From today's Irish Times
Hard to swallow this foodball club: You'll never live it down if you buy this merchandise
VERY large thanks to “Sligo Scouse” for directing us towards redandwhitekop.com last week where the residents were discussing the worst unofficial Liverpool merchandise they’d ever seen.
We were particularly fond of the yarn about a Granny buying her two grandsons – one a Liverpool fan, the other an Evertonian – “bedding” at the local market in their beloved clubs’ colours. “I woke up the next morning stained a curious shade of light red from head to toe. Looked liked I’d developed a rash. Ran down the stairs. “Muuuuum!!” Got in the living room to see my brother stood in front of her stained blue and looking remarkably like Smurf, with my mum trying not to kill herself laughing.”
Meanwhile: “A few years ago I was in Bangkok. Saw a cracking replica Liverpool home shirt. It was blue, though. The same stall had a Manc shirt with Gerrard on the back and a Liverpool shirt with Rooney.”
“My sister decided to get me a Liverpool wallet in Turkey last year. I noticed a few minor errors. Instead of You’ll Never Walk Alone it read “You el Niver Waik Aione” – and rather than Liverpool it read “Livrepuoe”.”
The Liverpool bag with the “MUFC” handle was another gem, as was the badge for supporters of “Liverpool Foodball Club – East 1892” – one that appeared to feature a pelican, rather than a Liver bird, as one contributor noted.
It was, though, hard to beat this one: “My mum bought me a dodgy LFC home shirt from Malaysia. On the badge it said: “You’ll never walk again”.”
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0124/1224288164165.html
