A stark illustration of the perils of pitchside reporting at a football match
BT Sport’s Jake Humphrey shared this clip of what happened to a fellow presenter ahead of Arsenal’s Europa League game last night.
And it’s a stark illustration of the perils of pitchside reporting.
This happened about 5 yards from us. I think they were aiming for Keown… pic.twitter.com/c27S4auGdI
— Jake Humphrey (@mrjakehumphrey) May 9, 2019
Ouch! We wouldn’t have shared it had Humprhey not also tweeted this.
By the way. Here is Monica with the offending matchball…and a smile 👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/pkkpLJEnpS
— Jake Humphrey (@mrjakehumphrey) May 9, 2019
All’s well that ends well.
Pretty sure under health and safety at work she'd have a decent claim here. Bet her employers did no risk assessments or put any mitigation in place to safeguard against this entirely predictable scenario…
— Ally Maciver (@AllyMacabre) May 9, 2019
It was a football, not a cannonball.
— Mark K (@watterheed) May 9, 2019
This is not funny, some certain safety measures should be taken and approved to stop further direct physical actions on Journalists and reporters
— Samuel Pokima (@PokimaSamuel) May 9, 2019
like not present at the side of the pitch near a live warm up session.
— Steve Mullins (@stvemulls) May 9, 2019
