David Meyler used to "get belted as kid all the time" playing gaelic games - so he will have no problem accepting an apology from Newcastle manager Alan Pardew.

The pair are due to come face-to-face for the first time today at St James' Park since Pardew head-butted the Cork native at the KC Stadium back in March.

His actions cost him a £100,000 club fine, £60,000 FA fine and a seven-game touchline ban, which included three matches excluded from the stadium.

But Irish international Meyler, son of former Carlow hurling boss John, holds no grudges, revealing to The Irish Daily Mail that he wasn't fazed by the incident.

"What's the point of me dwelling on it? It's done, it's dusted," Meyler said.

"I come from a big GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) background, I played a lot of hurling and Gaelic football growing up as a kid and you used to get belted as a kid all the time.

'That's just the way it was. I used to live and breathe that. You would go home and your hands would be cut, your legs would be cut.

'I was more annoyed because we lost 4-1. I flew home with my father and we never spoke about it once. We spoke about the game. The incident was nothing. You've got to move on. You can't keep thinking about it."

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