antculmcfc said:
didnt go trawling for it before u start, a red at work pointed this shite out to me just now that some fool has spouted on one of their websites so dont shooot the messenger
But this is the United whose fans at least cared about retaining its identity as a Mancunian football club. When foreign owners with the wrong motives came sniffing round Manchester United, we fought and fought and fought to keep them away. We used every means legal, and some illegal ones too. We mobilised, we collected, we protested, we campaigned, we lobbied, we vandalised, we wrote, we phoned, we emailed, we rallied, we marched, we flash-mobbed, we rioted. We made it impossible for them to visit Manchester peacefully. And the loss of our club to people who didn’t give a toss about its identity and traditions meant so much that some of us walked away altogether. Home and awayers with decades of fanaticism to their names had decided that forming a new club, with the incredible effort that entailed, was the only alternative to seeing their club used as some egotistical bastard’s plaything.
Contrast this with 1st September 2008. The only sound you could hear that day was that of 100,000 zips being simultaneously lowered as the blue quarter of Manchester collectively dropped its trousers and bent over, willing to be shamelessly violated by some slimy rich man’s cock. Not a shred of pride, not a moment’s defence of their supposedly salt of the earth club; just a panting mass, all ready to be anybody’s woman in exchange for money with which they can buy success.
hmmmm would these american dudes be ran out of town if they werent riddling the club with debt?
Erm see if you can get this posted back to him:
What about when Newton Heath were in heavy debt in 1902 and they had to get numerous wealthy businessmen to invest a lot of money into the club to save them from being shut down as an organisation? These new owners, with no shame, stole our club name; stole our players; stole Salford RLFC's club colours; then eight years later, because they couldn't compete with City attendance-wise, moved them miles over the other side of the city; and stole Lancashire CCC's ground name.
Where's the keeping of the local roots, identity and traditions there then? The club was so shit they had to change it beyond all recognition to hide it.
But it wasn't hidden; they were still shit. So shit they went 37 years without winning a trophy (all years that competitive football WAS played, even an FA Cup final was played at their stadium). So shit they got average crowds as low as 11000 and some gates as low as 4000. Then guess what? They had to be taken over by a wealthy businessman again because they were about to fold as a club for being so shit.
What about them having owners who sold inedible food to schools for kids. The money gained from a half-genocidal idiot went towards them buying players - breaking numerous transfer records - yet still only winning the odd cup here and there, as well as going towards building new stands in their stadium. Oh yeah they also stole Salford RLFC's club nickname around this time as well.
And don't get me started on how they treated the survivors, their families, and the family of the fatalities of the Munich air disaster. The fucking scum kicked them out on their arses into the gutters! And even in the 90's when they had a chance to make ammends for that disgraceful act they paid more money to Cantona than they did to those related to Munich!
But then look at Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan. What a disgrce he is! He's now made the Premier League as competititive as it's been since around 1970. In the next three years there will be 6 teams challenging for the title. It's only happened since the good Sheikh has been at City. And what a disgrace he is for pumping in money and creating THOUSANDS of jobs to redevelop East Manchester (not just a little bit, but by completely changing the face of East Manchester over the next ten years!) and create sporting excellence in numerous world class sports, with world class facilities, centres of excellence, schools, community football pitches, coaches, etc etc etc... Did John Henry Davies or James W. Gibson or Louis Edwards do this much work for city of Manchester? I don't fuckin think so!
So fuck the Rags with their stupid backwards and unfounded views! Fuck of back to Norwich and lick Delias arse hole, you fuckin clowns! The city is ours and the sooner they realisethe better!