Stories like these help me feel better about the universe.*
Last month in a League Cup match in England , Leicester defender Clive Clarke collapsed on the field from a heart attack (he luckily survived). The game was near half time and immediately called off with opponents Nottingham on top 1-0. Last night the match was replayed, and in a show of sportsmanship the Leicester team allowed Nottingham to start the match by walking down the field and scoring untouched to bring the score back to where it hand been in the initial match. Leicester said they allowed Nottingham to do that because even though the first match was abandon, it was the score in the first game and it was the right thing to do. Kind of amazing really. Incidentally Leicester came back to win the game.
* Thanks for this Jamie!
2 comments:
That's quite normal over here, in the circumstances believe it or not!
Also, maybe Jamie would be interested in the story of another lovely game of football, originating in Leicester:
Religious Footie
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I read that story, Mark! Great stuff.
I think it was cool that they let Nottingham's keeper score the goal, too, although my warm fuzzy about that was ruined by a pundit saying they did it because you could not get odds on the keeper scoring and the teams did not want to affect the wagering on the match.
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