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Dyer lifts lid on infamous Newcastle brawl with Bowyer

Former Newcastle United star Kieron Dyer has lifted the lid on his infamous bust-up with then teammate Lee Bowyer against Aston Villa.

In 2005, the pair hit out at each other, before being dismissed, in front of 50,000 supporters at St. James' Park, during the second-half of a 3-0 Premier League defeat to Aston Villa.

And Dyer told the Evening Chronicle they traded blows after he told his team-mate 'he was 's***'.

"He was like 'give me the ball' and I was like 'I haven't given the ball away, what you talking about'," the former England international said.

"Five minutes later he came again and I gave it to somebody else.

"And he said, 'You never pass to me!' I said, 'The reason I don't pass to you is because you're s*** basically'."

Both Dyer and Bowyer were dismissed by referee Andy D'Urso before they continued to swing at each other down the tunnel.

He added: "I didn't know you could get sent off for fighting your own team-mate, so when the red card came out I thought, 'What the hell!'"

"I was sent off first and I was waiting in the tunnel to get some revenge. He came in, and we had two massive masseurs and they just dunked us on their shoulders."

"It was like a cartoon when your feet are dangling off the ground and we were trying to get at each other."

Dyer has since sorted things out with Bowyer.

"I still see him now, we are friends. That's just the way Lee was. But I still want to beat him up."

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