After Manchester United’s embarrassing defeat to Sunderland in the Capital One Cup semi-final last night, a drunk fan decided to dial the police and ask to speak to Sir Alex Ferguson.
The drunkard’s plan was doomed to failure for two reasons:
- The police do not regard underperforming football clubs as a crime.
- Alex Ferguson no longer manages Manchester United.
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The GMP Manchester North police issued a statement on their Facebook page regarding the call, saying: “Last night, at approximately 22.30pm 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 you’re 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.”
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