The dog on the pitch v Birmingham 1982...

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Anyone remember this?

Birmingham City were the visitors on the day - as was this dog that held up play for a number of minutes!
Scenes of hilarity as it pee'd on a goal post at the North Stand, ran the length of the pitch in front of The Kippax and then pee'd on a post in the Platt Lane End.
The dog gave the elderly stewards the run around before a group of younger fans gave it ago.
It was left to Joe Corrigan to entice the dog towards him, when it was finally captured and removed to a great roar.
The game ended 0-0 and the dog was awarded Man Ot The Match!

 

[superwatsonwatson]

Good entertainment when City didn’t winalot.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Me & me Dad were at that game, the best thing was when the dog had finally been removed & the game went back to being a dull 0-0 draw the Kippax started singing "We want the dog back!"
We had a laugh about that for years afterwards every time we were watching a dull game :-)

 

[Gone for a Burton]

It was a woof game.

 

[BrianW]

This is a game I recall well. It was utter, utter shite and the dog's appearance was literally the only memorable part of the game. In fact, it should have been added to the squad and put on for 10 minutes each match to entertain the crowd.

 

[meeesh]

I remember that game,I also seem to remember for some strange reason that Frank Worthington was playing for Birmingham that day as well

 

[Lee the Blue]

Was at this one in the Main Stand Block H Right. Dire game from what I recall - 0-0 draw and I think Tony Coton was in goal for Brum?

 

[Shirley]

Maybe the same match and dog..

 

[When The Levee Breaks]

Guessing this was in the days where people let their dogs out, instead of walking them cos they wouldn't get stolen back then. I seem to remember dogs roaming the streets was fairly common, in the 80s.

As was the sight of white dog shit. But that's for another thread :-)

 

[JGL07]

That reminds me of the incident in Chile during the 1962 World Cup. England were playing Brazil and a stray dog ran on the pitch. Eventually play stopped and Jimmy Greaves successfully grabbed the dog. Greaves ended up on the ground and the dog pissed over his shirt.

For Greaves, that was a typical Saturday night out: on all fours and smelling of urine.