Cesar, Cantona, Gattuso and McEnroe: When sportsmen go mental!
After Inter Milan and Brazil 'keeper Julio Cesar took defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League to heart on Wednesday by leaving his car at the San Siro and walking home to think about Bayern's 90th minute goal, we found other sportsmen that suffered a brief moments of madness. They really shouldn't take things so seriously...
Eric Cantona
Maybe someone should have advised Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons that winding up the temperamental Frenchman isn't a good idea. Sent off in the Premier League match with the Eagles, Cantona flew into the crowd with a now infamous kung-fu kick and attacked the fan.
Brian Clough
Excited at beating QPR in the League in 1989, Forest fans invaded the City Ground pitch. Cloughie, though, let his fans know how unhappy he was by clipping a couple of them around the ear. They made up later on telly with a big kiss.
Gennaro Gattuso
Maybe he didn't know Joe Jordan's reputation before head-butting the Tottenham coach after Spurs' 1-0 win over Milan at the San Siro. Bonkers is all we can say!
Basketball
Also known as the Malice in the Palace due to Detroit Pistons' ground name, The Palace of Auburn Hills. With just 82 seconds to go in the 2004 NBA basketball match, Detroit Pistons' Ben Wallace reacted badly to a foul by Indiana Pacers' Ron Artest. Punches were thrown by both teams and home fans pelted the opposition with drinks bottles and chairs. This then led to Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson diving into the crowd to fight with spectators. Artest was banned for 73 games, O'Neal and Jackson for 25 and 30. Ben Wallace got a six-game ban and all suspensions were without pay.
Jim Everett
In 1994, American footballer Jim Everett confronted talk show host Jim Rome when he appeared as a guest on his show. For years Rome had regularly mocked Everett's fondness for shying away from taking hits on the field by addressing him as Chris Everett in reference to the female tennis player, Chris Evert. The result was this...
And of course, John McEnroe
His outburst at Wimbledon in 1981 where the American lambasted the umpire was voted the tournament's most memorable moment and it gets funnier each time you watch it. As does his anger when another umpire in 1984 failed to answer a question of his.