Football team swim in waist-height floodwater on their pitch in viral footage

By Jessica Martin
Published 10th Jan 2025, 14:29 GMT
The video, which has gained over a million views, shows football players heading the ball to each other as they swim in waist-deep floodwater on their pitch.

Footage shows the moment a football team went for a swim on their flooded pitch.

In the video, which has now had 1.2million views on X, the players can be seen wading into waist-height floodwater, before heading the ball between them and swimming across the Gloucestershire pitch.

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Lydney AFC posted the footage to social media in November 2024. In the caption, the club wrote: “Can’t believe I’m saying this… but GAME ON! Teams are out and kick off is imminent.”

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The footage features in the latest edition of Caught on Camera which is available to watch on www.shotstv.com now.

The episode looks at extreme weather incidents in the UK, including a huge tree crushing a man’s car and lightning striking a pensioner’s home.

Watch the free-to-view programme on Shots! on Freeview channel 262 and on demand at www.shotstv.com.

Related topics:VideoWeatherGloucestershireLightning

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