A Nottingham Forest fan jumped into a canal to celebrate his side’s victory over Derby – only to find out his team had conceded a stoppage-time equaliser, local police say.
Derby man Chris Martin bundled the ball home in the eighth minute of stoppage-time to snatch a point at Pride Park.
However, one member of the Forest faithful clearly didn’t watch the game until the very end.
British Transport Police (BTP) Nottinghamshire said officers attended a report of “persons in the canal” opposite Nottingham station.
“A Forest fan had jumped in to celebrate a win over local rivals, unaware of the late equaliser,” they tweeted. “#wounded.”
Forest had looked on course for victory thanks to Joe Lolley’s 10th goal of the season in the first half.
But, in a dramatic conclusion, Derby’s Martyn Waghorn was sent off in the 95th minute before Forest then failed to deal with a free-kick and Martin pounced.
Both sides are very much in the hunt to finish in the play-off spots – Forest are currently fifth with 68 points.
Meanwhile, the in-form Rams are just three points off the top six.
