With St. Andrews incapable of providing adequate provisions for half-time beverages and snacks, I stayed in the stands during half-time. There was no way that people were going to get their beer down there, with thousands of fans crammed in to such a tiny area. If you did make it to the counter in time, there would be no way you’d make it back through the crowds with even half a beer left, so I thought better of it, and have apparently missed something newsworthy.
But you knew it was kicking off on the concourse, firstly because of the noise, but secondly because of all the police, plastic shields in toe, running towards the away end. A few knobs didn’t want to get involved, but spent the first five or ten minutes of the second half with their heads down the steps, chanting “United”. Like kids running towards the ocean but then running backwards as the tide approaches their feet.
As the game approached full time, a load more police officers lined up on the pitch facing the away end. They bent down on one knee, plastic shields up to protect them, looking as though they were doing their best Viking impression. Where were the plastic spears? “We’re going on the pitch!” our fans mocked, just to shit them up a bit.
After the match, a police spokeswoman said: “There were two separate incidents – one just before the game and one during half time and a number of officers have been deployed.”
Seven arrests have been made so far in relation to these incidents.
Man Utd News 24/7
i hate it when something like this happens.. the media will just pounce on us to show how misbehaved our fans are..
and the matters on the pitch were not much better either.. really dissapointed..
and i blame Berbatov for our poor performance!! he was nowhere to be seen on the picth!1one!!eleven!!
More fuel for the tabloids. UNITED’S HOOLIGANS RUN RIOT AT ST ANDREWS.
They mentioned on ESPN there were riot police and might be some trouble in the stands. I hoped it wasn’t United supporters.
I really wish some of our fans weren’t such fucking idiots.
Long way for those fans from Singapore to come to get locked up
fuck off sean you knob.
@Sean:
Mate.. Come back when you’ve won 18!!
Sheikh-al-mansour-e-mohammed-i-habibi-ul-tughlaq cannot turn your world around. Your players can. So better worry about them, rather than us!
You know you’re playing against UNITED when you’re playing against 10 men but your fans boo the ref for awarding 6 mins.
You know you’re playing against CITY when your 4 defenders can defend against 4 strikers.
Listen Sean. I’ m Maltese and I supported United all my life ! You pale blue supporters either you’r idiots or you don’t understand english. Bare it in mind once and for all that Mancester United are supported through out the world.The reasons are many but the one that stands out is that Manchester United where a trade mark before the war and after for the simple reason that many countries where under the british colony. Your down fall in this matter was that City where never talked,never popular and people never heard of you until now !
To day Manchester United is a brand name. This is somthing you City fans can’t understand cos you are not a brand name and you will never be,at least in our life time. Clubs like Real Madrid,Barcellona and so on are as well supported and loved by millions through out the world for the simple reason that they are big clubs like us.
This is a sore pill to swallow but this is the truth ! You are a small club supported by may be a few thousands in Manchester and few hundreds there and there,nothing more. END OF !
Sean
I understand why Chelsea fans would gloat about the Birmingham result. What does it matter to you? In the words of our (real) rivals, “Come back here when you have won 18″.
Sean
Oh and regarding Man United fans not being from Manchester, here:
http://therepublikofmancunia.com/stats-united-vs-city-the-best-supported-club-since-the-1940s-and-before-premiership/
Sorry to burst your bubble.
Sean:
Look at the table twat, if ” our one man team” is ahead of yours, what does that make your useless win fuck all ever shower?
sean….FUCK OFF YA BITTER BLUENOSE STOCKPORT DWELLING NOMARK!
My match notes for the game against brum:
http://wazzasaidso.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/quickie-review-of-the-1-1-draw-at-st-andrews/
Sean come back when you’ve won 3
Sean
You are most welcome to ROM. Your comments give us our daily dose of laughter even though they hardly make any sense
Better still, Sean. Come back when you ARE 18!
Such repetitive nonsense about how your Arab owners are going to conquer all. So premature. So immature.
Come back when your club has enjoyed success. Just so you know, having an investor with slightly more clout than Swales, Lee or Thaksin isn’t actual success. Being able to attract an out of work Italian manager or a has-been, unable to get a game at Inter isn’t success. Signing mercenary journeymen for top-dollar isn’t success. Granted, it should be enough to keep you from yo-yo’ing between the divisions for a few years. In fact I’ll stick my neck out and say that you will finish top half of the table this year. This however, still unfortunately does not constitute success. Are things becoming clear for you now?
Lads.
People like Sean are necessary in the world of fans and supporters. They remind us constantly on who they fear and were their obsession lays. When that stops, we’re in trouble.
How bitter do you have to be to come to opposition’s blog and post, anyway?? Let him be.
Scott I’m not being funny mate but I don’t believe this story to be as important as yet another poor performance from United.
Any time United have had the opportunity to put some pressure on Chelsea they have crumbled. Please give us a story about that.
We are gonna have to face up to it at some point?!
Alpha_rs
I agree
@ sean
your just embarrassing yourself now mate,all your doing is showing us you dont know much about football,your a bit simple and probably about 13 judging buy you witty comments.
Alpha_Rs and in4muslegand – I am a human being, not a robot. I left for Birmingham at 2.30pm on Saturday and returned at 10pm. It’s now 10.30am Sunday. If you want an instant match report, use the official website.
I think this story makes light of,and glosses over,what is a horrid incident.
Fan behaviour of this sort should be universally condemned, whether it’s your own team or not. However some comments to this post seem to be saying “oh not us,not utd,we couldn’t possibly do anything like that”.
Well it did happen,so have a long hard look and come out and condemn it. We dont need any sort of violence, however small, at football grounds
Still the best away fans in the Premier League No Doubt.
Ben – Every football team has its idiot fans. You will never stop that. Just a shame some of the “fans” at Old Trafford cannot get behind the team and make a noise like our away support.
Scott I like this website and I enjoy reading about your and everybody elses opinions. I also enjoy reading the oppositions point of view. I found when Arsenal fans were on here their comments did not descend in to the usual Munich crap, but were both measured and honest.
Thing is I like to know what your opinion is which is why I look forward to your comments and analysis of the game.
The people complaining about the idiots at yesterdays game are likely to be ones who make little to no noise when they come to Old Trafford. Instead of whinging use you lungs to greater effect. 2 points dropped yesterday can’t keep doing this. We are in serious danger of burning Rooney out within 2 years at the moment. Diouf should have come on if we were a) playing at home chasing a goal or b) if we were winning. Not sure if he’s the answer hard to tell when you only see him for 10 minutes.
Before the game yesterday me and my mates attempted to get a beer, the whole concourse was shut apart from on little bar at the far end. We had no chance tp get anywhere near the queue.
We said walking away there will be some trouble there today because they managed it terribly.
They try to reduce sales by limiting it but that just makes it worse, just like at Barnsley.
I am not condoning it at all as we dont need to be in the media like this at all and 9 times out of 10 it is just young lads getting too excited.
Like a few say though we have the best away support in the league. One of my mates got it spot on esterday when he said ” I feel more at home when I am away” We sit in the K stand, years ago that was a good thing but when you sing now all the nob heads around us just look at us like we are hoolies or something.
giigs11gerrard0 – Well said pal. I think even the players find it easier away from home. You can cut the atmosphere with a knife at home sometimes and this spreads to the players. I am sick to fucking death of listening to some of the shit that goes off around me in North Stand Tier 2. Comments last week against Leeds of “Wellbeck you are shit you rubber legged cunt” and “get the useless cunt off”. Disgraceful.
King Eric – I know mate i bet the players do feel it, our fans are great when we are winning but when times are tough are home support is terrible!
3-0 down at Fulham yet all the lads in the away end kept it going, i am not saying be content with loosing but what about just getting behind our team.
Old Trafford will never be like it used to be that is just a fact but neither will any big club in the prem. Dont be fooled by the media about that ridiculous Anfield 12th man shit. There atmosphere is terrible as well, any match going scouser will tell you that.
giggs11gerrard fuck all – Oh I know Anfield is a joke mate. Except on “special European nights” for the TV camera’s. I remember the atmosphere , I wasn’t there at the time, when Brucey and Robbo lifted the League Trophy for the first time in 26 years after the 3-1 win over Blackburn. It was absolutely banging.
Just because we wanna have a bit of fun riling up the dibble doesnt mean were “fuckin idiots” or “a disgrace”..
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