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“OI, KEEP THE NOISE DOWN!”

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Football has been subject to all kinds of odd interrupti­ons over the years, but an angry mum on a school night might be a new one to us.

Derby City were taking on the Tartan Devils in a US Open Cup clash when the furious mum came marching onto the pitch to moan that the rowdy fans were keeping her children up by singing and banging on drums.

“There are houses at the one end of the field and she must live in one of them,” Derrick Mills, a fan at the match, tells FFT.

“We have had kids try to come onto the pitch in the past, but never an adult,” adds Eric Major, a member with the supporters’ group at Derby City.

So what happened once the infuriated woman was finally escorted away and the game resumed? “Once we had been given the all-clear to continue, it was the loudest chanting and yelling that everyone could muster,” says Major, with a smirk.

So what’s next for Derby City’s unhappy neighbour? Well with any luck, plenty more lunchtime kick-offs.

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