Arrived in Tenerife this lunch time. Minding our own business having a bite to eat. There he is the cockney. Guess who he supports. Clocks our accents and asks if we’re nytid fans (though he said manyooo) I of course told him no.
It then went:
You’re the cheaters aren’t ewes?
Are we? What have City cheated at then?
Don’t know, just have saw it on the news the other week.
Can’t say I have heard anything about it (turned to my better half and casually asked) have we got Wi-fi in the apartment? God, I love my wife, she said we had, playing along brilliantly. Thanks for the heads up mate I will check it out when I get back.
Think he realised I was taking the piss. 5 minutes later he asks, why you here and not at Wembley then?
Because I decided to take my wife away for her birthday (the truth) and let’s face it I have lost count the number of times I have been to Wembley lately so we have let a mate have our tickets.
Then he says, let me guess you’re both season ticket holders (apparently this is now an insult!!!)
Yes, we both reply, me since Maine Road the wife since The Etihad. He didn’t say much then.
Couldn’t resist then, so how often do you get to see your team? Never been to Manchester mate.
At this point 4 lads on a nearby table started laughing, turned out to be Stoke fans. They knew what I was up to all along.
He didn’t say it, but, he got his coat!
Good chat with the Stoke lads, they were all still at school in 2011. To a man they all agreed that the UEFA bollocks is just that and wished us the best.