Crystal Palace fans thought they were being tricky when they spray-painted the bus that had carried Middlesbrough to their match with Palace on Saturday. The fans sprayed "Crystal Palace FC" on the bus to show Middlesbrough who exactly they were dealing with. What a hilarious prank! One problem: it was Crystal Palace's bus.
Crystal Palace vandalize their own team bus thinking it was a Middlesbrough fan coach at the weekend #CPFC pic.twitter.com/OBLtW4MvL0
— FootballAwaydays (@Awaydays23) February 27, 2017
It turns out that Middlesbrough flew to London and borrowed one of Crystal Palace's buses to get to Selhurst Park. If only the Palace fans had known beforehand.
Palace fans vandalise what they think is the boro coach. But boro flew down and borrowed one of the palace coaches causing £40k of damage pic.twitter.com/SsXn6F6KoR
— Rich Cook (@Rickyc1234) February 26, 2017
Palace officials confirmed it was their bus that had been vandalized. Fortunately, they beat Middlesbrough 1-0, so the weekend wasn't a total loss.