Facing Wimbledon's rough style of play, O'Neill finally erupted—furious that Warren Barton had injured Curle within the first minute of the game.
He shouted at the notorious hardman, "You're going nowhere with this football career! Go act in movies or fight Mike Tyson instead!"
His outburst quickly made him a target for attention—not because he was wrong about Wimbledon's physicality, but because his anger wasn't directed solely at them. Because this time, O'Neill pointed his finger at the referee.
Of course, current Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear—never one to back down from a verbal scrap—had clearly caught wind of O'Neill's outburst.
"You've got some nerve!" Kinnear bellowed across the narrow gap between the dugouts, loud enough for half the crowd near the sideline to hear. "You're acting like this is ballet out here! It's football—football! What did you expect, a hug and a handshake?"
