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"Trigger" McAteer getting decked by Stephen Cluxton at charity soccer game in Santry
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04-04-2011 02:28PM#1yesterday!
Fantastic photo of Cluxton about to make contact with McAteers face. Apparently McAteer was winding him up the whole game and Cluxton snapped and decked him!
Unfortunately don't have the photo but it's a classic that will be around for years to come!
I'd say Roy Keane will chuckle when he sees this!
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Better quality pic
Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton flattened Irish soccer legend Jason McAteer with a punch during a charity soccer match in Dublin yesterday.
Cluxton, who had participated in Dublin’s Allianz League defeat of Down the night before, was lining out for Darndale FC against a Liverpool legends XI in a charity match in aid of Autism Ireland.
The competitive element normally makes way for friendly banter in these sorts of affairs, but Cluxton obviously took exception to something McAteer said or did during the game, and promptly replied with a vicious left hook, a photo of which you can view here, via the Flickr account of Paul Walsh.
The incident made the papers this morning, with the Daily Star featuring a picture of Cluxton’s punch on their back page. The Irish Sun, meanwhile, claim that the stunt was pre-planned in order to entertain the attendance of around 2,500 people, but boxing legend Bernard Dunne didn’t seem to think so if the posts on his Twitter account are to be believed.
Dunne posted a series of tweets and exchanged conversations with various Dublin footballers and teammates of Cluxton including Bernard Brogan, Tomas Quinn and Barry Cahill about the incident. A few samples of his tweets (complete with spelling mistakes) included:
Plus Tweets between Bernard Dunne and Dublin Footballers :P“#StephenCluxton is my hero. Showed a soccer player today (Jason McAteer) GAA boys don't fanny about like those soccer players... 1-2 uni flu!
“@Flinto23 it wad a whopper. If be careful about saying anything about hid mistakes in future if I was on d Dublin panel. Legend.
“@bernardbrogan I don't condone it of course but fu@k me that was impressive. Unlike our western neighbours sport GAA boys dont mess about...
“@bernardbrogan McAteer quickly learned his lesson. Be was ay it all game the cranky fu@k
“@mossyquinn did u see #TheSun they say it was all staged...Didn't know Cluxton nor McAteer where that good acting... IFTAS may be on there way
“@barrycahilldub Im just going to get both to play in my Charity match in June. That should be a fun encounter.”0 -
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It's my pict.
None of the legends XI wore shin guards, for some weird reason.
Just to clarify, there was NO headbutt at all. I have a whole sequence of images of the incident, and the main "punch" image is the one used. The Sun printed a selection from the incident.
There was niggle from McAteer, with a few players. He didn't like the firm tackles, and Cluxton got the better of him a few times.
Cluxton took the ball from McAteer (no major incident), and made a break. McAteer took his heels, from behind, and Cluxton had enough. A bit of a shove from McAteer, and then Cluxton took him down. They were then separated (when McAteer got back up), and Bernard Dunne was in between, keeping them apart.
No handshake afterwards either.0 -
It's my pict.
None of the legends XI wore shin guards, for some weird reason.
Just to clarify, there was NO headbutt at all. I have a whole sequence of images of the incident, and the main "punch" image is the one used. The Sun printed a selection from the incident.
There was niggle from McAteer, with a few players. He didn't like the firm tackles, and Cluxton got the better of him a few times.
Cluxton took the ball from McAteer (no major incident), and made a break. McAteer took his heels, from behind, and Cluxton had enough. A bit of a shove from McAteer, and then Cluxton took him down. They were then separated (when McAteer got back up), and Bernard Dunne was in between, keeping them apart.
No handshake afterwards either.
Cheers for that. I saw a pic of the two of them almost forehead to forehead and had been told that McAteer butted him. The pic was probably from some other time during the game and I was told a porky.0 -
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It's my pict.
None of the legends XI wore shin guards, for some weird reason.
Just to clarify, there was NO headbutt at all. I have a whole sequence of images of the incident, and the main "punch" image is the one used. The Sun printed a selection from the incident.
There was niggle from McAteer, with a few players. He didn't like the firm tackles, and Cluxton got the better of him a few times.
Cluxton took the ball from McAteer (no major incident), and made a break. McAteer took his heels, from behind, and Cluxton had enough. A bit of a shove from McAteer, and then Cluxton took him down. They were then separated (when McAteer got back up), and Bernard Dunne was in between, keeping them apart.
No handshake afterwards either.
I heard a suggestion that it was all staged. Did it look like that ?0 -
The Rooster wrote: »As said before McAteer was the one who committed the first red card offence.
Wow, a ManU fan complaining about the behaviour of others after what their star striker did at the weekend. The irony
As paul who was at the match said that there was no headbutt
btw nice casting there but you need better bait, keep practising thou0 -
Sir Gallagher wrote: »Bernard Dunne is truly a goon of the highest order.
Maybe he was referring to Softball 0 -
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It's my pict.
None of the legends XI wore shin guards, for some weird reason.
Just to clarify, there was NO headbutt at all. I have a whole sequence of images of the incident, and the main "punch" image is the one used. The Sun printed a selection from the incident.
There was niggle from McAteer, with a few players. He didn't like the firm tackles, and Cluxton got the better of him a few times.
Cluxton took the ball from McAteer (no major incident), and made a break. McAteer took his heels, from behind, and Cluxton had enough. A bit of a shove from McAteer, and then Cluxton took him down. They were then separated (when McAteer got back up), and Bernard Dunne was in between, keeping them apart.
No handshake afterwards either.
Great pic Paul - thanks for that!!!
Hope you made a few quid as well.0 -
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PW2_7374.jpg by PaulWa, on Flickr
You can see the tension in his arms/fists, and the anger in his face. This was before the punch, and this was about as close as their heads got.
McAteer had been niggling at a few players during the game, not just Cluxton. But, this incident (heels clipped from behind) was enough for Cluxton.
McAteer should have been booked earlier, IMHO, but wasn't. This was a step too far, and he deserved the card.0 -
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So is this worse than Rooney saying fuck or what?
Soccer fans and their never ending quest to find thing to be appalled about :rolleyes:
Drawing a comparison between verbal abuse and physical assault and questioning which one is worse?
Clearly you're failing to understand the responsibility professional athletes have and why, think about it for a moment before your next reply.
By your logic, it's not o.k to floor someone in everyday society, but it's o.k so long as it's on a field and a sport is being played?
That's twisted.0
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