"They were bleak times": Noel Gallagher's life before Oasis which 'haunts him to this day'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMusic and Manchester City. They're the twin life-long loves of Noel Gallagher. But whereas his rock star status means he's now often seen in the dressing room celebrating with Pep Guardiola and the team, as a young lad growing up in Burnage the Oasis songwriter was a regular on the Maine Road terraces.
And, in a 2009 interview Gallagher said before signing a record deal he knew the young hardmen who were a fixture of Man City's away support. READ MORE: 'Real-life Rocky': The ex-Man City hardman who beat his demons to box professionally at 37 "I knew all that lot and I still see a few of them today," he told The Sun. "They were quite mad times.
Half of us were on the dole. "The grounds we used to go to 20 years ago were dangerous, especially night games at Leeds and places like that, and wondering whether or not you'd make it home in one piece." And the guitarist has a permanent reminder of those days.
Earlier this year he told football website The Athletic his distinctive crooked nose was the result of being knocked out at the football. "I got into a lot of scrapes," he said. "One minute I was walking past this bus shelter and the next thing, I was waking up in the bus shelter. "I'd got two black eyes and a busted nose.
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