![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/from-man-utd-hotel-scrap-to-grealish-brawl-the-dirtiest-pre-season-moments-ever/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ah-OFF-PLATFORM-pre-season-scraps.jpg&description=FOR most football clubs, July is all about welcoming new signings, building up match fitness and working on a little team spirit. But sometimes, pre-season can be anything but friendly. 8 Roy Keane and Peter Schmeichel famously scrapped after a boozy night on Man Utd's pre-season tour of Hong Kong in 1997 Credit: EMPICS Sport From scraps on the pitch to blazing rows back at the team hotels, there have been plenty of unsavoury summer moments. SunSport takes a look at some of the biggest flashpoints in pre-season history. BLACK-EYED PETE On the back of winning the 1996-97 Premier League title, Sir Alex Ferguson took his Manchester United squad to Hong Kong for pre-season. But that summer isn't remembered for the results, but the incredible hotel bust-up between two of the team's biggest personalities and leaders: Roy Keane and Peter Schmeichel. The pair came to blows in a drunken haze, with Fergie later calling them both a "disgrace" after hearing about the bust-up from club legend Sir Bobby Charlton, who'd seen the whole thing. In 2019, Keane - reflecting on Raheem Sterling's scrap with Joe Gomez in England training - revealed: "From my own experience, I've had a fight with a player... Peter Schmeichel in a hotel." Years later, Keane went into more detail, adding: 'We were on pre-season, drinking as usual until three or four in the morning. "I said something to Peter and he was waiting for me outside of the room. 'I went back to Nicky Butt's room for a club sandwich, really exciting stuff. There was no women or heroin, it was a club sandwich. 'I came out of the room and Peter's waiting and he says 'I've had enough of you!'... I remember thinking 'you've had enough of me? Let's get it on'. 'Obviously we had a fight. It seemed like ages, but I'm guessing it was like two or three minutes.' It led to a hilarious morning-after - with Keane revealing he barely remembered the fight... until seeing Schmeichel's black eye. Keane continued: 'The next morning, I'm rooming with){kind=link}
FOR most football clubs, July is all about welcoming new signings, building up match fitness and working on a little team spirit.
But sometimes, pre-season can be anything but friendly.
From scraps on the pitch to blazing rows back at the team hotels, there have been plenty of unsavoury summer moments.
SunSport takes a look at some of the biggest flashpoints in pre-season history.
On the back of winning the 1996-97 Premier League title, Sir Alex Ferguson took his Manchester United squad to Hong Kong for pre-season.