Na domiar złego w Newcastle atmosfera zaczyna zgrzytać. Po kolejnej porażce nie wytrzymał J.Barton, który wyleciał z boiska, a szatni nazwał Shearera gównianym trenerem.
Cytat:'A Newcastle insider said: "It was unbelievable. They were like two stags...
"Shearer told Barton he had made a mistake putting him back in the team, that he thought Barton was good enough to do it but he had shown he wasn't.
"Joey shouted at Alan that he was the best player at the club, which was why he had to play him. Alan said he wasn't, called him s*** and Joey replied that he was a s*** manager with s*** tactics.
"At that point, it looked like they were going to have a full-scale brawl and had to be dragged apart."'