Stretcher-bearers are supposed to be helpers on a football pitch, a small beacon of hope for a player struck down by some form of ailment.
However, one pair of these men did exactly the opposite of help in the Greek Second Division this weekend. For when the Ergotelis midfielder Leonardo Koutris went down injured during their game against AE Larissa, he was loaded with the least amount of delicacy possible onto a stretcher, and it all went downhill from there.