Full on the seagull

'Toef', or 'Baf', on the exact sound of when the ball hit the gull, ear witnesses differ. At the Kasteel, 32,000 spectators witnessed the Rotterdam city derby and Eredivisie topper Sparta-Feyenoord.

In the 63rd minute, Feyenoord goalkeeper Eddy Treijtel kicks the ball high and far, towards striker Ove Kindvall. Over the soccer field in the Spangen district, unsuspecting, a seagull sails. Toef," or "Baf. The gull is hit full on and falls straight out of the sky. Dead. Sparta captain Hans Eijkenbroek grabs the creature by a wing and hurls it over the sideline. Sparta-Feyenoord continues and ends 1-1. Anno now, in both the Sparta and Feyenoord museums there is a stuffed seagull labeled: Treijtel's seagull. Which one is the real one? Presumably neither.