AN ARSENAL fan was buried wearing the colours of rivals Chelsea after his grieving partner picked out the wrong shirt.
His family decided to send off the Gunners fanatic in his beloved team’s colours.
But his girlfriend handed undertakers a Chelsea shirt apparently bought for the dead man as a joke.
Journalist Linda Daly – who lives in Dublin – revealed the foul-up on social media.
She wrote: “My uncle David, a lifelong Arsenal fan, died on Saturday.
“As a nod to his beloved team, we decided to bury him in a Gunners jersey. His girlfriend carefully selected the least-worn top from his collection.
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“Today, we arrived at the funeral home. David is being buried in a Chelsea jersey.
“In her defence, it was an away Chelsea jersey from about 2003 – when Emirates was their sponsor.
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“Someone must have bought it for him as a joke. Apparently, they can’t change him now.
“But honestly, this turned a very sad situation into a hilarious one today.”
One follower told her: “The shirt was bought for him as a joke, the person who got it has played the long game for the best pay off ever.”
Another added: “He’s probably somewhere watching saying ‘over my dead body!”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
