Tony Adams tells how Ray Parlour decked man who attacked him with a machete in Hong Kong brawl
Arsenal legend Adams explains how Chris Kiwomya chatting up a girl had led to striker and Parlour getting nicked
I WAS walking down the road with Ray Parlour during a club tour to Hong Kong in 1995 when I noticed a row occurring on the other side of the street.
I could see it involved our striker Chris Kiwomya, who had apparently got talking to a girl and it all kicked off, with her boyfriend taking offence.
I went over to try to sort it out, and as it calmed down a local was coming at Ray with a machete.
Undeterred, Ray decked the bloke, who was a taxi driver who had taken exception to Ray apparently lobbing prawn crackers into his cab.
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I dragged Ray away and we began to hurry off, only for the police to appear at the end of the road.
I turned into a side street but Ray got picked up, as did Chris, who had begun fighting again with the girl’s boyfriend.
I immediately told the chairman, Peter Hill-Wood, who arranged for a barrister to sort it all out.
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Chris got off and although Ray was fined HK$4,000 (around £300 at the time), he was lucky to avoid a jail sentence.
Arsenal were not about to let Ray escape that easily, however, and he was presented with a bill for the lawyer, which came to £12,000. He was on £600 a week back then and it took him several seasons to pay it off.
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