#pitch invaders

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Top 10 streakers in World Football - Pitch Invaders.

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Parrot Interrupts Football Practice In Brazil By Landing On Player’s Head. Watch Footballer Bruna Benites was surprised by a parrot landing on her head. A training session for Brazil's women's national football team was interrupted by a parrot landing on a player's head.

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Parrot Interrupts Football Practice In Brazil By Landing On Player’s Head. Watch Footballer Bruna Benites was surprised by a parrot landing on her head. A training session for Brazil's women's national football team was interrupted by a parrot landing on a player's head.

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GET THE FUCK OFF THE PITCH!!

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Pitch invaders: Tottenham victims of football’s latest stupid stunt

Is it just us, or is pitch invasion seriously in vogue at the moment? Last week’s blog featured those pesky flare-throwers in the game between Italy and Croatia. Last night, Tottenham’s Europa Cup game against Partizan Belgrade was interrupted on three separate occasions – the third of which even led to the game being suspended for ten minutes. 

Undoubtedly the most bizarre (and most polite, it must be said) pitch invaders you’ll ever see, though, featured in Wednesday night’s Champions League tie between Real Madrid and Basel. Check out these two jokers:

We have our suspicions, of course – this feels like a carefully orchestrated comedy sketch. Because if anything, they’re dressed too much like tourists: the nerdy backpacks, the anoraks, the video camera (not an iPhone!!!) … still, they weren’t exactly handled with care. 

And understandably so. It is – at least in the UK, anyway – breaking the law to enter the field of play, so it’s strange how often fans get it into their heads that they need to feel the hallowed turf under their foot.

Aside from the ‘why’, there are two points to discuss here. The first is this: how on earth do they manage it? Yesterday’s match at White Hart Lane must have featured at least 50 stewards marshalling the front of the stands. How does one overweight, overage and probably overboozed football fan make it through that barrier and onto the pitch? Someone isn’t doing their job properly, evidently. 

Secondly, why do we give them the attention they crave? BBC Sport, it should be said, makes a concerted effort not to show photos of offenders, but even they posted a story last night devoted entirely to the suspension of Spurs’ game. The Guardian’s much worse, featuring an image of two giggling pitch invaders being chased by stewards, one of which is on his way to hitting the deck, and the other looks uncannily like Daniel Levy.

The photo’s crowning glory, however, is in one fine detail: Roberto Soldado’s right boot, finely poised to bring down unsuspecting pitch invader number two. Take a look:

Anyway, enough of that. It just strikes us as common sense that if we stop glorifying these guys’ actions (and that includes posting their photos online), then the growing trend of pitch invasion should eventually stop altogether.

As for Predikta, we’ve got a host of really tasty ties this weekend. None of them are total showstoppers, but there are a number of fixtures that are really tricky to call.

First up are Burnley who, having failed to record a win until the eleventh game of the season, now look to make it three wins in three as they face an Aston Villa side who are without a win since mid-September.

The weekend’s serious six-pointer is between QPR and Leicester, both of whom badly need a boost ahead of the busy Christmas schedule. Elsewhere, West Ham face Newcastle, Spurs are at home to Everton, and 2nd play 3rd as Southampton take on Man City at St. Mary’s.

All of them are tough to predict, no doubt, so a couple of good calls this weekend could see you shooting up your Predikta league. Make your predictions with care, players.

The full Predikta fixture list is as follows: 

West Brom  v  Arsenal

Burnley  v  Aston Villa

Liverpool  v  Stoke

Man Utd  v  Hull

QPR  v  Leicester

Swansea  v  Crystal Palace

West Ham  v  Newcastle

Sunderland  v  Chelsea

Southampton  v  Man City

Tottenham  v  Everton

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Two very unusual pitch invaders appear during Madrid v Basel - http://dispensablesoccer.com/two-very-unusual-pitch-invaders-appear-during-madrid-v-basel/

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Going crazy! Pitch invaders run wild at end of Real Madrid-Roma match

Not one, not two, not three.

Not four, not five.

Not six.

We literally lost track how many pitch invaders interrupted the end of the Real Madrid vs. Roma match on Tuesday night at the International Champions Cup, but we do know this: One is already too many.

The preseason tournament has had at least one pitch invader in seemingly every game thus far, but things really got out of hand in Dallas:

Security staffers, don't quit your day jobs.

Photo provided by Getty Images.

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Bursaspor goalkeeper Harun Tekin must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed or something. Usually, when a fan runs onto the pitch, the invader is greeted by smiles and some head-shaking from the players (heck, Messi apparently even hugs them). But not Mr. Tekin, ohhh no!

Tekin, probably upset over his team's impending 2-0 loss to Kasimpasa, didn't even let the pitch invader get past his six yard box, pummeling the poor lad with a flurry of left and right hooks. Maybe Tekin should consider taking up boxing to let out his rage. As Cristiano Ronaldo might say, "Calma! Calma!"