Newcastle owner Mike Ashley does The Full Monty

Be afraid

Chris Hughton might testify that Mike Ashley is not a great bloke to work for, but his Sports Direct employees see a whole different side to the Newcastle owner.

Ashley and his staff stripped during a colleague’s birthday bash after the DJ foolishly played You Can Leave Your Hat On by Tom Jones.

The Sports Direct bash went on until 5am at a Chinese restaurant with Ashley picking up the £2,000 bar tab. That would have kept Joey Barton for an extra quarter of a day.