Crystal Palace fans cause £40,000 damages to one of team's own buses 
 
 Crystal Palace's team coach was vandalised by their own fans before win over Middlesbrough - Pic credit: Jack Willis 
 
 Crystal Palace fans accidentally vandalised their own team bus before Saturday's vital 1-0 Premier League win over Middlesbrough. 
 
 The vandals caused an estimated £40,000 in damages by painting Crystal Palace FC in red, white and blue graffiti along one side of the coach. 
 
 They are believed to have thought it was Middlesbrough's team bus, when it had been loaned to the club by Palace after Aitor Karanka's squad flew down to London on Friday. 
 
 The coach was vandalised while parked at a hotel near Palace's Selhurst Park home. 
 
 Crystal Palace 1-0 Middlesbrough 
 
 A Crystal Palace spokesman told The Sun: "The team bus was covered in graffiti with the words "Crystal Palace" overnight on Friday ahead of the game on Saturday. Police have been informed." 
 
 Palace went on to claim three valuable points and move out of the bottom three thanks to a single goal from January signing Patrick van Aanholt. 
 
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 Crystal Palace's team coach was vandalised prior to Saturday's 1-0 win over Middlesbrough, with the club's name and colours sprayed on to it. 
 
 Contrary to speculation, the coach had not been provided for Boro to use for their visit to Selhurst Park. 
 
 The Eagles used another bus to travel to the Premier League game. 
 
 A club spokesman said: "The team bus was covered in graffiti overnight on Friday ahead of the game on Saturday. Police have been informed." ||||| A sniffer dog during the English Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester, England. The stadium has been evacuated and the match abandoned after a suspect package was found prior to kick off.... (Associated Press) 
 
 A sniffer dog during the English Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester, England. The stadium has been evacuated and the match abandoned after a suspect package was found prior to kick off. Sunday May 15, 2016. Martin Rickett/PA / PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES (Associated Press) 
 
 MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A bomb disposal unit carried out a controlled explosion at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium on Sunday after a suspect package was discovered before the Premier League game between United and Bournemouth. 
 
 The dismantling of what police described as an "incredibly lifelike explosive device" came amid increased security at Premier League stadiums following last year's Paris attacks that targeted the Stade de France sports stadium as well as cafes, bars and a popular concert hall. 
 
 However, nearly four hours after the evacuation, Greater Manchester Police announced that the suspect package was not a "viable device." 
 
 "Full assessment now concluded and found device wasn't viable," the police force said on its Twitter page. "A full search of the stadium is ongoing." 
 
 Military personnel were dispatched to the stadium after the game was postponed following an evacuation of spectators from two stands about 30 minutes before the scheduled kickoff time of 3 p.m. local time (1400 GMT). 
 
 Players from both teams were taken off the pitch during the warm-up and kept in the changing rooms. They were then let out while spectators were also being evacuated. 
 
 "We are doing everything we can to investigate this item as quickly as possible, however our priority is obviously to ensure the safety of everyone in the stadium and surrounding area," said John O'Hare, assistant chief constable of Greater Manchester Police. 
 
 United said the package was "found in the North West Quadrant" of Old Trafford, which has a capacity of more than 75,000 seats. Fans sitting in other stands initially had been allowed to stay inside the stadium. 
 
 There was a strong police presence outside Old Trafford and fire engines attended the scene. Sniffer dogs were also seen inside the stadium. 
 
 Greater Manchester Police said on its Twitter page that people should "avoid the area if possible." 
 
 The match was one of 10 taking place on the final day of the Premier League season. The other nine matches went ahead. 
 
 United was vying with Manchester City to finish in fourth place in the Premier League and qualify for the Champions League. City drew 1-1 at Swansea, effectively ending United's top-four chances. 
 
 The Premier League said in a statement that it will look to rearrange the game "as soon as practically possible." 
 
 "It is always the last resort to abandon one of our fixtures and while we apologize for the inconvenience caused to fans, we are sure, in the circumstances, they will appreciate the need to do so," the Premier League said. 
 
 The league said that "when it comes to matters of security, it is obviously right that Manchester United and the Premier League place the safety of supporters and employees foremost." 
 
 United is scheduled to play Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final on Saturday. 
 
 It is the first Premier League match to be postponed because of a bomb threat. An exhibition soccer game between Germany and the Netherlands was canceled in November after police said they received a bomb threat. No explosives were immediately found. 
 
 The most high-profile British sporting event to be postponed in similar circumstances was the Grand National horse race in Liverpool in 1997. On that occasion, an IRA bomb threat forced the evacuation of Aintree race course, where about 60,000 spectators were attending. The race was staged two days later.
– Fans of a British soccer club in the Premier League may need to take their zeal down a notch after an incident over the weekend that reportedly ended up costing their own team nearly $50,000, reports the Telegraph. Crystal Palace devotees determined to make a literal mark on rival team Middlesbrough the night before the two teams faced off descended early Saturday upon what they believed to be the Middlesbrough bus parked at a hotel in a London suburb. The vandals spray-painted "Crystal Palace FC" on the side of the vehicle in red, white, and blue—a move that did little but serve as an ownership tag, because the bus was actually Crystal Palace's. A groundsman for the CP team grumbled about the incident on Twitter in a now-private tweet, noting, "£40,000 worth of damage on our coach thinking it was the Boro coach. Nice one!" The Sun notes that the hotel where the bus was parked, near Crystal Palace's home stadium, is often frequented by visiting soccer teams. Despite an assertion by Sky Sports that the vehicle was on loan to Middlesbrough from Crystal Palace because they'd flown to the match, the BBC reports that was not the case. The Guardian notes the CP team had to arrange for another bus to take the players to their Middlesbrough matchup, which they won 1-0. A Crystal Palace rep says the cops have been notified. (This soccer player's national anthem protest was foiled—by the opposite team.)