paulchapo said:
Our hatred for them has nothing to do with them being more successful than ourselves over twenty years, but more their's and the media's reaction to us and that success that stirs the fires.
Let us remember that before the takeover we were no threat to them whatsoever except for the odd derby win and that was WHEN we were in the same division!
For the rags though winning trophies galore wasn't enough,oh no!They had to put up THAT banner,which never forget was allowed to remain there with the clubs blessing.Their players,manager and despicable fans had to taunt and laugh at us wherever we went, to rejoice in our suffering and rub it in at every available opportunity.
They were and are a vile souless club from the top to the bottom and i hope they slide into such obscurity and the theatre of nightmares is so empty, that for financial reasons they have to merge with FC United and play in a ten thousand capacity stadium at Carrington!!
I think that banner, and what you've said about it, encapsulates the 'darker' side of my relationship with united.
I think it was an utterly ugly, vindictive, small-time thing to do - and most of all, it was endorsed by the club. A completely disgraceful and continuing act of total disrespect, that went on for over a decade. I get angry thinking about it. Not because of its effect, but because of its cause : a club that has self-appointed 'class', that likes to point and mock a loser, who's based locally, that takes part in the same competition. If that happened on a cricket or athletic pitch the press would be up in arms., but because it's united it's collectively ignored as an affront to sportsmanship.
That banner was a fucking disgrace and they should be ashamed of it.