{"id":136565,"date":"2023-08-29T17:29:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/?p=136565"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:29:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:29:23","slug":"football-thug-jailed-after-smashing-former-premier-league-star-in-face-with-metal-bucket-in-shocking-pitch-invasion-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/lifestyle\/football-thug-jailed-after-smashing-former-premier-league-star-in-face-with-metal-bucket-in-shocking-pitch-invasion-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Football thug jailed after smashing former Premier League star in face with METAL BUCKET in shocking pitch invasion | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A FOOTBALL thug has been jailed for hitting Middlesbrough keeper Tom Glover in the face with a METAL BUCKET.<\/p>\n<p>The incident left former Tottenham youngster Glover concussed with blood streaming down his face &#8211; and needing ten stitches.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/tom-glover-melbourne-city-picks-783478145.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/tom-glover-melbourne-city-picks-783479651.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>It happened last December, when the Australian keeper was playing for Melbourne City in a local derby against Melbourne Victory.<\/p>\n<p>Glover, who joined Championship strugglers Boro earlier this summer, still bears a scar from the assault.<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne magistrates court sentenced Victory fan Alex Agelopoulos to three months in prison after he pleaded guilty to violent disorder.<\/p>\n<p>The trial heard he attacked Glover, 25, with the sand-filled bucket during a pitch invasion.<\/p>\n<h2><span>READ MORE IN FOOTBALL<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PM-SPORT-PREVIEW-Mary-Earps-Top.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Watch awkward interview with Mary Earps&#8217; 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