Former Sunderland star Michael Gray says he can have a 'laugh and a joke' about his infamous nightclub fight with Wayne Rooney - but ruled out stepping into the ring against him for a charity boxing match. The pair were on separate nights out at Manchester's celebrity hotspot Panacea bar in September 2006 when Gray made disparaging comments about the women Rooney was with. We were at Blackburn and Man United came into the nightclub. 'So I was in there and we had the booths, one with Blackburn lads here and Man United lads there. But then it came out, "Gray asks Rooney and Coleen for a threesome and everything".

Source: Daily Mail March 15, 2026 15:58 UTC