Ballboy stung as he is forced to retrieve ball from nettles in Partick Thistle’s Scottish Premiership draw with Ross County
NO pain, no regain!
A ballboy who turned up expecting a Thistle was troubled by a different type of weed – after he was stung when forced to retrieve a ball from nettles.
The ballboy realises he has no option but to put his hand in the nettles – and pays for his devotion to duty by getting stung
It had seemed a routine night for the lad as second-bottom Partick Thistle battled out a 1-1 Scottish Premiership home draw with the only side below them, Ross County.
But then he was confronted by a ball buried in the undergrowth around the perimeter.
The ballboy clearly knew what to expect – as he tentatively darted his hand into the nettles quickly but even more swiftly out of them.
Not put off, he delved in again to get the ball – knocking it out and wringing his hands afterwards from the sting.
The lad proves how handy he is at his job – as he painfully retrieves the ballThe Partick Thistle ballboy shows he is some-sting special as he rubs his hands and shrugs off his encounter with stinging nettles at the Scottish top-flight game
And just as the ballboy manned up in his moment of truth, so did County star Billy McKay.
The former Leicester youth and Wigan striker is staring at a third relegation in a row after going down with Dundee United and then Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
But the 29-year-old kept County’s slender survival hopes alive when only his third goal of the season cancelled out Chris Erskine’s opener.
So now, with two Premiership games left, County are hoping for a sting in the tale.
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