Soccer Fan Dressed as a Sheep Set Ablaze on a Train, Served With Mint Jelly

If you’re going to dress as a tasty sheep, chances are someone is going to fuck with you.  And if soccer (or football) is involved, those chances increase by 1000%.

A 24-year-old Aberdeen football fan, dressed as a sheep, had his outfit lit on fire by a 23-year-old passenger as the fan, and a group of his friends, all dressed as sheep, rode the train home from Edinburgh to Aberdeen.

The fiery fan ran through the coaches with his arms and legs on fire, while others tried to douse the flames by throwing beer on the fan.

Mmmm beer…the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.

The 23-year-old sheep cooker was arrested in connection with the incident, while the crispy fan is in serious but stable condition in hospital, where he is receiving treatment.

And if you’re wondering why the fans were dressed as sheep (god knows I was), it seems the fans of Aberdeen FC are known as “sheep shaggers.”  This is due to Aberdeen’s perceived isolation from the rest of Scotland.

There’s a farmer/sex/sheep joke in here, I just know it. [BBC via Bob's Blitz]