I think one of the few things both sides of the religious divide have in Northern Ireland is support for the 'ugly sisters', it was the 1970s when the troubles were at their most vicious which might explain this story.
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City and Religion
- Thread starter Damocles
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And i'd argue that south of the border the support for the two clubs is even more prevalent, got to take my hat off to any blues across the Irish sea surrounded by a sea of red many of whom were here when we were shit.I'm very surprised at that story from McIlroy/find it hard to believe.
Why didn't they go to Best, Whiteside or Johnny Evans house and tell them to leave United?
The 3 most supported teams in loyalist areas here are Rangers obviously followed by Liverpool and Man Utd.
Chelsea are well supported but not to the levels of the two red shites.
Plenty of people that I've known or worked with over the years from East Belfast/Rathcoole/the Shankill are big United fans.
Interesting how things wax and wane with the times...but yes I'm talking about 80s and early 90s - in that period the United fans I knew were generally Irish Mancs - and my dad, an armchair Red who loved to drink in Irish pubs - but City were bigger to my memory, not to mention the sheer number of City pubs that were in the area those days. Mad that were so many United lads at St Edwards in the 60s when it was so close to the ground...maybe Munich and an RC thing?Dispute your comments about the areas although you may be talking about a later period. I went to School in the 60s at St. Edwards on the Kippax St. Croft and most of the lads were United. possibly something to do with the Munich Disaster. In fact in the area say from Princess Rd to Wilmslow Rd there were a lot of United. However Longsight was very Blue.