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'He was in the trees!' Ex-Newcastle defender Steve Howey recalls Temuri Ketsbaia paintball story

Ex-Newcastle United defender Steve Howey has revealed Temuri Ketsbaia used his military service training to surprise the rest of the Magpies squad during a team bonding paintball trip.

Fondly remembered on Tyneside, Ketsbaia famously once lashed out at an advertising hoarding after scoring for Newcastle against Bolton back in 1998. Never short of passion, the Georgian midfielder later revealed his aggressive celebration came from his frustration at being kept out of the Magpies starting line-up.

During Ruud Gullit's tenure at St James' Park, Howey, Ketsbaia and the rest of the Newcastle squad went on a team bonding paintball trip, which resulted in the latter using guerrilla warfare tactics to ambush his teammates.

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