The daddy of an 11-year-old Newcastle fan has defended the lady who was filmed attempting to seize Dan Burn’s shirt out of his son’s fingers.
After the Magpies defeated Leicester 3-0 on Boxing Day on the King Energy Stadium, the defender, 30, threw his shirt into the group for Nathan Junior Surrey.
In footage shared on social media, a girl seems to drag the shirt away from the younger Newcastle supporter, often called NJ, earlier than one other fan intervenes.
Loyal supporter NJ, who has owned a season ticket for 2 years, was at his second away sport together with his father after receiving tickets for Christmas from his uncle.
In footage shared on social media, a girl seems to drag the shirt away from the younger Newcastle supporter, often called NJ, earlier than one other fan intervenes
Loyal supporter NJ (pictured with Burns’ shirt), who has owned a season ticket for 2 years, was on the match together with his father after receiving tickets for Christmas
NJ’s father, Nathan, stated: ‘NJ was standing on the rail shouting “give us your shirt”. Then Dan Burn pointed at him and gave the highest to the steward who threw it into the group.
‘An older lady grabbed it and began tugging on it, then the person within the center, who she was with, additionally snatched it however he stated he was getting it for NJ.’
‘I do not need anybody to be slated, everybody will get carried away and anybody would attempt to seize the shirt,’ the panorama gardener and father-of-three, 39, informed The Solar.
‘If the steward hadn’t damaged it up and acquired the shirt it could have ripped or he would not have gotten it.’
The Twitter video, captioned ‘Newcastle fan attempting to steal a shirt from a child… pretty Christmas spirit’, shows an older girl clutching on tightly to the jersey as NJ and his father look to maintain maintain of it.
One supporter within the center then tries to lever it out of the lady’s grip, pointing at NJ to point he’s liberating it from her grasp for the kid.
Most can be happy to know NJ ultimately acquired the prize after the surprising tug-of-war, with stewards pressured to step in to mediate the dispute.
The ‘enormous Newcastle fan’, who already has a pair of gloves worn by goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka, plans to border his hero’s shirt.
After the Magpies defeated Leicester 3-0 on Boxing Day on the King Energy Stadium, defender Dan Burn (above), 30, threw his shirt into the group for Nathan Junior Surrey
A message shared on Twitter from his mom, Stacey Surrey, a 33-year-old carer
And followers rapidly took to social media to sentence the ‘shameful’ and ‘disgraceful’ incident
Newcastle beat Leicester Metropolis on Monday, with Chris Wooden, Miguel Almiron and Joelinton on the scoresheet.
Burn had thrown his shirt into the stands as a gesture of appreciation for the visiting followers’ help, with the fortunate teenager pulling in his prize.
A message shared on Twitter from his mom, Stacey Surrey, a 33-year-old carer, stated: ‘The bloke within the purple was getting the shirt for my son however the girl was attempting to grab the shirt from my son’s arms, however the stewards acquired concerned and acquired the shirt.’
And followers rapidly took to Twitter to sentence the ‘shameful’ and ‘disgraceful’ actions of the woman.
One stated: ‘Absolute tramp,’ with one other merely including ‘unbelievable’.
A 3rd continued: ‘Not a lot a fan however a bully.’
One other declared: ‘He needs to be ashamed,’ with a fifth concluding: ‘Shame needs to be ashamed of your self.’
