'%20x='0'%20y='0'%20height='100%25'%20width='100%25'%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20xlink%3Ahref='data:image/jpg;base64,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'%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E)
This is perhaps the most non-violent way to receive a booking in football as Bristol Rovers’ Lee Mansell was issued a yellow card for kissing Gateshead’s JJ O’Donnell in his lips during a Conference match.
During Bristol Rovers’ 3-2 win over Gateshead last Friday, English midfielder Mansell found himself in a heated argument with opponent O’Donnel. What followed next was something that no one had seen coming as Mansell left a quick kiss on O’Donnell’s lips in order to ‘diffuse’ the situation.
Trending
Neither O’Donnel nor the referee shared the same sense of humour as Mansell did, and he was eventually given a yellow following the incident.
Later speaking to BBC Radio, the midfielder said, "It's the first time I've been booked for kissing someone. I did it to diffuse the situation. We either clash heads and he goes down or I end up doing something silly.”
“It is only when I got in the car to go home and saw Twitter had lit up and my missus said: 'What the hell were you thinking? We had a laugh and a joke about it with the lads afterwards. It's another thing to add to the list of daft things I've done on the football pitch,” he added.
