Thank you bluemooners with all my heart for educating me in understanding why the scum are scum.
In 1991 I managed to blag a couple of tickets to the Manchester Derby at Maine Road 0-0.
Travelling from Scotland with my best mate I stayed overnight with my cousin in Droylsden. Her husband Dave is a massive blue and I remember he was furious and calling Utd all sorts. I couldn’t understand it.
Fast forward to 1996 and city played Utd in the 5th round of the FA cup. I watched it on tv with my mate who was a Utd fan and I couldn’t believe the tackles by Utd players that were going unpunished. Rosler puts us us up 1-0 with a brilliant dink over the keeper and then Alan Wilkie gives Utd a penalty from a corner and still to this day despite watching it multiple times on YouTube I can’t see any foul.
It always kind of haunted me because I was uneducated as to the bias and favouritism towards the red shirts.
But, now I know, now I understand why Dave went mental and it’s all thanks to you guys. I was blind but now I see.
Just for the record though, I currently hate Liverpool more than the scum as Utd have become an irrelevance. I think they’ll be lucky to be eighth this season with us, Arsenal, spurs, Chelsea, West Ham, Liverpool and Newcastle ahead of them.