F-words: 36, C-words: 3, B-words: 6 – read Joe Kinnear’s Newcastle press conference that was like no other

Former Ireland international and Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear dies aged 77

Rob Stewart
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Joe Kinnear will go down in Premier League history for delivering a press conference like no other.

After being surprisingly parachuted in to manage Newcastle United by then-club owner Mike Ashley following Kevin Keegan’s abrupt exit, Kinnear’s first formal media activity descended in an X-rated, expletive-ridden rant.