Romanian Club Wanted to Fend off hools with Crocs!!

dougzinho · Jan 11, 2003

hard to belive this one:

http://www.ifitsinthepress.com/page.php?domain_name=ifitsinthepress.com&viewpage=NEWS HEADLINES

Over the years we have noticed that more
wacky stories seems to come out of
Romania that elsewhere.

A soocer club plans to stop pitch invasions by installing a moat full of crocodiles around the pitch. Fourth division club Steaua Nicolae Balcescu has been order to tame its thugs or face expulsion from the league. The clubs chief Alexandra Cringus said the croc plan was no joke.
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and also:

http://www.gosanangelo.com/sast/sp_high_school/article/0,1897,SAST_4967_1658670,00.html

Let's say you own a soccer team, and, after watching a few games, you've noticed a severe problem with your club that is bordering on the edge of epidemic.

It seems after every game, your fans decide it'd be a good idea to charge the field and beat each other up and what not.

What do you do?

If you're this guy Alexandra Cringus (at least we think that's a guy's name), you dig a medieval-style moat around the field and fill it with - this is so obvious - crocodiles.

''This is not a joke,'' Cringus, who owns a soccer club in Romania, said in an edition of the London Daily Mirror. ''The moat will be too wide to jump over. Anyone who tried to cross it would have to deal with the crocs.''
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couldn't find the original in the mirror (crap newspaper...)

tcmahoney · Jan 11, 2003

Good catch, dougzinho, but I believe this belongs in the Beautiful Game.

Footer Phooter · Jan 11, 2003

Isn't Romania a little cold for crocs?

dougzinho · Jan 11, 2003

Originally posted by tcmahoney
Good catch, dougzinho, but I believe this belongs in the Beautiful Game.
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Do you mean that you really think that crocodiles belong in soccer? Or do you mean this post belongs in another category? Yes to latter, ephatic no to former (moderators: move this if you wish. I don't mind).

And yes, even though Crocs are cold-blooded, chomping on Romanian skin-heads sounds like a lousy life's work for an esutrine reptile from Australia!!

SABuffalo786 · Jan 11, 2003

Wow, what a great country.

RichardL · Jan 12, 2003

Originally posted by SABuffalo786
Wow, what a great country.
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I've said it before, just go to ananova.com and do a news search for 'Romanian' over the last year or so, and be amazed.