Cups and Trophies Crashed to the Ground
I remember going to football’s Iron Bowl in Tuscaloosa in 2010 with Northampton photographer Paul Shoul . This football game that brings together arch rivals Alabama and Auburn and this is a part of the country where football trophies are sacred.
Later on that year a fan from Alabama actually poisoned a grove of Oak trees where Auburn fans used to celebrate team victories.
In 2008, a Florida recruit broke the Gator’s trophy won in 2006. There are even worse things that can happen to cups and trophies. Last year a Spanish soccer player dropped the trophy that Real Madrid had won for the annual Copa del Rey tournament from the top of a bus. Then the bus ran it over, making it almost flat.
In Canada, the big prize in football is the Gray Cup. In 2006, a player accidentally broke that trophy after they won it in 2006.