Newcastle stars help fans as Crystal Palace advertising billboard collapses during celebrations for the second time this season.
Newcastle fans avoided potential injuries from quick-thinking Magpies players after an advertising billboard collapsed at Selhurst Park.
Traveling fans celebrated wildly after the Toon took the lead against Crystal Palace in the 53rd minute with a Marc Guehi own goal.
Anthony Gordon, who slotted in a low cross, led the Newcastle players' celebrations as they charged towards the visitors' end.
And as those in the front rows in the visiting corner hurried forward, one of the advertising signs broke and fell to the ground.
Several fans fell and one child appeared to land on a security member, while others struggled to continue their feat.
Defenders Dan Burn and Fabian Schar noticed immediately and quickly straightened him and put him back in place with the help of the safety.
Fortunately, their actions meant that none of the traveling fans appeared to suffer any injuries.
It is the second time this season this has happened at Selhurst Park.
Exactly the same thing happened in August when West Ham traveled to Palace.
The Hammers won the match 2-0 thanks to goals from Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen, both scorers. helping save a ball boy from being crushed by falling boards as fans celebrated Bowen's hit.
Fortunately this time there were no boys or girls stations around that section of the sidelines, with the boards falling to the ground.
Newcastle's wild celebrations saw visiting fans rise from their seats, over the seating area and towards the advertising hoardings, with questions about the safety of the stadium.
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However, it was the home fans who celebrated at the end of the match, when Daniel Muñoz rescued a point for Palace in injury time.
The Colombian winger rose to the top of the area to head to the far post after a cross from Guehi, who made amends for his previous goal, with five minutes of added time on the clock.
The draw puts Newcastle in 10th place in the table, while it was enough to help Palace climb out of the bottom three as they now sit in 17th place having managed just one win so far. the season.
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