{"id":1116787,"date":"2019-11-25T13:17:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T13:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1116787"},"modified":"2019-11-25T13:17:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T13:17:46","slug":"steve-bruce-cabbage-incident-aston-villa-return","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/steve-bruce-cabbage-incident-aston-villa-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Bruce reflects on ‘unsavoury’ cabbage incident ahead of Aston Villa return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle United manager Steve Bruce has described his acrimonious Aston Villa exit as\u00a0“one of the most unsavoury times” of his managerial career.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

His dismissal came in\u00a0October 2018, just five months after defeat in the\u00a0Championship play-off final, with the final few throes of his reign culminating in a fan throwing a cabbage at him.<\/p>\n

What is the ‘cabbage incident’? Five things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Bruce guided Villa to the Championship play-off final in 2017\/18, losing 1-0 to Fulham.<\/li>\n
  • However, just five months later he was sacked with Villa sitting 12th in the table.<\/li>\n
  • The club experienced financial issues over the 2018 summer, which Bruce has since described as difficult to work within.<\/li>\n
  • During his final game in charge – a 3-3 draw with Preston – a fan threw a cabbage in his direction.<\/li>\n
  • Bruce has now called the final few days of his Villa stint as “one of the most unsavoury times” of his career.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n