Maidstone fan wipes out goading Boreham Wood rival with ‘tackle of the season' after play-off final defeat
Amazing incident goes viral after crowd surge onto pitch at sell-out decider
BORE OFF Maidstone fan wipes out goading Boreham Wood rival with 'tackle of the season' after play-off final defeat
A GOADING fan was wiped out by "the tackle of the season" from a rival supporter at a sell-out play-off final.
And when the clip went viral, viewers made it clear where their sympathies lay.
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This flying challenge took the man and his beer by surprise
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There was a brief flare-up afterwards but the floored man looked dazed
Boreham Wood were celebrating beating visitors Maidstone United 1-0 to earn a place in the National League.
And as fans streamed onto the pitch afterwards, one beer-swilling Wood follower out on the turf decided to taunt away supporters in a stand.
The man, who was wearing jeans and a hoodie, danced around pointing upwards as he tormented opposition fans.
But from 30 yards away on the other half of the pitch, a supporter came hurtling towards him - without him realising it.
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And the sprinting offender finished his surge with a two-footed slide that sent the man and his beer crashing to the ground - in opposite directions.
The floored victim got up and jumped back as if startled.
Meanwhile, another man in a hoodie tried to confront the tackler - only to slip up and be guided away by a third fan.
Supporters in the stand could be heard roaring their approval at the lunging 'challenge' on the Wood fan
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And although it was an aggressive move - to say the least - the tackler also appeared to win the backing of viewers.
One said: "Maidstone fan with tackle of the season on a Boreham Wood fan."
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Another posted: "Great tackle, a little late but a phenomenal challenge."
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A third wrote: Totally deserved and good on him, grown men goading the oppo after a huge final win."
A fourth claimed: "He didn't expect a Maidstone fan to do this in retaliation."
And a fifth observer reckoned the victim paid the price for mocking away followers as one of them "took matters into his own hands".
It followed yet another incredibly tight season in National League South.
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Truo were the only side to go up automatically -- as champions on goal difference from Torquay.
But only three points separated second place from Dorking in sixth.
Maidstone finished seven points adrift in seventh place - the last play-off spot.
And in the final Charles Clayden's brilliant 47th-minute winner sent Wood back to the National League at the first attempt in front of a 3,500 crowd at Meadow Park.
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Scunthorpe beat fellow ex-EFL club Chester 2-1 after extra time in the National League North play-off final.
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