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Friendly match in England abandoned after hearse is driven onto pitch

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A pre-season friendly between English lower-division teams Dunston UTS and Gateshead FC had to be abandoned after masked men drove a funeral hearse onto the pitch on Friday.According to a Gateshead supporter who spoke to BBC, posters were thrown out of the car's window in protest before "two people in ski masks" exited the hearse, got into a silver car, and drove off. "Due to an incident on the pitch occurring shortly after halftime, tonight's match has been abandoned by the referee," Gateshead wrote on Twitter.

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