Former Sheffield United defender David Barnes used to set hearth to rest room roll and left it burn all the way in which as much as his a***.
Managing Sheffield United only one yr after leaving Wimbledon’s ‘Crazy Gang’, Dave Bassett was no stranger to a dressing room stuffed with characters and rowdy pranks. That being mentioned, we doubt many would take into consideration out-doing Barnes’ antics.
After representing England U19s whereas breaking by at Coventry City, Barnes had slipped down the Football League, struggling back-to-back relegations with Wolves. But after impressing at Aldershot Town, Barnes stepped as much as the Second Division when he arrived at Bramall Lane and have become a favorite below Bassett.
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Speaking on the Under The Cosh podcast, Bassett recalled Barnes and his notorious trick, he mentioned: “Yeah great lad, he was a nutcase as well. They were all in that Sheffield (United) team. He was a good one, he was brilliant, he was a good lad, Dave, and everything else, he was a character.
“I never saw it, but he had this trick where he set light to a toilet roll and let it (burn), he’d walked around and let it creep up to his a***. I never saw that one, I heard it.”
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Bassett additionally mentioned former Blades’ centre-back Brian Gayle was one of many different fundamental characters within the dressing room, recalling a time that Gayle additionally went off the handles at his supervisor, he continued: “Gayley could be frightening. I nearly got killed by him (away) at Tottenham, we were winning and we drew 2-2 and Gayley made a mistake or something.
“He came in and all of sudden, I had a bit of a go at him and he spilt tea all over himself. And he’s gone for me and I’ve f***ed off into the toilet pretty sharpish because I thought I was going to get a right hander.”