Guest Bilo Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 United fans have been asked not to dress as squirrels when Alan Knill returns in charge of Torquay on Saturday. Knill suffered a bizarre accident last year when the manager of Scunthorpe when he collided with a squirrel while out cycling. The rodent got caught up in his spokes and sent Knill flying off his bike. Knill survived, the squirrel died. A witness called an ambulance but Knill, who feared he might have broken his collarbone, escaped with cuts and bruises. "It was quite serious at the time, I was flying through the air," Knill told the Scunthorpe Telegraph. "I came off my bike at 20 whatever miles an hour, an ambulance was called and everything – I could have died. "I'm worrying every night about football, about this, about that, I could have been dead. The perspective for me was I might not have been having this conversation. [Defeats] happen but it puts a perspective on everything." It will be Knill's first return to Glanford Park inLeague Two since he was sacked in October 2012 and there has been speculation in the local press as to how he will be received. One fan tweeted the club to ask: "Will anyone wearing any 'squirrel attire' be banned from entering the ground on Saturday?" Scunthorpe United's twitter account replied: "No you won't be banned. However, the club would prefer it if you didn't dress up in 'squirrel attire'." http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/28/scunthorpe-fans-squirrels-knill-plymouth?CMP=twt_gu
Guest Mee-9 Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 This squirrel didn't have a taste for normal nuts. Only BraKnill Nuts.
Larry_LCFC Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 They have got to change the lyrics from the foxy song to "What does the squirrel say... ouch, ouch ouch, ouch"
Guest Bilo Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 Fvcking cyclist. Got what he deserved. Careful, a random Aussie Twitter user might be reading.
Guest MattP Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 Careful, a random Aussie Twitter user might be reading. lol Squirrel Attire - that opens up a whole new World.
Alf Bentley Posted 2 December 2013 Posted 2 December 2013 So, the squirrel lost t(w)o Knill....that's relegation form. Instead of condemning their own squirrel-attired fans as vermin, Scunny should embrace the potential for mind games. The pre-match entertainment should comprise a troupe of cyclists, all attired as squirrels, riding unicycles up and down in front of the away dugout. That should leave everyone at Scunthorpe bright-eyed and bushy-tailed....
Stadt Posted 2 December 2013 Posted 2 December 2013 "I could have died." "A witness called an ambulance but Knill, who feared he might have broken his collarbone, escaped with cuts and bruises."
lcfc1994 Posted 3 December 2013 Posted 3 December 2013 'the squirrel died' yeah in case there was any doubt
ithuriel Posted 3 December 2013 Posted 3 December 2013 Depressed squirrel threw itself in front of a bike, calamitous comedic collision caused.
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