Funny things that have happened to you at The Etihad.

[BlueAnorak]

I once had to queue for 21 minutes for a beer.
I got to the bar 5 mins before half time and didn't get my drink until 1 min into the 2nd half.
My how I laughed.

 

[Bozzie]

Long before The Etihad was even a twinkle in whoevers eye, me and our kid were queuing to get in the junior turnstiles in the Platt Lane Stand when they closed all the junior entrances. This wasn't the first time it had happened but previously my Dad was already in the ground and you just had to find a Bobby and tell him and they let you in. This time he hadn't got in so me and our kid had to go in the adult turnstile with him, only problem was he had to pay adult price for us. So instead of it costing him 2/6 each for us two and 7/6 for him, it cost him 7/6 for each of us, 22s 6d in total. Laugh? Did he bollocks, he never stopped whinging about it for weeks and our kid was banned from coming with us again because she only came to listen to the half time music anyway. Happy days!

 

[1961_vintage]

Telling some guy on the spiral next to me to put his cig out cos I was trying to get some fresh air...He tells me to fuck off... Steward comes round the corner and collars him...Guy gets ejected... Karma :)

Was he buzzin like a fridge?

 

[mayo31]

I have a false front tooth, sit in tier 2 front row. I was shouting at the players and my denture flew out and hit a poor bloke below on the head.

Managed to retrieve said denture to quite a good round of applause from tier 1 of the family stand

 

[moggymoz]

Telling some guy on the spiral next to me to put his cig out cos I was trying to get some fresh air...He tells me to fuck off... Steward comes round the corner and collars him...Guy gets ejected... Karma :)

Was he buzzin like a fridge?

Say what?

 

[1961_vintage]

Telling some guy on the spiral next to me to put his cig out cos I was trying to get some fresh air...He tells me to fuck off... Steward comes round the corner and collars him...Guy gets ejected... Karma :)

Was he buzzin like a fridge?

Say what?

The steward, aka Karma Police.

 

[moggymoz]

Was he buzzin like a fridge?

Say what?

The steward, aka Karma Police.

Say what?

 

[Lucky Toma]

Say what?

The steward, aka Karma Police.

Say what?

Is your computer ok?

 

[moggymoz]

The steward, aka Karma Police.

Say what?

Is your computer ok?

Haha ;)

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Around 2004 I attended a training course for work at the stadium. We had a break and there was a fit women at work who asked me if we could get down to the pitch. The room we were in was near to the tunnel so we went down the tunnel and pitch side, picture taken and off we went back up the tunnel.
We passed the home team changing room and there was no one around so nipped in there. There was flip chart paper with x's all over the outline of a pitch. We turned a corner and looked at the area where there were showers and individual baths. At that point, the door opened and a tour of the ground came in. We both hid in a shower unit.... trying not to giggle and me trying not to get ideas above my station...... thankfully they were not shown the area we were hiding in and after about 5 minutes we were able to step out, piss ourselves laughing and then walk out and then into the room the training was being held in, looking sheepish as we were slightly late.....