English Premier League soccer fans who still complain about delays created by referees consulting video footage shifted their impatient ire this weekend to a stadium invading drone that caused a long halt in the Brentford-Wolverhampton match.
The drone was spotted about half an hour into the soccer match hosted by West London club Brentford, after it initially circled the playing field at a higher altitude before dropping down to hover above the grandstands. Following rules covering professional English matches, the presence of the vehicle forced the referee to stop play and order all players back into the locker rooms until it had left or been neutralized. The UAV finally vanished from above the stadium about five minutes after first being seen – reportedly as a police helicopter was being prepared to intervene in the aerial encroachment – but not before provoking what turned out to be a 15-minute delay before play resumed.
The drone – which some blurry…
