Pulis and Beattie

Sorry if this has already been mentioned earlier but heard a story on Talksport this morning that made me chuckle. Apparently when Beatts was playing under Pulis the team took a battering in one match. Pulis was in the shower and overheard Beatts arranging a night out with the lads. He was so incensed that he leapt out of the shower stark b*ll*ck naked an proceded to lay the nut on Beattie!

This is why these things need to be kept behind closed doors! Wouldn't want to see a picture of that on Twitter!

This is ancient history and behind why Pullis sold Beattie shortly after.

I missed that then. The guys in the Talksport studio said they hadnt heard it either.

Had heard that he headbutted him in the shower but had no idea of the reason why.

Had heard that he headbutted him in the shower but had no idea of the reason why.

no, you had heard that he had butted him in the shower. It's a different thing.

Dear old TP has got previous for this sort of thing.

A mate who covered Bompey during his fledgling years at the Bournemouth Echo (before he went on to bigger things) used to tell me all sorts of stories about how he would pick fights with players, and on one occasion, slammed a door on a player's head.

You wouldn't want to mess with him. On the P****y Takeover Saga thread in The Lounge, there is talk of how tasty the loons are from Newport, and that's his neck of the woods.

Strangely, though, TP is a devout catholic who attends mass every week, and can be a charming and engaging bloke.

No wonder he got the best out of Palace (and Puncheon) last season then!!!

Didn't he have some history at Gillingham as well

Didn't he have some history at Gillingham as well

TP is a devout catholic who attends mass every week.

That shouldn't be held against him, they're not all bad.

For some reason I was picturing Neil Warnock while I was reading this. Something about being Crystal Palace manager got them mixed up I guess. I was also thinking it would have been while they were both at Sheff U (did they overlap). A rather different image in the shower anyway. Also, I had a much gentler image of "laying a nut on him" which I couldn't figure out how / why that would be something someone might do when angry, but I now realise it is rather quaint colloquial English for headbutting.

I can imagine TP has quite the advantage in headbutting, being that he always has that baseball cap on. Here is a pic of Beatts right after the incident...

I was going to say "Liverpool kiss" but wasnt sure if that was well known down south. Nice pic!

Beattie was a bit of a Bellend to be honest so not surprised.

I saw Pullis play for Boscombe a few times and he was as hard as nails and a dirty little ****.

In this instance Pulis was a total ******. Not only did he cut his nose off to spite his face and stick James in the reserves after the incident but he point blank refused to sell him to any Premier club for more than a year afterwards in a *****y attempt to finish his career, which he all but succeeded in, eventually selling him to Rangers who threw him in the deep end without getting him match fit, this dented his confidence and by then he was the wrong side of 30 and glad to get a game at Accy. Maybe he shouldn't of been arranging the Christmas party straight after a loss but that really don't excuse a flying head butt from his manager.

Didn't he have some history at Gillingham as well

The facts beer came out, but he was sacked for gross misconduct with Scully saying tha Pulis had mental health problems.

Beattie was a bit of a Bellend to be honest so not surprised.

Indeed. Continues to be.

Indeed. Continues to be.

Still love the iconic pic of him cupping his ear to the Skates,love it!

I saw Pullis play for Boscombe a few times and he was as hard as nails and a dirty little ****.

I saw his son play once...............On no, that was just my imagination.

Sorry if this has already been mentioned earlier but heard a story on Talksport this morning that made me chuckle. Apparently when Beatts was playing under Pulis the team took a battering in one match. Pulis was in the shower and overheard Beatts arranging a night out with the lads. He was so incensed that he leapt out of the shower stark b*ll*ck naked an proceded to lay the nut on Beattie!

 

This is why these things need to be kept behind closed doors! Wouldn't want to see a picture of that on Twitter!

Soccer AM actually use the "Tony Pulis Scale" of managerial anger (with Pulis headbutting Beattie in the shower as a 10), with a full sized "Pulis in towel" mock up when talking to players about the angriest they've seen a manager - it's a VERY well known incident.

Soccer AM actually use the "Tony Pulis Scale" of managerial anger (with Pulis headbutting Beattie in the shower as a 10), with a full sized "Pulis in towel" mock up when talking to players about the angriest they've seen a manager - it's a VERY well known incident.

In any other place of work, headbutting a colleague is instant dismissal with the law probably involved. Amazing.

I saw Pulis play for Boscombe a few times and he was as hard as nails and a dirty little ****.

I must have seen him play for Newport a pile of times, cannot remember a single one of them.

Anyway, time for my OCD compulsory Tony Pulis posts:

1) He was in the same class at school as my auntie

2) I played for the same team as his brother Ray (who also played for Newport) in 1992/3

3) So did this bloke, who my other auntie knows through the Probation Service (she used to work for them, he didn't).

4) As you might have worked out from 3), he is not from a very nice area