Weird True Freaky
English soccer player shown red card after tackling streaker
- From: NewsCore
- March 09, 2011
The player was sent off after crash-tackling the streaker / AP Source: AP
A SOCCER player in England was seeing red after a nearly-naked streaker interrupted his team's match, and the referee showed him a red card for putting an emphatic end to the display.
As the male streaker - dressed in a green "mankini" and wig in an imitation of the movie Borat - jogged onto the field Monday, stopping play in a lower-division match between Dorchester Town and Havant & Waterlooville, security guards made a halfhearted attempt to corral him.
It was at that point that Dorchester Town's player-manager, Ashley Vickers, took it upon himself to end the farce, slamming the streaker to the ground with an American football-style tackle.
The streaker was hauled off by guards at Havant's sparsely populated stadium, and Vickers was promptly given a red card for his tackle. The teams play in Conference South, which is ranked as the sixth tier of English soccer.
Vegetarian couple barred from adopting
SOCIAL welfare officials have barred a vegetarian couple from adopting because of fears their diet will be imposed on the child.
Japan quake: Latest updates
RUSSIA, Taiwan, Phillipines and Hawaii on tsunami watch after a 8.8-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan's northeastern coast.
Have your say
Add your comment on this story