When Jimmy Bullard was at Fulham, they went away on a pre-season trip to Germany.
One night a few of the players were sat in the hotel’s canal-side bar having a drink.
It was about 11pm when Chris Coleman came round and told them they needed to be in their rooms by midnight at the latest.
That did not last long.
By 2am they were still there doing vodka shots.
Then Coleman came back down again with Steve Kean.
The players froze for a second because they thought the night was over.
Instead Coleman told them:
“Don’t worry.”
“We’ll join you.”
By 4am they were all smashed.
At some point in the middle of it, Bullard nicked one of Steve Kean’s flip-flops and launched it into the canal.
Kean was not especially impressed.
“Go and get it!”
Bullard’s answer was simple enough.
“You go and get it.”
That went on for a bit until Kean got up and leaned over the water trying to find the flip-flop in the dark.
Bullard was stood there with Mark Crossley looking at him.
He started talking about how funny it would be to rugby tackle Kean straight into the canal.
Crossley told him:
“Go on then.”
Bullard did not need asking twice.
He leapt over the long table, launched himself at Kean and sent the pair of them straight into the water.
Kean started throwing punches while Bullard was trying to get out.
The rest of them were in bits on the side watching it.
Bullard eventually scrambled out.
Kean got out after him and started chasing him through the park next to the canal.
That carried on until Michael Brown got Bullard away and hid him in his room.
By the time Bullard had dried off and stopped laughing, it was morning.
A few hours later he went downstairs looking for breakfast.
The lift doors opened.
Standing right there waiting to get in was Steve Kean.
Bullard looked at him and said:
“Hi Steve.”
“How are you doing?”
Kean just looked back at him, gave him a wink and said:
“Blinding night last night.”
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