EFL manager cancelled training session after two stars came to blows and couldn’t be in same room together
AN EFL manager once had to cancel training after two players had a huge bust-up and could not be left alone together.
The shocking incident occurred at Shrewsbury, with then boss Paul Hurst taking no chances as he sent two of his star players to the dressing room.
Wycombe star Jack Grimmer shared some hilarious tales with SunSport as part of the “What the EFL?” series.
From an owner’s crazy antics to wild nights out, the Chairboys captain lifted the lid on his maddest footballing experiences.
BEST EFL PLAYER?
[Bakary] Sako when he was at Wolves.
BEST EFL FANS?
Leeds at Elland Road.
DODGIEST FACILITIES?
Yeovil away. In the changing rooms, the windows were open right next to our fans and we lost the game. We were getting all this abuse in the windows.
FOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS
EFL FANBASE WHO LIVE RENT FREE IN YOUR HEAD?
FUNNIEST FAN ABUSE YOU’VE EVER HEARD?
Away at Lincoln. They just kept shouting every time the goalie kicked the ball – it was that old-fashioned, you fat b******.
MOMENT THAT HAUNTS YOU?
When I was at Coventry and we lost at home to Yeovil 6-2.
ICONIC TRAINING GROUND TALE?
Our old captain, Joe Jacobson… Marcus Bean put crickets in his car.
He couldn’t find the crickets for like weeks. So he would get in his car and then still find the noise of crickets going on.
WILDEST OWNER ANTICS?
At Wycombe again, our owner Rob Cooig, his nephew Pete Couhig, who was our CFO, Pete was obviously ecstatic that we had one promotion during COVID at Wembley against Oxford.
The celebrations were a bit heavy, shall we say. I had a back operation not long before. He proceeded to fall backwards off the team bus onto the street.
ICONIC TRAINING GROUND TALE?
At Shrewsbury ten years ago, our captain Adam El-Abd and Irish hardcore centre-mid Gary Deegan.
Two people you just would not mess with on a football pitch or in life in general, they just kept going at each other all morning and eventually came to blows.
The manager at the time, Paul Hurst, basically called an end to training because he did not want those two players going into the changing room on their own.
WILDEST NIGHT OUT?
After Coventry got promoted, the League Two play-off final against Exeter.
Bank holiday Monday, all the Sky Blue Army went and there was about 35,000, 40,000 people there.
They all went back to Coventry to support us and party. Probably my best night out ever. I remember feeling like almost invincible.
Who are these famous footballers?
- I was West Ham captain but I almost went to jail over bankruptcy
- I’m a former Man Utd star and I once stole a girl from Ronaldo
- I’m an ex-Man Utd star – now I own a dog-themed B&B
- I was Thierry Henry’s toughest opponent but quit to become a pastor
- I’m a former Wolves striker but I left football behind to become a vicar