Bizarre photographs capture the moment animals invade sporting fixtures and can’t help but get stuck in the action
From cats to ducks and squirrels to gators these beasts take centre stage as contests around them are halted
CRICKETERS were forced to moo-ve when this cow invaded a village match in Cheshire this week.
Animals seem to be drawn to sport.
Take this cat who joined in a Spurs and Liverpool game at Anfield in 2012 to the “attack” chant of: “A cat, a cat – a cat a cat a cat.”
Here, BEN GRIFFITHS looks at other critters that have invaded sport.
Gator-raid
PLAYERS at Myakka Pines Golf Club in Florida were stunned when a 15ft alligator got on the fairway in 2015.
And one golfer faced a hazardous lie in South Carolina in 2005.
Fox on the run
JUST before the Six Nations England v Scotland game at Twickenham in 2011, this fox darted on the pitch, then looked into the BBC commentary box before escaping.
Fans are going nuts
The squirrel got Arsenal’s tails up in their big Champions League semi-final. He scampered across the Highbury turf and halted proceedings as fans chanted: “There’s only one squirrel, one squirrel.”
Counter a-quack
These players were left quacking up when this duck disturbed their match. Zulte-Waregem star Mahamadou Habib Habibou had to clutch it by its neck and throw it over the advertising hoardings so the game could commence against Lokeren.
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