Probably the most infamous incident of football infighting of the lot, with this full-on scrap between Newcastle team-mates Bowyer and Dyer unfolding in front of 52,000 people on the St James' Park pitch in April 2005. The Magpies were trailing 3-0 to Aston Villa at the time in a sorry display and already found themselves down to 10 after centre-back Steven Taylor was famously sent off for 'saving' a goal-bound shot, despite his best attempts to convince the referee he'd been hit in the back as he writhed around like he'd been picked off by a sniper in row Z.
With 10 minutes left on the clock, Bowyer was seen seemingly urging his fellow midfielder to get up the pitch as an aerial ball was floated above them. They then exchanged words, with Bowyer approaching Dyer before they got to grips with each others' shirts. Dyer grabbed his colleague's throat and Bowyer then landed two hefty blows on the latter's head. Dyer attempted to swing back, but Villa captain Gareth Barry stepped in just in time to haul them apart and lead Bowyer away with his shirt nearly ripped in two.
Inevitably, both players were given their marching orders, with Bowyer later handed a seven-game ban while Dyer was suspended for three. The duo would later be forced to apologise and pose shaking hands in a cringeworthy photo shoot to prove that the incident had been put behind them, as then-manager Graeme Souness addressed the media.