Fantasy Soccer Data (Adam)

When Graeme Souness tried to send Don Hutchison to Southampton in 1993, the deal would have brought Tim Flowers to Liverpool in return. Hutchison had no intention of going. Southampton were regularly near the bottom of the league, and he believed they were going to be relegated. So he refused the move and stayed at Liverpool. Souness was not pleased. At training, he arranged a six-a-side game and made sure he was on one team and Hutchison was on the other. Hutchison knew why. “He was going to crunch me.” The game started and eventually the ball rolled between the two of them. Souness went for it with both feet. Hutchison saw him coming and decided he was not going to pull out. “He has come in two-footed and I know he is going to do me.” “So I have gone higher and two-footed him.” They collided and both ended up on the ground. Souness started punching Hutchison in the ribs. Hutchison realised he was now fighting the Liverpool manager, but by that point he was already hitting him back. “I’m like, ‘It’s the gaffer.’” “I am punching him back and we are rolling and rolling.” The two of them carried on across the training pitch, trading punches while the rest of the players watched. Souness’s hair was everywhere. Hutchison was still furious. Jamie Redknapp and Steve McManaman looked at what was happening and reached the same conclusion. “He’s finished.” Eventually, Souness got back to his feet. Hutchison was waiting to find out what the punishment would be after two-footing his manager and fighting him in the middle of training. Instead, Souness turned to the other players. “See, that’s what we need.” “A bit of b******s.” “He’ll be in the team on the weekend.” Hutchison played on the Saturday. #football