OFFSIDE OFFSIDE Team loses 37-0 in socially distanced match
A German football team lost 37-0 to their local rivals, after fi elding only seven players who socially distanced throughout the match.
Ripdorf fi elded the minimum number of players because their opponents SV Holdenstedt II came into contact in a previous game with someone who tested
positive for Covid-19. Their team tested negative but Ripdorf said the conditions were not safe.
If Ripdorf had not played, they would have faced a €200 (£182) fi ne. They had asked for the match - in the 11th tier of German football - to be postponed but the local association refused.
At the beginning of the match, one of Ripdorf’s players stepped onto the pitch, passed the ball to an opponent and the team then walked to the sidelines.
“There was no reason not to play this game,” Holdenstedt coach Florian Schierwater said.
Grumpy greenkeepers?
When James Ferris won Greenkeeper of the Year at the Bowls New Zealand Summerset Awards 2020, he
commentated that he is trying to buck the stereotype that greenkeepers are grumpy.
He still has pet peeves though: “It’s a running joke that the greenkeeper is the reason for everyone’s misfortune, from a wayward bowl to the onset of rainy weather.”
“It’s all in good fun ... I love this job and the people.”
Alpaca pitch invader
A Carlton Athletic football match was disrupted by an unusual pitch invader when an alpaca bounded on to the fi eld.
Carlton Athletic’s tie against Ilkley Town in West Yorkshire on Saturday was halted for 15 minutes when Oscar escaped from a nearby farm and joined the action.
“After 35 minutes it escaped, came through the entrance and proceeded to get on the pitch. The referee stopped the game. People didn’t want to go near it in case it kicked,” Ilkley manager Simon Armstrong said.
Attempts were made to entice it off the pitch with food, before a farmer managed to shepherd it home.
After the bizarre delay, Ilkley went on to secure a 2-0 away win.
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As if the RCA didn’t have enough to deal with ‘behind closed doors’, registration for racehorses names also falls within their remit.
Here’s a few that didn’t slip though the net! Ben Timover
Oil Beef Hooked Willy Fisterbottom
Neil Anblomee Anita Hanjaab
Arfur Foulksaycke
If you spot anything you think might give readers a chuckle send it to:
kerry.haywood@pitchcare.com
Good luck with your mission James!
A macaw interrupts Brazil’s women’s national team’s practice at their training ground, landing on the head of defender Bruna Benites.
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