{"id":298750,"date":"2023-12-01T14:25:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T14:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=298750"},"modified":"2023-12-01T14:25:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T14:25:49","slug":"bristol-city-fan-tricks-saints-fans-into-thinking-he-plays-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/bristol-city-fan-tricks-saints-fans-into-thinking-he-plays-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol City fan TRICKS Saints fans into thinking he plays for them"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Bristol City fan TRICKS Southampton supporters into thinking he&#8217;s one of their players, as he takes selfies with them and even signs a shirt!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Bristol City fans convinced Southampton supporters that one was a player<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The Saints supporters asked for photos and a shirt signing from the youngster<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Burnley are drowning so why is Vincent Kompany exempt from criticism? It&#8217;s almost not fair! It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A playful Bristol City fan fooled Southampton\u00a0supporters into thinking he was one of their club&#8217;s stars after they met in the Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Robins supporter Ted Hill took photos and signed shirts with excited Saints supporters outside St. Mary&#8217;s on Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Southampton had come out on top 1-0 via Kyle Walker-Peters&#8217; second-half goal but this was one way for the Bristolians to get their own back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A clip shared by a friend Matt Pearce, who initiated the stunt, shows Ted greeting the Saints faithful and making their dreams come true.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Matt explained to MailOnline how he and his friend pulled off the ingenious trick.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/13\/78469221-12814183-image-a-62_1701436608179.jpg\" height=\"797\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ted Hill, left, tricked Southampton fans that he was one of their players and they asked for signed shirts<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/13\/78469223-12814183-Saints_supporters_asked_Hill_for_photographs_with_him_thinking_t-a-65_1701436678580.jpg\" height=\"830\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Saints supporters asked Hill for photographs with him, thinking they had met a star\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/13\/78469241-12814183-Matt_Pearce_right_explained_that_he_shouted_for_a_photo_with_his-m-69_1701436765231.jpg\" height=\"719\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Matt Pearce, right, explained that he shouted for a photo with his friend Ted, which in turn convinced the Southampton fans that he was a player<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I shouted across: &#8220;Ted, Ted, can I get a picture please?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He clocks on to what I was hoping would happen straightaway and calmly says &#8220;yeah mate of course&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Then these people see that and think he\u2019s a player!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Matt and Ted even have a photograph to prove the method behind their subterfuge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We had extra boost of confidence with a few pints inside of us and saw the opportunity to have a laugh,&#8217; he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While it is the first time they have ever attempted such a trick, and they have no concrete plans to repeat it, Matt remained open-minded about future stunts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;Difficult to repeat greatness but then again, never say never.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Bristol City themselves were impressed with their antics, commenting &#8216;Fantastic&#8217; beneath his post on X, formerly Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Robins sit 12th in the Championship under Liam Manning, having sacked Nigel pearson at the end of October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This was Manning&#8217;s first defeat with his new club after winning two and drawing one other game in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Southampton, meanwhile, sit fourth under Russell Martin and are unbeaten in their last 11 outings.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/13\/78469471-12814183-image-a-70_1701437047371.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kyle Walker-Peters scored the only goal of the game as Southampton beat Bristol City 1-0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12814183\/Bristol-City-fan-TRICKS-Southampton-supporters-thinking-hes-one-players-takes-selfies-signs-shirt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bristol City fan TRICKS Southampton supporters into thinking he&#8217;s one of their players, as he takes selfies with them and even signs a shirt! Bristol City fans convinced Southampton supporters that one was a player The Saints supporters asked for photos and a shirt signing from the youngster Burnley are drowning so why is Vincent&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bristol City fan TRICKS Saints fans into thinking he plays for them - Tell My Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/bristol-city-fan-tricks-saints-fans-into-thinking-he-plays-for-them\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bristol City fan TRICKS Saints fans into thinking he plays for them - Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bristol City fan TRICKS Southampton supporters into thinking he&#8217;s one of their players, as he takes selfies with them and even signs a shirt! 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