talking of ginger people, i can remember standing on the terrace at west ham in the mid seventies and a chap close by used to spend most of each match picking on an oppposition player, usually he had done his homework and would exploit any weakness in a player.
anyway this particular afternoon there was a break in play to treat an injured player and a leicester city player with ginger hair named steve whitworth was standing closest to the touchline.
the wag called across in a gentle tone "hello steve" the player turned to the fan and smiled, to which came the shouted reply "you ginger pig".