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Never meet your heroes.....
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We sat next to Phil Neville in Slatterys in Whitefield a couple of years ago. Very pleasant and down to earth family, and obliged my son for a photo.A gent and blue to the core.
Garry Owen .
Me and Mrs Spanish spent about an hour talking to Phill Neville and his family at Alicante airport what a nice family they were.
But not a hero : )
Apologies.I was looking for the 'Never met your heros' thread, but seem to have stumbled into the 'Stockport pubs' thread by mistake.
I bumped into Kinky in The Elizabethan in Heaton Moor a couple of years ago and he was very friendly that day. Met Uwe in Barcelona when we played them in 2015 and he was pretty dour though.Being a Kinky loyalist I was utterly devastated when he completely blanked me when I tried letting on at the Trafford Centre bitd (he was at the cinema for the East is East premiere iirc). Naturally his Mrs was 9/10 and about 3” taller! Still hurts to this day....not fit to lace Spanish Dave’s boots the twat.
Saw Coton and Quinn in a Rusholme curry house after a game at Maine Road and drunkenly decided to go in and say hello. They pretty much told me to fuck off, which was fair enough as their starters had just arrived.
I bumped into Kinky in The Elizabethan in Heaton Moor a couple of years ago and he was very friendly that day. Met Uwe in Barcelona when we played them in 2015 and he was pretty dour though.
Saw Coton and Quinn in a Rusholme curry house after a game at Maine Road and drunkenly decided to go in and say hello. They pretty much told me to fuck off, which was fair enough as their starters had just arrived.
Yeah I spoke to Kinky in the Elizabethan too. He’s round there quite a bit. Boyhood hero so probably the only poor sod I’d mither for a photo.
El Gringo
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Sat next to Tommy Booth at the 99 playoff final. Top bloke. Went with a ticket given to me by Peepo, king if the air (remember him folks?) who was an unbelievably nice man. I've posted the story in here before how that came about but Kinky was always dour. Met Spanish Dave and Phil Foden at my sister in law's after we list my brother in law recently. Really nice guys and Phil has kept in contact with her and the kids. The vids on YouTube)
Other than that, had a very funny drunken chat with Nigel Gleghorn outside a chippy in Sale years ago, which involved holding on to street furniture for dear life. Bambi on fucking ice
Other than that, had a very funny drunken chat with Nigel Gleghorn outside a chippy in Sale years ago, which involved holding on to street furniture for dear life. Bambi on fucking ice
CockneyWanchor
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Does it count - non Man City players? I have met a few City players (past not present) but met Rod Stewart on many occasion. First time in a hotel and he went to play football in the afternoon on the hotel lawns - he asked me if I fancied joining in. Long story short I ended up on the back stage pass list and met him as a result shed loads of times. Always said hello to me and spoke to me rather than other way around (including calling me out at concerts a few times). And he isn't a red - never was - just that his hero was Dennis Law. Strangely spent more time talking about Arsenal and Tottenham than Celtic (prob cos I was talking Man City). Proper hero who acted how one should do.
Sat next to Frannie Lee on the train in 1st class going down to a City away game when he was chairman. Hated him (certainly NOT my hero) and always said if I saw him I would have a right go at him. Ended up having a few drinks with him on the way down and he was perfectly friendly. Still thought he was a shit chairman if only for introducing Alan Ball - but unfortunately he seemed a nice guy when I met him so I was almost disappointed
Great story. Good old Rod the Mod. Does he still kick footballs into the audience at his shows?
CockneyWanchor
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My old man was a driver on the films for most of his life: everyone from Bette Davis to Tom Cruise.
Anyway, one of his favourites was Bing Crosby. Some might not know that he was Sinatra's hero, and massively famous/rich on a scale we can't imagine these days (for most of his life). But he was a pure gentleman and very humble, according to me dad.
Crosby told the old man that one day - when he was bored - he entered a Bing Crosby sound-a-like competition (a phone-in thing on a small American radio station). He said he came 3rd!
Anyway, one of his favourites was Bing Crosby. Some might not know that he was Sinatra's hero, and massively famous/rich on a scale we can't imagine these days (for most of his life). But he was a pure gentleman and very humble, according to me dad.
Crosby told the old man that one day - when he was bored - he entered a Bing Crosby sound-a-like competition (a phone-in thing on a small American radio station). He said he came 3rd!
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You're not in the police are you? Due for retirement?I have been lucky enough to have met GDM a few times, what a gentleman
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He stopped literally last year - had a knee op and then just decided to stop doing it. Bit of a shame. I have 15 footballs from concerts (he often just used to chuck me one if I was on the front row)Great story. Good old Rod the Mod. Does he still kick footballs into the audience at his shows?