Rooster thrown on field to abuse coach as people 'cheered'

Rooster. [Photo: Courtesy]

A rooster was thrown onto the field in Russia's second-tier football league as an apparent act of homophobic abuse against a coach. Footage from Sunday's game between Fakel Voronezh and Luch-Energiya Vladivostok shows a fan picking up the apparently distressed bird, taking it to the front of the stand, and throwing it.

The rooster flutters over to the touchline as the man cheers and makes an obscene gesture. Other fans are heard chanting "Grigoryan is a rooster," a reference to Vladivostok coach Alexander Grigoryan. "Rooster" is often used as a term of anti-gay abuse in Russia.