I am not sure if it was every public knowledge what caused Lambert to go after Dougie, I always remember him as being a difficult player to gauge, at times unplayable, at other times, a liability.... this might be my memory failing me but wasn’t he at the centre of the Sunderland brawl (along with Bell?) a few years later? And I am sure I saw him thrown out of a Wembley game as well.
I am on surer ground with the Kelland incident, Shannon had been thrown out of the previous game for fighting Kelland and after a quiet game (at least between the two of them), it all kicked off at the handshakes. Shannon apparently said something to Kelland, who was then dismissive and after a few more verbals they started fighting. I think Shannon’s ban was extended as he was accused of fighting with his gloves on.... I was pretty sure at the time that he hadn’t been.... but I don’t think it was as many as thirteen games but I might be wrong!
Wonder what DOPS would have made of both this, and the bench clearance....