ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRAWN-SANDWICH BRIGADE
Inspired by Roy Keane (born 1971), Irish footballer, who noted the proliferation of such spectators at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRAWN-SANDWICH BRIGADE»
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We Ate All the Pies: How Football Swallowed Britain Whole
Inthis worldview, it seemsimpossible fora member of the prawn sandwich brigade
to actuallyknow anything about football. Keane's comment precludes thisas a
possibility. These people areout of touch, have no place atfootball, and arethus ...
2
Ticket touting: second report of session 2007-08, report, ...
Q6 Philip Davies: I think the prawn sandwich brigade was a reference to all the
tickets you people sell to the corporate clients, rather than the tickets that touts
sell on to a handful of people at events, so I am not sure the prawn sandwich ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee, 2008
3
Life with Sir Alex: A Fan's Story of Ferguson's 25 Years at ...
United's captain labelled sections of the Old Trafford crowd 'the prawn sandwich
brigade' after a home game against Dynamo Kyiv in November, and in April he
launched into a horrific revenge tackle against Alf-Inge Haaland. Football's 'Mr ...
4
Giggs: The Autobiography
This was the game when Keaney sounded off about the 'prawn sandwich brigade
', who, he said, were ruining the atmosphere at Old Trafford. I knew exactly what
he meant. After the club built the new North Stand, the old volume just wasn't ...
Ryan Giggs, Joe Lovejoy, 2006
5
International Cases in the Business of Sport
... when complaining about a lack of atmosphere at a particular game, stated that
there were too many of the 'prawn sandwich brigade', shorthand for new higher
income fans, in the ground there for the event rather than through their love of the
...
Simon Chadwick, David Arthur, 2010
Nevertheless a fax was dispatched. Further research on the Liverpool web site
provided another route.Corporate Hospitality.The prawn sandwich brigade so
loathed by the terrace fan.This looked interesting.There were two levels of
Corporate ...
7
Is the Baw Burst?: A Long-Suffering Supporter's Search for ...
I now fully understood the comments made by former Manchester United Captain
Roy Keane about the prawn sandwich brigade and their lack of enthusiasm for
the team's efforts on the park. The folk here were totally different to the hospitality
...
8
Introducing Sociological Theory
For example, football is a 'working-class' sport (unless you count the so-called '
prawn sandwich' brigade in their corporate boxes!), while rugby union is a '
middle-class' sport. 'Being' working class, in this sense, has nothing to do with
whether ...
9
The 39th Game: Premier League Plays at Imperialism
Especially for teams such as Manchester United, who sold out their local,
hardcore support in favour of the 'prawn sandwich brigade' years ago, this would
be the almost cogent financial culmination of their long-term business structure.
What is ...
Antony Melvin, Mark Carlton, Paul Grech, 2008
Roy Keane's explanation in 2003 was “the prawn sandwich brigade” which
referred to fair weather fans glad to enjoy the glory days but who weren't up to it
when things turned sour. Players, like teams, do have off days because the game
is ...
