Bridges, who plays for and is assistant coach of A-League side Newcastle Jets in Australia, pulled goalkeeper Mark Birighitti away after his training ground fight with defender Taylor Regan.
The players came to blows between training drills, butting heads to leave both with facial injuries.
Regan suffered a gash along his left eyebrow, and his anger meant he had to be dragged away by team-mates Emile Heskey – formerly of England, Liverpool and Aston Villa – and Kew Jaliens.
The incident is thought to have taken place after a ball was accidentally thrown into the back of Birighitti’s head.
It's nothing we haven't seen before, of course, we Geordies do the bugger ON THE PITCH in front of 52,000 ...
