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mawope skrev:Forklaring udbedes.
Store gule oppustelige plastikbananer blandt tilskuere til en fodboldkamp?

Inflatables craze[edit]
Manchester City fans have also been characterised by their yellow inflatable bananas since the late 1980s and are often seen at Manchester City cup games. In 1988 when City played against West Brom, during which City fans called for the introduction of City striker "Imre Banana", or Imre Varadi as his real name was. Varadi said after his career, "I remember running out at Manchester City and someone threw a banana and just called me 'Imre Banana!', it didn't even rhyme with my name. The inflatable craze just swept the country and there was a banana craze."[27] Indeed, Varadi was affectionately known as 'Banana' from then on and in the 1988–89 season inflatables soon become commonplace at many English football matches. In 1989, Manchester City travelled to play Hull City with City fans bringing hundreds of inflatable bananas amongst a veritable assortment of inflatables such as a six-foot crocodile, a toucan and a spitfire.[28]

Although the bananas were present at Maine Road matches, the bigger inflatable displays were generally reserved for away matches, most notably against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns. This was an evening match which City lost 1–0. The drab match itself has largely been forgotten apart from Brian Gayle's original excuse for the mistake which cost the goal: "I was blinded by the floodlights". The sheer array of inflatables staggered many, four City fans appeared carrying an inflatable paddling pool, and sharks, penguins, crocodiles were present and there was even an epic battle of the monsters. At one end of the terrace stood Godzilla. Six feet tall, green and mean, this dinosaur was a match for anybody. At the other end of the terrace stood Frankenstein's Monster. Slowly they began to converge towards the centre of the terrace. The crowd roared in anticipation. Eventually they met and the creatures joined in battle.[7] The craze soon died down and come the 1990s the inflatable displays on a large scale were nowhere to be seen.

Currently, inflatable bananas make sporadic appearances of at the City of Manchester Stadium (Etihad Stadium) in recent years.[29] Bananas are often on show during cup runs, most recently in 2009 in the UEFA Cup quarter-final when Manchester City played Hamburg.

mawope skrev:@RedRedRed
Tak. Det havde jeg alligevel aldrig hørt om. God humor.

Fint nok med City i finalen. Det havde selvfølgelig været helt specielt med Everton, men jeg tror, det befinder os ganske fint med rollen som underdog. Det vidner sæsonen under Klopp indtil videre i hvert fald om.

Mads T. skrev:Kevin de Bruyne blev skadet med sit knæ i kampen i går, så jeg tror han misser finalen. Han er en vigtig mand for dem, så positivt for os.

Jeg er også meget tilfreds med at det blev City. Rollen som underdog bekommer os godt.

Bellamy_fever skrev:

Mads T. skrev:Kevin de Bruyne blev skadet med sit knæ i kampen i går, så jeg tror han misser finalen. Han er en vigtig mand for dem, så positivt for os.

Jeg er også meget tilfreds med at det blev City. Rollen som underdog bekommer os godt.

Der er en hel måned til finalen.. Er han ude SÅ længe ? Er det vel nærmest katastrofalt for City sæson generelt ?

Mads T. skrev:

Bellamy_fever skrev:

Mads T. skrev:Kevin de Bruyne blev skadet med sit knæ i kampen i går, så jeg tror han misser finalen. Han er en vigtig mand for dem, så positivt for os.

Jeg er også meget tilfreds med at det blev City. Rollen som underdog bekommer os godt.

Der er en hel måned til finalen.. Er han ude SÅ længe ? Er det vel nærmest katastrofalt for City sæson generelt ?

Det lignede meget en ledbånds- eller korsbåndsskade. Han så ud til at være i smerter og blev båret ud med en fiksering af benet på båren. Jeg er næsten sikker på at han er ude mindst en måned.

Mads T. skrev:

Av. Humper selv rundt med et overrevet korsbånd og skal operes i februar, så føler sgu med ham.

Mads T. skrev:

Av. Humper selv rundt med et overrevet korsbånd og skal operes i februar, så føler sgu med ham.