Newcastle’s Champions League clash at Dortmund HALTED as home fans throw tennis balls, gold bars and rubbish onto pitch

NEWCASTLE’S Champions League clash at Borussia Dortmund was momentarily delayed after home fans threw tennis balls and fake bars of golf onto the pitch.

The match was stopped shortly after half time for the pitch to be cleared.

Rex

AP

Nico Schlotterbeck helps clean the pitch[/caption]

Dortmund fans were believed to be protesting against reforms to the Champions League format next season, and the corrupting effect of money in football more broadly.

A banner in the stands read: “You don’t care about sport, you care about money.”

Players helped to get the game going again as quickly as possible by clearing tennis balls and fake gold bars from the pitch.

But as the game continued, there continued to be rubbish on the pitch at the end Dortmund were attacking.

A document entitled Reclaim the Game laid out a section of fans’ grievances online.

It features the tagline: “Football for millions of fans, not for billions of Euros!”