So here is my initial “non biased view’:

The kick out by Gallas was nullified by Nani’s headbutt. I can remember when not long ago his fellow countryman was sent off for a similar ‘blessing by the forehead’.

Oh, btw….of course the F.A. treats us differntly.

There are no doubt plenty of United fans from London, as well as Liverpool fans and that is due to both Clubs massive history. You also see Chelsea and Arsenal fans in Manchester. London, being such a hugely diverse city is obviously going to have a huge mixture of supporters. It’s a bit like you saying all Arsenal supporters are from North London, er.. yeah! Like Fuck!

The thing with Manchester United is, since taking English football into Europe thanks to Sir Matt Busby, Manchester United has become a universal club. We have a great history in and outside of England and fans recognise that. It’s clear that Real Madrid and AC Milan do not have fans only from Madrid or Milan.. Arsenal will never be a club with the status of those I mention, but do you really think only Londoners are to be thanked for making Arsenal one of the top 6 or 7 clubs in Europes rich list?

Away fans are generally season ticket holders, however home fans at Old Trafford, Anfield etc are a mixture of Season ticket holders, Tourists, big fans who cannot always afford to get to every game, fans that do live far away, any corporate scum and Arsenal is no different.

I sat in the Arsenal end when they drew against Chelsea at home last season (which won us the League) and I witnessed it first hand.. all sorts of people. The fact is in Manchester their are more MUFC fans than Arsenal fans in London. Manchester is a smaller city also so take that into account.

The difference with us United fans is that we do all agree with the ideals of Republik of Mancunia… We do all know United are better than England, we know because of our sucess we are easy targets.

Manchester is RED.
Englands best and biggest club is United!

our chant of ‘race you back to london’ at the end was met by 65,000 slightly embarassed faces. the number of cars with united scarves in the back window on the way back was shocking.

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Craig is right, it’s a fact and well known amongst all teams fans in the league that Arsenal cannot lose with any grace and their fans are just as bad. You lot throw excuses all over the place exactly the same as your team throw punches. Every time Arsenal have a bad result they kick off, mass brawls, nasty fouls, fighting eachother.. haha.. it’s crazy, but very enjotable to watch. Arsene Wenger is as blind as you like and can never, ever accept his team were the worst on the day. Just like you and your fellow supporters.

It is an absolute shame that a player cannot come to England and use his skills in a game which I always thought was to entertain. If a player did what Nani did to Arsenal, in the 60s or 70s I’d imagine the player would be applauded for his skill rather than booed for showing off. Nani like every other United player outclassed Arsenal on the day, anybody who thinks he deserved to get kicked is an absolute fucking joker.

As for your Arsenals fans comparisons, it is fair to say Rooney does berrate the ref and get agressive quite alot and yes, Ronaldo did dive far too much in his early days. they are both bad traits to carry. What Arsenals fans are missing is the fact that nearly EVERY Arsenal player has those negative traits. The whole team chase the referee, they all foul, a lot of them dive, the all fight… yet, they’ll dsagree but not one Arsenal player is as talented as Ronny or Rooney!

I’ve spoken to a lot of gooners about that game, common consensus was that this was the worst we’ve played for a very very long time, almost like the players just didn’t want to be there in case they got injured for tonight. I don’t know which gonners you’ve been speaking to but no1 who watched the game could possibly argue that we deserved any less than a pasting.