UK Football Pitch Invasions Could Be Due To Post-Pandemic ‘Over-Excitedness’: Expert

Everton's Irish defender Seamus Coleman runs off the pitch as fans invade the pitch to celebrate at the end of the English Premier League match between Everton and Crystal Palace at Goodison Park in Liverpool, on May 19, 2022. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

Merseyside Police are investigating an incident at the end of Everton’s Premier League game with Crystal Palace on Thursday night in which the visitors’ manager, Patrick Vieira, clashed with a fan who taunted him during a pitch invasion.

The incident was the latest in a series of pitch invasions that have led to calls for action by the football authorities in England.