Noel Gallagher's 15-year-old son, Sonny, was observed making an offensive gesture towards Manchester United fans during the Manchester derby on Sunday. The incident occurred in the 62nd minute of the match when Manchester City's Erling Haaland scored the game's only goal, securing a 1-0 victory for his team.
Sonny Gallagher, alongside his older brother Donovan, 18, and their father, the Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher, 59, were present at Old Trafford. While Noel Gallagher celebrated the goal with visible jubilation, Sonny reportedly flipped off and jeered at opposing fans in the stands.
The Gallagher family are long-standing supporters of Manchester City. Noel Gallagher, who is reportedly close friends with the club's former manager Pep Guardiola, has been a vocal fan for years, with the band Oasis's music often associated with the club's successes since the 2008 takeover by Sheikh Mansour.
This appearance at the match followed a family outing earlier in the week to the premiere of an Oasis documentary in London. Sonny Gallagher attended the event with his father and brother, reportedly wearing a vintage Stone Island jacket that belonged to Noel Gallagher. The premiere also marked a public appearance of Liam and Noel Gallagher with their respective children, including Donovan and Sonny, signaling a reconciliation after years of public disputes between the brothers.
The new Disney+ documentary chronicles the band's split and subsequent reunion tour, and Noel Gallagher noted in the documentary that his sons, Donovan and Sonny, had not known their cousins Gene and Lennon before the tour, but have since become close friends.