Chairman to spell it out for Toon brawlers

NEWCASTLE chairman Freddy Shepherd will summon Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer to his office this morning to deliver a final warning.

Shepherd has spent far too much time in recent years dealing with the misdemeanours of the likes of Dyer, Laurent Robert and repeat offender Craig Bellamy, but has never before been confronted by a situation such as the one he now has to resolve.

A crowd of 52,306 at St James’ Park on Saturday - and millions more on television since - witnessed arguably the blackest day in his club’s history when, with their side trailing 3-0 to Aston Villa, Bowyer and Dyer went toe-to-toe and punch-for-punch in a disgraceful bust-up.