Bananas

[Franny 1234]

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!

We've had our issues over the years but we were from moss side for God's sake half our firm was black. CTID

 

[CotswoldsBlue]

‘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

Great article

 

[El Gringo]

I had Chelsea in mind.
Used to throw it on the pitch.
Can't remember the reason why now

Yep defo Chelsea

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Lost mine spiking it halfway up the tier at Wembley when Yaya scored against the rags lol

 

[Blue Mist]

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

Or the elfin safety mob would get it stopped
'All them sharp corners, you could poke someone's eye out with that paddling pool'