This Liverpudlian footballer is a bad boy on the pitch and has also done a stint in the clink for common assault and affray. He provokes extreme reactions but the hatred he is subjected to on Twitter doesn’t seem to bother him a jot. For that reason and because of his intelligent tweets, perhaps a career as a media pundit beckons next.

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David Nalbandian
From the same Steeple territory

David Nalbandian

This aggressive Argentinean is truly the Joey Barton of tennis. Kicking a panel in the 2012 Queen’s final resulted in a linesman being injured and him being disqualified. He’s neither a McEnroe nor a Becker in the making.

Dame Norma Major DBE
From the same Steeple territory

Dame Norma Major DBE

Her husband may have been minor as Prime Minister but she is definitely a star. She put up with John Major’s dalliances with Edwina Currie and “kept a low profile” whilst her husband ran the country. Norma Major is thought of as “strong willed” and was rightly made a Dame Commander of the British Empire […]