The list: Top 10 disruptive footballers
Ten players who really put the “I” in “Team”
1. Joey Barton
This is a man who:
* Stubbed out a cigar in the eye of a team-mate
* Assaulted a 15-year-old Everton fan on a pre-season tour
* Beaten up a team-mate in training
* Been arrested on suspicion of assault and criminal damage after an alleged argument with a taxi driver
* Broke a pedestrian’s leg while driving through Liverpool city centre
* Been sent to prison for six months for assault
Enough said.
More after the jump…
2. Julian Dicks
Harry Redknapp said Dicksy was “the most disruptive professional” he ever worked with. And ‘Arry has worked with more pros than most.
3. Stefan Effenberg
Probably one of the most arrogant Germans ever to play professional football; offending team-mates, opponents and fans (including his own fans) came easy to “Effe”. Berti Vogts sent him home from the 1994 World Cup after he gave German supporters the finger.
4. Jens Lehmann
The second disruptive German on this list. Mad Jens was never happier than when he was taking a pop at Arsene Wenger, or team-mate Manuel Almunia.
5. Cristiano Ronaldo
Just for the whole sorry Real Madrid transfer saga, which bored us all rigid over the summer.
6. William Gallas
The least suitable captain in Premier League history? Probably.
7. Duncan Ferguson
Four convictions of assault are testament to Big Dunc’s capacity for physical disruption. Don’t tell him we said that though.
8. Mido
Seems to think the Egyptian national team should revolve around him.
9. Pierre Van Hooijdonk
The stroppy Dutchman was unhappy with the lack of signings being made by Nottm Forest following their promotion to the Premier League in 1998, so much so that he requested a transfer at the start of the season. When the request was turned down, he went on strike and trained with NEC Breda until November. He eventually left at the end of the season with Forest relegated. What a guy!
10. Edmundo
The man also known as “The Animal” may be one of the most disruptive players of all time, both on and off the pitch. If you don’t believe us, check his Wiki entry.
5 responses so far
loozegear // November 27, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Where is berbatov?
peterson // November 27, 2008 at 4:02 pm
You should have used this for Gallas:
http://www.studs-up.com/2008/11/the-epiphany/
theo // November 27, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Why, Berbatov. he is nice guy. he has no fault that Tottenham is weak team which doesn-t play in Champions league. Berbatov is created for glory, no for middletable teams
Nicko // November 27, 2008 at 8:05 pm
and so speaks a manure fan.
BARACK OBAMA // November 28, 2008 at 7:51 am
shut the fuck up
get over tottenhams miserable start to the season
1 person doesn’t make a teams success.
did you honestly expect him to stay at tottenham his whole career?
that would be talent gone to pure waste.
tottenham will not win respectable silverware ever.
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