There was certainly an intense hooligan rivalry between both City and United and Liverpool (plus Everton). But for most of the 70s City were bigger rivals to Liverpool than United. I think Ferguson created the rivalry as a motivational tool for his team. In those days my Rag pals all hated Leeds more than Liverpool, and so did we.I’m not sure I entirely agree about the heightened rivalry starting with Ferguson, as it was pretty intense from the 1977 FA Cup Final onwards imo, especially as there were a few tasty semi-finals (at Maine Road!) in the early 80’s too iirc, but he certainly accentuated and promoted it beyond its actual historical significance for reason of expediency.
Apart from maybe the 74 side this is the worst united squad and manager since the second world war
Edited for fun ;-)Feel bit dirty but I want them to take 6 points from next two games. First a big 0:4 win at Newcastle to give them confidence and energy for Dippers game, than hard fought lat minute 1:0 win with van Diyk headbutting James after the goal that provokes a mass brawl which leaves only Fred and Lovren not dead.
Never mind that, he's unfortunate to find himself in the same era as Steve Bruce and Sean Dyche.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is unfortunate to find himself “in the same era as Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola”, says Ryan Giggs, with the Manchester United manager needing time to close the gap on rivals.
Never mind that, he's unfortunate to find himself in the same era as Steve Bruce and Sean Dyche.
At Cardiff he was unfortunate to be in the same era as Neil Warnock who the Cardiff fans view as a much better manager. Says it all about where the rags are at the moment.