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Jack Grealish Got Punched In The Head By An Opposing Fan And Went On To Score The Game-Winning Goal  Less than 10 minutes into the EFL Championship match between Aston Villa and Birmingham City, a Birmingham supporter ran onto the pitch during a dead period of play, charged at Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish and landed a punch that hit the side of the player’s head. A steward was able to make his...

Black Cat Interrupts Everton Game, Much To The Delight Of Suffering Home SupportersDespite their team being down 3-1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, the Everton supporters at Goodison Park finally had something to cheer about in the 67th minute of the match as a black cat had invaded the pitch. Play had to be stopped for about five minutes as players waited for the cat to ...

Idiot On The Field Invades Euro 2016 Final, Performs Gymnastics RoutineThis Euro 2016 has been somewhat of a security nightmare, and so it’s no surprise an Idiot made it onto the pitch of today’s final and turned it into the venue for a floor exercise....

"Pandemonium" As Hibernian Wins First Scottish Cup In 114 Years

David Gray’s 92nd-minute header pushed Hibernian to a 3-2 win over Rangers and delivered the north Edinburgh club its first Scottish Cup trophy since 1902—sparking madness at Hampden Park as fans stormed the pitch....

Idiot On The Field Invades Pitch At MLS Playoff Match, Gets Sacked

A lot of idiots have made their appearances at RFK Stadium, but it was one Idiot whose pitch invasion interrupted today’s D.C. United-New York Red Bulls and led to the hooligan getting sacked—in the American football sense of the term....

Idiot On The Field Disrupts Armenia-Portugal Euro Qualifier

A presumably Armenian Idiot invaded the pitch during the first half of today’s Euro 2016 qualifier and, unlike American Idiots On The Field, actually earned some decent attention and play-by-play from ESPN’s announcing team. ...

Riots Delay <i>El Clásico Tapatío </i>As Atlas Fans Attack Chivas Players

Riots delayed yet another major soccer match this weekend as the second Liguilla leg of Atlas vs Guadalajara was delayed 15 minutes for fans running onto the field, attempting to attack Chivas players and the referee, and committing violence in the stands....

Twitter Diary Of A Failed Pitch Invader

Arsenal blogger and man-about-the-internet Hugh Wizzy had decent seats for Spain-Chile. Had. Here, a tragicomedy in four acts:...