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02-21-2017, 02:49 PM
This viral picture of a goalkeeper eating a pie isn't what it seems
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Wayne Shaw is a 23-stone (322-pound) reserve goalkeeper who became an internet hero after pictures of him eating a pie during his team Sutton United's FA cup game against Arsenal made the rounds on social media.*
✅ Back-up keeper
✅ All three subs made
✅ Time for a pie
Tuck in, Wayne Shaw! #EmiratesFACup (https://twitter.com/hashtag/EmiratesFACup?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/gjQWLzugVx (https://t.co/gjQWLzugVx)
— BT Sport Football (@btsportfootball) February 20, 2017 (https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/833793924565196801)
However, the hilariously cheeky stunt hides a more uncomfortable truth.*
SEE ALSO: 14 times footballers were unintentionally hilarious on Twitter (http://mashable.com/2017/02/18/funniest-tweets-footballers/)
As many people **ticed on Twitter,Sun Bets, a betting company linked to The Sun newspaper, offered odds of 8-1 against him eating a pie on the bench during the game.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/02/21/goalkeeper-pie-eating-football-soccer-match/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Wayne Shaw is a 23-stone (322-pound) reserve goalkeeper who became an internet hero after pictures of him eating a pie during his team Sutton United's FA cup game against Arsenal made the rounds on social media.*
✅ Back-up keeper
✅ All three subs made
✅ Time for a pie
Tuck in, Wayne Shaw! #EmiratesFACup (https://twitter.com/hashtag/EmiratesFACup?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/gjQWLzugVx (https://t.co/gjQWLzugVx)
— BT Sport Football (@btsportfootball) February 20, 2017 (https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/833793924565196801)
However, the hilariously cheeky stunt hides a more uncomfortable truth.*
SEE ALSO: 14 times footballers were unintentionally hilarious on Twitter (http://mashable.com/2017/02/18/funniest-tweets-footballers/)
As many people **ticed on Twitter,Sun Bets, a betting company linked to The Sun newspaper, offered odds of 8-1 against him eating a pie on the bench during the game.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/02/21/goalkeeper-pie-eating-football-soccer-match/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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