NOEL: I WAS ALMOST A BLUE By John Mahoney 頭子在如日中天的九零年代中期，曾經被到處籌資金的當時曼城主席 Francis Lee（1994 - 1998）提議，將頭子註冊為球員，並將樂團名 字放在球衣胸前作為主要贊助─ 但是，“Oasis”早就被知名服飾品 牌給註冊專利了:P （如果成真那當時的球衣一定會成為夢幻逸品啊！不過 BROTHER 也很 棒！） ROCKER Noel Gallagher nearly joined his beloved Manchester City as a player – but his dreams were wrecked by a women’s clothes chain. One-time chairman Francis Lee wanted to register the Oasis guitarist as a squad member and have the band’s name on the front of their shirts. But the deal fell through when the group found they do not own the rights to the word Oasis. The rights are owned by the High Street store of the same name selling women’s clothing. Noel, 41, said: “An idea was concocted that I would sign as a player. “I told them: ‘I’m not going to be registered as a City player and not play.’ “As it transpired, we don’t own the rights to any garment with Oasis on because the women’s clothes chain copyrighted the name long before we were formed.” During the 1990s under Lee, 64, City were always on the lookout for ways of raising cash. Today they are the richest club on the planet, owned by oil multi-billionaire Sheikh Mansour, 38. Daily Star http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/69199/Noel-I-was-almost-a-Blue/ --

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