Worst Thing You've Seen On a Sports Pitch
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@mariner4life said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
That was nasty
struggling to think of a worse act on a sports field. Especially from someone of that profile. Especially when he fully admitted it was intentional.
For me it's hard to go past Richard Loe with his eye gouging and his Paul Carozza.
Perhaps not as premeditated, but still really shitty things to do.
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The first thing that came to my mind was Welshman Jim Mills stomping on Kiwi John Greengrass's head in a 1975 League test.
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@MajorRage that was absolutely terrible..
Sort of on the pitch, well he started on the pitch and then got a red card, but that's when oh ah Cantona got started and kicks a supporter
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@bayimports my bro and I stayed up to watch that match and it was one of those “aye, what just happened” moments. Couldn’t believe it, but seemed more surreal because it certainly was a unique one.
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The cry on the terraces after that incident changed to "Oooh-ah - 9 month bar"
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Loe was a disgrace to the Black jersey.
For me: Seeing an England player (Dean Richards I think) repeatedly kick John Timu in the head 2-3 times when he was trapped in a ruck.
Not on the pitch itself, but racist chanting at Twickenham.
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@MajorRage said in Worst Thing You've Seen On a Sports Pitch:
Piet van Zyl was pretty shitty as well.
What cracked me up the most was the SA guys giving him a tune up as well. AJ Venter I think it was.
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@MN5 said in Worst Thing You've Seen On a Sports Pitch:
@MajorRage said in Worst Thing You've Seen On a Sports Pitch:
Piet van Zyl was pretty shitty as well.
What cracked me up the most was the SA guys giving him a tune up as well. AJ Venter I think it was.
Actually a pretty average clean out from Richie there.
Some might call it Savea-esq -
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Hillsborough tragedy - 96 dead -
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Worst Thing You've Seen On a Sports Pitch:
Loe was a disgrace to the Black jersey.
We all have them. See also Danny Grewcock, Calum Clarke.
For me: Seeing an England player (Dean Richards I think) repeatedly kick John Timu in the head 2-3 times when he was trapped in a ruck.
I don’t recall this incident and it doesn’t sound like Deano, but he was a hard bastard so it is possible.
Not on the pitch itself, but racist chanting at Twickenham.
Never experienced anything like that at Twickenham, or any other major rugby ground. The odd single knobhead yeah but that quickly gets shouted down.
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@Daffy-Jaffy This is going to be hard to top. Bit off topic from what I was after, but it does fit the bill.
Shocking stuff.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Worst Thing You've Seen On a Sports Pitch:
Hillsborough tragedy - 96 dead -
So bad. So sad to hear about the Indo event this week too, 127 dead I think. Horrific.
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@Catogrande said in Worst Thing You've Seen On a Sports Pitch:
We all have them. See also Danny Grewcock, Calum Clarke.
Grewcock was just dumb while Loe was on another, cynical level who did it again and again.
Never experienced anything like that at Twickenham, or any other major rugby ground. The odd single knobhead yeah but that quickly gets shouted down.
Was around 2006/7. Monkey sounds directed at Pasifika players. Aaron Mauger remarked on it IIRC. Way different now though and kudos to the RFU for sorting that out.
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@Catogrande said in Worst Thing You've Seen On a Sports Pitch:
I don’t recall this incident and it doesn’t sound like Deano, but he was a hard bastard so it is possible.
It was on Frank Bunce and there was nothing hard bastard about it. The UK press didn't remark on it all but then had a collective meltdown when something similar happened to Phil DeGraville on a tour later the same year (by Jamie Joseph IIRC). They even brought in the Chariots of Fire writer to write an inflammatory article about it - yep, he's as shit at sports writing as he is at scripting.
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@Tim I did not know this incident so searched for video without success, but found this instead of a french ref taking out a spectator who head butted him!
