Five other great managerial explosions

When Sir Alex Ferguson attacked the media yesterday for criticising his £28million British-record buy, Juan Sebastian Veron, he was continuing a great football tradition.

Angry managers and chairmen have been seen time and again, on television and in print, losing their tempers and blaming all sorts of people for problems on the pitch. Here Standard Sport looks at some of the better-known incidents in recent years.

GRAHAM TAYLOR, when he was England manager in 1993, was captured telling a linesman that a referee had cost him his job in the infamous television documentary which made his phrase "Do I not like that" famous.
It came during the country's doomed World Cup qualifying campaign in a crucial game against Holland, when Dutchman Ronald Koeman escaped a red card for a professional foul on David Platt.
He went on to score one of the two goals in a 2-0 victory for the Dutch.
Taylor said to the linesman: "You know your mate's cost me my job."

KEVIN KEEGAN'S best-known fit of pique is one of the most famous football outbursts and was directed at Manchester United's Alex Ferguson in 1996. As the title race was hotting up the then manager of Newcastle responded to jibes from the Scot in a post-match TV interview at Elland Road with the fingerjabbing rant of: "I'd just love it if we beat them. I'd love it."

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI, then manager of Bayern Munich in 1998, rivalled Keegan for dramatic effect, losing his temper in a press conference after some players had criticised his tactics. Gesticulating wildly and yelling in broken German, the Italian Trapattoni said he was sick of defending his players after poor performances.

SAM HAMMAM threw out two BBC reporters and confiscated their recordings after an attempted interview in January this year.
The Cardiff chairman was in particularly sensitive mood after crowd trouble marred the FA Cup third-round tie between Cardiff and Leeds and was criticised for inflaming the situation with his pitchside walks.

JIM McLEAN, the former Dundee United manager, was another chairman who lost his temper two years ago. The Tannadice chief swore at a BBC reporter before punching him during a tense television interview.