Football supporter seen scoffing maggots as fans joke 'West Ham would charge £4.50'

Fans at football matches in Thailand opt against eating pies and drinking Bovril at half-time, instead trading the traditional delicacies for a bag of juicy maggots

Posted Wednesday, August 17, 2022 by Dailystar.co.uk

Football supporter seen scoffing maggots as fans joke 'West Ham would charge £4.50'
The grim 'food' wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea

Hungry football fans are swapping their traditional half-time pie for a bag of juicy maggots.

A chunky grub was shown impaled on a cocktail stick moments before being wolfed down on the terraces. A wise-cracking supporter joked: “Still better than a hotdog at Arsenal.’’ Another wrote: “Would be £4.50 at West Ham Stadium.” And one quipped: “Where’s the gravy?’’

The mid-match meals are on offer to supporters at Sukhothai FC in Thailand.

One fan tweeted a photo of a bag of grubs they bought for 20 Thai bhat – about 40p – at the club’s Thalay Luang Stadium.

According to travel website THAIest, eating fried insects is “normal” in Thailand. Favourites include silkworms, grasshoppers, crickets, giant water bugs and scorpions.

What's your favourite food to eat at a football match - and what grub do you wish would be normal to have at a game? Let us know in the comments section.

Fans slammed the "disgusting" cost of a pint at the London Stadium before the season began - prices have since changed at West Ham's home