England Fan Crashes Through Bus Stop Roof After Leaping From Bus

Every England win brings out a few morons - and yesterday's triumph over Sweden seems to have been no different.

Footage has emerged of on numpty in Clapham Junction, London, who jumped from the top of a double-decker bus, aiming for a bus stop roof, only to find that his weight was too much for the shelter, sending him plummeting to the floor.

Sympathy levels are low for him in this case, if I'm honest. Spare a thought too for the woman standing under the bus shelter when this moron decided to make his leap, who thankfully appeared to escape from the incident unharmed.

Elsewhere in London, emergency services vehicles were used as impromptu platforms by steaming fans, with ambulance and police calling out those who got carried away with themselves.

The Joint Response Unit later tweeted: "Obviously we are chuffed with this result this afternoon but there is absolutely NO excuse to vandalise emergency service vehicles by jumping on them.

"We are better than this England."

Yeah, we like to think that we are, but times like this do have a tendency to make me doubt that.

In Borough High Street in London, an ambulance was damaged by people climbing onto the roof, which caused the vehicle to have to be put out of service while it was repaired.

With that considered, and factoring in the massive amount of boozing that tends to take over the nation whenever the sun decides to pay its fortnight's annual visit to our shores, the behaviour of the vast majority of England fans has been pretty exemplary.

Sure, there has been an above average amount of beer throwing - which, especially if you're in the South, is just a huge waste of money - and a little bit of boisterous traffic stopping, but for this many young people to be this drunk in this weather and still maintain a modicum of decorum is impressive.

Despite these isolated acts of stupidity, the Met Police in London did not report an above average level of crime or call outs during the game, so clearly it is, as it always is with England, a small minority of idiots.

If the unthinkable happens and football does come home, don't be a dick. It really shouldn't be that hard, LADs.

Topics: UK News, Russia 2018, England, World Cup

Mike Wood

Mike Meehall Wood is a freelance journalist and translator. He writes for LADbible, VICE and countless sports publications, focusing on rugby league, football and boxing. He is a graduate of Leeds University and maintains a fizzy pop obsession. Contact Mike at [email protected]