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[Albion] Anyone else spot/know the guy with the wig and fake beard?



trueblue

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Jul 5, 2003
10,350
Hove
No, it wasn't Jose Mourinho - although he probably fancied the disguise by the end. This is a weird one though.

Bloke got on the 25 bus yesterday at the Pavilion with an Albion ticket. From the seats upstairs we could see that his luxuriant hipster beard was not completely attached to his face, and then clocked that he also had a wig on. Was dressed in cords, with a jacket and tie carrying a large blue carrier bag. Something about him just seemed very 'off'. He sat upstairs and didn't come across like a normal, relaxed type of bloke going to the football. We glanced at him a couple of times and he was always staring straight back.

When everyone piled off by the Uni, he stayed on - and yet definitely had an Albion ticket. By then, we thought we were probably being completely paranoid but, to be on the safe side, mentioned it to the police at the ground, and found a family on our bus doing the same - equally suspicious and a bit freaked by him.

I realise there are 999 reasons in a thousand that it could be perfectly innocent (fancy dress? mentally ill? just a bit ugly?) - but who goes to a big event in disguise? Maybe someone who doesn't want to be identifiable later on CCTV?

So it would be great if someone here just happened to know the explanation...

Incidentally, I think he made it to the match. Afterwards - and I know this is a weird coincidence - we'd more or less forgotten about it until 3 pissed-up United fans came past the train queue, talking loudly and laughing. One said "Can't believe I've just seen a bloke in a false beard and a wig... maybe he's going to blow the place up or something'.
 






dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013
52,006
Burgess Hill
No, it wasn't Jose Mourinho - although he probably fancied the disguise by the end. This is a weird one though.

Bloke got on the 25 bus yesterday at the Pavilion with an Albion ticket. From the seats upstairs we could see that his luxuriant hipster beard was not completely attached to his face, and then clocked that he also had a wig on. Was dressed in cords, with a jacket and tie carrying a large blue carrier bag. Something about him just seemed very 'off'. He sat upstairs and didn't come across like a normal, relaxed type of bloke going to the football. We glanced at him a couple of times and he was always staring straight back.

When everyone piled off by the Uni, he stayed on - and yet definitely had an Albion ticket. By then, we thought we were probably being completely paranoid but, to be on the safe side, mentioned it to the police at the ground, and found a family on our bus doing the same - equally suspicious and a bit freaked by him.

I realise there are 999 reasons in a thousand that it could be perfectly innocent (fancy dress? mentally ill? just a bit ugly?) - but who goes to a big event in disguise? Maybe someone who doesn't want to be identifiable later on CCTV?

So it would be great if someone here just happened to know the explanation...

Incidentally, I think he made it to the match. Afterwards - and I know this is a weird coincidence - we'd more or less forgotten about it until 3 pissed-up United fans came past the train queue, talking loudly and laughing. One said "Can't believe I've just seen a bloke in a false beard and a wig... maybe he's going to blow the place up or something'.

One way of trying to get round a banning order perhaps.........................???
 








Publius Ovidius

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Jul 5, 2003
45,919
at home
Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ;8572518 said:
Probably [MENTION=1416]Ernest[/MENTION]

No probably about it!
 






pearl

Well-known member
May 3, 2016
12,712
Behind My Eyes
No, it wasn't Jose Mourinho - although he probably fancied the disguise by the end. This is a weird one though.

Bloke got on the 25 bus yesterday at the Pavilion with an Albion ticket. From the seats upstairs we could see that his luxuriant hipster beard was not completely attached to his face, and then clocked that he also had a wig on. Was dressed in cords, with a jacket and tie carrying a large blue carrier bag. Something about him just seemed very 'off'. He sat upstairs and didn't come across like a normal, relaxed type of bloke going to the football. We glanced at him a couple of times and he was always staring straight back.

When everyone piled off by the Uni, he stayed on - and yet definitely had an Albion ticket. By then, we thought we were probably being completely paranoid but, to be on the safe side, mentioned it to the police at the ground, and found a family on our bus doing the same - equally suspicious and a bit freaked by him.

I realise there are 999 reasons in a thousand that it could be perfectly innocent (fancy dress? mentally ill? just a bit ugly?) - but who goes to a big event in disguise? Maybe someone who doesn't want to be identifiable later on CCTV?

So it would be great if someone here just happened to know the explanation...

Incidentally, I think he made it to the match. Afterwards - and I know this is a weird coincidence - we'd more or less forgotten about it until 3 pissed-up United fans came past the train queue, talking loudly and laughing. One said "Can't believe I've just seen a bloke in a false beard and a wig... maybe he's going to blow the place up or something'.

What was the police response?
 




PILTDOWN MAN

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Sep 15, 2004
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Baldseagull

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Jan 26, 2012
10,869
Crawley
Someone who sits in view of the cameras and was planning a sickie today.
 


miffy6

Well-known member
Mar 7, 2009
838
Come to think of it, there was a right weirdo sat not far away from me.

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trueblue

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
10,350
Hove
What was the police response?

They said they’d alerted all officers around the ground. Overhearing the United fans at the end though made me think they hadn’t found him. Or perhaps they did and it was all entirely innocent I suppose.
 


LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
It was Parish trying to see how a good club is run
Most likely explanation so far. If he was spotted attempting to buy a burger at a negotiated deal of 2% of advertised sale price and then later offering £500 for a Twix then we've got him.
 









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