PAIN IN NECK Protester ties his NECK to goalpost at Everton before being cut free.

A PROTESTER'S bizarre demo brought a Prem game to a standstill last night when he tied his NECK to the goalpost with CABLE TIES and needed a pair of bolt cutters to be set free.

The daft stunt at Goodison Park took an even more bizarre turn when another fan from the crowd then ran on the pitch and tried to attack the man for disrupting the match.

The long-haired attention-seeker, wearing a red T-shirt ran on to the pitch early in the second half of Everton's Premier League clash with Newcastle.

And referee Craig Pawson halted play as an army of stewards, police and safety officers came on to get the man off the pitch.

However, it took a while to get him released due to his precarious situation.