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02nd Jan 2016

West Ham’s Mark Noble finds a creative way to avoid the plastic bag charge (Video)

Kevin Beirne

Ever since a 5p charge on plastic shopping bags was introduced to England last year, people have been searching for ways around the charge.

For some that means simply reusing old bag, but Mark Noble has a different plan.

During Saturday’s 2-0 win over Liverpool, the West Ham captain came across a plastic bag which had blown onto the pitch so he did what any sensible Londoner would do – and shoved it down his pants for later.

In case you thought we were joking or that Noble removed the bag seconds later, we have this simple message from the man himself:

https://twitter.com/Noble16Mark/status/683323490234187776