man utd back where they belong !!

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
20/01/2009 02:17

The world champs are back on top. Fergie certainly upset raffa. LOL.

shadders


Joined: 16/07/2008
Posts: 65

Message Posted:
20/01/2009 10:07

and we ll be there in may too! with the game in hand plus the dippers draw last night, life is sweet for us !!!!

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
20/01/2009 21:37

cmon u reds

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
20/01/2009 22:00

just tuned into radio merseydive, listening to all the red scousers moaning and groaning about rafa the rotator, please mr hicks and gillett give that man a ceeeegar and a new ten year contract lol . .

andy

ripoffrock


Joined: 05/08/2008
Posts: 255

Message Posted:
21/01/2009 00:19

THE PRIDE OF ALL EUROPE, THE COCK OF THE NORTH

We Are UNITED Without Any Doubt.

We Are The Manchester Boys

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
21/01/2009 01:15

and a cup final,bring on tottenham.

dozza67


Joined: 11/07/2008
Posts: 607

Message Posted:
21/01/2009 09:55

We are the best in the world. Glory, Glory Man United.

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
21/01/2009 23:11

would kaka have rejected united if it were them who came in for him? i think not



andy

jay76


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 532

Message Posted:
21/01/2009 23:18

Millwall fc

kenny



Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
21/01/2009 23:21

nice one jay !!

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
21/01/2009 23:40

millwall ? are they still trading? thought they had been wound up or something ,not heard about them scince man utd put four or what ever it was past em in cup final . . lol

andy

jay76


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 532

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 11:16

andysue



Thought you would of been a bit more loyal and stuck with wigan, or do you have one of them typical man u connections, (example one of my family members friends friends friends friends wears a man u top so thats why i do . . lol



jay

redtom


Joined: 30/12/2008
Posts: 116

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 12:37

message 8 you couldnt afford Kaka ! especially now you have lost your sponsors ! lol tommy

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 14:24

Andysue

would kaka have rejected united if it were them who came in for him? i think not



Shearer did & also Matt Jansen twice.... LOL

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 14:31

dozza67

We are the best in the world. Glory, Glory Man United.



And where are you from.... Essex by any chance ???

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 14:45

neilhodgin... ??

shadders... ??

andysue.... Wigan

dozza67.. ??



Come out of the closet all you M.U. fans & let us know where you are really from & why you support them...



I was born & bred in Blackburn hence once a Rovers supporter... Any more out there...

bachelibelly


Joined: 04/09/2008
Posts: 275

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 14:51

Is that where you got your sponsership from AIG ,otherwise known as ANYONE IN GIRNE.!!!!!!!



PS. any of you glory hunters know the postcode of Old Trafford without doing a search,i doubt it !!!!

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 14:56

PS. any of you glory hunters know the postcode of Old Trafford without doing a search,i doubt it !!!!



More to the fact... How many have actually been there...



Last time I was there Rovers fans started chanting "Stand up if you're from the North"

redtom


Joined: 30/12/2008
Posts: 116

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 15:02

Armchair supporters i presume.

bachelibelly


Joined: 04/09/2008
Posts: 275

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 16:06

And its all gone quiet over there !!!!!!!!!!



PS. Hot of the press Man Utd 's new sponsers are a MULTIMAP/SAT NAV CONSORTIUM !!!!!

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 17:31

I am from salford red red red !!!!!

Static-X


Joined: 18/12/2008
Posts: 197

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 17:33

Boo . . Arsenal all the way ;)

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 17:34

I was at old trafford on tuesday when we got through to another final with our youth team.One down 3 to go!!!

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 19:23

jay76 lets get it sraight, im fortysix and have watched man u for thirty odd years , im a season ticket older in the west stand upper , ive also traveled to europe to watch them in the champions league and in the barcelona final. just because i live in wigan why should i support wigan? the couple who sit to my left at old trafford are from essex and they travel up for every game even monday night games. . so have a go at the likes of them not someone who lives in greater manchester



andy

jay76


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 532

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 19:51

andysue



Watched man u on match of the day for thirty odd years come on anyone can do that, and you prob watched them in europe at a bar when you was on hols in the costa blanca sitting on a bar stool. Your prob be supporting man city soon. And i was not having ago at you, just responding to you. COME ON ITS ONLY A BIT OF BANTER you wigan fans should be used to it.



jay

bachelibelly


Joined: 04/09/2008
Posts: 275

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 20:44

neilhodgin, re msg 23. More fool you paying that sort of money to watch reserves,a few years ago i was conned into going to watch manu vs arsenal at trafford in the semi final of said carling cup(or whatever) cost me £140 for the trip(discounted price huh)5 hours drive got home at 12.30 ,missed some of 1st half and goal due to traffic and then finally witnessed a farce.

After paying that money Both teams played mainly their reserves ( only manu player i knew was Richardson),in the second half when the subs came on even the fans were singing"who the f**kin hell are you"

If teams like Manu and Arsenal dont want to field a decent team to entertain the fans who have paid good money and some travelled a long way (especially manu fans)then dont f**kin enter the competition in the first place.



You used to have to field the strongest available team,but of course that was when players were men playing a mans game not the bunch of millionare ballerinas who are too busy parkin the Bentley !

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 21:01

football is changing so fast, what with a trip to japan and the usual europe, always challenging for the everything, internationals, you have to use your whole squad. Most on tues were full internationals and it's good to see the future is bright. And its always nice to add to the silver ware we already have this season.You say you were conned into going to old trafford,did someone force you to pay the said £140 or was it you were so excited that the money only came into it after the game, when you realised that you did'nt enjoy yourself?I suggest you set off earlier next time if you don't want to miss anything.I bet you left early as well?

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 21:04

you got a piont there bach but thats how all the top teams treat this competion, sad yes but in the big big world of the premiership the carling cup or whatever its called is treated with comtempt. i think any club qualifying for the champions league should be exempt end of story. but it goes deeper every club outside the top five in the prem are shitting themselves at relegation from it , look what harry redknap as just said about spurs playing man utd sat in f.a cup "we will play a weakend side at old trafford more important game tuesday against spurs in league"

i rest my case

andy

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 21:07

i meant stoke by the way

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 21:09

to harita manc red dont no the post code dont care about the post code.no its a manc post code though. igo to watch the team. your going on about utd fans howmany fans watched blackburn the year they won the league and howmany watches them now loyal fans no matter where we come from. m.u.f.c.

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 21:14

to harita post 89 shearer great player no ambition little trophy cabinet

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 21:22

your spot on clay , we ended up getting some unknown norweigian called solskjear ( hows the song go ?)



andy

bachelibelly


Joined: 04/09/2008
Posts: 275

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 21:46

Re msg 27 nielhodgkin. The con i refer to was the fac that i paid good money to watch a cup semi final played in front of 70,000 other gullables hoodwinked into witness a reserves training session !I think you actually know what i meant but judging by the content of the latter part of your post i very much doubt you have grasped the context in which it was written !



PS "I suggest you set off earlier next time if you don't want to miss anything"

If we had arrived 3 hours befor the kick off it is unlikely that we would have missed anything.



PPS. As this was my first and last trip to Old Trafford it generally pales into insignificance as one of lifes experiences and a lesson learnt, IMHO.

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 21:49

somthing about shearer being some what dearer!!

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 21:52

thats the one YOU ARE MY SOLSJEAR MY ONLY SOLAJEAR YOU MAKE ME HAPPY WHEN SKYS ARE GREY

paddy1966


Joined: 29/06/2008
Posts: 37

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 22:15

Back at the top ( when the seagulls & all that ) ooh aah !!

dozza67


Joined: 11/07/2008
Posts: 607

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 22:27

Harita, would you believe born and bred in greater Manchester. I come from a family who have been fans of United all their lives and I bought my sons up to be the same and they are bringing their children up to be United fans also. Have to admit though. My sons do not live in Manchester, their only association with it is me.

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 22:45

ven zee zeegulls follow zee trawler it iz becoz zey think zat zcraps zwill be thrown into ze zee ( the king when asked what he thought after his huge ban was handed out)

paddy1966


Joined: 29/06/2008
Posts: 37

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 23:01

A Primary Teacher explains to her class that she is a Liverpool fan.



She asks her students to raise their hands if they too are Liverpool fans.





Everyone in the class raises their hand except one little girl.



The teacher looks at the girl with surprise and says, 'Mary, why didn't you

raise your hand?'



'Because I'm not a Liverpool fan,' she replied.



The teacher, still shocked, asked, 'Well, if you are not a Liverpool fan, then who are you a fan of ?'



'I am a Man Utd fan, and proud of it,' Mary replied.



The teacher could not believe her ears. 'Mary, why, pray tell, are you a Man Utd fan?'



'Because my mum is a Man Utd fan, and my dad is a Man Utd fan, so I'm a Man Utd fan too!'



'We ll,' said the teacher in an obviously annoyed tone, 'that is no reason for you to be a Man Utd fan





What if your mum was a prostitute and your dad was a drug addict, what would you be then?'



'Then,' Mary smiled & said I'd be a LIVERPOOL fan

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 23:21

paddy ive just spit large mouthfull of carling all over my keyboard!

redtom


Joined: 30/12/2008
Posts: 116

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 23:38

spit a large mouth full of carling you must have caused a bl--dy soonarmi in Wigan.

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
22/01/2009 23:41

you want see me when i spit a lage mouthfull of efes

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 00:28

paddy thats a cracker

redtom


Joined: 30/12/2008
Posts: 116

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 00:29

Theres not enough efes on this island to fill your mouth lol

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 03:19

re msg 33. belly, its called rotation.And if you think any of the so called big 4 would field a first team 11 in the carling cup,then it probably explains you paying £140 for 1 game.

shadders


Joined: 16/07/2008
Posts: 65

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 09:22

re msg 16 - i moved from my home town to live in manchester BECAUSE of United. i spent ten years on the terraces, missing very few games and travelled home and away, uk and europe plus a tour to the states and the 99 cup final. i can count paddy crerand as a friend along with several current players. i dont need to justify myself to any ABU, (thats anyone but united) but happy to answer your question. i was amongst a small group of dedicated die hard reds who created a lot of the songs that are still sung home and away so my concience is clear. i lived on the chester rd opposite the gorse hill ph. the postcode is m16 ora. we would not be the biggest club in the world without support from other towns and cities, tickets are obtainable if you try hard enough. my st was in stretty t2. nuff sed.

redtom


Joined: 30/12/2008
Posts: 116

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 09:34

Biggest club biggest fans biggest mouths! there are only two decent songs sung at football grounds. And man utd .isnt one of them I cant think of a song man u sing, oops sorry glory glory man utd. did you write that one .Thats a very good one! Off to work now have a nice day. Tommy

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 15:31

Harita, would you believe born and bred in greater Manchester.



I lived in GREATER Mancester for 35 years namely Wigan... Come to think of it sadly BOLTON is in Greater Mancester...



Which part of Greater Manchester dozza67

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 21:16

to redtom mufc big mouths .of to work are yer lets hope all yer neighbours windows are shut

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 21:48

and all yer neighbours weeli bins have locking nuts on the wheels!

Turtle


Joined: 28/05/2007
Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 21:54

Greater Manchester.........................nothing great about Manchester ?

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 22:03

well why as the bbc relocated to manchester shellboy?

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 22:33

nice one andy i love it i really really love it.hey andy that harita think she is married to a postman got a fetish about postcodes

palacerclass


Joined: 19/11/2008
Posts: 109

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 22:39

We saved Alex Ferguson from the sack and we were 3 minutes away from doing that in 1990 fa cup final by drawing 3 3 then lost the replay 1 0.

Lucky man utd.Alex Ferguson has been a great manager ever since.

Crystal Palace f.c. the number 1 in South London.

Id rather be in relegation and promotion battles.Where y see the real side of football !

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 22:58

to palace fan you have a good memory.is it because it was the only thing you nearly won.to many trophies have past my eyes since then.you should give credit to a good football team i hate arsenal but give credit where its due they play great football m.u.f.c.

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
23/01/2009 23:04

i was at that first final when it finished 3-3 after extra time, i remember thinking what a shit hole wembley is, people urinating where they stood, how times have changed thank god.

andy

Turtle


Joined: 28/05/2007
Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
24/01/2009 01:51

Andy my friend...... Manchester is sooooo cheap much cheaper than London.

But from what I have heard half the BBC people have refused to move to this GREAT City ??

palacerclass


Joined: 19/11/2008
Posts: 109

Message Posted:
24/01/2009 09:04

Clayton, yes man u are a great side, but your memory is not that good,as Palace have won a trophy the Zenith Data Cup beating Everton at wembley.

I know its probably a one off cup,but nethertheless its cup that man u didnt win ! EAGLES....................................

goonerstan



Joined: 14/04/2008
Posts: 397

Message Posted:
24/01/2009 13:44

palacerclass,(ciderman) how do teams qualify for zenith cup?

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
24/01/2009 15:03

to palace fan nice one mate. never heard of it but a trophy is a trophy. all the best clayton. m.u.f.c.

dozza67


Joined: 11/07/2008
Posts: 607

Message Posted:
24/01/2009 16:49

Born in Oldham, raised in Middleton

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
24/01/2009 18:12

Well dozza67

If I had been born in Oldham it would have been Oldham Athletic...

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
24/01/2009 21:16

oops we did it again,bring on west brom!!!!!

dozza67


Joined: 11/07/2008
Posts: 607

Message Posted:
24/01/2009 22:13

Narika, Why????

dozza67


Joined: 11/07/2008
Posts: 607

Message Posted:
24/01/2009 22:13

Sorry, meant Harita

dozza67


Joined: 11/07/2008
Posts: 607

Message Posted:
24/01/2009 22:14

I was only born there in Boundary Park Hospital. From the age of 10 days I then lived in Middleton.

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
24/01/2009 23:09

dozza67 where abouts in midd did you live no a few lads of langley

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
25/01/2009 00:20

Clayton read the posts

"that harita think she is married to a postman got a fetish about postcodes"

It was bachelibelly that raised the subject of postcodes... Message 17

I copied & pasted it.. Message 18... Asking who had been there...

dozza67


Joined: 11/07/2008
Posts: 607

Message Posted:
25/01/2009 10:55

I lived just off the centre of Middleton till I was 13 then moved to Boarshaw. Went to Moorclose school. Didn't know too many people from Langley as that built mainly for people from the central Manchester area.

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
25/01/2009 11:59

post 93 sorry i must of read it wrong a.b.u.

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
25/01/2009 12:01

did you no the duffs mate of boarshaw

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
27/01/2009 19:04

can we stay on top

dozza67


Joined: 11/07/2008
Posts: 607

Message Posted:
27/01/2009 19:12

duffs mate????

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
27/01/2009 19:25

WBA tonite going to the pub to watch it on foreign chanell, not heard team yet tevez and berba i think again



andy

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
27/01/2009 20:16

hi dozza they lived on boarshaw for years.mick and his son johnathon were scaffolders. ino it is a big estate thought you might just have heard of them.they were both utd fans.

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
27/01/2009 20:25

i think that tevez must of swallowed an engine. his workrate is secound to none.fergie has got to sign him on m.u.f.c.

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
27/01/2009 20:29

clay i agree but not at what MSI are asking 32 million?

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
27/01/2009 20:34

andy, ye your right mate.but who can you get for less.

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
27/01/2009 21:01

clay ROBBIE KEAN ee ee only takin piss

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
28/01/2009 00:30

easily!! 3 points clear,just starting to flex our muscles!!

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
28/01/2009 00:33

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

AndyLynnW


Joined: 05/12/2008
Posts: 61

Message Posted:
28/01/2009 00:40

If you are a true Man U fan answer these two questions:



Whats their nickname ?



Whats their share price?

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
29/01/2009 00:04

wigan my home town team held the red scousers to night 1-1 , i bet the fat spanish waiter wishes he kept his fat mouth shut now! pissin me sides realy pissin me sides



MUFC 4EVA

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
29/01/2009 00:36

Top marks to the Latics.

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
29/01/2009 03:18

they have'nt won since raf rant!!!!

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
29/01/2009 19:19

the fat spanish waiter was at it again after the wigan game, kept goin on about it was a crazy game? this prick as lost the plot

NoNowt


Joined: 09/10/2008
Posts: 68

Message Posted:
02/02/2009 21:50

shadders -



Just watched Paddy Crerand take a call on his phone-in program on MUTV from a caller in Cyrpus. Paddy remarked that a friend (sounded like a neighbour) moved recently to Cyprus to live and then joked that it was probably to get away from him.



I just then remembered this thread. Entertaining chap but much better footballer than guru. In the 60's the saying was that when Crearand plays well, Utd play well. Every time he joins on the commentary we should have had so many penalties and so many of the opponents sent off. Oh, and our players are never off-side.



Anyway he's a good laugh.

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
02/02/2009 21:54

hes just mad on man utd and biased as f--k like me!

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
02/02/2009 21:58

msg 82 the red devils share price ?what do you wanna pay

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
02/02/2009 22:07

the man only speaks the truth adopted manc m.u.f.c.

NoNowt


Joined: 09/10/2008
Posts: 68

Message Posted:
02/02/2009 22:10

Since the Glazers took over the club by purchasing all the issued share capital of Man Utd plc, it is now in the hands of the Gs' vehicle named Red Football or something similar. I'm not sure whether it exists as even a private limited company. Therefore no marketable (in the sense of an open market) value exists for these.



I did buy those at float and sold with about 80% profit thinking I'd done well, but missed out on the real gains.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
02/02/2009 22:21

Is football the new religion?

A few questions from some one that has no interest in football:

1: how many of the posters on this thread go to church on a regular basis?

2: how many of the posters on this thread believe in religion?

3: does football dominate your life?

4: are you addicted to football and if so what would happen if football was taken away from your life?

5: is there the equivalent of the AA for football addicts?



This should be interesting.

AJ

NoNowt


Joined: 09/10/2008
Posts: 68

Message Posted:
02/02/2009 22:21

More - even if you could buy any they'd be worthless unless it's a controlling interest as the Glazers could anything they like to swizzle you. And I believe they would. They have a reputation for financial indiscretions (if not utter fraud) as long from my house in Surrey to Manchester!



Anyway, rowlo, what is your interest in this?

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
02/02/2009 22:49

1 yes the vatican.2 yes red religion.3 ninty five percent of it.4 no life left.5 watching man city i think this would be enough to make you stop.m.u.f.c. there,s only one religion. utd till i die.

NoNowt


Joined: 09/10/2008
Posts: 68

Message Posted:
02/02/2009 22:52

AlsancakJack -



I've gone to football matches off and on from c. 1965 starting at Old Trafford during a visit. I'm not the complete fanatic type but I've seen many who are. September gone we (the missus and kids included) booked into a hotel 3 mins from Old Trafford on Friday to watch the Sat. game - my son's birthday treat. Meeting the rest of the fans in the bar on my own I was there for 2 hours chatting away. There's a common bond - MUFC is a religion and not that new.



Some fans stay depressed for many days over a defeat - me? I go and write a piece of software that I'd been meaning to, so as to take my mind off it!



An old man I knew very well in my local died recently - he had the MU emblem on his grave stone just like the one on his wife's!



I contribute regularly to a football forum and I see some guys there who practically live on those boards day & night.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
02/02/2009 23:27

NoNowt

Thanks for your reply and I think you have in part answered some of my questions. Firstly I think everyone has to have a passion in their life and if not then I guess they must lead mundane lives. But the big question is do you regard football as a 'religion'?

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
02/02/2009 23:37

I come from Hull but have followed utd since the 74/75 season when they where in the old second division and managed by "the doc".I still say that the side that won the second division that year where the most entertaining team to watch that i have ever seen.Players like Gordon Hill,Steve Coppell the two Greenhoffs,"super sam" and Hull born Stuart Pearson.



It was ten bob to get in "the shrine" then and two pence on the bus from victoria station.We used to buy a two pence platform ticket from Hull Paragon hide on the train then when we got to Manchester Victoria jump the barrier.Worked every time.Still go to a few games now but its not the same at old trafford any more.Two many heavy handed stewards and corporate facilities stopping the true fans purchasing tickets.



But i do still get those pangs in the stomach every time i watch my favourite football team.I dont suppose they will ever go away (i hope not anyway)Back at the top was the original posting which is where utd are,

newlad



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Message Posted:
02/02/2009 23:39

And yes i do sulk when they get beat,

Paul.

NoNowt


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Message Posted:
03/02/2009 00:13

AlsancakJack -



Don't see myself as especially qualified to answer your question. But I'll make a stab:



Even though I'm no longer what you may call religious, I was brought up as a Buddhist and believe that all religions have a very important role to play in early moral development, teaching you to differentiate good from evil. After that I'm not sure that it has that much value, not to me anyway.



Football on the contrary does no such thing - it almost seems to do the opposite. Sportmanship is almost absent unlike in games such as golf and how cricket used to be. In football it seems nowadays the philosophy appears to be win at any cost and everything revolves around money.



I see no connection/parallel; people use the expression "to do something religiously" and they're really referring to the obsessive/compulsive behaviour but I don't think there are too many people who enjoy/observe religion in that fashion outside of the men of the cloth.

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
03/02/2009 00:40

NoNowt

Thanks for your reply

It is time for me to grab some shut eye but I will pick up on your interesting reply tomorrow.

Take care

AJ