Former One Direction star Louis Tomlinson admits he 'pleased' Rangers fans after vomiting on the pitch at Celtic Park.
The singer-songwriter famously spewed on the side of the Parkhead turf during a charity match in September of 2013 which was organised to raise money for the Stiliyan Petrov Cancer Foundation as the former Celtic star had been diagnosed with leukaemia a few months prior after retiring from football. The match saw Celtic XI take on the Stiliyan Petrov XI in a 5-3 win for the opposition.
But former Aston Villa forward Gabby Agbonlahor didn't get the 'friendly' memo as he put in a challenge on the pop star that resulted in Tomlinson writhing in pain and eventually tearing his medial ligament. And the 31-year-old, looking back on the incident nearly ten years on, admits he was 'very unfit' but couldn't hold back his need to throw up.
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He told Four-Four-Two: "I was playing in a charity match at Celtic Park. I got the ball and turned to my right, then Gabby Agbonlahor came through the back of me and I tore my medial ligament.
"A combination of the impact and me being very unfit meant I ended up throwing up all over Celtic’s stadium, which I know will please a lot of Rangers supporters."
Agbonlahor said on Talksport following the game: “I was getting death threats off teenage girls. They were going ‘how dare you touch my Louis Tomlinson’ and I was just like ‘get me out of here’. Glasgow Airport, let me escape in one piece.”
Tomlinson would go on to further his football career, albeit short-lived, as his hometown club Doncaster Rovers signed him on non-contract terms the following season but his supposed debut against Scunthorpe was scuppered by the injury caused at Parkhead, leaving thousands of fans who bought tickets for the game fuming.
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