Football Club Shared Funny Thread About a Mysterious Big Mac With Camera Attached Found At Their Training Ground

So as you can probably guess, the world of football isn't like any normal business at the best of times.

But what happened on Wednesday at #ColU took it to a whole new level.

Settle in, this is worth sticking around for. pic.twitter.com/t0IWncXvfG

— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) March 28, 2019

Sometimes in the media team, we really have to work our grey matter to come up with good content.

At other times, stories just fall into your lap. And, on this occasion, it quite literally did.#ColU pic.twitter.com/K8FjlTg4Jh

— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) March 28, 2019

When the club secretary phones the media department, it's normally something interesting - transfer news, contracts being signed, that sort of thing.

But this time? There was a burger that had been found at the training ground.#ColU pic.twitter.com/lOXsSQbFZZ

— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) March 28, 2019

The aforementioned burger was attached to a polystyrene box, with a Go Pro camera inside.

Which, in fairness, isn't the usual occurrence at Florence Park.#ColU pic.twitter.com/phwyXbwAQH

— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) March 28, 2019

But there was no card inside, so we didn't really know what to do. Honestly, what DO you do with a frozen burger?

Then the phone rang!#ColU pic.twitter.com/unxI7Uo7AO

— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) March 28, 2019

The chap on the phone explained that the box, burger and Go Pro camera was his, he was from Sheffield, and he'd sent the burger into space.

As you do.

And he was coming to get it back!#ColU pic.twitter.com/oU3ojZDoXF

— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) March 28, 2019

Now Sheffield to the training ground is three hours or so, but as time passed by, we were wondering whether our mystery guest was going to turn up.#ColU pic.twitter.com/SpNn1qNeOh

— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) March 28, 2019

Then, at just before 4pm, our burger launcher arrived through the gates at Florence Park!#ColU pic.twitter.com/j8s55c30Sv

— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) March 28, 2019

So yes, this is the burger on its way up... #ColU pic.twitter.com/EqrUk3OoBX

— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) March 28, 2019

Tom explained how he ended up in north Essex on a Wednesday afternoon in March.#ColU pic.twitter.com/sou8YwC47z

— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) March 28, 2019

It definitely went pretty high, by the looks of this.#ColU pic.twitter.com/schSoucIFR

— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) March 28, 2019

With his burger and Go Pro safely retrieved, Tom headed back to Sheffield, with the rest of us still trying to fathom just what had happened on Wednesday afternoon.#ColU pic.twitter.com/SN6pLRFUCL

— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) March 28, 2019

Here's Tom's story, on his Youtube channel!https://t.co/7pHsfBHohi #ColU

— Colchester United FC (@ColU_Official) March 28, 2019