Never meet your heroes.....

[Mancity1980]

Met Tiger Woods once , he was my ultimate hero and I m glad he’s back , but what a ASSHOLE

I have heard that from others about Tiger Woods. Apparently nearly all the other pro golfers are great, Tiger is very different to them.

 

[Mancity1980]

Get recognised and accept it.
Popularity is why they get paid so much, and that doesn’t stop when they leave the stadium.
It’s a personal view, but i think it goes with the territory.

While I kind of agree with you to some extend surely you cannot deny them some time to themselves, their friends and their family. I remember meeting Niall Quinn once out with his family and choosing not to speak to him for that very reason. They are real people and not being able to go out without being pestered all the time must screw with your mental health.

 

[Harvster]

Found Franny’s season ticket on the floor a few years ago. gave it him back as he was walking into the stadium (I guess famous people don’t need their tickets checked) he was nice enough and said something about a reward, but it never came...
Still upset about it.

Was it just a bog (roll) standard ticket?

 

[TravisBickle]

Have heard that about Fairbrother as well.
Went down to a one day game at the real Old Trafford and waited for Viv Richards. He just walked past us saying 'later boys, later.' A cricketing genius but a prick.
In stark contrast, Gardner, Holding and Richie Richardson were class.
Gower was also a really top bloke.

Hardly a surprise Fairbrother was up his own ass, he is a rag after all!

 

[Mancity1980]

Brian Kidd was a bit weird.

Went to do some clothes shopping (underwear) in M & S on Market street years ago, I'd been trying stuff on in the changing room and came out to look for some more stuff to try on, look up and there's Kiddo stood next to me, I recognised him straight away and said "Hiya Brian", he just looked at me, with this horrified look on his face, dropped the shirt he was looking at on the floor and started backing off slowly, then, he just fuckin legs it off across the shop, I'm thinking WTF man , so give chase, he's there continually looking back with this terrified look on his face, off and up the escalator and out on to Market Street, closely followed by me, I'm shouting "Brian Brian, what the fucks up with you mate" but he just continued.

Eventually I lost him in the crowd on Market street, I just though WOW, that was really weird, so I headed off back to M & S to put my clothes back on thinking that's the last time I'm gonna let on to you yer weird wanker.

LOL!

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Was it just a bog (roll) standard ticket?

Nah man it had a black border and colour scheme not sure what level that is?

 

[City_Shirts]

Was guest of former striker Gordon Davies before the Fulham FA Cup game this season which included being invited into the executive lounge, while Gordon was outside doing his talk on CitySquare I somehow built up the courage to approach Colin Bell, who was sitting down in the side room we were in just off the Tunnel Club entrance, you could not wish to meet a more unassuming man, a real gentleman. We spoke for about 5-10 minutes in which The King told me he’d never change the era he played in but would of happily accepted the pitches & wages. To say I was star struck is an understatement. Also in the room were Tony Book, Stan Horne and Mike Summerbee so not bad company.

For the record Gordon Davies is a top top fella too who grew up a City fan, had trials at City when he was 14 and eventually signed in 1985.

 

[BTH]

Francis Lee used to ring me up from time to time. That all stopped after he threatened to sue me! It'll all be in the book.

 

[Paladin]

I drove past Mike Summerbee in Manchester. He stuck two fingers up at me as we passed each other. It was a narrow one way street. When I reached the end of the road, it turned out it was him going the wrong way down it!

I used to see all the players train occasionally in Wythenshawe Park, in the early seventies. Joe Corrigan and Francis Lee were always last back from the long run. Colin Bell always first back. I'd occasionally get autographs, but was more interested in playing footy with my own mates.

Once I was in a room with two other blokes, and this guy knocks on the door and enters. "Good evening gentlemen" he said. "My name is Francis Lee, and I'm chairman of Manchester City. Welcome to Maine Road". And he shook us each by the hand. It was a very nice touch. Lee was my hero when I was a kid. I was linesman, and the other two were the referee and the other linesman for a youth cup tie, City v Walsall. I was on the Main Stand side, in front of the small crowd. City won 2-0.

I also once visited the divorced Mrs F. Lee to collect a debt.

 

[stevemacca]

Met Big Mal in a wine bar in Yarm near Stockton on our firms Christmas do.
Couldn't believe my luck, went up to him, he was on his own on a bar stool and bought him a red wine and yacked for ages but got the impression I remembered a lot more about City games in the early 70's than he did. Was pleasant but he seemed bored with it all, maybe it was(is) me - I can be obsessive about the old days.