{"id":292413,"date":"2023-10-30T01:24:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T01:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=292413"},"modified":"2023-10-30T01:24:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T01:24:50","slug":"jamie-carragher-jokes-the-prawn-sandwich-brigade-are-at-old-trafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/jamie-carragher-jokes-the-prawn-sandwich-brigade-are-at-old-trafford\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Carragher jokes the &apos;prawn sandwich brigade&apos; are at Old Trafford"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jamie Carragher jokes the &#8216;prawn sandwich brigade&#8217; have taken their seats at Old Trafford as the Liverpool legend pokes fun at Roy Keane ahead of the Manchester derby<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The ex-Liverpool defender referenced Roy Keane&#8217;s famous criticism of United<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Keane once labelled United home supporters as the &#8216;prawn sandwich brigade&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Follow Mail Sport&#8217;s new Man United WhatsApp channel for all the breaking news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jamie Carragher joked the &#8216;prawn sandwich brigade&#8217; have arrived at Old Trafford ahead of Sunday&#8217;s Manchester derby in a throwback to previous comments made by ex-United captain Roy Keane.<\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side host their cross-city rivals in a fiery derby clash with both sides needing to seal victory after similarly difficult periods at the start of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Former Liverpool defender Carragher is joined by Keane and ex-Man City star Micah Richards for Sky&#8217;s coverage of the match as the two fierce rivals meet for the first time this season.<\/p>\n<p>Carragher sought to lighten the mood pre-match by sharing an image of the trio of pundits enjoying some food in their media box situated next to United&#8217;s famous Stretford End.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old poked fun at Keane&#8217;s previous comments by captioning his post on X &#8211; formerly Twitter &#8211; as: &#8216;Prawn sandwich brigade&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/14\/77143243-12685515-Jamie_Carragher_joked_pre_match_at_Old_Trafford_that_the_prawn_s-a-3_1698589252244.jpg\" height=\"560\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jamie Carragher joked pre-match at Old Trafford that the &#8216;prawn sandwich brigade&#8217; had arrived<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/13\/77142619-12685515-image-a-23_1698587258730.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keane previously criticised United&#8217;s home supporters during a famous rant in 2000<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/14\/77143245-12685515-image-a-2_1698589234157.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keane previously used the term when referencing the atmosphere inside United&#8217;s stadium prior to a Champions League group stage clash against Dinamo Kiev in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>The Irishman at the time said:\u00a0&#8216;At the end of the day they need to get behind the team. Away from home our fans are fantastic, I&#8217;d call them the hardcore fans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But at home they have a few drinks and probably the prawn sandwiches, and they don&#8217;t realise what&#8217;s going on out on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/13\/77142621-12685515-image-a-24_1698587287597.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United host Man City at Old Trafford on Sunday in their first meeting of the season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/13\/77142623-12685515-image-a-25_1698587290008.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>United manager Erik ten Hag will be banking on supporters inside Old Trafford to help his side beat City<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t think some of the people who come to Old Trafford can spell football, never mind understand it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To win games by three and four every time &#8211; these people need fantasy football. They need to get in the real world.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>References have previously been made to Keane&#8217;s previous criticism with United themselves joking about the incident in their official shirt unveiling during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Keane was used to narrate the promotional video for United&#8217;s third kit strip and during one clip was pictured with a plate of prawn sandwiches that had been placed next to him.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12685515\/Jamie-Carragher-jokes-prawn-sandwich-brigade-taken-seats-Old-Trafford-Liverpool-legend-pokes-fun-Roy-Keane-ahead-Manchester-derby.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Carragher jokes the &#8216;prawn sandwich brigade&#8217; have taken their seats at Old Trafford as the Liverpool legend pokes fun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jamie Carragher jokes the &amp;apos;prawn sandwich brigade&amp;apos; 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