Afghani Footballer.

[Grumpygrandad]

The Liverpool United manager flies to Kabul to watch a young Afghani play
football,
he is suitably impressed and arranges for him to come over.

Two weeks later Liverpool are 4-0 down to Manchester United with only 20
minutes left,
the manager gives the young Afghani striker the nod and on he goes.
The lad is a sensation, scores 5 goals in 20 minutes and wins the game for
Liverpool.

The fans are delighted, the players and coaches are delighted and the media
love the new star.
When the player comes off the pitch he phones his mum to tell her about his
first day in English football.
'Hello mum, guess what?' he says 'I played for 20 minutes today, we were 4-0
down but I scored 5 and we won.
Everybody loves me, the fans, the media, they all love me.'
'Wonderful,' says his mum, 'Let me tell you about my day.
Your father got shot in the street, your sister and I were ambushed and
assaulted,
your brother has joined a gang of looters and all while you tell me that you
were having a great time.'
The young lad is very upset. 'What can I say mum, but I'm really sorry.'
'Sorry?!!! Sorry?!!!' says his mum,
'It's your bloody fault we came to Liverpool in the first place!'

[ABerrant]

6 years ago it was an Iraqi to Man United...

http://www.theanswerb...s/Question330713.html

[starone]

Take no notice, it made me laugh anyway, and six years is a long time to wait for it to come round again. Some of the jokes get repeated within a couple of weeks.

[askyourgran]

Lol I haven't heard that before.

[ABerrant]

"...six years is a long time to wait for it to come round again. Some of the jokes get repeated within a couple of weeks."

That was but one example... did you want more recent?

14th Nov 2011
http://www.theanswerb.../Question1076079.html

And they trail back throughout the archive...

22nd Dec 2010
http://www.theanswerb...s/Question970736.html

17th Mar 2007
http://www.theanswerb...s/Question379867.html

The first version I encountered was back in the early 90's with a Bosnian.