A fan who needed a pee lost his way and ended up in the England team’s dressing room? Coincidence or trespassing on purpose?
One day, Pavlos Joseph is only one of the World Cup fans, the next thing he knew, he’s a trespasser.
Joseph, a mortgage advisor who said he was only looking for the toilet when he accidentally found England’s dressing room. Here’s his explanation, as told by The Mirror.
“The crazy thing is I only went looking for the toilet,” says Manchester United fan Pavlos, 32, from South-East London, who has followed England home and away since he was a schoolboy. [...]
“I found a security guard, who sent me off back along a walkway underneath the stand out on to the pitch in the direction of the players’ tunnel and explained that there were toilets near there.
“I walked across the grass and up through the 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.”
“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. [...]
“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 and said, ‘David, we’ve spent a lot of money getting here. This is a disgrace. What are you going to do about it?’” [...]
“I told them, ‘That was woeful and not good enough’. The room was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop. The ¬players’ chins were on their chests — they looked pretty ashamed.
So did FIFA buy his excuse? The police, for sure did not. He is believed to be facing trespassing charges.
Oh, and he’s been banned from attending future World Cup matches.
Epic fail!
(story & image from Yahoo Sports)










