7 OF THE BEST HELLISH HOLIDAYS
RAY PARLOUR 1995
The words “larking around with prawn crackers” aren’t often used in court. But the Arsenal man heard ’em after drunkenly exiting a Hong Kong club, tipping his snack on a taxi, then thumping the driver.
JEFF ASTLE & BOBBY MOORE 1970
The England squad’s visit to Colombia ahead of the World Cup in Mexico did not quite go to plan. After captain Moore was wrongly accused of nicking a bracelet, the trip ended with a drunk Astle being carried through the airport draped in a cape.
CHARLIE NICHOLAS 1987
“Mr [George] Graham – half of your team have been arrested for attempted murder,” read the message to the Arsenal gaffer during a team break to Portugal. Six players had argued with US Marines, and Nicholas had lobbed a vodka bottle at their car.
NIALL QUINN 1992
Man City’s tour in Italy witnessed a peculiar tussle between Quinn and Steve Mcmahon, in which the latter was pushed through the front window of a tailors.
DON HUTCHISON 1994
The midfielder was snapped with only a beer label to cover his modesty while partying in Ayia Napa. Liverpool chief Roy Evans soon sold him to West Ham.
MANCHESTER UNITED 1977
The Red Devils’ tour of Iran was a nightmare – to enter the country, players needed to have cholera vaccinations. Half of the squad became deeply unwell.
PETER BEAGRIE 1991
The sloshed Everton man didn’t like getting locked out of his Spanish lodgings, so got on a motorbike and drove it through a glass window. Of the wrong hotel.