Nostalgia was rife in the Premier League at the weekend. Not only were there a mammoth seven kick-off times at the godly 3pm, but there were plenty of team-mate scuffles too.
These are great simply because they remain a source of amusement for years to come. That there were three in one day at three different grounds makes the fractious comeback all the more pleasing.
Neither team won, either. Manchester City earned a point after being 3-1 down to Sunderland, but Mario Balotelli's two-goal display was marred by his petulance over Aleksander Kolarov taking a free-kick.
It was worse for the league's two Black Country clubs. Roger Johnson and Wayne Hennessey had a confrontation during Wolves' 3-2 home defeat to Bolton, with Johnson, Wolves' captain, conceding a penalty and also getting skinned by Kevin Davies for another goal.
At Goodison Park, Ben Foster aired his frustration at Peter Odemwingie for forgetting to prepare for a second-half short corner, and the Nigerian tamely butted his goalkeeper who, unlike James Perch, stayed on his feet.
Disappointingly, it was short of fisticuffs a la Hunter and Lee (although they were opponents) or a John Hartson Sega Megadrive tribute, but opposition fans enjoyed their schadenfreude.
So here are some great on-pitch-meltdowns amongst colleagues from yesteryear...
Bruce Grobbelaar v Steve McManaman, 1994
Although Grobbelaar was simply furious at McManaman for neglecting his defensive duties and allowing Everton to score, this has been subjected to the odd satirical caption after Grobbelaar was investigated for match-fixing. The Zimbabwean was cleared however.
David Batty v Graeme Le Saux, 1995
Blackburn's disastrous foray into the Champions League was epitomised by two of their England internationals coming to blows as they lost 3-0 to Spartak Moscow. The incident happened just four minutes into the game, with the score goalless, and even when they were 40 yards apart the pair continued to shout at each other. Twenty-three minutes later Colin Hendry and captain Tim Sherwood squared up after the latter had lost possession and then conceded a foul.
Lee Bowyer v Kieron Dyer, 2005
Newcastle were already 3-0 and 10 men down to Aston Villa, after Steven Taylor's dramatics failed to convince referee Barry Knight. Then Bowyer moaned at Dyer because he didn't receive a pass from the ex-Ipswich midfielder. One thing led to another. They were both sent off. And then it was eight.
Nicklas Bendtner v Emmanuel Adebayor, 2008
As if losing to Tottenham 5-1 would be bad enough, the first cracks of title-challenging Arsenal appeared in January's League Cup semi-final second leg. But this spat stemmed from... footwear. Adebayor explained in 2009: "There was a rule at Arsenal where no one is allowed to come into the dressing room with trainers or house shoes on. I cannot understand why Nicklas came every day with his shoes on."
On the pitch, Bendtner showed his colleague the finger, and the confrontation escalated. Most damagingly for Arsenal was that in February, when 2-1 up at Birmingham, Adebayor had a one-on-one saved by Maik Taylor when had he played the ball to Bendtner the Dane would almost certainly have made it 3-1. The Gunners drew 2-2 after James McFadden smashed in a stoppage-time penalty, and their title challenge had effectively come to a crashing end.
Ricardo Fuller v Andy Griffin, 2008
Fuller was sent off for slapping the Stoke captain as the Potters lost 2-1 at West Ham, and later insisted Griffin had been "very rude and disrespectful". But the following season he scored a wonder goal at Upton Park to atone for his red card and is still at the club while Griffin is playing for Reading.