Wake Up Call: South Africa’s shocking breakfast food assault epidemic

The Orlando Pirates, a South African premier league soccer team, is being called before a league disciplinary committee to answer for the unruly behavior of their fans during a recent match. Did they throw flares? Rip up seats? Riot? Invade the pitch? No, it was much, much worse.

The spectator misbehaviour charge “follows an incident on 19 January 2011 at the Chatsworth Stadium in the match between Golden Arrows and Orlando Pirates where Orlando Pirates spectators behaved in a disorderly manner in that after the final whistle they threw porridge at the match official” says the PSL.

Yes, reason has given way to chaos amongst South African soccer fans in recent years, it seems. And if order cannot be restored, the very future of the sport hangs in the balance.

In October last year, arch rivals Kaizer Chiefs were handed a suspended 500,000 rand (44,816 pounds) fine after angry fans threw two plastic vuvuzelas and a cabbage onto the pitch during a cup tie to protest refereeing decisions.

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Meanwhile, in the U.S., we are much more civilized. We only throw cottage cheese …

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