United Thread 2015/16

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[Colin Bell's Boots]

Manchester United have criticised the fans who sang chants about the Hillsborough disaster during Thursday's Europa League defeat at Liverpool.

Offensive songs were heard during Liverpool's 2-0 win at Anfield in the first leg of their last-16 tie.

Ninety-six Liverpool fans died as a result of a crush at Hillsborough in an FA Cup semi-final between the Reds and Nottingham Forest in 1989.


United said the chants "have no place in the game".

"It has always been the position of Manchester United that chants of this nature, which refer to historical tragedies, do not reflect the values the club holds," a spokesman said.

"We are in discussion with our fans' groups to seek their support in preventing this type of behaviour in the future."

Former Liverpool midfielder Ray Houghton told BBC Radio 5 live the chants were "dreadful".

"It has to come out of our game," he said. "There were people in the crowd who lost loved ones at Hillsborough and that's really hard to take.

"It's something we don't want to hear. It's happened in the past with Liverpool fans to Manchester United with what happened at Munich. It's uncalled for."

In February 1958, eight United players and three club officials lost their lives in a plane crash in Munich following a European Cup tie.

"When you lower yourself to that level [of those fans], it's quite remarkable," said Houghton.

"It should have been a night of celebration - they haven't played each other in a European tie before. The fans should have been getting behind their own team. When you stoop as low as they did last night, for me, it's dreadful."

A story in the Sun newspaper four days after the Hillsborough disaster criticised Liverpool fans' behaviour at the time. The newspaper is still heavily boycotted in Merseyside as a result.

"There were chants during the first half - 'the Sun was right', referring to the Hillsborough tragedy,"

I suppose the question here is what conclusion can be drawn from the above ?

Two sets of fans who are hurting at the demise of their respective teams in the current football hierarchy, but resort to obscene and vile chants regarding the disasters which befell both teams, in a pathetic " point scoring " battle.

Goes beyond tribal but sadly is the norm in the rivalry which now affects football.

 

[Iimpeccable One 10 Feb '08]

There was a rumour 4 or 5 years ago that Rooney was sent to the USA for "treatment" after an injury but really it was to get him out of the way of a possible random drugs test. Can't even remember who told me so it could well be bollocks. But it does make you wonder if he's out of the way again for a similar reason.

Can't be ... I've never met a fat druggie !

 

[aguero93:20]

As a former Tesco manager, i want to know where his fucking smile is, whether he has greeted the customer accordingly and asked if she would like some help packing her bags.

Do you want customers? If you were a decent manager you'd hide the ugly ginger dwarf out back in the storeroom.

 

[Neville Kneville]

There was some kind of tragic accident in 58' ?

They've kept that quiet.

 

[abu13]

I love the bit about chants from a "small minority of fans".

Now lets remember how the commentators were building up the fantastic atmosphere last night and the fact that united were away from home.

So this "small minority" basically out sang the rest of Anfield, I smell bullshit, basically for you to hear these chants then the vast majority of the rags would have been singing.

 

[Bill]

Dear Bill,
Can you sell us a big carpet to sweep this under?
Love and kisses Teddy Three-Planks, BT Sport, BBC and the rest of the rag arse-licking media.
Cheers muchly.

sorry mate no carpet is that big.

 

[moenchengladbach blau]

BT viewing figures are extremely poor. Even the free matches get poor audiences.

Previously mute Ginger Pig starts making uncharacteristic remarks against United

Print media write whole articles about his and Ferdinand's comments. Little criticism by their own reporters even about offensive chants or how the 'match of the century' was actually crap.

Print media run new additional articles about Scholes : Is he the most outspoken pundit or better still 'most watchable' pundit on TV?

Well I won't watch him or BT, but BT will be appreciative of those fools who will watch due to the 'free' advertising in some papers.

Everything about United and the media has a dodgy smell to it.

 

[malg]

BT viewing figures are extremely poor. Even the free matches get poor audiences.

Previously mute Ginger Pig starts making uncharacteristic remarks against United

Print media write whole articles about his and Ferdinand's comments. Little criticism by their own reporters even about offensive chants or how the 'match of the century' was actually crap.

Print media run new additional articles about Scholes : Is he the most outspoken pundit or better still 'most watchable' pundit on TV?

Well I won't watch him or BT, but BT will be appreciative of those fools who will watch due to the 'free' advertising in some papers.

Everything about United and the media has a dodgy smell to it.

It's so fucking obvious isn't it.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

The swamp is becoming a graveyard for previously respected managers. Poetic after decades of hearing about the mythical 'united way'.
If the family man is given a crack, I don't think I'll ever stop laughing.

Wasn't that what got him into trouble in the first place?