Lamb Leg Thrown At Soccer Match
It’s been a couple of days since something weird happened in soccer, hasn’t it? Let’s rummage around and see what we can find…there that was easy. From the BBC:
An animal welfare charity has condemned an incident in which a lamb’s leg was thrown onto the pitch during trouble at a football game at the weekend.
The leg was one of several missiles thrown after a match between Ballymena United and Distillery on Saturday.
But fans and players should feel lucky that the lamb’s leg was the only part that was thrown, as apparently a hockey player received a much, much worse present:
A USPCA spokesman said it “demonstrated general disregard for animal welfare”.
“It also follows a recent incident in which a horse’s head was left outside the home of a hockey player in Cookstown,” he added.
Methinks that someone has watched The Godfather one too many times. And before I get comments from soccer fans on why I don’t get soccer, I’ll beat you to it. It’s because I’m a stupid American who doesn’t understand the passion of soccer fans, or their sport, and who is incapable of comprehending why it is perfectly acceptable to throw a dead animal part onto the field. I’m not insulting your sport egg-heads, I’m insulting people that do stupid shit, indiscriminate of gender, race, sport, or financial background.