Friday, September 14, 2007
Gillespie row due to other player's passport
Keith Gillespie attacked George McCartney, his Northern Ireland team-mate, on a flight home from Iceland yesterday morning after a row broke out over another player’s passport.
Tempers are thought to have flared when Gillespie took exception to McCartney telling Jonny Evans that Gillespie had hidden the Manchester United defender’s passport.
When Gillespie then began angrily pointing at McCartney, the West Ham left back told him to “stop it”, at which point his team-mate lashed out, landing about half a dozen punches to the West Ham United defender’s face and body.
Tempers are thought to have flared when Gillespie took exception to McCartney telling Jonny Evans that Gillespie had hidden the Manchester United defender’s passport.
When Gillespie then began angrily pointing at McCartney, the West Ham left back told him to “stop it”, at which point his team-mate lashed out, landing about half a dozen punches to the West Ham United defender’s face and body.
