Ball boys, when they’re not taking a shoeing from Eden Hazard or nutmegging poor old Robert Green, you can guarantee they are carefully plotting their next move on an unsuspecting victim, egged on by their “peers” in the stands behind them.
Step up Tim Cahill, the latest to feel the ball boys’ wrath. Cahill, back in his native Australia, scored one of his trademark headers during a 2-2 draw between Melbourne City and Central Coast Mariners on New Year’s Eve. As expected, Cahill followed up his trademark header by running to the corner flag to do his trademark goal celebration – laying into the corner flag with a few combination punches. Or, at least he tried. You see, the ball boy had other ideas, promptly pulling out the corner flag from the ground before Cahill could land a single punch.
Cold blooded, plain and simple.
I’d give the ball boy a solid 7 out of 10 for his party pooping efforts. However, for the gold standard of ball boy contempt he has a long way to go before he can match Cristiano Ronaldo’s ball boy nemesis.
