Jus' gerrid of it will ya

Alassane N'Dour's arrival at Walsall got me thinking back to his spell at Albion when he spent most of the season playing for the reserve team.

But it's the memory of his fellow African Sekou Berthe which conjurs up one of the most memorable outbursts I've seen from a manager and his No2.

Big Berthe was called into the Albion side for the game at Gillingham, where the press box was situated just behind the dug-out.

With Albion hanging onto a lead, Berthe took the ball under his control in Albion's penalty area, stepped over it, dropped his shoulder and dribbled his way out.

Gary Megson's face turned purple, expletives followed. Assistant boss Frank Burrows threw his flat cap onto the ground in disgust.

Defenders didn't do that back then.

And poor Big Berthe hardly ever played for the club again...