goalmole
Well-Known Member
You can see how that perception of rivalry would have come about. Liverpool were the footballing powerhouse of the previous 15 years or so until the rags came on the scene with their new found wealth.Spot-on. And they seem so defensive about “us not being their rival” even though we have been bitter rivals since 1894. Anyone born and brought up in Manchester knows what it’s like at school and every workplace. The LFC rivalry was manufactured to squeeze more money out of overseas fans. It didn’t really exist before the late 1980s.
Then Ferguson declared war by openly stating they were going to knock Liverpool off their perch.
We might have been their geographical and historic rivals at that time but in terms of competing for trophies, we were nowhere when the rags were at the height of their powers.