It's a dog's life

Seeing today's story about a parrot bringing a halt to a football match by impersonating the referee's whistle (which can be seen here: http://tinyurl.com/ah68d2 ) reminded me of the days when dogs used to bring a temporary stop to games.

I'm not talking about a kick-about down the park with your mates, remember the days when 22 professional athletes would suddenly have to stop playing all because some flea-ridden mutt had got through a hole in a fence and swiftly taken a liking to their football.

That used to be briliiant! Dumb pooches used to always be seen aimlessley roaming around top English stadiums mid-match while players and referees would have to go scampering after them.

I reckon they should reintroduce dogs to the Premier League. Say pick one random fixture a week when man's best friend is thrown on to the pitch to cause temporary havoc at any point.

OK, so that will never happen but here's three 'dog on football pitch' videos to bring back memories of those good days. (Sadly judging by the only vids I could find, it only seems to happen in Eastern Europe nowadays)