Cat rescue earns keeper a booking

redout

Goalkeeper Ivan Banovic was booked after rescuing a pitch-invading cat during a top-flight match in Croatia.
Medjimurje Cakovec's Banovic picked up the wandering feline after it strayed on to the pitch 20 minutes into his team's match at Sibenik.

He placed it safely near a scoreboard but was then booked by the referee for leaving the pitch without permission.

Media reports said the official's actions annoyed fans, who barracked him for punishing Banovic's kind deed.

If the moggy was a home fan, it would been left purring as Sibenik won 1-0 to go second in the table.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8374495.stm


Thats just brilliant. The referee deserved the abuse to be honest. Most nuts probably would have kicked the bloody thing!

CantGetNoSleep

John Mullane rescued a dog during the 2007 Munster hurling final against Limerick, called it over and picked it up

He wasn't booked

It was funny

A photographer got a great picture of it also

GLaDOS

Cat appeared during last years UEFA cup final

I say fair play to the goalie (I like cats )

mayordenis

Referees do themselves absolutely no favours.

ErinGoBrath

I remember this little fella turning up at Highbury during a very tense match...

Rodent pitch invasion

starbelgrade

What the ref did was cat.

(I'll just get my coat)

chopperbyrne

ErinGoBrath wrote: »

I remember this little fella turning up at Highbury during a very tense match...

Rodent pitch invasion

Was expecting a Gary Neville pic!

Mr.Nice Guy

He was within a whisker of being sent off. Ba-dum-dish.

IvySlayer

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

He was within a whisker of being sent off. Ba-dum-dish.

Yeah, I heard the manager went mad. Now the keeper wants to leave, I think there's a release claws in his contract.

artanevilla

There's a cat in Dalymount, also there was a squirrel once.

artanevilla

artanevilla wrote: »

There's a cat in Dalymount, also there was a squirrel once.

So the attendance doubled for a while?



:pac:

artanevilla

Papa Smut wrote: »

So the attendance doubled for a while?



:pac:

We dream of the day they bring in the extra referees.

orourkeda

Anyone remember the giraffe that came into the pitch at old trafford one day.

http://www.boxofficefootball.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/rio.jpg

CantGetNoSleep

Papa Smut wrote: »

So the attendance doubled for a while?



:pac:

Sits here waiting for one of the Eircom League crew to inform you you're not a real fan

redout

orourkeda wrote: »

Anyone remember the monkey that came into the pitch at anfield one day.

http://temper4280.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/big20nose.jpg

?

orourkeda

Papa Smut wrote: »

So the attendance doubled for a while?



:pac:

Have you learned to count to three yet or does your head still hurt after getting to two.

Necronomicon

starbelgrade wrote: »

What the ref did was cat.

(I'll just get my coat)

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

He was within a whisker of being sent off. Ba-dum-dish.

IvySlayer wrote: »

Yeah, I heard the manager went mad. Now the keeper wants to leave, I think there's a release claws in his contract.

I don't think enough has been done to continue these fantastic awful puns.

Banovic, often said to be the catalyst of his team's good performance, has been linked with a host of Premier League clubs including Liverpool. Rafa Benitez has denied this though, saying that there isn't enough money in the kitty.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Saw a donkey at a premiership match once - I believe it's name was "Neville".

Quint

I remember a fox ran onto the pitch during an Old Firm game

starbelgrade

Quint wrote: »

I remember a fox ran onto the pitch during an Old Firm game

That was Gordon Strachan - don't let the red hair fool ya.