A Manchester United fan in despair at his side’s latest defeat dialled ‘999’ demanding to speak to Sir Alex Ferguson.
The allegedly-drunk supporter rang police in the north of the city moments after the Red Devils crashed out of the Capital One Cup to Sunderland on penalties.
The distressed fan demanded to speak to former Reds’ boss Sir Alex to discuss the result.
Greater Manchester Police released a statement which read: “Last night, at approximately 10.30pm a man from the Crumpsall area of north Manchester rang 999 in a drunken state demanding to speak to Sir Alex Ferguson about last night’s result.
“Obviously, it can be a sad and depressing moment when your football team loses a game, however can we all please remember that 999 is to be used for emergencies only.
“For any other police related enquiries that are not an emergency, you can ring 101
“If you would like to speak to Sir Alex about recent football results we here at GMP Manchester North can only suggest you try ringing Manchester United FC directly as you will probably (not definitely) have a much better chance of getting through to him there rather than ringing the police.”
David Moyes’ struggles at Old Trafford continued last night as Sunderland booked their place in the final, where they will face Manchester City.
Danny Welbeck, Phil Jones, Adnan Januzaj and Rafael all missed from the spot in the shoot-out, leaving the Champions League as United’s only real chance of silverware this season.
Sir Alex was once again in the crowd last night to witness another Red Devils’ disappointment but despite this one fan’s acts, it is not quite an emergency situation just yet.
Written by Steve Milne
