A squirrel brought a halt to play at Loftus Road (Picture: Reuters)

There must be something in the air at Loftus Road which is particularly alluring to squirrels.

We’ve all heard of rain stopping play at cricket, but QPR and Leicester players were forced to take a brief time-out during their match due to a pitch invasion from a pesky squirrel – but it’s not the first time the west Londoners have been invaded by the rodents.

The creature ran on to the pitch during the first-half today causing the referee to stop proceedings for two minutes, in a re-run of an incident which occurred between QPR and Everton in March 2012.



The animal even got it’s own Twitter account (@QPRSquirrel1) and while it’s gone very quiet on the social media front in the past 18 months, it could be set to return after today’s cameo.


Leicester striker David Nugent thought he was the hero of the day when he chased the squirrel off the pitch, only for it to re-emerge shortly after.

But the critter was finally ejected from the ground, allowing play to continue.

Players tried to chase the squirrel off the pitch (Picture: Reuters)

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