Stack the fan thumper!

By Tommo
September 3 2004

Some Arsenal fan has written in to remind us of Stack's past...now we know why Wisey signed him! ;-) All together now: "He's only 6 foot 4, he'll knock you to the floor, Oh Stacky". Ok, maybe it won't take on, but don't mess with the Stack!

From Arseweb

The fan in question was a Royal Antwerp supporter, and the keeper was Graham Stack, currently on loan to Arsenal's Belgian "(allegedly) work-permit avoiding" sister club Beveren.

Beveren were in the process of beating Antwerp 3-1, and after the late 3rd Beveren goal some of the opposition fans managed to get on the pitch....

"Out of nowhere, I saw all these fans running at me," says Stack.

"One bloke approached me and I told him to get off the pitch. I had to push him away from me for my own protection. Then I could see someone else running at me and it was obvious he was not going to stop. I swung at him out of self-defence."

"I didn't him that hard but he must have been drinking because he went straight to the floor. The next thing I knew, there were riot police everywhere. They came on with their shields and dogs to try to calm things down because it was a bit mad."

"Thankfully, the game was ended at that point and we were all taken off the pitch."

According to the Sun, Stack had been subject to quite a barrage of missiles during the game, including a knife! (found in the goalmouth after the game so maybe it was just part of Stack's self-defence kit).