PLAYER SENT OFF FOR FARTING
LOUDLY

Adam Lindin Ljungkvist was dismissed in the late
stages of a ninth-tier game in Sweden after he let
off what was apparently a rather impressive fart


There are many reasons a player can be sent off in
a game - reckless tackles, two yellow cards, even
swearing at the referee in some occasions. But
Swedish football saw a bizarre new offence which
seems incredibly harsh.

In a ninth-tier clash, Pershagen SK's Adam Lindin
Ljungkvist was sent off for "unsportsmanlike
behaviour" when he farted loudly in his side's game
against and Jarna SK's reserves.

The game was almost over and, having apparently
already been given a yellow card, he released wind
and was booked for the second time.

"I needed to fart, I had a bad stomach," he
told Lanstidningen Sodertalje . "So I just farted. Then
I received a yellow card and then a red.
"I was shocked, it's the strangest thing I have ever
experienced on a football field.
"I asked the referee: 'What, you can't fart on the
field?', he replied: 'No'.

He does, however, have a theory as to why he was
sent off: "He may have thought that I farted in my
hand and threw it towards him, but he didn't say."
The referee reported that he had already booked
the player in the 65th minute, but Ljungkvist says
he can't remember receiving one.

And the referee, Dany Kako, has cleared up the
situation, stating that it was indeed for passing gas.
"I perceive that it is a provocation against another
player. He did it on purpose and it was
inappropriate behaviour. Therefore, he received a
yellow card."
But even Kako admitted that it is an absurd
situation.
"Yes. No one must get a yellow card for farting on
the field. Once there was a player who stood and
peed next to the pitch. That was also a yellow
card."

According to the opposition striker Kristoffer Linde
says he heard the fart and testified to how loud it
was.
"I was standing a good distance away but I heard
the fart loud and clear. It was the strangest thing
I've seen on the field, and I have been playing
football since I was eight years old.


goal.com

Good for him