Day: October 24, 2010

I belong to a much maligned group. One who it’s deemed perfectly socially acceptable to label as muppets, scumbags and fair-weather friends. I’m a Manchester United supporter. It doesn’t matter that I’ve been that way for many years now. Even before they won their first title in 26 years in the ’92-’93 season, assisted by a young Ryan Giggs and a captivating Eric Cantona, there was something about the mystique of the club that attracted me. It may have been Whiteside’s FA Cup goal a few years before but it was Mark Robbins who sealed the deal with his dramatic goal against in the Nott’s Forest in the 1990 FA Cup. The drama of the occasion and the redemption of the manager from failure to huge and perhaps unrepeatable success is the stuff small boy’s dreams are made of.  A bit like Liverpool, Utd is more of a religion than a club. It’s impossible for anyone who has ever kicked a ball around with friends to be neutral on the love/hate subject of MUFC.