Dead bad move

We don't regard ourselves as being particularly squeamish here at Planet Football but we have to say this little tale left us…

We don't regard ourselves as being particularly squeamish here at Planet Football but we have to say this little tale left us a bit green about the gills. Romanian club Astra Ploesti found themselves in need of more land to use for training so they rented part of a cemetery, as you would. Fine, except when it rains bits of the deceased . . . well . . . begin to . . . surface. "It is particularly bad in the rain," retched Astra boss Ion Radu. "We have found everything from a skull to false teeth on the ground." Blurgh.

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Mary Hannigan

Mary Hannigan

Mary Hannigan is a sports writer with The Irish Times