1 JOHN DALY The 1995 Open champion, arrested for being drunk and disorderly two months ago, recorded a 78 in the first round of the Australian Open on Thursday, venting his frustration by ripping a camera from spectator Brad Clegg and smashing it on a tree. Clegg considered retaliating but noted: ‘He’s a big guy’

2 ERIC CANTONA Seething after being sent off at Crystal Palace in 1995, Manchester United’s captain headed for the dressing room but in-your-face abuse from a Palace fan saw the Frenchman launch a kung-fu kick at the fan’s chest. Cantona was fined £20,000 and suspended for nine months

3 JIMMY PIERSALL Cleveland Indians outfielder Jimmy Piersall was attacked by two New York fans on the field at Yankee stadium in 1961. Piersall dropped one with a single punch while his teammates dealt with the other

4 TREVOR BRENNAN The Ulsterman was playing for Toulouse against his home province in a 2007 Heineken Cup game when, thinking that he heard someone in the crowd abuse his mother, he jumped into the stands and attacked Ulster fan Patrick Bamford. The latter claimed that he had merely been baiting Brennan about the bar he owned in Toulouse and an investigation agreed

5 ALAN BLACK The Wasps committee member was touchside when a flight flared up between Tim Payne and Clermont’s Jamie Cudmore. Black and Cudmore’s teammate Martin Scelzo were soon sucked into the melee, Black hitting out with his rolled-up match programme

6 TERRY ALDERMAN The first Test of the 1982-83 Ashes series in Perth was drifting towards a draw when an England fan ran on to the field, flicking Alderman’s ear as he ran past. The Aussie pace bowler brought the man down with a rugby tackle, only to dislocate his own shoulder

7 BRIAN CLOUGH In 1989, the Nottingham Forest manager chased two pitch invaders off the field at the City Ground, giving one a clip round the ear. Talk of an assault charge was dropped when he later met the fans, sealing the deal with a sloppy kiss

8 INZAMAM UL-HAQ India were playing Pakistan in Canada in 1997 when Inzamam went for spectator Shiv Kumar Thind, who, with the benefit of a megaphone, called him a ‘fat potato’. A witness said: ‘If not for the spectators and security staff curbing him, he would have broken the head of that guy’

9 JEFF WINTER Former referee Winter has a website, on which fans have been reminding him how ‘highly’ they regard him. Winter called them ‘ignorant tits’, adding: ‘I have decided not to reply [to abusive messages] as some are wearing my hard-hitting responses as a badge of honour’

10 TY COBB In 1912, the Detroit Tiger laid into a heckling fan in the stand. When onlookers pleaded with Cobb to stop because the handicapped man had no hands, Cobb said: ‘I don’t care if he has no feet!’

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