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VIDEO: Fan slammed by viewers for waving knife around and trying to get on pitch

An Everton fan has been slammed by viewers for waving a flick knife around and trying to get on the pitch to help staff with the protestor.

Footage in the lad 24 hours has gone viral and its left many questioning why the supporter was let into the stadium with a knife no matter big or small with the item banned from being brought in.

One member of the Goodison Park faithful could see that it would take a good while to sort out the Just Stop Oil protester after he had tied himself up to the goal, stopping play against Newcastle for around eight minutes in midweek.

A steward approaches the fan waving the sharp object, before quickly realising what it was and raises his hand as to say put it down and stop waving it up in the air. Click to see it on the video below…

A member of the anti-Government group Just Stop Oil, ‘Louis’, broke onto the pitch in the 57th minute wearing a T-shirt with ‘Stop Oil’ written on it, causing referee Craig Pawson to briefly stop play during the Premier League relegation clash.

The group of activists took to social media shortly after to claim responsibility and shared Louis’ reasoning behind the stunt, and the lad even published a video explaining what he was going to do prior to the game.

“It’s 2022 and it’s time to look up, time to step up and not stand by. It’s time to act like it’s an emergency,” they posted on Twitter. “Report after report is telling me that my future is going to be dire, and my government is telling me not to worry and pay into a pension.

“But we have a choice. We can choose to highlight that our climate is breaking down, we can choose to resist this government that is betraying us, we can choose to step up and not stand by.” Bold cutters had to be used to remove the 21-year-old from the field of play, with an enraged home fan attempting to aid security by getting on the pitch himself, only to be removed too.

Just Stop Oil added: “Our government is betraying us by funding new oil fields in the North Sea. New oil means destruction of our children’s future. It means war on small island states. And it means suffering now for the poorest and most marginalised in all regions. We must #JustStopOil. It’s a no-brainer.”

This happened at the Emirates on Wednesday, with another protester, ‘Kai’, doing the same during Liverpool ‘s 2-0 victory over Arsenal. “Sorry to have interrupted your game, but no one listens unless we do crazy shit like this,” the account tweeted alongside a video of the incident. “This beautiful game, like your lives, will be disrupted by increasingly extreme weather events in the years to come.”

Just Stop Oil state that Kai, is a 20-year-old Law student at the University of Manchester: “If we lose control of our climate, which is exactly where we’re headed at the moment, then we put everything and everyone at risk. My generation won’t have a future.

“The government is encouraging more investment in oil and gas, despite the danger of climate collapse — I want the government to do all they can to avoid this. They need to get a grip, more oil and gas will not help people with their energy bills but will kill more people now and in future.”

The account added: “Just Stop Oil. It’s a no-brainer. Stop the harm. We need to face the facts and do what is needed. Don’t be a bystander — attend one of our online or in-person talks to join us in resistance.”

And on Friday, Wolves stewards prevented another pitch invader wearing a ‘Just Stop Oil’ shirt from tying themselves to the goalposts at Molineux in the THIRD incident of a series of pre-planned protests at Premier League games this week.

As mentioned, a fan has been slammed by viewers of a viral video for waving a knife around and trying to get on the pitch…

@dunn_outdoors: Stadium security in general is lax lately isn’t it. Stories of people doing drugs in the bogs, smoke bombs, could basically take anything into a football stadium.

@neilmuirhead1: That’s fucking ridiculous that.

@bernieo63: How the fuck was he not arrested?

@gmanefc: @Everton How can this possibly happen, in an era when knife crime is rife and people are dying on the streets as a result of being stabbed, surely this needs investigating. @LivEchonews. What are you doing about this? @Everton

@Nobby_Mooovdd: He brought the knife in case some weirdo tied his neck to the goalpost with a cable tie….. He should be praised imo

@ThePinkEcho: Some of these replies. I don’t care if it’s a pen knife. A butter knife. A fucking letter opener from work. If you carry a knife accidentally or otherwise you’re a fucking shithouse. And that goes for any reds as well.

@markdickeywo: That’s off it’s head!

@RobiHam: Hahahaha that’s terrible!

@ben_flavelle: Naa, offered a steward his knife, wtf man 😭😭😭😭😭

@TheShaggingBees: I like how he politely returned the knife once he was loose. Strong community feel at Everton

@JailedGed: Don’t agree with the ‘grass’ shouts over this. Liverpool or Everton fans should be completely against people carrying knives. We’re all the first to kick off should he use it against one of our sons.

@WattyWattDogg: Steward more concerned with him entering the pitch than the fact he had a knife on him. 🙄

@ajascpfc: Acting like that thing hes carrying isn’t completely legal to carry

@LFletcher88: Wtf he got a knife for

@JoshCheetham91: Who takes a knife to a football match? Fucking hell. Never mind a ban get this cunt locked up

@reid1892: Hideous what could have happened here. Not good enough from @Everton

@ToonMouthTyne: This Everton fan needs found and banning for life. NOTHING excuses this behaviour, especially not a peaceful protest. Hopefully @MerseyPolice get involved too. #NUFC #EFC

@gamble1917: Scouser with a knife, what an unsurprising event

@Sm0keyRobinson: Fucking hell man, yet at Wembley you get rugby tackled for having a bottle of coke

@nufctel: Wtf toffee scouser in the ground with a flick knife hands it to steward to try and cut free protester it’s said steward gave knife back to fan afterwards

@tackleberry11: Disgraceful. They actually give it back to him. And to the people in the replies calling the lad a grass my God you are pathetic. Hope you don’t have kids who go to a match and are anywhere near shuts like these when they eventually get a cob on about something and use the knife.

@19AndSix: Most toxic fan base in the world, now taking knives into the stadium. Deary me.

@danflas94: A knife into a football stadium and the stewards gave him it back hahahaa wtf is going on

@jamesmarIow: who brings a blade to the match the weirdo

@finbj6: cant set off a flare without gettin booted out but a blades sound int it

@DevlinLFC: State of the gimps in the comments say “Grass”

@Jenx1968: When the steward says thanks for the loan of your flick – knife!

@RRRafc: Needs to be way way better security at football matches man what the fuck… any old lunatic could run onto the pitch and stab a footballer or another fan

@Eamon_K_: If you take a knife to a football game you need to have a long hard look at yourself. Rats

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