Pictures and quotes from:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1083176/The-dramatic-moment-footballer-hit-rocket-Windsor-Park-Belfast.html
If we Americans think that fans here are tough, think again. Check out these pictures from a soccer match in Belfast.
A football player was hit by a firework launched by opposition fans moments after the whistle was blown at the end of a cup final match last night. Here is Linfield's Conor Hagan being hit in the back with a rocket, just after his team's 2-1 loss to Cliftonville in the County Antrim Shield soccer final at Windsor Park in Belfast. The good news is that Hagan was treated by medics at the scene and is going to be OK. The bad news is that the incident sparked riots between Catholics and Protestants in Belfast.
The attack, which sparked riots afterwards, came as players for Cliftonville, a largely Catholic-supported side, had missiles thrown at them by fans of the losing side, which is typically followed by protestants in the divided city.
Hagan, 26, was tended by team medics and members of both sides before being able to regain his feet.
'I was lying on the ground disgusted with the result and didn’t see the firework coming,' he told the Belfast Telegraph.
‘It hit me on the back when it went off and it was more the bang that scared me and I was in shock for few seconds."
Hagan, 26, was tended by team medics and members of both sides before being able to regain his feet.
'I was lying on the ground disgusted with the result and didn’t see the firework coming,' he told the Belfast Telegraph.
‘It hit me on the back when it went off and it was more the bang that scared me and I was in shock for few seconds."
"It could have been a lot worse so I am relieved that I am not injured.’
Linfield manager David Jeffrey said: ‘The last thing that I want to do is inflame the situation.
‘I don’t want to talk about one idiot, but it has got to be condemned outright.’
Cliftonville coach Eddie Patterson, who was the subject of a death threat before the Irish Cup semi-final last season, also condemned the incident.
‘I don’t even want to highlight it that much - it only gives these people publicity. It has no place in football.
‘Some of my own players had missiles thrown at them, but I would rather talk about the Linfield fans who applauded us off the pitch. That’s what football’s about.’
‘I don’t want to talk about one idiot, but it has got to be condemned outright.’
Cliftonville coach Eddie Patterson, who was the subject of a death threat before the Irish Cup semi-final last season, also condemned the incident.
‘I don’t even want to highlight it that much - it only gives these people publicity. It has no place in football.
‘Some of my own players had missiles thrown at them, but I would rather talk about the Linfield fans who applauded us off the pitch. That’s what football’s about.’
5 comments:
HOLYYYYYYYYYY chit,that is just crazy!!!!!
Who brings something like that into a f--kin' futbol game? I would put it in the trailer park but, they would just start making juvenile jokes about futbol fans etc. You know stupid sh--.
uh the day u start doin that, the day i vanish from answering here.....full up that place is, i don't need the hassle's darlin!!
as for who brings that to games, i dunno but that is hella crazy sick fo sho!!
Yeah, that was another reason, it's nice to post and not have to worry, or worry too much.
indeed :)
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