"Would Didsbury Dave please report to the nearest steward.."

[the blue panther]

Oh no! Not Wycombe away - again!

Hail Mary......

 

[Leyther]

"Would Didsbury Dave please report to the nearest steward.."

Pretty sure it was at York Away when it came over the Tannoy that kick off was delayed two years while they built an away stand big enough for 40,000 - might have been Macc away though?

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Oh no! Not Wycombe away - again!

Hail Mary......

It was that thread which reminded me!

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

Mr Banks seemed to very popular.

that was exactly what i was thinking of but i couldn't remember what surname they used

I bet he missed the traffic

 

[casualdeyna]

Mr Banks seemed to very popular.

that was exactly what i was thinking of but i couldn't remember what surname they used

Mr Banks was the codename for a fire or incident, me and my old man sussed it pretty quick as every time there was an announcement about Mr Banks the stewards would open those blue barrier things at the bottom of each aisle in the new Kippax that led on to the pitch, as if they were preparing to evacuate us on to the pitch. "Mr Banks is in level two Kippax" is obviously less worrying to the crowd than shouting "effing hell there's an effing fire in the Kippax again."

Surprised me how many "Mr Banks" incidents we had at Maine Road, fans ended up on the pitch before one game because of Mr Banks in the North Stand, I want to say against Boro but not sure

 

[JC2]

My mate rang up the club pissed up pretending to be a family member and got them to announce at half time that my girlfriend had gone into emergency labour and had given birth to a baby boy. This was a complete wind up. still, I got a nice round of applause off those still in the ground.
My mum who was sat in the Main Stand almost had a heart attack as she hadn't met my girlfriend at that time, in fact I'm not sure I had mentioned her.

Also, we used to ring up Liverpool every time they played a home game on tv as the announcers could be heard over the tv quite easily. I think they used to get a lot of people doing this as only one was ever read out. A message about 3 brothers Gary, Barry, Terry (the scousers from Harry Enfield) needing to meet Robin Steal after the match. Was funny at the time........in fact might do it again sometime.......although I should know better at my age!

 

[Franny Lee's Barrel Chest]

I think if you wanted an announcement these days, when ringing, you'd have to make sure your answers were as follows:

No he doesn't have his mobile with him.

No I'm afraid I don't know his seat number or where he's sitting.

He's not a member, he's using his friends ticket for the day.

No, I don't know which friend's ticket it is, just one of a group he was meeting.

No I don't know any of his friend's numbers either.

Yes it is urgent.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Mr Banks seemed to very popular.

that was exactly what i was thinking of but i couldn't remember what surname they used

Mr Banks was the codename for a fire or incident, me and my old man sussed it pretty quick as every time there was an announcement about Mr Banks the stewards would open those blue barrier things at the bottom of each aisle in the new Kippax that led on to the pitch, as if they were preparing to evacuate us on to the pitch. "Mr Banks is in level two Kippax" is obviously less worrying to the crowd than shouting "effing hell there's an effing fire in the Kippax again."

Surprised me how many "Mr Banks" incidents we had at Maine Road, fans ended up on the pitch before one game because of Mr Banks in the North Stand, I want to say against Boro but not sure

I think the fire you refer to was Stoke City. Their fans went on the pitch until it was cleared and kickoff was delayed half an hour.

 

[lev_yashin]

Mr Banks seemed to very popular.

that was exactly what i was thinking of but i couldn't remember what surname they used

Mr Banks was the codename for a fire or incident, me and my old man sussed it pretty quick as every time there was an announcement about Mr Banks the stewards would open those blue barrier things at the bottom of each aisle in the new Kippax that led on to the pitch, as if they were preparing to evacuate us on to the pitch. "Mr Banks is in level two Kippax" is obviously less worrying to the crowd than shouting "effing hell there's an effing fire in the Kippax again."

There was also a blue light, located in-between the Main and North stands, that used to flash when they made this announcement, situated on top of the press box (I think it was a press or commentary box, I was never certain). Not a procedure that was designed to induce calm.

 

[IOWBlue]

that was exactly what i was thinking of but i couldn't remember what surname they used

Mr Banks was the codename for a fire or incident, me and my old man sussed it pretty quick as every time there was an announcement about Mr Banks the stewards would open those blue barrier things at the bottom of each aisle in the new Kippax that led on to the pitch, as if they were preparing to evacuate us on to the pitch. "Mr Banks is in level two Kippax" is obviously less worrying to the crowd than shouting "effing hell there's an effing fire in the Kippax again."

There was also a blue light, located in-between the Main and North stands, that used to flash when they made this announcement, situated on top of the press box (I think it was a press or commentary box, I was never certain). Not a procedure that was designed to induce calm.

Police control box ;)