Football themed wedding for fanatical AFC Bournemouth supporters
Football mad couple plan to celebrate their wedding at Bournemouth's football ground
For AFC Bournemouth supporters Dave Stone and Serena McClelland there was only ever one theme their wedding was going to have.
The football mad pair decided a year in advance that they wanted to celebrate their wedding on the same day that Bournemouth played their last home match of the season. The couple’s canny plan couldn’t have turned out better as the club has also been promoted so the newlyweds will have a double-celebration on their hands come the big day.
Groom Dave explained that they were worried about coordinating their wedding with such a day in case the club had been relegated as this could have put a downer on their special occasion. But as things have worked out, the couple are looking forward to an “amazing day.”
The pair will tie the knot at a registry office before heading down to Dean Court to watch Bournemouth take on Port Vale. The bride and groom will host their wedding reception at the stadium’s top floor restaurant along with their family and friends as they watch the match unfold.
For their honeymoon the new Mr and Mrs Stone are planning a trip to South Africa to watch England play in the World Cup. Where else would you expect them to go?
Cowboy themed wedding ends in police raid
Wedding guests dressed in Wild West costumes send police into a frenzy
A couple from Leicestershire who celebrated renewing their vows with a cowboy and Indian themed reception got more than they bargained for when the police mistook one of the guests as a gunman.
Despite having warned the police several months in advance that they were planning a cowboy themed wedding, the police reacted to a tip-off from a member of the public who had seen one of the wedding guests walking down the street with a rifle, which was in fact plastic and part of the cowboy costume.
However a spokesperson for the police said they have to take any firearms reports very seriously.
As the couple left the church they were greeted by the sound of a police helicopter flying overhead. Thinking nothing of it they continued down the road to their reception venue. It was only then they realised the severity of the situation when they were faced with an armed police unit and sniffer dogs.
Friend of the couple, and landlady of the pub where the wedding reception was held, said it was obvious all 80 guests were in fancy dress adding, “You could tell it was a party and not a shoot-out.”
However the police warned that it is in fact an offence to carry a weapon in a public place, regardless of whether it is an imitation or not.
The couple had come up with the idea of a cowboy and Indian themed wedding reception as the groom is a big fan of Wild West films.
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