Brave or stupid? Fan arrives at Arsenal friendly in a TOTTENHAM shirt... and finds Gooners have a few things to say
- Tottenham superfan provokes Arsenal supporters at friendly match in Sydney
- He showed up wearing a Spurs tshirt to the Arsenal vs Western Sydney friendly
- The man is escorted by police as he is met with boos from Arsenal supporters
- Arsenal beat the Western Sydney Wanders 3-1, game two of their Australia tour
A single Spurs fan walking through a crowd of Arsenal supporters sounds like a bad idea, but it was just another Saturday night for this man in Australia.
A video shows a man decked out in a Tottenham shirt walking through a crowd of Arsenal fans with a police escort, amid much jeering from the crowd.
Knock it down to the ancient rivalry between the Spurs and the Gunners - but the Spurs weren't even playing.
A Tottenham fan still decided to show up during Saturday's friendly in Sydney between Arsenal and the Western Sydney Wanderers.
The Spurs fan slowly walks through a crowd of Arsenal supporters on the night of the match between the Wanderers, meeting a wave of boos and chants.
Surprisingly, nothing is thrown at him.
In similar video posted on Facebook by journalist Chris Wheatley, the Spurs fan is seen stood with his hand spread in the air, encircled by chanting Arsenal supporters.
One Gunners fan tries to drape the man in an Arsenal scarf - he bats it away.
The man is eventually escorted away by a police officer.
A man decked out in a Tottenham shirt, pictured, walks through a crowd of Arsenal fans with a police escort, amid much jeering from the crowd, during Saturday's friendly between Arsenal and the Western Sydney Wanderers
The video caused a mixture of reaction on social media. many believing that the man had a death wish. Others were more comical.
'Arsenal fans should not have made him leave ..... Even spurs fan have the right to see good football once in his life,' said Rishabh Dev on Facebook.
Amos Benjamin, also on Facebook, said: 'The guy is just embarrassing himself. Holding up 5 fingers to represent Arsenal's fifth place finish last season.'
The man wearing his support for the Spurs with pride, pictured, kind of looks surprised that he's getting such a negative reaction from a crowd of Arsenal supporters. We're not surprised
Arsenal were playing the Western Sydney Wanderers in front of a sell-out crowd of 83,000 at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
Arsenal won 3-1.
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