The second Rio Ferdinand’s YouTube host sparks Sunday League brawl
- Footage has emerged of a vicious brawl throughout a Sunday League soccer match
- It turned out to be Stephen Howson, who works with Rio Ferdinand on YouTube
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This is the second YouTuber Stephen Howson threw punches and a headbutt as he escalated a Sunday League brawl over the weekend.
Howson, who works intently with former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand on his FIVE YouTube channel, is seen in footage managing his Stretford Paddock FC crew.
Playing away in Liverpool, Howson took difficulty with a collection of what he felt have been harmful ‘two-footed’ challenges which had gone unpunished.
He stepped onto the park pitch to shout on the referee, earlier than a brawl broke out when he was approached by one of many residence gamers.
Footage, which was uploaded to Howson’s Patreon web page earlier than it was shared broadly on X, gaining multiple million views, exhibits Howson flicking his head again after an alleged headbutt, earlier than throwing punches and a headbutt of his personal.
YouTube presenter Stephen Howson (entrance) was concerned in a brawl at a Sunday League match
Howson was seen meting out punches and a headbutt on the pitch as tempers flared
The footage shortly gained traction on social media, earlier than Howson defined what occured
Joey Barton, who has clashed on social media with Howson prior to now, was amongst these to chime in.
‘Calm down massive fella,’ he wrote.
‘This you scrapping on the Sunday Footy @MrStephenHowson ? You massive sausage. No surprise his MMA profession was over after 1 scrap… @rioferdy5’
Howson was left with a bruising black eye on his left aspect having ‘caught one’, as he termed it.
In a bid to elucidate what occurred and dispel what he known as ‘fantasy’ variations of the brawl by among the residence gamers, Howson defined how issues escalated to his 256,000 YouTube subscribers.
‘One of the opposition gamers tells me to get off the pitch after which headbutts me which is hilarious as a result of they’ve all been in my social media immediately with simply fantasy variations of what occurred,’ he stated.
Joey Barton, who beforehand clashed with Howson on-line, was fast to touch upon the video
The presenter, who works intently with Rio Ferdinand, was left with a black eye on the left aspect
Howson (center proper) routinely seems alongside former United defender Rio Ferdinand
‘I do know that every part we do is recorded so I’ve acquired no qualms telling you what occurred as a result of I do know what occurred, I’ve rewatched what occurred and I’ve truly shared the total ‘Here’s What Happened’ on Patreon.
‘I’ll at all times defend myself and my gamers regardless of what little Scouse bells on social media need to say. I caught one… however we gained the sport 2-0. Up the f***ing Reds.’
He added: ‘Yesterday there was in all probability 4 or 5 two-footed challenges within the first 20 minutes of our recreation.
‘I stepped on to the pitch a couple of foot to shout on the referee, which once more isn’t best, is it? But defending my gamers is my primary thought in that type of circumstance.’
This is the newest time Howson has hit the headlines.
Barton focused Ferdinand’s podcast co-presenter after sharing a collection of misogynistic posts on social media just lately.
The former Man City midfielder floated the concept that ‘ladies should not be speaking with any form of authority within the males’s recreation’.
He instantly got here underneath scrutiny from a variety of distinguished figures throughout the sport – together with Ferdinand’s YouTube wing-man Howson.
He dispelled ‘fantasy’ variations from opposition and stated he had an obligation to guard his gamers
Howson, who’s an everyday function on Ferdinand’s ‘Vibe with Five’, was a kind of to touch upon Barton’s rants, earlier than the previous Newcastle midfielder fired again.
On Wednesday Barton wrote: ‘In response to the newest ‘Vibe With Five’ on @YouTube. @rioferdy5 and @fara_williams47 look ahead to the dialogue. Much respect for each.
‘Who is that massive spud head? Putting himself within the Tyldesley class? What’s he speaking about? The massive potato. The Big Spud’.
After additional posts from Barton, Howson took to X, previously often known as Twitter, to say: ‘I’ve been to battle, 3 instances, performed academy degree Rugby League, fought MMA however couldn’t play Xi a aspect soccer?
‘Okay… Honestly. It’s superb you possibly can’t discover a job on telly with perception like this.’
Then, on Thursday morning, Barton fired again with a brutal response. He stated: ‘Stephen. Big Potato. @MrStephenHowson What this all about…?
‘@rioferdy5 absolutely you possibly can’t be hanging about with clowns like this? Making a mockery of @ManUtd most’s terrible air catastrophe to insult a former CEO.
‘Clueless, Jersey Royal Headed buffoon’.
Accompanying the put up, was a hyperlink to Mail Sport’s report on how the podcaster apologised for on-air rant claiming Ed Woodward’s Old Trafford reign ‘was worse’ for the membership than the Munich air crash.
Howson stated that the 50-year-old’s selections have set United again additional than the ‘Busby Babes’ crash – earlier than trying to make clear the intention behind his phrases after dealing with a backlash.
‘I believe the place United are in the mean time, f*** it I’m gonna say it on digital camera,’ he stated. ‘I believe Woodward was worse for us than Munich.
‘Obviously I’m not evaluating folks passing away, however I’m saying 10 years post-Munich we was European champions. Ten years of Woodward, we’re within the s***.
Barton just lately voiced his ideas on Ferdinand’s co-presenter following a web-based row
Podcaster Howson was beforehand criticised for remarks on the Munich Air Disaster tragedy
‘I’m completely not taking something away from the individuals who have misplaced their lives in Munich, however by way of one thing that is f***ing occurred, Woodward has been f***ing worse for the soccer membership and the place we have progressed in that point.
A clip from Howson’s full remarks was shared on social media, resulting in him apologising and admitting he ought to have higher conveyed what he meant.
Initially responding to the anger, he stated: ‘I can apologise on the supply, for positive – however this wasn’t a scripted level – by no means is. It’s a podcast.
‘It was 40-odd minutes right into a chat. I clarified on the time what I meant. Most folks have understood. But Twitter will search for outrage prefer it at all times does.’
But in a while, sharing the video from the episode, he tweeted: ‘I positively ought to have worded this higher & apologise for any offence I’ve induced’.
