Just been watching the rugby and remember that the French (not playing England) will have their national mascot, the cockerel prancing round the pitch...hopefully not during the game. It probably got through the turnstile in a Frenchman's duffle bag! Indeed, one was brought in to Ewood Park, Blackburn Rovers, as a demonstration against those unpopular owners, the Venkys. The chicken soon got its own Twitter account!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptt-gLTGhHEDid the stray dog, that put pay to goalkeeper Chick Brodie's career, when he played for Brentford in 1969, get there on its own?.....
What about a car door?
During a friendly between New Zealand and Chile in Auckland before the 2002 World Cup, a fan ran onto the pitch carrying a car door. At the end of the match, the announcer asked fans not to invade the pitch and not to bring car parts onto the playing area. The result was a 0-0 bore "door" (draw), or perhaps the only breath of fresh air in the day!
Some years ago, Paul, a West Brom fan, turned up to a home game wearing a big mac on a warm, dry day. When he got to his favourite spot on the standing only terrace, he removed two house bricks and a plank, made a small step out of it and stood on it to get a better view.
When Charlton Athletic met Luton Town in January 1982, a Charlton fan threw half a dead cat on to the pitch. What on earth makes somebody do that? Did he plan it? Did he find the poor thing on route? Heaven knows! The game ended 0-0 as well.
Remember the beachball at the Stadium of Light in October 2009? Crowd-throw beachball on to pitch-Darren Bent's shot hits beachball and flies past keeper Pepe Reina...goal! The defeat left Liverpool 7th in the Premier League, so no European football, and Benitez was on his bike to the beach. 16 year old Callum Campbell, a Liverpool fan who pumped it onto the pitch, got death threats!
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1437726999574750
17 year old Christopher Jacome was murdered in the Colombian city of Cucuta, and hours after his death, his friends stole the body from the funeral home and brought him along in the coffin to see the local team, Cucuta Deportiva.
Remember celery throwing at Stamford Bridge? All down to Chelsea fans witnessing Gillingham's supporters throwing celery onto their home pitch at the Priestfield Stadium in a pre-season friendly (apparently it was growing celery on the pitch)? Cesc Fabregas was a target!
Here's Fabregas dodging celery when taking a corner in the Carling Cup Final!
This practice found its way back to West London when it was adopted by the Blues' supporters and in 2002 v Fulham at Villa Park, 4 Chelsea supporters were arrested for throwing celery, but they were not charged because they claimed it was "tradition". In 2007 v Arsenal in the Carling Cup Final at Wembley, the game was interrupted by flying celery; Chelsea won 2-1.
Vinnie Jones bought a six foot rubber snake from Hamleys and took it to a match at Wembley and he wore it as a scarf as walked onto the pitch. The steward questioned it but accepted the attire as part of Vinnie's eccentric behaviour. Who would argue with Vinnie? or a rubber snake?
Stoke v Man City 1988 two men in a panto horse costume tried to get into the match on one ticket.
It was Christmas! Stoke won 3-1 in Division 2. They got in....OH no they didn't!The Italians won't be beaten (well they just have been at Rugby!) when it comes to smuggling things into stadia...Inter Milan fans snuck a scooter, stolen from Atalanta fans, into their Serie A match and took it to the Upper Tier on the San Siro. They failed to set it alight and in their frustration threw it over the edge of the stand. Nobody was on the terrace below, I believe.
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