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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mars bars, rats and cats: the strangest objects thrown on to a football pitch

Clockwise from centre: a beach ball (Sunderland v Liverpool 2009), fish cakes (Rosenborg v Lillestrøm in July); chocolate coins (Koln v Dortmund last season), toilet paper (Mainz v Freiburg 2017-18), pants (Reading v Wrexham 1999)
Clockwise from centre: a beach ball (Sunderland v Liverpool 2009), fish cakes (Rosenborg v Lillestrøm in July); chocolate coins (Koln v Dortmund last season), toilet paper (Mainz v Freiburg 2017-18), pants (Reading v Wrexham 1999) Composite: Alamy, Getty Images

“Last month’s Eliteserien game between Rosenborg and Lillestrøm was abandoned when fans threw tennis balls and fish cakes on to the pitch in a protest against VAR. Apart from a pig’s head, what other peculiar items have been thrown on to a football pitch?” wonders Håvard Johansen.

We had this question in 2006, but that was 18 years ago and folk have been lobbing all sorts since then. First, let’s have a quick recap of the identified flying objects we mentioned back then.

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