Possibly the best put-down of that lot since Jason Manford's line to the effect that "just like rats, you're never more than three feet away from a United fan".
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bobbyowenquiff
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Ridiculous article that proves the MEN remains out of touch with its core audience
LongsightM13
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Pretty obvious it was not written for City fans.
i remember a report, by Peter Gardener in MEN Green, that read " There was a good following of United supporters here at Highbury today the ground is full of red and white scarves". Proves they have always had poor football writers at that paper.
mcfcinprague
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You sure it was Peter in 'the Green'?
The 'Green' was predominantly the summer edition mainly about cricket.
The 'Pink' was the football paper and David Meek was the scum reporter, Peter was the City reporter.
I stand to be corrected
LongsightM13
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IIRC when the UEFA Cup final was held at our place, Meek was somehow allowed to write an article about football in Manchester for the programme, and used his bully pulpit to bitterly and shamelessly slag off City and our fans. Even though the final was at our ground
Yes I am sure the Evening Chronicle was pink the MEN football paper was green maybe you are too young to remember
Norman kneejerk
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Interesting. My dad always said the Chron was a much better paper for City stuff.
mcfcinprague
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Well I'm only 69 so not as old as you by the sound of it
The Chron ended in '63 and I'm far more familiar with the Pink, and it was delivered to our local newsagent at about 6pm on a Saturday night for most of the 60's
MEN merged with Chron in 63 and carried on with both sports papers for a while.
The Chron, incidently, was founded by Edward Hulton who was chairman of City in the early 1900s.
PS Sports papers merged at some point (late 60s.?) and became the Pink, which closed about 2000.
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stonerblue
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From the bbc footy pages, a heartwarming paragraph;
Another United source was of the same mind. They too concluded the saga will end with Ronaldo exiting the club he arrived at with such fanfare last August, after they stepped in amid interest from Manchester City, unable to accept one of their most famous players would end up at the club that has taken their mantel as the dominant force in the English game.
Another United source was of the same mind. They too concluded the saga will end with Ronaldo exiting the club he arrived at with such fanfare last August, after they stepped in amid interest from Manchester City, unable to accept one of their most famous players would end up at the club that has taken their mantel as the dominant force in the English game.
LongsightM13
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Someone isn’t getting any more shifts after writing that…
Edit: Just seen it was Stone! He mustn’t be feeling well. Either that or he has let an intern write his story this week
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BringBackSwales
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City tax mate, add it in for City and deduct it from rags and dippers
LongsightM13
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£42m+ £3m, minus £5m for Gyabi going the other way
But yeah, the Sky wankers pull a random £50m figure out of their arse to suit their ‘City’s unlimited funds’ narrative
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