Manchester United have had larger attendances every single season since the war, regardless of which team was more successful. United have fans from all around the country and the world, which somehow has lead people outside of Manchester to believe the myth that City fans put about, that Manchester is blue.
Some City fans are more honest than others though…
Even when United played at Maine Road following Old Trafford being bombed, United had higher attendances, and when we were in Division 2 (and City were in Division 1), we had the largest attendance in the country.
Rightmove has carried out a survey and the results have shown that 56% of Mancunians are United fans, telling us all what we knew already.
In Manchester, although just 9% of Manchester United’s fans live in the same postcode district as Old Trafford, the sheer scale of their support means that more than half of football fans in the city support United overall. In Liverpool, around two thirds of fans were found to support Liverpool with one in four supporting Everton. Despite the footballing rivalry between the two cities, and in particular between Manchester United and Liverpool, there were levels of support for opposing clubs in both locations, with 5% of football fans in Manchester supporting Liverpool and 4% of fans in Liverpool supporting either Man Utd or Man City.
In London, Arsenal are the most well-supported club ahead of rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Surprisingly, Manchester United and Liverpool both appear in the top 5 most-supported London clubs ahead of Premiership teams who are based in London such as Fulham, Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United.
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Yawn.
They won the league though. Any shit flung in their direction until we get it back will be sour shit. Let’s wait til the big one is back where it belongs and we can lob smug, self-satistied shit in their direction.
Been a while I got here this early…guys over here! Now let me read the post
Ooops! *Thread* i meant
hahaha brilliant kanchelskis
MASSIVE! Let them keep our trophy well polish because we are coming to get it back to where it belongs
@kanchelskis You are 100% on the money there !
Anyone tell me why Chelsea and mcfc in the community shield couldnt fill Villas Ground ?
Just to remaind you all…
United > England
Call themselves supporters !
i reckon if ye joined the 2 clubs fanbase together you would get something similar to q.p.r’s lol
I mean, let’s be honest. Even if we show evidence, from the most independent statisticians on the planet, that Manchester is red. They’d harp on about the city being blue, us being in Trafford or other bullshit.
This argument is bordering on tedious. And we just keep enabling them by posting the same thing over and over…
Never understood Mancunians supporting Liverpool. It’s like living next door to the best pub in the world and traveling miles for a bad pint. My brother in law is an Anfield season ticket holder. Born and bred in Crumpsall. For me it was never an option. If I went down that road my dad would of kicked me out of the house by the time I was 6.
@mancdub
If it’s any consolation, it happens the other way round too … I was born in Southport!
These City supporters are really the laughing stock of world football ! How on earth they came to a conclusion that Manchester is blu ?
Is it possible that they are still living in the 1930′s coz yes at that time they where a bit more popular then us but as time passed people lost them, people forgot all about them.
Statistics have always done the talking and our friend Scott has been briliant in this field.
My country Malta was a British colony for 180 years aprox and it is obvious that you start supporting a British football club as it happened in all Commonwealth countries and we Maltese always held friendlies against british soldiers.
People born in the era of THE BUSBY BABES,(like me) lived in the era of George Best,Bobby Charlton & Dennis Law never noticed that there was another football club in Manchester untill some minor accidents occured.
Today Manchester United are a brand name that is going to go on till the end of time. Manchester are a passion and I’m sorry but it is the truth. May be it is a passion for some local blu fans to support City as for United it is a passion that goes world wide.
Bare it in mind blu mooners once and for all,YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN, YOU ARE NOT AND YOU’LL NEVER BE MANCHESTER UNITED !!!!
Big clubs are few and far between and Manchester United are one in a million !
Leser football clubs are many and City make a huge part of these clubs !!
Kanchelskis
But that means your traveling miles for a much better pint. Which is quite understandable.
@mandcub
I’m certainly travelling miles now. I live in London!
The highest attendance ever for a league game in England? Manchester United – Arsenal at Maine Road in 1948. City didn’t even have the leage attendance record for their own stadium…
(Although they did manage to cram more people into an Fa cup game at MR)
Kanchelskis- plenty of reds in London so no need to get too homesick. Rearly see a light blue shirt. Anyway. Regardless of success, history shows united have always been. The. More popular team.
Mancdub- it’s like a scouser supporting united, something just not. Right about it .
I can explain it. Some of them are Liverpudlians who have moved to Manchester, so nothing strange about them supporting Liverpool. However, the rest of them are people who by rights should support City, but were too embarrassed to do so, so they adopted Liverpool as their team (because Liverpool were the dominant force in English football at the time.)
@kanchelskis I live in London too mate. We travel all the way for every home game. In times of early kick off, some times I leave my house arnd 5 am to catch the coach at Victoria or staples corner. I like it tho. Lot of banter in the coach atimes. Can’t wait for our next home game
@kanchelskis I live in London too mate. We travel all the way for every home game. In times of early kick off, I leave my house arnd 5 am to catch the coach at Victoria or staples corner. I like it tho. Lot of banter in the coach atimes. Can’t wait for our next home game
Apologies for the double post….iPhone bad
Liverpool get the same shit, everyone believes all Scousers are Everton fans.
Besides.
If you come from Manchester
You’re sure to be a blue,
Moston, Salford, Ancoats and Colyhurst too,
And if you think that this is true you’re nothing but a fool,
Cos in the town of Manchester
Man United rule
Tra la la laaaaa la we all hate City
Tra la la la la la la la la
You can stick your Bayern Munich
Juventus Ajax too,
There’s only one collosal team they play in shitty blue,
They’re gonna beat United, like once upon a time
They’re gonna conquer Europe like they did in 69
Tra la la laaaaa la we all hate City
Tra la la la la la la la la
Fred
I’d rather support Stockport County its less embarrassing.
I mentioned this on here before but living in Ireland the first thing people ask when they hear my accent is ” Are you a blue or a red”. Then I get ” I thought everyone from Manchester supports City “. It’s very annoying. I’ve already had this conversation 3 times today and it only half 3.
mancdub
My nephew was born and raised in Manchester yet he is a Liverpool supporter with a passion…..He is in his 30′s now and some of the banter we share is funny as fuck…………Fucker now moved and lives in Sheffield yet some of the shit he texts me is top drawer………..I love the wee fucker
I really do not mind Everton, but just like Manchester, Liverpool is also red
Cedars
There’s a lot of them about in their 30′s and 40′s. As kids they just picked the team that was winning everything. But they’ve stuck with their team through the bad times so I suppose I have to respect that. It must be a bit grim being a Liverpool fan these days.
mancdub
Its quite difficult to pin point the exact reason why we support a certain team…….For me it started with United in the 70′s, had a lot to do with my late dad, but that was not the reason. I simply fell in love with them the minute I saw them
Never had a doubt to be honest. It’s always the ones claiming something year in year out who are trying their best to propagate a lie hoping more neutrals believe it.
Mancini is beginning to irritate me with his ‘United are favorites’ jibe. Let’s win this one early for him though.
Jamaica is RED!!!