“Take me home United road” has become a popular song at Old Trafford over years gone by, so much so, someone had the bright idea of letting an American sing it over a cheesy country and western nineties sounding track, resembling the original “Country Roads” by John Denver. It’s good for getting the Old Trafford crowd going, I suppose, and on the last day of the season, it was sung loudly.
However, now the track is being played at the beginning of every game, and it stinks of desperation. We got the American to come in and sing it live before the United vs Chelsea game, and it left me cringing. As the massive flag travelled across the Stretford End, organised by SEF, showing the picture of Giggs and Neville lifting the trophy, the song was deafening. “Come on y’all,” he said, clapping his hands above his head in time to the music. “One more time, Old Trafford,” and launched in the chorus again. It was pretty painful, if I’m honest.
It was no lot ago that Ferguson was dead keen on getting an “anthem” introduced to Old Trafford, and had his heart set on “The Impossible Dream.” This never caught on, with the idea of forcing an anthem, or creating an anthem, entirely unpopular with the United crowd. Although now it seems as though Ferguson has got his way, with this cheesy country and western song blaring out of the speakers before kick off every week.
I appreciate the sentiment, and I love the crowd singing “United Road”, but not over this crass dance/country record. The sooner this idea gets binned, the better!
“I was born to be United
Daddy told me when I was just a baby
When I was five I went down he Warwick Road
Now I’m addicted to the only place I’ll go.
Take me home United Road
To the place I belong
To Old Trafford to see United
Take me home United Road
All my memories, Bobby Charlton
Georgie Best and Cantona
They came to us from heaven
Then in the Nou Camp in 1999
On Matt Busby’s birthday
It was party time.”
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I agree. Is he really American – he sounds like a bad pub singer putting on a fake accent to me. They do these to death I suppose we’re stuck with it for the next ten years.
the impossible dream would have been great.
Hey guys. Can any of you suggest to me a link to download the mp3 version of ‘United Road’?
I’m a United fan and MUTV subscrber from Newcastle and when I went to see United play at Old Trafford against Inter Milan, on August the 1st, they played this song before the game and I thought, why is an American singing this song? And I immediately thought of Glazer, because he’s also American and if he put this guy up to singing it.
It’s a great song, I love it, but it’s shame that it was sung by an American.
At least it has something to do with our club like IDK YNWA
The Impossible Dream would have been brilliant. Any idea why it never caught on?
Good lyrics, good theme, but the music… WTF is that! Synthetic/plastic crap made in bedroom!! Kennys would make better music for us XD
This is not worthy of the clubs name!!!
manu4ife
what a bunch of moaners!i love having a good sing along before the game kicks off-It gets everyone involved and if you didnt realise the original was sung by john denver…an american!
What song is the impossible dream?
United Road is a crap anthem. It stinks of a club trying to get it’s fans to sing something “pc” and unoffensive. The scousers have done something similar with “the fields of anfield road” to the tune of fields of athenry(an irish folk song first made popular by munster rugby fans).
While i am not saying any anthem needs to be offensive it is still cringe worthy to see this crap wheeled out week in week out. In amsterdam a few years ago we all sang James’ “sit down” between the inter-benfica game and the united- ajax one and it was a laugh.