Bananas

[idahoblues]

I remember being at Watford in the early 80”s (courtesy of @blue corby ) Cheers Steve!
I had an inflatable Black Gorilla but someone had an inflatable Fried Egg. To hear the entire City end chanting
‘Fried Egg, Fried Egg etc will always stay with me

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Photo by Kevin Cummins, even though the guardian didn't credit him , petty wankers .

Kevin was the maestro behind the Frankenstein blow up

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

“Arsenal became the first club to ban the bananas, on the grounds they obstructed spectators”

Always been fun that lot.

May 1988, final game of the 87/88 season at Crystal Palace, the craze was just taking off at City via the Blue Print fanzine, with every other club's fans unaware of it....
The police at Palace decided that the bananas were racist towards Palace's black players....
Having just bust a gut blowing up my 6 foot banana on the supporter's club coach, to be told by fellow Blues that the police were not letting bananas in, I deflated it, shoved it down the jeans, entered the ground and amongst the many hundreds of City fans, blew it up and proudly waved it around!

 

[OneTonyHenry]

Has anyone any photos from the West Brom night game. A mate of mine was in the Home end and said it was the funniest thing they had ever seen there. Seem to recall Frankenstein outdid the Newcastle Brown Ale bottle and maybe dinosaur got involved ( that last one may have been the beer talking)

Paddling pool at Birmingham away being carried around with a couple of blokes in it. Different times eh

 

[Psychedelic Casual]

Should have an inflatables game soon.

Liverpool away would be a good one, our atmosphere is always shit there in the away end but it might create something a bit different.

 

[give it to gordon]

A much simpler times and fun nowadays someone somewhere will be offended by them.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

A much simpler times and fun nowadays someone somewhere will be offended by them.

The inflatables come out every last game of the season / cup final, nobody’s offended by them ffs.

Why would someone be offended, unless it’s blocking your view or you keep getting bopped on the head by one.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

‘It took on a life of its own’ – how a bet started the inflatable craze in the 80s

English football grounds in the late 1980s could be grey and downbeat but that changed thanks to Manchester City fan Frank Newton

www.theguardian.com

Wow, the Guardian writing something interesting and positive about City and our fanbase.

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

Has anyone any photos from the West Brom night game. A mate of mine was in the Home end and said it was the funniest thing they had ever seen there. Seem to recall Frankenstein outdid the Newcastle Brown Ale bottle and maybe dinosaur got involved ( that last one may have been the beer talking)

Paddling pool at Birmingham away being carried around with a couple of blokes in it. Different times eh

That was one of the best nights away ever, I seem to recall the game stopped for a min or two whilst the players watched the battle of the toys.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Has anyone any photos from the West Brom night game. A mate of mine was in the Home end and said it was the funniest thing they had ever seen there. Seem to recall Frankenstein outdid the Newcastle Brown Ale bottle and maybe dinosaur got involved ( that last one may have been the beer talking)

Paddling pool at Birmingham away being carried around with a couple of blokes in it. Different times eh

No you are correct, it was Frankie v T Rex