then we heard the final whistle.

“Boumsong came in and said, ‘If you want to fight, fight now.’ I was wanting to fight and get the revenge.

“Then Souness came in and said, ‘If you want to fight I’ll beat both of you.’ Al came in and I never saw him lose it like that – he went mad and called us selfish and a disgrace. He knew we’d have a three-match suspension and miss the FA Cup semi-final that was coming up.”

Dyer has since patched things up with Bowyer.

He said: “I still see him now, we are friends. That’s just the way Lee was. But I still want to beat him up.”

 

Bell ends, the pair of them.

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If Dyer's not lying and that's the real account of the fight, Lee Bowyer should knock him out. He said fuck all in the weeks after it happened and Bowyer was dragged through the media and became further labelled as a racist. Dyer said nowt to defend him, he was also making decisions above his station, the manager chooses who's good or not, not a single player. Knob.

 

Looks to me like Bowyer just totally lost his temper after having the piss took out of him.

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Dyer took the piss but he's still blaming Bowyer for it kicking off.

Yes, because accurately assessing Lee Bowyer's playing ability isn't sufficient excuse to punch a fellow professional sportsman in front of 52,000 members of the paying public.

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He might be a dick but I always thought it was harsh to send Dyer off for that incident.

 

Steve Taylor on the other hand...

I never understood the basis for either tbh. I know you could argue "violent conduct" covers it but I still think it's different to opponents fighting.

 

I've also seen other intrateam spats go unpunished albeit not to the same level of violence but still..

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I never understood the basis for either tbh. I know you could argue "violent conduct" covers it but I still think it's different to opponents fighting.

 

I've also seen other intrateam spats go unpunished albeit not to the same level of violence but still..

:lol: Aye I sort of get the violent conduct arguement but it did put us down to 9 men after causing no disadvantage or risk to the opposition. The Dyer sending off was harsh for sure, I know he swung back but howay the ref couldn't just expect the bloke to take repeated punches to the face without response.

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He might be a dick but I always thought it was harsh to send Dyer off for that incident.

 

Steve Taylor on the other hand...

One of the few times I've thought about walking out but I'm glad I didn't as I'd have missed Taylor's red. :lol:

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