IPSWICH TOWN were unbelievably forced to hold their half-time team-talk on their team BUS due to a plumbing issue during their Carabao Cup clash with Bromley.
Championship outfit Ipswich travelled to Hayes Lane to take on League Two side Bromley in the first round of the competition.
Kieran McKenna’s side had been playing in the Premier League last season, lining up in stadiums like Old Trafford and the Emirates in front of tens of thousands of fans.
But the Tractor Boys were slapped in the face by the reality of the football pyramid when they found themselves taking on Bromley in their 1,300-seat Hayes Lane ground.
That reality hit even harder when they went in trailing 1-0 at half-time, only to be told they had to hold their team talk on their team bus due to plumbing problems in the changing rooms.
Their squad, which featured the likes of Ashley Young and Ben Johnson, had to cram onto the bus just so that they could use the toilet.
However, the unusual circumstances didn’t seem to immediately bother the travelling team as they came out swinging in the second half.
Former West Ham man Johnson netted an equaliser just nine minutes after the break.
That was only enough to force penalties as Bromley held firm to keep the game tied at a goal a piece.
Incredibly, Bromley seemingly pulled off the impossible as they came out on top in the test of nerves from 12 yards – knocking out their heavyweight opposition on a historic night for the club.
The result will have been a frustration for pop superstar Ed Sheeran, a minority owner of Ipswich, who had made the journey to watch the game from the stands.
The first round of the Carabao Cup had already thrown up some madness throughout the evening.
Tranmere Rovers’ tie against Burton Albion was postponed because of a power cut at Prenton Park.
The clash was called off just 26 minutes before kick-off after a Scottish Power outage had left Tranmere unable to operate any tills, floodlights and some of the turnstiles.
Elsewhere Bradford City fans were hit by travel delays after a COW shut down the motorway en route to their tie against Blackburn.
A photo taken at the scene saw a marked vehicle attempting to guide the cow safely off the M62.
However, the animal’s wellbeing came at the expense of Bradford fans, who were left pressed for time ahead of a 7.45pm kick-off.
Many were left in gridlocked traffic as their movements ground to a halt.
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