10 of the biggest fights on the football pitch

Modified Jan 05, 2017 14:24 GMT

NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND - APRIL 2 : Gareth Barry of Aston Villa pulls apart the fighting Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer of Newcastle during the FA Barclays Premiership match between Newcastle United and Aston Villa at St James Park on April 2, 2005 in Newcastle, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) — Barry had to help separate Bowyer from Dyer

#4 Eden Hazard and the Swansea ball boy

SWANSEA, WALES - JANUARY 23: Eden Hazard of Chelsea (R) is sent off by referee Chris Foy after kicking a ball boy during the Capital One Cup Semi-Final Second Leg match between Swansea City and Chelsea at Liberty Stadium on January 23, 2013 in Swansea, Wales. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) — Hazard got sent off for his kick on the Swansea ball boy

The ball boys of almost every club around have a reputation for being incredibly petulant. They often waste time, pretend like they don’t know how to throw a football when the opposition asks for it and generally just simply get in the way.

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Eden Hazard, definitely not one of the more temperamental players around, let his anger get the better of him during a match with the Swans in 2013. Chelsea had lost the first leg of the League Cup semi-final 2-0 to the Welsh club, but in the second-leg at the Liberty Stadium, the score was 0-0 with 15 minutes to go.

The ball went behind the goal and as Hazard went to retrieve it, a ball boy threw himself on top of it, thereby preventing a quick restart. Hazard proceeded to try and kick the ball out from underneath the kid, with the boy making exaggerated motions of rolling around and clutching his ribs.

Hazard was red-carded and the ball boy later sold the jacket he was wearing that night for an astonishing 28,600 pounds on EBay.

Edited by Staff Editor