Teammates Who Disliked Each Other

[The Canny Man]

Was once told Nacho Novo and Ally McCoist didn’t see eye to eye.

 

[Rfc111]

Is what I assumed. However Big Avril went into great detail about the incident on the Sacked in the Morning podcast and it seems they had & have a decent relationship.

Levein and Mckay hated each other

 

[Boabmeister]

I always thought that Tav and Goldson aren't the best of mates.

I’d say this is the opposite of the truth mate

 

[Coatbridge Chancellor]

Calum Butcher got transfered by Dundee United in the summer after he shagged Benji Siegrists wife.

 

[Brown Bear]

Gullit ploughed Mrs Baresi, can’t imagine they were BFF.

 

[SW1Bear]

Gough and Roberts stemming back to their Spurs days is one.

Towards the end of his time here, did Albertz not fall out with some of the Dutch? Understand most of it was aimed at Advocaat himself.

 

[GalTribesman82]

Not surprised Gazza fell out with people. The guy is incapable of being serious, which is often a sign of having issues, which everyone knows, he does. Some of the pranks he was involved in went way too far, and you'd be livid if you were on the receiving end. The cat shit sandwich one comes to mind

 

[Alex Boyce]

Bower and Dier was the most famous one.

It's like most works, you find some decent folk and some right nobs.

No surprise really.

I am self employed and I hate the dick I work for !............

 

[Blue Lou Boyle]

That's it? Didn't shake his hand and neither of them were mature enough to get over that years later? Makes even me seem mature and I'm an imbecile

Yip.

Cole said he felt humiliated. Ruined his big night etc.

 

[GazzaG]

I met Sutton and a bunch of their team incl Lennon in Dublin through a a works thing and believe me, they all thought he was a bellend.

My old boss told me of a time he met Sutton and another player outside the piggery (99% sure it was Mjallby).
Said Sutton was just an absolute prick to the fans who were about to the point that Mjallby was apologising for his behaviour.

 

[Talktalk]

I'm sure Gordon Smith & John Greig don't get along

Greig and Cooper were not the best of mates as Ham and Eggs tried to punt him

 

[Blue Lou Boyle]

A feud because you were subbed?

It was cole offering a hand shake and teddy blanked him.

 

[GovanFront4]

Never heard that one before.

Rio proper hated most Chelsea/Liverpool players when they went on England duty. Think him and Lampard had a weird ongoing personal dislike.

England bust ups due to clubs still happens. Sterling and Gomez were fighting not long ago on England duty.

Read Numans book and don’t think he had much time for Amo.

 

[Madjid Moments]

During my time at Motherwell it felt like everyone hated Richie Foran.


For good reason as well, the poet tramp that he was!

 

[Ticketybloo]

Andy Goram and Nigel Spackman.

Andy decked Spackman at half time during a game v Aberdeen. I’m sure the story was that Walter was not averse to Spackman getting a slap.

I was there. The match. Not the rammy at HT you understand. Second half we destroyed Dolly. That 92/93 season apart from losing early doors 4-3 away at Dens we played some of the Best Football I've ever seen from The Rangers.

 

[ASCIIDK]

Mauro Icardi and Maxi Lopez is a given I think!

Zlatan kicked the shit out of Oguchi Onyewu at training one day for a bad tackle.

The De Bruyne & Courtois situation is weird as well, apparently De Bruyne was given the veto on whether Courtois was allowed to continue playing with the national team!

Can imagine them national team trips are very awkward

It was the other way about, Onyewu broke one of Zlatans ribs.

 

[Sancus]

I was there. The match. Not the rammy at HT you understand. Second half we destroyed Dolly. That 92/93 season apart from losing early doors 4-3 away at Dens we played some of the Best Football I've ever seen from The Rangers.

Me too. Aitken scored for Aberdeen just to add to the unrest!

 

[JayDee]

As it happens an article has appeared today about two really great players not getting on, George Best and Bobby Charlton:

The feud between Best and Charlton that shattered Manchester United

By the early 1970s the warring club legends were so divided that they were no longer speaking – nor passing – to one another

www.theguardian.com

 

[jimbear]

Kyle Lafferty was a complete weapon. I don’t know why but I just can’t imagine Laudrup and Gazza getting along! Total opposites.

I actually think they thought highly of one another. I always remember after we beat Hearts 5-1 in the cup final, Gazza described Laudrup as the "most unselfish footballer" he had ever played with.

 

[Melanchthon]

In Marco Negri's autobiography he is very critical of Lorenzo Amoruso

 

[prenzlauerbear]

England bust ups due to clubs still happens. Sterling and Gomez were fighting not long ago on England duty.

Read Numans book and don’t think he had much time for Amo.

Lahm and Ballack can't stand each other either. Ballack got injured, so Lahm took over the captaincy (or Mannschaftskapitän) role. When Ballack got fit again, he told him to f*ck off, won the World Cup then retired.

 

[Boab4]

Was once told Nacho Novo and Ally McCoist didn’t see eye to eye.

When were they team mates?

 

[TheFantasticNinetiesFox]

I actually think they thought highly of one another. I always remember after we beat Hearts 5-1 in the cup final, Gazza described Laudrup as the "most unselfish footballer" he had ever played with.

When I was writing the post all I could think of in my head was the image of Gazza grabbing Laudrup with two hands by the sides of his head after he had just scored the header that won 9IAR. Kind of confirms what everyone says that they seemed to get along great.

 

[Nikau's Mullet]

Emlyn Hughes and Tommy Smith at Liverpool.

Think it was more hatred from Smith to Hughes. I could have heard wrong but Smith thought Hughes as a whining, soft individual who made it to England Captain. Didn't Tommy say Hughes spoiled his greatest moment when he scored in the European Cup final and got hugged by him?!!!

 

[Dynamo]

Pished all over him during a training session

That’s the story I heard (during stretches) but in true FF fashion we have people claiming he was pissed on, had his clothes pissed on and had his bath pissed in

 

[Noddy]

Sure i read somewhere that Joe Ledley hated Stokes when they were at Celtic.

Tosh McKinlay broke Henrik Larsson's nose with a headbutt in training.

 

[eeboh]

Watching Open Goal with Derek Ferguson and Ian Durrant is quite funny, especially when they talk about Trevor Francis. They just thought he was a pretentious wank and they noised him right up.

Ferguson wasn’t too complimentary towards Gough either saying “he’s just borin man. He’s a fuckin briefcase”.

One of the most boring books I ever read was a Gough autobiography funnily enough.

 

[Big X]

Read somewhere (probably on here) that John Greig and Gordon Smith didn’t get on.

 

[jimbear]

Greig and Cooper were not the best of mates as Ham and Eggs tried to punt him

Having watched Cooper throughout that time I could well understand Greig's frustration at times with him. Coop was an absolute genius when he really wanted to be but there were also many occasions when he could be invisible. I always remember a journalist quoting Greig as sayin that he could look at Coop on the day of a match and tell exactly how he would perform. I don't know if that was the fasis of their animosity but it was understandable.

 

[derek145]

I met Sutton and a bunch of their team incl Lennon in Dublin through a a works thing and believe me, they all thought he was a bellend.

Was told a story about Sutton by someone who worked at Celtic Park. The staff were having their Christmas party in one of the suites and a few players came along and were mingling away quite the thing. One guy who was described as a really nice quiet guy, was in the toilet when Sutton came in and made a friendly remark to Sutton who promptly decided to batter 7 shades out if the guy. Medical staff and O'Neil both called out and it was brushed under the carpet. The guy left in disgust a couple of weeks later after Sutton refused to not only apologise but even acknowledged that it happened.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Did Levein no spark Hogg on the park?

 

[prenzlauerbear]

Calum Butcher got transfered by Dundee United in the summer after he shagged Benji Siegrists wife.

In a similar vein - Lyndon Dykes and Jim Thomson.

Queen of the South ace has baby with old gaffer's ex after she left club legend

FOOTIE ace Lyndon Dykes has had a baby with his former gaffer’s ex, we can reveal. The Queen of the South striker, 22, fell for Victoria Thomson, 35, after she left club legend Jim Thomson. Their s…

www.thescottishsun.co.uk

Thomson let him stay with him when he first came over from Australia. He ended up pumping/going with his mrs, who was 13 years older than him. They now have a child called "Time".

A riot, and a shite striker also.

 

[Chris the Bandito]

Phil Thompson and Graeme Souness. Don't think they're on speaking terms to this day?

John Kennedy levels of bravery antagonising Souness for a lifetime. Surprised Thompson can still walk or even breathe.

Any former Liverpool captains who actually passed the armband on without throwing a hissy with their successor?

 

[RabSpackman]

Never heard that one before.

Rio proper hated most Chelsea/Liverpool players when they went on England duty. Think him and Lampard had a weird ongoing personal dislike.

I saw a programme where Gerrard, Lampard and Ferdinand were talking about this… basically the club rivalries really got in the way of the respective sets of players interacting during international periods.

They were all primed to keep their cards close to their chest to players of the rival teams and it contributed massively to England doing next to nothing despite having that cracking squad of players.

 

[Boabmeister]

Off topic but a few posts on here have reminded me of a story about Emlyn Hughes , he’d played about 20 games for Blackpool when Liverpool signed him , Shankly picked him up & was driving him over to Anfield to sign & got stopped by the police for speeding , he’s telling the coppers he’s taking the next England captain to sign for Liverpool , Hughes said the cops were looking in the car to see who it was & obviously never recognised him.

 

[The Canny Man]

Work

When were they team mates?

Work mates then, my mistake. Apologies.

 

[Souness’s Moustache]

Ferguson’s career showed who was the top guy between the two

A football career doesnt show anything about peoples personalities.

 

[bud_light]

Tosh McKinlay broke Henrik Larsson's nose with a headbutt in training.

I can remember someone on here years ago who was deadly serious when he said McKinlay was a Rangers supporter

 

[bilkobear]

Durrant admittedly seems to have been unlucky but they probably could've both achieved a lot more by being less like they are. Ferguson and Gough in particular seems like a good example of saying look what he achieved with his attitude versus yours.

Derek had all the ability in the world and a very good football brain.
The rest of the brain was missing.

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

Derek had all the ability in the world and a very good football brain.
The rest of the brain was missing.

Maybe trying to emulate Gough instead of seeing fault in the way he conducted himself was telling. For most people with at least two braincells it seems obvious.

 

[bilkobear]

A football career doesnt show anything about peoples personalities.

I think we can more or less guarantee that Gough had dedication, self-discipline and a sense of responsibility.
Whilst Derek Ferguson didn't

 

[RabSpackman]

Andy Goram and Nigel Spackman.

Andy decked Spackman at half time during a game v Aberdeen. I’m sure the story was that Walter was not averse to Spackman getting a slap.

It’s come out in recent years that there was a bit of tension between them.

From memory, Spackman was gone within a couple of weeks of the Aberdeen game incident.. argument that the 3 Foreigners Rule played a part but who knows how Smith viewed atmosphere between the first choice goalkeeper and another core member of the team that was the other side of 30 by that time.




Roberts and Gough quite famously didn’t get on.

 

[Davger 72]

Heard years ago that the fitness coach who worked under O’Neill at Celtic leathered Sutton on the training ground.

 

[VGM]

I always thought that Tav and Goldson aren't the best of mates.

I’ve heard Goldson isn’t the most popular guy in our squad.

Also knew a pal of Craig Moore’s who said McLeish wasn’t very popular with the players.

 

[RabSpackman]

Phil Thompson and Graeme Souness. Don't think they're on speaking terms to this day?

I’m sure I read that Thompson was doing a bit of bad-mouthing/whispering about Souness while he was undergoing the heart surgery… it got to Walter Smith via Archie Knox, and Smith then travelled to Merseyside because he felt he had to tell Souness himself.

The detail & history of it was in one of Souness’ books and clearly Thompson came out of that looking like an utter prick.

 

[govan86]

Keane's maw probably hates him.

Just to continue the theme. Keane and Sherringham. Easier question might be who did Keane actually get on with?

 

[bilkobear]

Having watched Cooper throughout that time I could well understand Greig's frustration at times with him. Coop was an absolute genius when he really wanted to be but there were also many occasions when he could be invisible. I always remember a journalist quoting Greig as sayin that he could look at Coop on the day of a match and tell exactly how he would perform. I don't know if that was the fasis of their animosity but it was understandable.

Big John signed a load of shyte for Coop to play alongside.
Maybe when Coop looked at the rest of the teamsheet that made his mind up for him?

 

[Eddie Doc]

Sure i read somewhere that Joe Ledley hated Stokes when they were at Celtic.

So would anyone with a modicum of decency.

 

[bilkobear]

I always thought that Tav and Goldson aren't the best of mates.

I don't know why you think that?
I get the impression that they are tight.
I would go as so far as to say that they are the backbone of the team.

 

[VGM]

Yeah Numan said Amo was oversensitive.

England bust ups due to clubs still happens. Sterling and Gomez were fighting not long ago on England duty.

Read Numans book and don’t think he had much time for Amo.