Top 20 Sporting Events Ruined by Morons

To say these sporting events got out of hand would be an understatement! For this list, we’ll be looking at times sports events were stopped, marred, and/or were interfered with for stupid reasons, which in turn ruined it for everyone else in the process. Our countdown includes Flyers Fans Throw Bracelets on the Ice, Football’s Battle of Bramall Lane, Monday Night Football Laser Attack, Evander Holyfield vs Riddick Bowe’s Boxing Fan Man, and more! Which incident on our list includes the biggest moron? Let us know your stories in the comments below!
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[@WatchMojo]

Which incident on our list includes the biggest moron? Let us know your stories in the comments below! More stuff ruined by morons -> kzbin.info/aero/PLmZTDWJGfRq2-ZOftXbKAE_guAZ9aB3gf

[@gibjim4548]

You should have cover the one in mexican soccer atlas vs queretaro now that was a disappointment 😞. Check it out

[@sam041390]

To be fair, the referee was the moron that ruined the Jacksonville/Cleveland game

[@johngreenwood6704]

The 2022 champions league final and the euro 2020 final with England and Italy.

[@johngreenwood6704]

And the 2022 Dutch and Italian GP ruined by the Tiflis and the orange army.

[@johngreenwood6704]

Tifosi

[@Only1Noodle]

For Context, John Green, who threw his beer at Artest was banned from all Piston home games for life. Green was also sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years' probation.

[@prettyboydemnic5315]

Garbage ass penalty the punishment should’ve been he had to be artest punching bag for 2 hours straight teach his ass

[@mojo3318]

That all sucks for him.

[@alpha34098]

It does not suck when you are the moron who did that when that was uncalled for

[@daleparker8518]

30 days in jail for throwing a beer, why arent the players being jailed for throwing punches? America - joke justice system.

[@JessePinkman_69420]

​@@daleparker8518 I think it's cause he instigated it

[@Areniapixie]

My uncle was a firefighter called to the Bradford city football fire. I wasn’t born at the time but he told so many horrific stories from that day. He quit and became a police officer after it scarred him that much

[@zaithehedgewolf4587]

Yikes I don’t blame him for quitting a firefighter it is a scary job

[@benjyharris1244]

If my memory serves me right, I think my grandad was gunna go to that match. I know he was gunna go to a match that involved an incident but I cannot remember for the life of me remember which. When he was alive and asked why, he said "I thought about it alot and in the end I couldn`t be bothered." edit - I know there was a fire and think one time the stadium collasped?..

[@marksims3904]

Remember that day very well, horrific. The last time I went to Valley Parade with my team Ipswich in October 2000 I laid a scarf at the memorial and stood for a minute in remembrance and reflection. RIP the 56.

[@XJIcequeen]

I'm sorry

[@philiprice7875]

@@XJIcequeen this was at a time when the fans was fenced in i said at the time if the stands was barricaded we would have been counting the survivors RIP 56 did not learn 3 years later Hillsboro RIP 97

[@parkerburt8384]

I hate how one person can ruin the fun for everyone

[@OfficialRyanFouracre]

Because that one person is desperate for attention, but in reality, is asking for a big beat-down.

[@wojtek1765]

Finally a sports list by WatchMojo with sports outside of the USA

[@livvyb3583]

I thought Monica Seles getting stabbed was sad and tragic because it basically ruined her career. Yes, she came back but was never the same.

[@gfear24]

And she ended up with nerve problems in her feet due to the stabbing severing some nerves that run down to her feet.

[@mojo3318]

@@gfear24 Oh!

[@mojo3318]

I have a book about her and read about her injury. Now, I know what her attacker looked like! He obviously went to court. And I didn't know Monica Seeles speaks English. She was born in what is now Serbia, like me.

[@speedohunk5689]

@@mojo3318 she was Yugoslavian. Right at the start of the war she defected and cut ties

[@mojo3318]

@@speedohunk5689 oh.

[@GonzoShitcock]

20 more reasons why I prefer to watch sports at home

[@Official_Kings_Versus]

Same

[@ChibiProwl]

Ditto

[@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990]

Never liked sports in the first place

[@nabeelalmulla8587]

Facts

[@WEEDYBOY69420]

@@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990 how???

[@callumscott953]

Other incidents: 2022 Dutch Grand prix qualifying, fans throwing flares on track causing red flags. West Indies vs Australia in Cricket, fans rush the field before the end of the game. South Africa vs New Zealand in rugby, fan tackles the ref causing brawl.

[@quattrobajeena8623]

Also add those protestors at Silverstone 2022

[@walover165]

@@quattrobajeena8623 The protesters didn't actually disrupt or ruin anything, so not really. The race was already red-flagged because of Zhou's terrible accident at T1.

[@CuriosityforTruth]

It must also include 1996 World Cup Semi Final between India and Sri Lanka at Eden Garden, Kolkata, due to the rioting crowd

[@miguela.juarez845]

@@CuriosityforTruth there’s no 1996 world cup

[@daniellynch5527]

​@@miguela.juarez845 yes there was

[@kermit1986]

It seems a bit harsh to put the Bradford stadium thing at #15. As far as I'm aware, smoking wasn't prohibited in stadiums at the time so it was more of a safety issue that was always bound to happen until laws were changed and stadium safety was improved upon.

[@joannedj1]

Agree. The Bradford Fire was, sadly, a disaster waiting to happen. Years of accumulated litter under a huge wooden stand. Loads of people smoked in those days and it was an accidentally-dropped match or cig which started the fire. I wouldn’t class it as anyone being a moron. I remember watching it happen on TV. BBC’s Grandstand had sent an outside broadcast unit to Valley Parade as Bradford had won Division 3 and were to be presented with their trophy. Sadly, a day that was supposed to be a celebration became a tragedy just before half time. RIP the 56.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

For those wondering what real harm could snowballs do at a football game other than annoyance...there is this little thing called putting ROCKS in snowballs...

[@its-_-foxgrrr6041]

And where are they getting stones in the stands?

[@NoName-hv7xn]

And the snow if you pack it well, they can get very hard too, I have seen windows broken by a small snowball, that can get somebody hurt.

[@NoName-hv7xn]

@@its-_-foxgrrr6041 They can carry them from the outside.

[@yoshiboy314]

Thats like putting the saying sticks and stones may hurt my bones to a whole new level

[@andrewleah1983]

Oh grow up.

[@Beargeek616]

And of course, the “Malice at the Palace” would be number one. I felt So bad for those little kids who were terrorised that night.

[@glasstumble1677]

Where?

[@ryanting5690]

Same goes for me.

[@ElizabethT45]

@@glasstumble1677 It happened at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

[@glasstumble1677]

@@ElizabethT45 I Was talking about the kids. Where are they?

[@loadmypantz8287]

What kids?

[@MoneyHoneyBunny]

I was at the Pistons game but on the other side of the arena. That was our big championship run season too, that's what makes it even more legendary, the fact that the Pistons fans did that and still lived to see the banner get raised that year!

[@TheAutisticEducator]

It is known VERY well now what started the fire in Bradford. An Australian guy accidentally dropped a cigarette through the floorboards; he saw the fire start and tried in vain to put it out. It was an accident, but there was a lot of negligence by the club.

[@mychannel9709]

There's actually a PSA from Holland which features this event by the Consumer Safety Institute

[@artchic528]

I’m guessing the spilled booze soaking into the boards over the years was enough to fuel the lit cigarette butt.

[@stevencooke6451]

I have nothing but contempt for fans who think paying admission gives you the right to abuse performers either verbally or physically. It serves them right if they suffer for those actions.

[@shep9231]

Amen!

[@spongeyspikes09]

"In Brazil a local scuffle turned so violent, Locals said a statue of the Virgin Mary came alive... And beat the holy snot out of everyone!"

[@JBDude52]

Top 3 (In my opinion): 1. Malice at the Palice 2. NFL Snowball Battle 3. State of origin's moment of no silence It seems the situations gets worse when more people get involved with them. However, no doubt Malice at the Palace was one of the worst things to see in sports history, it takes only one prick to set the arena into madness, if only he didn't throw that water bottle. The snowball battle had an interesting fight but also dangerous, leading to the refs to threat the crowd, which that's never happened before. And the no silence one was so uncalled for, it's almost as brutal as fans getting into fights. At this rate they're going to need more security than before.

[@JCCyC]

Dickish as #3 was, I don't quite agree, the others that spoiled the game itself -- or worse, resulted in injuries -- are far worse.

[@billythekidder7182]

Philadelphia fans often earn a bad rap. Fixed that for you.

[@jamesblackburn8110]

Stay mad -- we love it.

[@WilliamDearthwd]

It can also be said as rep. That's a reference to reputation.

[@billythekidder7182]

@@jamesblackburn8110 nothing to be mad about. Veterans Stadium had its own courthouse. Stay classy

[@brookelynnenewcomer943]

@@jamesblackburn8110 nothing mad. We just have common sense and know how to act.

[@gilby123]

Philly fans make NYC fans look like angels. That says a LOT.

[@ArataShizunai]

Thanks for putting Ajax vs PSV on 2nd place on this list. I’ve watched this match on tv long time ago. It was really stupid that people threw a smoke bomb during a soccer match, especially since Ajax and PSV has a long history of hooligans.

[@merlijnbal221]

rivalry thats an understament

[@ArataShizunai]

@@merlijnbal221 *understatement

[@merlijnbal221]

@@ArataShizunai thx yeah dyslexia is a bitch

[@duncan3998]

Dutch fans are toxic hooligans.

[@mikhail5428]

*Soccer fans, or as it is known in my part of the world Fútbol fans are the most stupid people, most of them had no brain cells, so brute force isn't abnormal to them*

[@GoRicky15]

Asking for alcohol to be removed from Australian sports grounds is like asking to remove the ball. Never going to happen.

[@softwareofexcellence]

I understood in some games you can only buy light beer now.

[@auroraborealis4673]

Should still happen. We don't need to be drunk everywhere we go. When alcohol and sports are involved...bad things happen. Stupidity explodes out of people when they drink. It's fine to have one or two but you don't need to get drunk. Sad

[@cpcva724]

The Ron Artest incident looked a lot like a scene from the movie slap shot when the Hanson Brothers go into the seating area and they start nailing people right and left

[@HammerdawnGaming]

Dude gets hit by a half empty water bottle… acts like he got hit by a 90 mph fastball.😂😂

[@rhxdi9257]

Pretty cool that Association Football was included, but you might want to remember, that Dutch team is Pronounced “Eye-Axe” instead of the common “Ay-Jax”, other than that great to see my countries (England) beloved sport finally included

[@feelinherself7334]

Cool adding Olympique de Marseille to the list but you trivialized what happened to Payet. It was the 3rd consecutive away game where our players were attacked/assaulted by “fans” (Montpellier-OM; Nice-OM; Lyon-OM) So it wasn’t: a bottle was thrown at him so they called off the match. He was specifically targeted every time he would try to kick a corner.

[@alpha34098]

And all of that, because of the typical England vs France hate war since Payet was a star player in a English team before joining Marseille

[@feelinherself7334]

@@alpha34098 Actually he left Marseille to go to Westham when OM were in financial trouble and had to sell most/all of their top players. He came back after about a year and a half. However, in this case it’s really imbeciles having access to public events. I won’t call them fans, targeting Olympique de Marseille players for simply playing for a “rival” team. OM-Lyon is a rivalry, sure, as the top Olympiques of Ligue 1, and nothing more can be expected from Lyon fans, but the other times our players were attacked they had no reason (Marseille, Montpellier and Nice are neighboring cities)

[@alpha34098]

@@feelinherself7334 In Football (and almost all aspects of today's society) no one's really a friend and if he/she/it is, is for convenience or moderation. All that is are Allies, Rivals and Enemies.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

20:00 -- It wasn't JUST him!! Those other guys around him were reaching for the ball just as much as he was!!

[@jamesblackburn8110]

Bartman caught (hah!) such an unfair rap for that. If the ball had come down a foot to the left or right, then it would have been one of those other anonymous suckers who would have gotten all the death threats. The fact that his life was pretty much ruined over the whole thing is absolutely shameful. The real culprit was the Cubs themselves, who proceeded to fuck everything up that was possible to fuck up, and then fuck it all up again in game 7 Technically that game was ruined by morons, but the moron in question was not Steve Bartman. The 2003 Cubs were the morons.

[@myzlstyx]

@@jamesblackburn8110 Absolutely. I'm ashamed to say I was among the Cubs fans who absolutely despised Steve Bartman for doing what pretty much anyone else in that seat would do. It wasn't until much later that I started to realize how out of line and unfair that was, and honestly, I hope Steve Bartman is doing well. The Cubs tried to offer him to throw out the first pitch during the 2016 World Series run, and I really don't blame him for turning it down.

[@shelbydm5999]

The Monica Seles one should be higher up. Her career was never the same after that.

[@MrWildcat2009]

You missed the 2011 CFB game featuring Arizona vs UCLA where a student dressed as a ref invaded the field and caused a huge fight with only seconds to go til halftime.

[@cameronsaari8654]

I remember hearing about the "Malice at the Palace" on the local news. It was all over the media at the time, especially here in Metro Detroit. And then it appeared on "Law and Order" some months later. When that happened I just facepalmed and thought, "Ooooohhh crap, here we go."

[@hannahcochrane3459]

The noise that the crowd around me made at the SOO on Rememberance Day in 2020 was horrific. People around me refused to be quite, instead using that time to complain about players. I am appealed to have been apart of that moment

[@luckescotchy7089]

When I was in high school I played American Football, and had many calls made against me, which cost me a scholarship. Years later, it was found that the coaches of the other teams knew this had became my reputation, and had their players fake injuries and fouls. I've never played any sport since, besides for Ultimate Frisbee and Disc Golf. Referee's should be under just as strict Standards as the players, if not stricter!

[@olvialee7221]

That is very disrespectful. No one should do that at someone’s passing. No one

[@Athenian8803]

PAOK-OLYMPIACOS GAME, was interupted by fans when Robert Mak sent off. The flares was in a game 2 years ago in 2014. So you have made a mistake😅. However, in greek games almost every year we have incidents like this, so you can be easily confused

[@AtotehZ]

As for Monica Seles. Her attacker was acquitted due to insanity. She plead never to play in Germany after that.

[@EynerZagal]

Other sports commentators: There is a fan Boxing commentators: Get this clown out of here he should be ashamed

[@InFiNiTeO7]

Media would portray games and movies as promoting violence But sports events would portray stupidity in general at its finest. Violence, rudeness, no regard for safety, etc. Even internet trolls have standards.

[@EvErLoyaLEagLE]

Peter Hore must have something against Australia

[@MatthiaGryffine]

#1 There was a NHL game in the 70s that where players also jumped into the crowd too.

[@jonmendelson1104]

Good ol' Mike Milbury beating a fan with the fan's own shoe.

[@DamImperial]

MY GOD someone from outside Australia who said Bathurst correctly this video gets a like from me just for that

[@johnrust592]

Kind of surprised 10 Cent Beer Night in Cleveland did not make this list.

[@Gordanovich02]

I'm not sure the Bradford fire should be considered "ruined by morons". Smoking was commonplace (and permitted) at the time, it's likely that an uncleared buildup of debris under the stand was what was ignited, rather than the stand itself.

[@joannedj1]

Agree. I really don’t think the Bradford Fire belongs in this compilation. There was a lot of other football around that same time (1985) that was ruined by morons, as hooliganism was rife in those days, but the Bradford Fire was caused by an accidentally-dropped match or cig.

[@AKUNJIG]

#1: I remember watching that in the Morning on Sportscenter. As for #10, I got one much worse. Look up Senegal vs Egypt in the World Cup Qualifiers.

[@Spikero2]

6:55 Peter Hore's middle must've been "Attention".

[@59771006]

10:13 Incredibly dangerous especially when you consider the fact that an F1 car can reach speeds in excess of 360 kilometres per hour (223.69 mph)

[@JCCyC]

Happened TWICE. 2000 German Grand Prix, by an entirely different person for entirely different reasons. Amusingly, both were won by Rubens Barrichello (and yes, he benefited from the chaos in both instances.)

[@walover165]

Mark Webber's father actually turned off the television because he was so afraid he was about to watch his son die Tom Pryce style.

[@YSRHuey]

This is why I’m happy the Lightning signed Pierre. He’s the only goon with a soul. Everyone starts fighting, Bellemare (the guy who hit Orlov) is the ONLY one try to make sure no one falls on him and that he has space for the medics to come on the ice. CLASS. ACT.😤💯

[@funtimes7757]

Putting the Bradford fire on the list is out of order smoking wasn't illegal at the time in the game and there was no rules banning wooden stands in the country either. Absolutely tragic accident and nobody in the stadium that day should be called a moron because of it

[@jacknelson927]

Well what ya call the moron that threw his cigarette in a cup didn’t burn the thing out yet just threw it ti the floor then huh cause that start the fire there

[@schmusoperator8215]

Putting an event where 56 people died in P15 of a top 20 list about "morons" seems a little unfortunate, don't you think?

[@joannedj1]

Agree. Don’t think the Bradford Fire should be on this list. It was a dropped match or cig, an accident. It was a disaster waiting to happen, years of litter under a huge wooden stand. It wasn’t fans deliberately being idiots.

[@XanaxDust214]

How is the fake ref at UCLA/Arizona football game not on here?!! The mayhem that he caused after that is nothing short of legendary...

[@BlueSkyBS]

Dick Johnson, who was pretty much an independent racer at the time of the rock incident in 1980, received a lot of support afterwards, including financial. He came back the next year and won the crash-shortened Bathurst 1000 with co-driver John French. He would win it again in 1989 and 1994, both times with co-driver John Bowe.

[@strix3688]

may I add Kanjuruhan Football Incident? after the game, some jerks fans broke off and starting to rampaging there... and one of the police have no choice but to use a tear gas... the rampage between soccer fans and the polices resulting a lots of death...

[@ashleybrown4754]

Clint Malarchuk reacted less to his jugular being cut and almost dying than that dude did getting hit by a plastic water bottle

[@flickcentergaming680]

Hockey players are just built different.

[@artchic528]

I was at a Carolina Panther’s game where a group of protesters managed to smuggle in a huge banner and climbing ropes and harnesses past security. They took them to the top level of the stadium, unfurled the banner down in front of then owner Jerry Richardson’s suite, and repelled down on the ropes and harnesses. It was something alright.

[@DougieDonuts457]

Can’t really blame the fans for Bradford fire tbh, not like someone deliberately threw the cigarette under the stand

[@morgantaylor84]

"...not like someone who deliberately threw the cigarette under the stand was trying to start a fire." Fixed it for you.

[@DougieDonuts457]

@@morgantaylor84 no. According to reporter John Helm and many other witnesses “[A] man over from Australia visiting his son got two tickets to the game. He lit a cigarette and when it was coming to an end he put it down on to the floorboard and tried to put his foot on it to put it out. It slipped through a hole in the floorboard.” So you’re wrong, the cigarette slipped down through the stand, it was not deliberately thrown under.

[@morgantaylor84]

@@DougieDonuts457 We clearly have two different views on what the words "...under the stands..." mean. That being said I am wrong that it wasn't thrown to the place where it started the fire. It fell there.

[@wayne4797]

Umm hello? What about the Brasilian football game where the ref made a bad call so the fans rushed him on the field and then decapitated him! As if that wasn't enough, then they went all Shaka Zulu on him by skewering his head on the corner flag and then planted it in the center circle 😱

[@melissagrant4178]

They actually did all that

[@bloodwolfgaming9269]

Uh, there's a bit more to the story than "just a bad call by the ref". What happened is the referee got into a heated confrontation with a player after the player refused to leave the field and got physical with the ref. The ref retaliated by stabbing the player, who died on the way to the hospital. In response, the fans stormed the field and stoned the referee before cutting his head off and staking it to the middle of the pitch. So, it wasn't due to a bad call. The ref and the player got into it, the player got physical with the ref. The ref stabbed the player who later died and so the fans stormed the field and lynch-mobbed the ref and brutally killed and beheaded him right there on the pitch.

[@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990]

Would've been demonitized

[@maryo274artworks4]

Like I've always said, the worst part about any franchise, sport, etc, are usually the fans.

[@franciscocota6440]

I'm not a fan of sports, but fans meddling in the game is seriously messed up, even more so if you are really a fan of either the team or the game.

[@hrodriguez561]

Addendum for the list Mizzy invading the pitch during the Sidemen Charity Match they ended up cancelling the trophy ceremony at the end as a result

[@sebastianstiernspetz7205]

Denmark v Sweden Euro 2008 qualifying. The match was tied at 3-3 when a drunk Danish fan ran out on the pitch and hit the referee, which made the match be awarded as a 3-0 win to Sweden.

[@jessecarliner7733]

This may not qualify for a couple of reasons but; July 4, 2022 a protestor interfered with Joey Chestnut during the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Joey who had to get around using crutches due to ruptured tendon, continued to eat a hotdog while putting the protestor in a headlock and shoving him out of the way. Joey went on to consume 63 hotdogs and win the contest

[@almac2534]

The soccer player who was dying from a water bottle is the reason why most of us think soccer is soft af. If you never taken a water bottle to the head, just look at Kid Cudi. Took several shoots and not once did he fall or shout in agony.

[@thespider2566]

I presume you are from a country where severe brain injuries are a common feature of the sports you play.

[@almac2534]

@@thespider2566 your country doesn't enjoy boxing, mma or other combat sports?

[@ajmars1768]

I think this needs to be updated again because of the incident in Indonesia...

[@IljaHordist]

It would have been nice to have the 1971 European Cup football match between Mönchengladbach and Internazionale included, where a 7-1 win was taken away from the former team because of a can thrown at an Internazionale player.

[@janehopke878]

Or the 1985 European Cup where the Liverpool fans killed 59 people, mostly Juventus fans and injured hundreds of others.

[@vinceely2906]

The Bradford City fire was a tragic avoidable accident rather than any act of malice or stupidity.

[@simplus1980]

It takes some serious guts to go running on the track during an F1 race...

[@vmr1410]

Or be incredibly stupid.

[@paulboger3101]

Mental illness more likely the culprit!!

[@bloodwolfgaming9269]

More like a lack of a brain and self preservation.

[@TattooedPokemonGuy]

The way you said my teams name "West Brom Albion" made me cringe so hard 😬 West Bromwich Albion for future references 👍

[@EchoARC6895]

i was watching the tour de france crash live and god damn it was intense

[@jessecarliner7733]

The woman was only fined 1,200 euros (last I read)

[@grayshigami6797]

Boca Juniors fan throws pepper spray at River Plate players

[@rofalmatt]

thanks for mentioning Bathurst :D and the other australian stuff :D

[@Skelet0nCatBlake]

6:21 this was the fault of fans because someone dropped a cigarette but it was mostly whoever built the stadium with very flammable materials including the roof

[@b3an3er]

Philly vs Washington capitals. That tackle could have easily paralyzed the player. smh that’s such a disgusting tackle

[@Ranger_Omar]

I thought the futbul(soccer) match between Queretaro vs Atlas from earlier in the year would have made it.

[@vmr1410]

That shit was on its own league. No one believes there were no casualties

[@didgereemedia194]

I'm actually surprised the rock incident was included in this. It's a largely obscure incident

[@aimeeparker5801]

What about The Hillsborough Disaster? 97 people died.

[@Daniel-nn8mr]

I'm surprised the devastating scenes at Edinburgh wasn't on the list. That was very scary.

[@CoolMinded0]

Same here, but hard to tell if the fans helped or poor management on the part of venue. Can Mojo do a part two.

[@gedhoughton9523]

Can we have an honourable mention to the environMENTALists who disrupt events? Ruined the British Grand Prix this year. Some people tied themselves to goal posts on the football pitch, as a couple examples.

[@latonyajefferson9699]

There aren't too many instances where I have sympathy for the former Ron Artest. He is/was a hotheaded man child bully who happened to play basketball. However, for that particular incident. I don't blame Artest. He actually made a conscious choice to stop fighting (albeit a strange way of doing it). The situation was beginning to deescalate. Then came the cup. Everyone who was there says the same thing, "We saw the cup flying...We saw where it was going to land ...and all we could say to ourselves was OH NO!!!". That cup broke all the chill that Artest had at that moment, and he broke out like an animal. The guy in the video was right. If the fan hadn't thrown that cup, it would have been a totally different, and mostly forgotten event.

[@fayeslover]

Honestly, the discourse following the fight pissed me off more than the fight itself. To hear the media tell it, Ron Artest was a dangerous animal that needed to be put down. I'm glad Netflix released the documentary that put everything in perspective.

[@Dubliner-un9lw]

Surprised not to see what happened during a 2011/12 Dutch Cup match between Ajax and AZ ALkmaar where AZ goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado was attack by an Ajax fan. He defended himself by kicking at the fan. Referee sent Alvarado off for violent conduct which made AZ players walk off in protest. The match was replayed in an empty stadium a month later where AZ won. Another thing about the 2015 FAI Cup final. It was a double header with the Women's cup final taking place before the men's cup final. The womens match went to extra time and then penalties. By then it was the warm up period for the mens final taking place afterwards. Cork City players began warming up while the penalty shootout was ongoing An entertaining Women's Cup Final overshadowed by an incompetent FAI allowing Cork City to warm up during said shootout

[@bh9550]

The change in tone between the Bradford City Fire and the others is jarring

[@catjudo1]

"Philadelphia sports fans often get a bad rap" and having lived in and around Philly for close to ten years, a lot of them completely deserve it.

[@alpha34098]

Well, that's a hooligans nest for ya

[@janehopke878]

They’re the US version of Liverpool fans, though Philadelphia fans never murdered 59 people at a single game… Liverpool fans did at the 1985 European Cup in Brussels.

[@benmurawski]

I knew that that the Malice at The Palace would be #1 in this video.

[@Jubilee3011]

it is disrespectful not to be able to stand and keep quiet when there should be a minute's silence

[@brennensanchez7692]

I'm not sure if this one counts, but there was incident that happened during the 1913 Epsom Derby that was held in Surrey, England. A Suffragist named Emily Davison walked onto the track, and tried to grab the reins of the horse that was owned by King George V. She ended getting hit, and died a couple of days later in the hospital due to injuries. The incident was caught on camera (There's actual footage still around), and there isn't a clear explanation for why she did it, but most assumed so she can put a Suffrage flag on one of the horses.

[@AJARyan-yn2uv]

With that Cleveland Browns one I don’t blame the fans.

[@loganolson5316]

That’s more the referees doing then fans

[@sam041390]

@@loganolson5316 Yeah, that Ref was a moron

[@AJARyan-yn2uv]

@@loganolson5316 Ye it’s almost they thought they were the Browns and they had to lose.

[@gerritkorditschke8447]

So... No one gonna talk about the idiots who glued themselves to the track at Silverstone earlier this year?

[@joannedj1]

I’m sick of those idiots, wish they’d all get locked up.

[@user-bw1nv4mw5y]

hard to believe that a person getting stabbed by a fan didn't make top 10.

[@thealextrifier]

i remember that caps game. Just wow!

[@kleine.5438]

If you're able to find other sporting events that were ruined eventual part 2 please

[@seandelap8587]

I really wasn't expecting an FAI Cup final to appear on here even as an honourable mention.

[@TheJerbol]

Seeing the soccer player writhing on the ground from a plastic water bottle is just too much lol. They can't help but dive. And they call off the whole game?! Holy crap these players are babies

[@ManUtdBoy13]

They didn't mention it, but the actual reason was because a player was hit by a fucking knife, so ya it's a bit more then that baby shit "Malice at the Palace".

[@XJIcequeen]

6:02 They showed us the Bradford City Stadium Fire in Junior Police Academy. It was not a pretty sight

[@eclipse528]

how's the Disco Demolition Night not at least in the honorable mentions ?

[@stephenblowers8457]

Not mentioned on this list. In the summer of 1990 . Roseanne Bar who at the time who was married to the comedian Tom Arnold. He threw out the first pitch. She sang a drunk national anthem song cause she was seriously neevouse. I was thier. I can still remember her singing 32 years later. The fans through beach bowls in the stand. It was the Padres stadium. Plus making it even more torture it a double header game.

[@matthewbaduria]

A fan who runs through the nba court,was totally disrespectful back in 2007,the other was the streakness at wimbeldon was disrectpectful.

[@HGRAP1]

The 2015 Copa Libertadores game between Boca Juniors and River Plate should have been in the list. Boca fans threw a pepper spray bomb on River Plate players, resulting in the game being cancelled and Boca being banned from the cup

[@rosaamarillo2110]

Dallas V Minnesota '75 'Hail Mary' playoff game. Ref getting hit with the whiskey bottle... Was watching that one on tv

[@drewengel7073]

Those refs were so blind that it still boggles the mind. Pearson blantanly pushes off Nate Wright and yet no OPI.

[@LoveHandle4890]

Fight’s have increased during sport’s events, unfortunately.

[@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990]

I wonder why

[@alpha34098]

Too many Hooligans and Drunktards infesting the Sports scene

[@mitgproductions5662]

You should learn the difference between Rugby Union and Rugby League.

[@Vindicator18]

I was just about to say that!

[@sjspode8711]

No reason why the Bradford Fire was included. Unfortunate accident given smoking was allowed in the stand and a cigarette butt lit discarded papers under the seating

[@james1english]

During the oxford v Cambridge boat race a few years ago, the whole thing was stopped for ages because a swimmer decided to jump in front of the boats. That one is up there.

[@alpha34098]

That's why you should put nets to keep those idiots away from the race

[@loganrufus1316]

Toronto Maple Leafs fans did the same thing in Rogers Arena during a moment of silence vs Vancouver Canucks

[@user-eb5ms9hg2r]

Malice at the palace deserves to be number 1. Players and fans throwing punches at each other.

[@josephwalther5979]

The Bradford Stadium fire really wasn't caused by a moron. It was a clear accident. A lit cigarette dropped on a pile of trash that had accumulated over the years under the stands. And the Flames just took off.

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

Make a top 20 best Jack Sparrow moments in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, please.