Rightly or wrongly, the English are stereotyped for their politeness. In the case of Doncaster Rovers vs. Bury, however, that stereotype came to life magically.
In soccer, when a player gets injured it's considered good manners to kick the ball out of bounds so the player can get looked at by the training staff. The other team then throws the ball in and kicks it to the goalie of the team that kicked the ball out of bounds originally, and play resumes again.
So, you find yourself in a pickle, as Doncaster did, if you kick the ball to the goalie, but instead of going to the goalie, the ball goes into the net.
This led to a kerfuffle, and Doncaster doing something very polite, and, by stereotypical extension very English.
This is incredible (part 1/2) #Doncaster #Bury pic.twitter.com/TP35N9lu7v
— Red Is In The Blood (@IDontLikeSpurs) August 8, 2015This is incredible (part 2/2) #Doncaster #Bury pic.twitter.com/hbi5xGYG06
— Red Is In The Blood (@IDontLikeSpurs) August 8, 2015That's right: they let Bury score on them. This incident happened right at the end of the game, too, so that accidental goal would have won it for Doncaster. They cost themselves two points because they are proper British gentlemen.
(H/T Deadspin)
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