Tottenham have severed links with one of their official licensed suppliers after three pitch invasions caused a 10-minute delay to their Europa League clash against Partizan Belgrade and left them facing a UEFA charge.
Despite securing their place in the last 32 of the competition thanks to Benjamin Stambouli’s second half goal, the club’s night was overshadowed by the serious breaches of security which led to Ukrainian referee Yevhen Aranovskiy taking both teams from the field four minutes before half-time.
All three culprits were wearing shirts emblazoned with the logo of audio manufacturers BassBuds, who sell official branded headphones through the club’s merchandise store.
3 pitch invaders at Spurs v Partizan were advertising BassBuds headphones http://t.co/mD5ozmD1Ce pic.twitter.com/RfigPO2GQi
— 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) November 27, 2014
Staged pitch invasion to promote BassBuds.. Look who endorses them.. pic.twitter.com/cD4UnyFNRS
— Sweep (@KaliSweep) November 27, 2014
5 sets of #THFC BassBuds headphones & portable Bluetooth speakers up for grabs! Free entry – http://t.co/piCZHHSy5Y … pic.twitter.com/DYd5QQLXmN
— BassBuds (@BassBuds) November 26, 2014