This wasn't funny but does anyone remember the big fat bigot who always sat on his own in the North Stand in the eighties,left hand side of the goal as you sat there?
Everytime a black player was fouled or injured he would shout,
''Throw a burning tyre on him!''
He got lots of incredulous looks but no one ever threw him out.He must have been banned thankfully i think as he just seemed to disappear.
Now on a lighter note and a funny moment that involved me.
It was at Maine Road i think in the 80's sometimes,i think we were playing Swansea.It was a pig of a day,freezing cold and raining[what new!]
The game was 90 minutes of the most excrutiating football i have ever witnessed[and i have seen a few.] I think it was 0-0 and we were in injury time when City got a corner.I was sat in the North Stand and the ref looked at his watch.There was utter silence from the few brave souls still in the ground and i shouted,
''Come on ref,blow your whistle and put us out of our misery so we can all get home!''
The players and the ref looked up at me and to the crowd around me and my delight he shouted back,
''Two minutes yet!'' and laughed,as did all the crowd.
Lo and behold City being City,the corner was cleared and some Scottish striker we had on loan and was useless and played maybe six games,swung a boot at it and scored,so we won 1-0!
Happy days for the humour but garbage football and results.