Numerous publications tell about the football goalkeeper, which the teammates accidentally left on the field after the match on a foggy day. We checked whether this episode is really captured in a picture often attached to such materials.

The story of a goalkeeper forgotten on the field, along with this photo, can be found at once in several publics on VKontakte with an audience of more than a million subscribers: History Porn, "Rhymes and Panchi", "Leprosy" and others. Similar materials were published by users of other social networks and a blog-platform, including Facebook, Pikabu, "Yandex.Zen" And Livejournal. Note on the Maxim magazine website about this episode and called: "The story of one photo: a match in the London fog, 1937."

Surprisingly, the story itself about the goalkeeper forgotten on the field because of the fog is true. At the end of 1937, at the London Stamford Bridge stadium, the Chelsea football players received Charlton Athletic. During the match, such a thick fog went down on the field that in the middle of the second half the game had to be canceled. Judges and football players did not say this to the goalkeeper of Charlton Sam Bartram, and he remained on the field for another 15 minutes until the police found the athlete.

Bartram I remembered In an autobiography, quotes from which was published by ESPN: “The judge stopped the game, and then, when the appearance became better, resumed it. We were good, and I saw less and fewer figures, because we constantly attacked. I walked back and forth along the Gate line, rejoicing that Chelsea players were blocked in their half of the field. <...> Obviously, however, that we could not send the ball into the goal, because the players did not return back, as if they scored. Time passed, and I approached the edge of the penalty several times, but the fog became denser and denser with every minute. Nothing was visible. <...> After a long time, a figure appeared due to the veil of the fog. He was a policeman who stared at me incredulously. “What the hell are you doing here?” He gasped. “The game was stopped a quarter of an hour ago, the field is absolutely empty!” When I made my way to the locker room, the rest of the Charlton players, already washed and changed clothes, were torn with laughter. ”

In addition to the memories of Bartram himself, reports in the press confirm that the incident. Our colleagues from the authoritative fact of Snopes discovered Several notes on this subject, published at the end of December 1937. Associated Press Reprinted And outside of England - they practically do not differ from the later told football player.

At the same time, the picture, which is often published along with a description of this funny episode, has nothing to do with it. In the photo captured Arsenal goalkeeper Jack Kelsi during the game against Aston Villa in January 1954. That match was also canceled because of the too strong fog that interfered with the game, but Kelsey left the field along with teammates.