Attraction to all things orange leads supporters into trouble

Up until Holland’s impromptu exit from Euro 2008 at the weekend, Switzerland’s National Railway had told its workers to stop wearing orange reflective jackets. According to Reuters, Dutch fans, presumably high and transfixed on their army of good looking supporters (see above), are inexplicably attracted to anyone or anything sporting their national colour:

Switzerland’s national railway has told its workers to stop using their normal orange reflective vests after confused Dutch soccer fans started following them on to the tracks.

A railway spokesman said the changed strip had been prompted by an incident in the Swiss capital Berne when a group of Netherlands supporters followed a worker on to the lines after mistaking his uniform for their traditional orange dress.

As a solution to this problem, the railway folk have been donning vests lent to them by the Police instead. The colour? Bright yellow. Let’s hope there’s no more Swedes knocking about in the neutral country…

[Reuters via WithLeather]

Car company capture spirit of cheating in Euro 2008 advert

If Les Bleus are attempting to befriend their Dutch cousins so that they may show them some mercy in their final group game tonight, they’re going about it the wrong way.

Why have Toyota chosen to pick on the Oranje in this advert anyway? Sure, Arjen Robben goes down like a sack of shit when the breeze blows, but no one hates the Dutch. (Well, except Michael Caine in that third Austin Powers film.)

It’s the Italians they should be accusing of foul play. If you need to know why, check out Alberto Gilardino’s beaut of a fall against Celtic after the jump…