John Nicholson from F365 has written a book which explores the reasons why we’re so obsessed with football. His column, ‘A Very Northern Mind‘ has proved very popular and he’s transferred his appealing writing style to his book, We Ate All The Pies.
Here’s a little snippet from the book which looks at our protest: It would seem that the fans who buy this crappola have fallen for the idea that the more official club merchandise you buy, the bigger fan it shows you to be, which has always been a spurious notion at best. An interesting development at Manchester United, one of the biggest surveryors of merchandise, is the wearing of the green-and-yellow scarves as a protest against the club’s current owners. Green and yellow being the original colours of Newton Heath, the club United grew from. So it seems in the twenty-first century merchandise can even be used to make political statements. What next? The Man United urban guerilla outfit? Club-sponsored petrol bombs maybe? Hurry, buy your club Armalite rifle while stocks last!
If you’re not convinced yet, take a look at another excerpt from F365.
Sid Lowe from The Guardian says: Two words guaranteed to make any piece of writing worth reading: John and Nicholson… even when you don’t agree with him you sort of wish you did. In fact, you wonder if you even agree with yourself any more.
BiteBack Publishing have given us three copies of this book, worth £9.99, to give away if you answer this simple question.
The book refers to the ‘prawn sandwich brigade’ on several occasions, a term coined by our very own Roy Keane. But after which game did he criticise this section of support?
Send your answer, full name and address to: republik_of_mancunia_competition@hotmail.co.uk
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The more official club merchandise you buy does not mean fuck all
Buying the shirt which is red only means one thing
You are proud of your club and are privileged to wear the crest on your chest
We can drag this from here to kingdom come but green and gold was worn right next to the red
The shirt is a symbol – this is a tricky situation that we fans are in – but we cannot stop making this club bigger – because in that sense maybe one day the Glazer’s wil walk when they can name a price.
To think otherwise though wholly acceptable and rational is still out of order – it just means they will be here for longer
Carry on making this club what it is – we support the club not the owners – we support our team – our manager – our coaches – our stadium – the endless people who work in devotion at OT – they are not the Glazer’s.
i think players wages increased ticket prices and the “prawn sandwich brigade” are all connected as the ave fan cannot afford the prices.hockey here in calgary is a prime example when i first moved here from england you could get a decent seat for $20 to $30 dollars then players wages went crazy now the best seats run at $251 per game which is around 157 pounds,a half decent seat costs $100 which is 62 pounds its just fucking crazy i don’t go anymore,and as on the giggs thread about players wages its happening in football aswell hence the increase in the “prawn sandwich brigade”
veik omanyd
I know the answer, but i ain’t telling. I thought Keano’s prawn sandwich quote was spot on, telling it like it is.
When I mean out of order I mean this to clarify my comments
United must carry on through the good name of the club to service this Glazer bullshit – if it doesn’t it would give everyone else an endless opportunity to prove what they are saying now
That we are going to finish
They can fuck themselves this club will never die
willierednut
not looking for the answer just to be steared in the right direction
so can i just ask was it a midweek game
@MG Evening Mate, can i ask you a simple question please are you a member of the 160 thousand odd members of MUST?
@Willie Hi mate I think I know the Answer also lol One Teddy scored the only goal in the game.
GHTT – lol. Very cold weather, Bobby c always wears one.
RedScot – Spot on lol.
Willie nice one i gots it
also
i love chicken
I prefer Smoked Salmon. lol yeah right be lucky to get a bit of auld Moose nibbled cheese in my neck of the Wids.
redscot
there was adouble meaning to my choice of dinner choice
@Ghtt. ok i suspected so. lol
we shoujd give credit to the cook who makes prawn sandwich at OT must be really tasty..:)
http://www.foodmall.org/entry/chicken-kiev-stuffed-with-green-peas/
This imaginary cook, oddly enough they dont serve Prawn Sandwiches at Old Trafford. lol
Cheers champ, ffs where is Delia its turning into a cookery blog. lmao
they should at least serve prawn burritos now that Chicharito is with us….
Never liked prawn sandwiches, now chicken tikka yum yum.
This Is not fair on the Blog there will be Lads and Lasses no doubt wanting to right seriously on this Topic.
It should be as normal worth reading all the great comments later.
Too much talk of munchies got me thinking I need something to eat.
Bring on the Financers. lol
Laters.
i like nigella bites show!!
to borrow a phrase from Lord Gaga/rcwis, the things i’d do to Delia with a green and gold scarf on.
Bloody americans(Glazers) eating away english (UTD) pie.,LUHG
RedScot
Good Evening mate
No I’am not a member of MUST and I’ll tell you why
If as a supporters association they were seeking active displacement of the Glazer’s meaning seeking different candidates and finding the most suitable one with the money and clout to take over the Glazer’s with a plan and future plans in place then I’d jump at the chance all be it that they may not succeed.
But the Red Knights?
They want to keep the bond going and no word on dealing with the PIKS – I’ve heard that before
If someone tells me to take off my red shirt and put a green and gold one on – then sorry Manchester United for me were red are red and will forever be red.
It’s how I feel – I know how you feel and as i’ve said I totally understand where you are coming from.
This is though where I am coming from.
Market Kitchen or Masterchef – Masterchef Australia : )
Kebabs for me
Therefore a date with destiny For United For Costas May 2011 : )
Northern boys love gravy, hmm.
Willierednut
This boy loves kebabs so much I ended up making some yesterday – Nigel Slater was making some on his cookery programme – so I went out on a Sunday afternoon and duly obliged myself to make some for the family (and of course more so for myself : )
@MG I know where you are coming from i read enough of your posts and mostly rally calls which is fine and to be applauded.
This is different your club is so close to collapse and revert to the misery of the years between Sir Matt and Sir Alex.
Not being akward but i did note you ignored one of my previous posts on this topic and prefered to put up a link outwith ROM.
Please dont think I am a twat, thats a serious error I have a photographic memory. Sometimes without film but generally on the Ball.
Your Club you love,is so close to being busted its amazing you dont understand the need for protest.
Try not think the next win, we all want that, its the long game MG.
I have said and will repeat i am one of the younger lads on the blog, but fool i aint.I base my decisions on United lads that have supported the Club for years and years and as I said previously have relinquished there ST’s over the Glazer
Everybody hoped for the Nights to put together a plan they did not.Its not finished though until we remove them.long term for United they will bleed us dry. Its as plain as Gross profit and Bottom line.
Equates to approx in there tenure through interest 430 Million pounds.
Come on United.
> interest = Costs. oppsie on a roll
RedScot
If you are a younger member then I am an older member
If I have never directly replied back to you I apologise I do try to do my best – sometimes that’s not enough
I don’t rally – I only share with my fellow United fans what I feel inside
The club my friend is in debt – it is being used and abused by the Glazer’s and I am not even arguing
But if you say it’s close to collapse – that isn’t right – it isn’t close to collapse – it is doing all it can to carry on and service the Glazer’s debt.
The Glazer’s are nothing without United
Manchester United are everything without the Glazer’s.
I of all people do not ask you to stop what you are saying
I of all people do not ridicule you
But what I am saying is that the club is strong enough because of people like me and you that it carry’s on fighting for it’s future.
When I say that – that is no rallying call – it is the truth
Let that be rather than asking it to yield just for the sake of the Glazer’s walking.
You and everyone else have to understand – including me
A lot of things will happen to United
But this club will never die
It’s not a rallying cry – it is a symbol of defiance full stop.
RedScot
On the link I apparently posted and have no recollection of regarding a query you made would you be kind enough to direct me again to it – I’ll answer it myself – highly unlikely of me not to answer by myself but fair enough I’ll take it on the chin
Thank you
@ MG I was teasing you in a way, to get you to post and you did.
Do you read all the Blog mate, you know the articles Scott put’s up for us to read and digest.
The information is there if you really believe in facts. Not some nonesnse that is portrayed in other Blogs.
Buddie nobody is saying United is going to die, but until we recognise they need starved out and shown the door bye doing as we all know is right dont feed them them your hard earned cash.
They have invested relatively nought to purchase Manchester United
They rip of Manchester united one simple FACT…… 1O million pounds of Manchester united money loaned to the Glazer family members. ?Happy with that
“The Glazers are nothing without Manchester United”. Yes true thats why we need to kick them out.
You can do more help joining MUST mate and try to create your passion on that site.
Then we will get what we all want.
Defiant….. yes Scots normally are and know right from wrong!
One more thing RedScot
Di who comes along and occasionally posts was the first person on here that said that the Glazer’s would be needing 1.5 billion and over to walk
That was before the red knights
If he got it how the hell MUST or Red Knights never got it ?
We all know they are in it for the money and money only – so now it’s up to them to continue to make and take and make this club as big as is necessary possible for them to say yes to someone else to take over
That is the hardest thing to stomach but tell me then what choice do we have because all roads cannot lead to United failing
If United fail then the Glazer’s are most likely to asset strip this club to achieve their gain – that is unacceptable under any circumstances.
@Mg the self same post I directed to you Wayne( with the IQ OF 141 does not know how to make a fullstop in a sentence) lol and Giggsy chest wig. Only Wakey got back to me. Moscow is my Heaven said its the best post, and my exact sentiments.
Not that i have a photograhic memory, lmao
RedScot
I cannot join MUST – my loyalties are to Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United
It hurts if I had an answer I’d tell you – I’m trying to be honest when I say its not as easy as joining MUST
Point is 2017 is our judgment year – that year alone will tell us how far United have grown and what debt they possess – if the Glazer’s have got it down and plused the business side into serious money then they will walk – I bet they will walk
If it’s anything less and the club goes down a spiral of debt and mismanagement God help us all
RedScot
You’ll have to forgive me then I cannot answer you at the mo since the post/question escapes me
I will though answer you if you can find the question again or if I remember accordingly
Have a nice night RedScot
For United
@ you MG , NO hard feelings I know you love UNITED we all do, otherwise whats the point of being on a United blog.
My views on the long term health of United are different from yours ,sorry. Its just the way I see it.
Your posts in defeat i can remember are fantastic and uplifting. No shit.
I tend to read a lot of United sites like Anders Red and United Rant etc etc.
Come on the track buddie its the long game.
Do U want to wait till 2017, sit back like tubes.
Make it hard for them Mate, show them united are serious, apply pressure to listen to serious offers.
thats me done for this tonight.
As I said I read and read more and still read. Rather than havering gobshite.
You to MG. Bonnuit.
What the fuck are “surveyors of merchandise”?
Surely he means “purveyors”.
Some sneaky bugger changed the Wikipedia entry on Prawn Sandwich Brigade very recently to reflect some erroneous information directly related to this competition. That’s a bit underhanded.
Just a thought… Maybe MUST should pressure the UK government instead in passing legistation outlawing leveraged buyouts.
RedScot – Are you on a percentage to get people to join MUST? LOL.