Man who claimed to be looking for toilet - Charged
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England locker room invader: What I said to Beckham, players
England's dressing room invader branded the players a "disgrace" after their 0-0 draw with Algeria.
Pavlos Joseph’s shock appearance in the dressing room led news bulletins in the hours after the desperate 0-0 draw with Algeria, widely condemned as England’s most shameful performance in years.
“The crazy thing is I only went looking for the toilet,” Manchester United fan Pavlos, 32, from South-East London, told the Sunday Mirror.
“I walked round the outside of the stadium to meet my two cousins and their dad who were at the opposite end of the ground. We’d arranged to meet at a certain lamp-post on the stadium concourse. When they still hadn’t arrived after half an hour, I started needing the toilet.
“I found a security guard, who sent me off back along a walkway underneath the stand out onto the pitch in the direction of the tunnel and explained that there were toilets near there.
“This was 45 minutes after the game had finished. There were a few photographers packing up their stuff, there were six or so groundsmen working on the grass and a dozen police doing a practice march, but no-one else around.
“I walked across the grass and up the players’ tunnel. Eventually, I took a right, down a corridor and before I knew it I found myself in the dressing room. There was no door.
“The next thing I knew, there was David Beckham standing in front of me. He was stood up wearing his grey England three-piece suit, wandering around with his hands in his pockets and looking at the floor. I froze and looked round the room. I couldn’t believe where I was.
“I saw Joe Cole walk naked out of the shower a few feet away from me. He glanced at me and then did a massive double-take. Then David looked at me. His face seemed to drop. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion.
"The room was dead silent. The players were sitting on benches with towels round their waists just looking at me. They looked like they were in shock. No-one was moving. It was surreal. Suddenly David spoke. He took a step towards me and said, ‘Whoa, who are you?’
“At first I didn’t know what to say. I glanced around at everyone again and then looked back at him. I said, ‘I’m Pavlos and I actually need the toilet.’
“For a moment, no-one said a word. Then I thought, ‘What the heck. I’m in the England dressing room. Why not say something?’. I looked David straight in the eye. I said, ‘David, we’ve spent a lot of money getting here. This is a disgrace. What are you going to do about it?’”
He was met with stunned silence.
Then Pavlos, whose Greek Cypriot mother and father Leo and run a fish and chip shop in Crystal Palace where he was born, fixed the other players in his gaze and said: "That was woeful and not good enough."
“The room was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop. David’s face changed as if he was going to say something back to me.
“Then, just as quickly, the look turned to confusion and his mouth closed. Straight away, a FIFA official in a suit was alongside me.
“He told me I had to leave and led me out the way I’d come in. I didn’t say another word to the players and I didn’t get an answer from Becks.”
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what can david reply back lol. he isnt even playing.
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what an encounter uh, lol.
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he should question the coach lar, not beckham, wrong man
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WTF i bet after seeing beckham, he dont need to use a toilet anymore
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Fan who gate-crashed England dressing room charged with trespass
The fan who entered the England dressing room after Friday night's World Cup match has reportedly been arrested and charged with trespassing, reports The Guardian.
Media in South Africa said Pavlos Joseph will appear in court on Sunday afternoon, but a spokesman for the South African Police Service was unable to confirm the arrest and charge.
Rich Mkhondo, spokesman for the World Cup organising committee, said today: "I spoke to the police just before I came in here and they have interviewed the English fan and they will be releasing a statement soon. We are addressing the issue and the police are working hard to investigate what happened.
"They have studied the CCTV and they interviewed the English fan yesterday and will issue a statement soon to clarify the next steps to be taken."
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"Eventually, I took a right, down a corridor and before I knew it I found myself in the dressing room. There was no door."
I don't get it.
No door then how he go in?
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means dressing room got no doors lor
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no doors? no wonder england so chui, all their tactics eavesdrop by algeria.
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Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:
no doors? no wonder england so chui, all their tactics eavesdrop by algeria.
mr fabio always play with the cards facing up. they have only themselves to blame