Right at the start of the second half of the match between Everton and Newcastle United on Thursday evening, a protestor ran onto the pitch to demonstrate in the most bizarre way.
The man zip-tied himself to one of the goal posts, forcing security to cut him loose with a pair of bolt cutters.
A truly bizarre scene to see at Goodison Park during a Premier League match, the game ended up delayed for around eight minutes. The protestor had ‘Just Stop Oil’ written on his orange shirt.
It also took a number of people to get him off the pitch when he was cut free, to the reception of a chorus of boos from among the crowd.
The campaign group ‘Just Stop Oil’ have since claimed responsibility for the stunt. Writing to Twitter, they revealed that the 21-year-old supporter named Louis had a couple of statements to make as to why he protested.
‘It’s 2022 and it’s time to look up, time to step up and not stand by. It’s time to act like it’s an emergency’ he said. ‘Report after report is telling me that my future is going to be dire, and my government is telling me not to worry and pay into a pension.’
‘But we have a choice. We can choose to highlight that our climate is breaking down, we can choose to resist this government that is betraying us, we can choose to step up and not stand by.’
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