Security workers at an English sixth-tier soccer match Monday were having trouble chasing down a skinny male intruder who spent about 30 seconds running around the pitch wearing nothing but a bright green thong and a curly black wig.

So Dorchester player-manager Ashley Vickers took matters into his own hands -- and was subsequently red-carded for violent conduct after slamming the perpetrator to the ground in the 70th minute of the match, which was tied, 1-1, at the time. Dorchester went on to lose to Havant & Waterloo, 3-1.



“The funny thing was, the stewards actually thanked me for it," Vickers said. "But the ref decided to send me off and it beggars belief.”

The streaker has been banned from Havant's stadium.

-- Chuck Schilken

The Associated Press contributed to this report.