The Premier League every once in a while provides us with some entertaining news that gets the whole world glued.
It is hard to tell if this is one such story but is surely quite hilarious!
Know how most fans in the Premier League are mad about their club and will do anything do support them? Well, some fans take it a step further and take every opportunity to defame the opposition, which helps elevate their team.
One such story that backfired for the Eagles fans came out after their crucial victory over Middlesbrough at the weekend.
A solitary first-half goal from Patrick van Aanholt was enough for Sam Allardyce’s side to steal all three points from this game as they managed to climb above Leicester City in the points table and out of the drop zone.
The manager will be happy with the way they performed in this game against Karnaka’s side but he will not be happy at how they were treated after the game.
The Palace fans, who enjoyed their first victory in the league this year, wanted to take it a step further and vandalised the coach that was carrying the Middlesbrough players before the game.
That was an act that was never going to go down well with the football fraternity but what the fans did not know was that they were soon going to become laughing stocks on social media.
As it ironically turned out, the bus that was carrying the Middlesbrough players was indeed Palace’s coach and was lent to the visitors.
Palace fans vandalise what they think is the boro coach. But boro flew down and borrowed one of the palace coaches causing £40k of damage ?? pic.twitter.com/SsXn6F6KoR
— Rich Cook (@Rickyc1234) February 26, 2017
This meant that Crystal Palace supporters inadvertently vandalized their own team’s bus thinking it belonged to Middlesbrough
The coach, which was parked at a hotel nearby Selhurst Park, was sprayed with the club’s name ‘Crystal Palace FC’ in red, white and blue paint across the sides and rear of the vehicle, according to media reports.
The club continued to used the vandalized coach despite the damage, confirmed on Sunday that the team’s coach was vandalised and that police had been notified.
“The team bus was covered in graffiti with the words ‘Crystal Palace’ overnight on Friday ahead of the game on Saturday. Police have been informed,” a spokesman told the Sun Sport.
British media also reported that Palace’s assistant head groundsman Dean Waters had condemned the vandals and revealed their error.
“40,000 pounds worth of damage on our coach thinking it was the Boro coach. Nice one! #cpfc,” Waters tweeted, before changing his privacy settings so that the post was no longer available to the public.
Talk about karma!