Man United fans

Check this video out. Fans from Malta (which is fair enough), and fans from....Banbury, Oxfordshire. I noticed a distinct lack of Mancunians. What a stereotype!

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I actually like Man U as a club and I don't grudge them their success as they play fantastic football. I do get a bit annoyed with their support coming from all parts of the country BUT the same is true of Celtic.

 

i agree about our fans coming from all over the place but the difference is they're scottish and irish so will always support the hoops no matter where they live but if i was from london i'd support as club from there as oppossed to man united

 

Yeah i admire their football too. What annoys me is that Mancunians seem to have been priced out of going to see them, so a large portion of their support are from the rich counties in South England, obviously pot-hunting. I don't think the same can be said of Celtic fans, as the majority of attendees are Glaswegian.

 

I think it's a bit difficult for us, who are kinda 'natural' Celtic supporters, to tell guys in Asia, USA or wherever, where they don't have a 'natural' team, not to support Man U.

 

i agree. i was really referring to english people who support man u for no other reason than they win trophies

 

But lots of folk around Scotland support Celtic too. It's a tricky one.

 

true. * it we're all glory hunters at the end of the day:icon_mrgreen:

 

With hopefully a nice bit of glory hunting to be had by us on Thursday

 

No matter what big club it is, if they went a few years without winning anything you would see their support dwindle with just mainly the true support left.

 

I agree with that to a certain extent. Man u will always have fan due to them winning the EPL and the huge sponser deals they get

 

Manc Utd fans in Malta? Quite strange living so close to Old Toilet.

 

lads , lads - listen yea we have support world wide , as do you , but we have thousands every week from manchester going to old trafford, and yes it has gone up in price since the galzers took over , but we certenly are not the dearest by a long chalk , the main season ticket holders allocation come from south manchester as do man city - dont believe the * about it being all london - manchesters red and always will ne

 

Man utd have a very similar history as Celtic. Newton Heath were set up as an Irish social club by Irish immigrant navvies working on the Manchester ship canal. Man U would not employ a non catholic manager until in the early 80s Lawrie McMenemy turned them down and no other manager fitted the bill. Hence Ron Atkinson arrived as the first non "bead rattler"!! In any event, Manchester was a liberal immigrant friendly city, unlike Glasgow, and Man Utd had no reason to retain an Irish identity. 2nd and subsequent generations of Irish immigrants assimmilated and quickly became English. As it should be!!!

 

that was a bit of an eye opener for me, had no idea that they only had catholic managers before "big" ron or had any irish connection. bet most of their fans dont know it either!

good post mate

 

Learn something new everyday Thanks for that. Strange though how none of their fans have ever enlightened me with that, do most Man United fans know their history? lol

 

Malta has the biggest Man U supporters club outside the UK. Over 3,000 members. I know the president personally. John Buttigigg and he is a personal friend of Sir Alex, Beckham and the Nevilles.
Been on the pish a few times with Beckham, Giggs and the Nevilles. * Maltese are fanatical.

 

Are there any Man Utd fans in Manchester?

 

I know some Mancs here and they are Man U fans but most Mancunians support City as far as I know.

To be a true Man U fan you have to be born in London or the Home Counties.:icon_mrgreen:

 

just come down here you will see that most support united - on a traning session at old trafford at the start of the season there was 35 thousand fans there only annouced on the radio the same morning