Friday, June 25, 2010

Fan Invades England Team's Dressing Room at 2010 World Cup in South Africa

David Beckham and Prince Harry


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/7853456/World-Cup-2010-Fan-in-court-for-invading-England-teams-dressing-room-in-South-Africa.html


Summary:

Pavlos Joseph, an enthusiastic fan of England, claims to have been looking for the loo after the Algeria game, when he accidently ended up in the team’s changing room. He says the security guard sent him in the wrong direction and when he found himself with the team, he expressed his disappointment to them and David Beckham. This happened right after princes William and Harry had left the room. He was led off by security guards and will appear in a special World Cup court for trespassing. Inicially, the plan was to ban him from future games, but since he did not display any violent behaviour, that was dropped. Beckham says the whole thing was blown out of proportion.


Personal Opinion:

I think they shouldn’t pursue it any further, he already had to pay 500 euros in bail money, so that is enough. He did not mean any harm and Beckham himself said that it was no big deal. On another article I read that Prince William jokingly said it must have been his fault for leaving the door open on his way out. They should actually go fire the security guard who let this happen in the first place. Thankfully it was a harmless fan, but what if it wasn’t? We all remember the Munich Massacre in 1972.

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