▁causing ▁thousands ▁of ▁pounds ▁worth ▁of ▁damage ▁to ▁a ▁C ath ay ▁Pacific ▁first ▁class ▁flight ▁cabin , ▁although ▁this ▁was ▁later ▁reported ▁to ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁caused ▁by ▁Mc Man aman ▁or ▁F ow ler ▁as ▁the ▁whole ▁England ▁team ▁took ▁collect ive ▁responsibility ▁for ▁Gas co igne ' s ▁ant ics ▁on ▁the ▁flight , ▁while ▁the ▁party ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁was ▁a ▁team ▁party ▁ ▁Mc Man aman ' s ▁reputation ▁was ▁also ▁not ▁a ided ▁by ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁also ▁known ▁for ▁being ▁a ▁serial ▁pr ank ster ▁with ▁F ow ler , ▁which ▁did ▁nothing ▁to ▁help ▁new ▁coach es ' ▁negative ▁opinions ▁about ▁him , ▁with ▁the ▁Sp ice ▁Boys ' ▁image ▁also ▁making ▁it ▁worse , ▁although , ▁colle ague ▁G are th ▁South gate ▁did ▁say ▁Mc Man aman ▁and ▁F ow ler ' s ▁ant ics ▁though ▁" s illy ", ▁helped ▁fost er ▁team ▁spirit . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁certain ▁journal ists ▁even ▁called ▁for ▁Mc Man aman ▁to ▁be ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁Euro ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁squad , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁Mc Man aman ' s ▁experience ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁worth ▁his ▁inclusion ▁in ▁the ▁side ▁alone , ▁but ▁to ▁no ▁avail ▁as ▁Mc Man aman ▁himself ▁decided ▁to ▁ret ire ▁shortly ▁after . ▁ ▁Style ▁of ▁play ▁A ▁hard - working , ▁vers atile ▁and ▁techn ically ▁gift ed ▁player , ▁Mc Man aman ▁was ▁usually ▁deployed ▁as ▁a ▁w inger , ▁or