My favourite memories are changing all the time. But one that sticks out for me was from our trip to Leicester last season and the entire day itself.
My friend and I got on the train from Stockport to Birmingham, with mcfcliam getting on the same train in Macclesfield. We sat down in awkward positions to have a conversation because the train was so full, but there was a man sat near us who was the spitting image of Frank Gallagher, staring intently at four pieces of paper sprawled out on the table in front of him. He was dressed like an old walker (the boots, the cords, the multicoloured raincoat, the rucksack, everything). He'd noticed that we were City fans because of our scarves and because of the topic of conversation. He soon piped up about how we couldn't just buy success, but that he wished us well anyway.
The conversation carried on to the point where we'd found out where he was going. He was going to Yeovil to an electrician's convention in the evening, but something wasn't quite right about him. He was swearing, slurring his speech and generally looked quite greasy. He leant over to Liam and said "Take a look in that rucksack". Liam obliged and opened up the rucksack, to find it full to the brim with cans of 7% ale of some kind. He'd been drinking since 6am (it was now 10am), apparently, and carried on with his drunken ramblings - us humouring him along the way, until we pulled into Wolverhampton station... Frank Gallagher looked up out of the window and noticed the first class lounge. It was then that the bitter old man inside him leapt out for the entire train to hear - and I mean the entire train. "FIRST CLASS LOUNGE?! ARE THEY TAKING THE PISS?! AND I BET WE'RE ALL FUCKING PAYING FOR IT AS WELL!" Bearing in mind there were kids in the carriage running around his ankles while he was shouting. Between Wolverhampton and Birmingham we had to listen to him go on and on about this first class lounge that he destested so much.
We got off at Birmingham while he stayed on until Bristol. I haven't seen him since.