Liverpool fan "loses sight in eye" due to missile allegedly being thrown at the Etihad.

[ballinio]

Of course he did, was he disabled & carrying his baby son in his arms at the time ?

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Liverpool fan lost the sight in an eye due to object thrown into their end. I am sure whoever was responsible never intended to hurt someone badly, but this is the potential consequence.

Hopefully a moment's thought now might prevent someone doing this on spur of the moment in the future.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-fan-loses-sight-eye-12826212

Their sites got more shit and pop ups than the MUEN.

It's a bit vague but stuff is chucked all the time both ways around the away fans area and this is bound to happen at some stage (hopefully a non-story like the Everton cup semi).

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Quote from the patient;
'I was standing there watching these guys throwing their pies in the air.
I remember wondering why one pie seemed to be getting bigger and bigger.....
And then it hit me.....'

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Not like they don't have previous for printing bullshit, made-up stories about us is it?

 

[RightTurnClyde]

Of course he did, was he disabled & carrying his baby son in his arms at the time ?

Ha! Beat me to it.

 

[bada bing]

Here's the CCTV...

 

[purplenose]

I can.t help thinking that there may be touch of journalistic bullshit here. I am sure that if someone had lost the sight in one eye due to an object thrown in the stadium it would have been all over the TV and internet. The article doesnt specify from which supporters the object was thrown either. Given Liverpool fans have an unrivalled talent when it comes to playing the victim I am sure we would have heard much much more about it than we have.

As for pie throwing, it is an ancient art that has been practised at football stadiums for decades. I myself took a direct hit on one occasion at Millwall,s old Den. Pastie of some kind right on the side of the bonce. A good mate of mine was hit by one at Crewe Alex a few years back, and indeed Mark Lawrenson ended up wearing a pie outside the millenium stadium following Newcastle getting humped by the rags in the cup semi-final a few years ago. By all accounts a fantastic long distance throw delivered by a "not best pleased" Geordie.

 

[CTID1988]

There will be a candlelit vigil for the eye outside Liverpool town hall tonight

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

There will be a candlelit vigil for the pie outside Liverpool town hall tonight

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

There will be a candlelit vigil for the eye outside Liverpool town hall tonight

Their 2017/18 kit will have an eye on the back under the '96' motif.