Seeing Stars at City

[domalino]

Wembley final, Stoke I think, or could’ve been Sunderland, I was walking up some stairs and saw Lee Westwood walking down the same stairs.

“It’s Lee Westwood” I said to no one in particular, louder than I should’ve done.

“You’re right” he replied.

I was stumped.....he carried on walking.

End of story.

I once had a really similar encounter with David Miliband, who was foreign secretary at the time, except made 100x more awkward by the fact we were on a cable car and stood there in silence next to each other for 5 minutes.

 

[oakiecokie]

Seen him a few times. Going in Colin Bell Stand

Ah cheers L.I`m also in that stand.

 

[OB1]

Not a city game but city related. Watched 2 city games in a bar with Jason Manford in Tavira.

I walked past JM after one of our Wembley games - Wigan IIRC.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Elvis

 

[BringBackSwales]

Curly Watts, Les Battersby, John Stapleton,

 

[BringBackSwales]

I forgot to mention Gordondaviedmoustache and his butler

 

[OB1]

Sat behind John Wardle at one of the local away games (Wigan/Blackburn/Bolton - can't remember which one) a few years ago and sat behind Mike Pickering at West Ham. Had Nicky Weaver in front of me in the queue at Fulham. Sat a couple of seats away from Noel Gallagher at Reading. Had a chat to Sir Howard Davies (RBS Chairman) outside Ewood Park before an FA Cup tie and sat behind Sir Howard Bernstein at Everton in 2014.

When I was working in London & couldn't get back for midweek games, a group of us watched them in a pub and Kevin Kennedy used to arrange his nights off from the theatre to join us.

Sat near Noel at Watford some years back.

Went in the Director's Lounge at Fulham and chatted to Buzzer and Brain Marwood. David Bernstein interrupted my conversation with Brian Marwood. Ferran, Txiki etc were in there. After the match Hugh Grant was holding court.

Stood very near Kevin Kennedy on terraces at Oldham once. He got serenaded by the whole away end at one point (probably something like Curly Watts is a blue).

Seen a TV actor whose name I cannot recall at away games in London.

 

[OB1]

we were having pints in wembely before the Sunderland game I think, look to my left and Shaun Goater and Uwe Rösler are stood by my side, stayed for a pint and a few chats with surrounding fans too

I've seen Kevin Horlock in the Green Man at Wembley.

 

[bluefish]

Uwe Rosler in a motorway service station on the way to an away match. He was demolishing a full english. He was still playing for us but some reason he was in civies and on his own.
Susan Bookbinder. QPR away,sat about 5 rows away Ricky Hatton in the Townley pre match. Curly Watts propping the bar up in the Main Stand. Nick Leeson promotion game at Blacburn. I said hello but he blanked me. The c--t.

 

[Ballet On Ice]

Uwe was behind me at the bar in the Wembley Hilton before the Gillingham game, he offered to by my beer if I got his as it was murder to get served.
Also after the game later in the night in the Hilton bar I was one of the fans celabrating with Mark Halsey, it wasnt just him though it was the other officials and their wifes as well as the official reception was there.
Lucky there wernt as many camera phones as now to record what he was saying and singing.
The lad that had a whip round for the ref, what a star.