Our Ball boys.

[ell]

Snaping my season ticket in half as we speak (its platinum too, fuck you goldies)

200 pt deduction for you

should that not be 400? double points and all

 

[nomorethaksintimes]

In all seriousness Barcelona have excellent ballboys so when they are passing around at high tempo and an opposition player gets a nick on the ball, they are passing it around again in 5 seconds without any break in momentum and little time for the opposition to reorganise.

I know it sounds OTT but every little helps and I'm sure Mancini the perfectionist will already have noticed this.

Is it legal in the Premiership to have rotating ball?

Don't most balls rotate? - (reminds me of the time I told a garage mechanic my car's indicators were only working intermittently - a mistake you only make once!!)

Funniest thing I've read in a while :)

 

[asgoodasitgets]

Bit harsh,
considering they ve been working in the ticket office all week, they deserve a rest.

 

[deedee]

I remember Joe Corrigan bollocking a bb once for chucking the ball back too quickly.About 5 minutes to go and we were one up.

It was industrial language to say the least.

 

[LongsightM13]

Man city ruining ball boys since 2008!

Neil twat face Ashton next Daily snail Exclusive!

A lot longer than that, in fact.
Anyone remember Keith Cuss, the creepy old oddball at Brighton who was a ball boy despite being middle-aged?
City were chasing an equaliser down there in 1989 and he headed the ball back into the crowd instead of returning it to us. City complained about his time wasting and Brighton sacked the weirdo after 'years of service'.
They were probably glad to see the back of him. What a gimp.
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I HAD a blast from the past picking up my press ticket at Bournemouth on Tuesday when I bumped into the oldest ballboy in Albion history, Keith Cuss.
Older supporters might remember Keith made national news during a game against Manchester City, at the Goldstone, in 1989.
As ballboy supervisor, Keith was sitting on the perimeter fence when the ball came at him, at some speed, with the Albion winning against a City side neck and neck with Chelsea for the old Division 2 championship.
Keith ducked, or so he claimed at the time, the ball hit him on the back of the head and disappeared high up into the West Stand, wasting valuable seconds in the dying minutes of a thrilling game.
City went ballistic, accusing Keith of gamesmanship. Shortly after the initial furore died down, the final whistle sounded and struggling Albion recorded one of their most prized victories of that campaign.
Manchester City boss Mel Machin continued the protest in front of the waiting press and Keith became an unlikely media star, with his 15 minutes of fame that Andy Warhol had predicted for him and many others.
Unfortunately, it came at a price. While Keith was popular with the players, running the after-match bar for them, he had made enemies in the boardroom. And less than 48 hours later, after more than five years of unpaid and loyal service, he was sacked for "gross misconduct".
The years have certainly been kind to him. By my estimation he should be riding on buses free and living with his family in the New Forest, but he still had his dark brown hair (possibly courtesy of Lloyds Pharmacy, but who cares), Douglas Bader bomber jacket and that glint in his eye when we met.
A real Albion character in every sense of the word.


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[simonk]

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this lad will always be a hero in my eyes

 

[bridgeblue]

Aren't they mostly kids from our academy these days?

The ball boys are from the academy u14s team, my mates lad was asked to do it when he was with city.

 

[gouldybob]

They could be better but so what, I'd only be interested if we needed a goal in the last 10 minutes

 

[alib]

I agree they are awful. They have no concept of the state of the game and how long is left. They should be properly trained? Just look at how well drilled the boy boys and girls are at Wimbledon tennis

 

[bobby chariots]

What do you fuckin well want....a fuckin jet propelled robot?
THEY ARE CHILDREN!