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06.11.2023 - 22:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Football fans were plunged into darkness after the flood lights suddenly went off during a match on Monday night (November 6) - causing the game to be temporarily cancelled.
F.C United of Manchester were playing away against Dragoons FC in Kraków, Poland on Monday evening the lighting over the pitch suddenly cut out.
The semi-pro club's official account posted a video to social media site X saying the fans were 'lighting the pitch' themselves. It showed a number of people holding up the torch on their mobile phones and chanting at the KS Prądniczanka ground.
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F.C United were winning 1-0 against Dragoons after a goal from forward Nic Bollado when the ground was suddenly plunged into darkness 20 minutes into the game.
The club wrote in a post: "The floodlights have gone out here and the game is paused. The FC fans are kindly lighting the completely pitch black ground. Fan owned football at its finest."
Later, the club added: "The lights are still out here and we are waiting for a system reset to put the lights back on (or 20 zloty in the meter)" as the official account for Dragoons FC wrote: "What's this... the lights have gone out..."
A short time later the game was then called off, with the club announcing the lights 'cannot be turned back on' and fans were guided away from the venue - before it was then announced just minuted it could be resumed after the lights were fixed.
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