The wrath of the inimitable Colm Madden was felt again last night as the soccer pundit came out all guns blazing in defense of Colm O'Brien after his controversial trip to Peru.

A clearly annoyed Madden pulled the microphone from his lapel during commentary of the FAI Junior Cup coverage on NCTV in a move reminiscent of his famous rant against the state of the Club in Reidy's circa 1998.

Shocked viewers watched as Madden took exception to fellow pundit Sean Nelon's take on Colm O Brien's trip to Peru premiership club and blasted Newtown Celtic manager Sir Clive as having "lost the plot".

Bristling with annoyance he further hit out at Sir Clive describing his handling of O'Brien as "brutal".

And he said Sir Clive would regret the day he let the Ballywillaim man walk all the way to Macchu Picchu. Madden, who has long been an admirer of O'Brien and has penned the soccer star's biography, was rankled when the discussion on last night's programme came around to Colm
O'Brien.

And while it started out as a healthy discussion of the now famous departure, it ended up with Madden taking a pot shot at Chinky Brophy.

He described Brophy as "a womaniser" and told viewers that if they really wanted to know what the former Newtown Celtic player was like, they should go and watch the film 'American Gigolo'.

Last night, Madden also made little of the fact that Brophy donated the stg£1m funds he raised from his testimonial to charity.

A spokeswoman for NCTV said last night that things did get heated and Madden made remarks about Chinky Brophy.

"The Grunt (Quigley) then contested the remarks to contain the situation," the spokeswoman said.