Getting close now, almost 17.
/prays
God i really hope man united dont win the double. cant handle several more years of a bunch of glory hunting wankers going on about it
No, no. I started going in 1982 and Old Trafford was full every game back then, a good 50,000 of those United fans were Mancs back then and that continues to be the case with probably 40,000-45,000 of todays crowd coming from within Greater Manchester. Sadly some have been priced out and replaced by plastics from down south and Cheshire, corporate ticket holders and the rest are from all over the place. I look around and see the same kind of people at Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool and Newcastle. They aren't lifelong football fans but football is seen as trendy now and £700 a year is nothing to someone earning £50,000.
Jeez, can't you just let these people watch a game of football? I see where you are trying to get at here, I really am. Those who have stuck with a club through thick and thin don't deserve to be forced out by high ticket prices. If I live down south but want to see the club I have supported all my life then let me. Will I be scowled upon because I don't have a Mancurian accent? Or because I don't know all the chants? How about you try travelling 3.5 hours to get to Old Trafford to watch Man U play (this journey takes up your whole day when you consider going back and watching the match). Now that's what I call passion. Not some guy just walking down the road because it's so easy, and memorising all the chants, and refusing to pay big sums of money to watch their "oh so beloved team".
The world is more connected than ever now. Stop living in the past, if I want to support Man U, then I'll support Man U. If someone wants to support Man U but just watch them on TV, then they're just as much of a supporter as you are. He or she will still get emotional if we win or loose.
Jeez, can't you just let these people watch a game of football? I see where you are trying to get at here, I really am. Those who have stuck with a club through thick and thin don't deserve to be forced out by high ticket prices. If I live down south but want to see the club I have supported all my life then let me. Will I be scowled upon because I don't have a Mancurian accent? Or because I don't know all the chants? How about you try travelling 3.5 hours to get to Old Trafford to watch Man U play (this journey takes up your whole day when you consider going back and watching the match). Now that's what I call passion. Not some guy just walking down the road because it's so easy, and memorising all the chants, and refusing to pay big sums of money to watch their "oh so beloved team".
The world is more connected than ever now. Stop living in the past, if I want to support Man U, then I'll support Man U. If someone wants to support Man U but just watch them on TV, then they're just as much of a supporter as you are. He or she will still get emotional if we win or loose.
I know where you're trying to get at here, but the other point of view is never considered.
Personally I think you should support the team that you feel the most connected to, if that happens to be a team you have never seen play live or never even visited the home town of, well I am not sure how you can get that connection but each to their own I suppose. Would these people support them if they werent one of the top teams in the prem though? somehow i doubt it...
I support my home team (Northampton town) through thick and thin. I enjoy the premiership as a neutral and to be fair I love to see UTD play and win though I am in no way a UTD fan.
You must spread rep more etc
Probably the 3 best posts ever in FH history cHo!
I live in Copenhagen, but I follow my local team everywhere! Every home game and every away, I'm there basically! Use a great deal of my money to travel the country.. I had a rough weekend and was insanely hungover sunday, but still I went on the away game 200km away(125miles) and cheered all the way throughtout the game which ended 0-0. The day lasted 12hours, but I was there supporting my team when they needed it! Especially since we've had a rough period with some losses and drawns