100 year eh that's shocked you all, now you can read facts that football didn't start in the 90s lol

100 years and how many additional minutes ?

100 Years?...Was OT ever in Manchester?..Or has the borough of Trafford always existed? or did it come to be in the 70's when the boundaries were all changed? There's a campaign to have the name of Stockport incorporated into Sale Sharks name as that's where they play. Maybe Manchester United should incorporate Trafford into theirs to reflect their home town too? Just a thought.

Three comments, and they had to be from the bitter jealous berties. It says it all really.

You sad sad individuals. Regardless of where the champions live or play, they will always have more fans than you. 28, 000 at home in the league, can't beat 10 man Stoke, 2nd manager this season turns out to be a joke, a duff old player plays twice and gets a 3 game ban!!!! Comedy at the council house is better than at the frog and bucket, and its easier to get a seat!!

My best memories are .....
My first game, 1989 v Arsenal. We smashed them 4-1. Stood on the Stretford End in awe, and i finally understood what my dad and grandad meant about United being thier religion!!
Fergie & Kidd celebrating at the side of the pitch against Sheffield Wednesday.
Cantona's chipped goal and puffed out chest celebration!
The whole ground clapping Ronaldo (the Brazilian one) off the pitch as he ripped us to bits! (we can give credit to opposition players when its due)
The other Ronaldo's free kick v Pompey
Rooneys debut complete with a hatrick
and a recent goal from Micheal Owen spring to mind!!!

Manchester owes United a huge debt of gratitude, They put this city on the football map,Mention Manchester anywhere in the World ,The automatic response is U-N-I-T-E-D ? ,100 years of blood,sweat & tears have created an institution,A national treasure, A beacon that beckons the disciples of quality football & entertainment, "mighty oaks from little acorns grow" Heres to the next 100 years

IT DOSENT MATTER WHAT PART OF THE WORLD I'M IN I ALWAYS GET ASKED WHAT PART OF ENGLAND ARE YOU FROM, WHEN I SAY MACHESTER THE FIRST THING THEY SAY IS THATS WHERE MAN U ARE FROM THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD YOU LUCKY SO AND SO TO HAVE SEEN THEM PLAY. AND THEN THE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW CLASSY THE TEAM IS AND THE GREAT PLAYERS THEY HAVE. UP THE REDS.

jordy, Middleton: "Three comments, and they had to be from the bitter jealous berties. It says it all really."

Yes, it says Manchester is Blue!

whitebird, Republik Mancunia: "Manchester owes United a huge debt of gratitude, They put this city on the football map"

The good people of stretford must be feeling pretty agrieved, then?

"Mention Manchester anywhere in the World ,The automatic response is U-N-I-T-E-D!"

And you've travelled the whole world so you would know, I presume? Anywhere that does still believe in the fallacy that 'Manchester' United represent my city are likely to soon awake to the truth. Deep down you know it but you won't accept it. Welcome to Manchester!!

It amazes me how near Bank St, Clayton is from Eastlands LOL

It is so difficult to pick out one memory from such an illustrious history. If I have to pick out just one occasion, it is standing on the Stretford End on the evening of February 19th 1958. There must be some other posters on this site who were also there. They will understand!

We will never die.

Manchester is blue? Yeah, sure it is. 28,000 for a home game! Was the 192 bus not running that night? I suppose if you look at it from a bitters point of view. United have the biggest stadium in the country, biggest average home attendance in Europe, have had amazing world class players to watch down the years, have some amazing players to watch now. We break record after record, continually win trophies, have the most successful manager in British football history in charge. All those things are facts and it's not for debate, its fact. That must hurt, when the club you support is a complete joke and shambles, where half the fans come dressed as blue seats. Not only do you not win any silverware, you don't get to finals, something Southampton, Leicester, Portsmouth, Wigan, Millwall, Cardiff, Boro and Bolton have achieved in recent years. In fact 28 years to get to a semi final is an embarrassment!!!

It amazes me how near Bank St, Clayton is from Eastlands LOL
Kevin Ashcroft
20/02/2010 at 08:39

It also amazes me how far Trafford is from Manchester!

the same Trafford that Massive Manchester City train . City fans are deluded

funny how Manchester City Council always has a Civic Reception when United win a trophy - you think they wouldn't bother for a team that didn't represent Manchester, wouldn't you. lol

And just to base things on facts, City were formed in West Gorton in 1880. At that time, West Gorton was not part of Manchester - so there is a lot of 'pot calling kettle' here.

It also amazes me how far Trafford is from Manchester!
Andy Hinchcliffe's BIG chin, Manchester 11
20/02/2010 at 14:29

A massive 1/3 of a mile further from the centre of town than the council house...

Bigmouth strikes again, Manchester: "Manchester is blue? Yeah, sure it is. 28,000 for a home game! Was the 192 bus not running that night? I suppose if you look at it from a bitters point of view. United have the biggest stadium in the country, biggest average home attendance in Europe, have had amazing world class players to watch down the years, have some amazing players to watch now. We break record after record, continually win trophies, have the most successful manager in British football history in charge. All those things are facts and it's not for debate, its fact. That must hurt, when the club you support is a complete joke and shambles, where half the fans come dressed as blue seats. Not only do you not win any silverware, you don't get to finals, something Southampton, Leicester, Portsmouth, Wigan, Millwall, Cardiff, Boro and Bolton have achieved in recent years. In fact 28 years to get to a semi final is an embarrassment!!!"

What's your point? No one is arguing about Man U's 'history', trophies, tourist-attendance etc. My point is that Manchester (i.e. people who live and work here) is Blue. But don't believe me - just take a look, any day of the week, at the responses to articles published on this site. Blue ALWAYS outnumbers red. Argue it any way you like but the 'history' Stretford club NEVER gets anywhere near the number of supporters on these Manchester pages. 28,000 for a week-night televised match? How much LOCAL support could the Stretford Reds drum up if they hadn't won ef all for 34 years?

I work in Newton Heath, in between where United started and where the council house is. At the last count we had, 22 United fans, 3 City fans, 2 Bolton fans and a Stockport fan. And you always forget about the report, which proved more match going fans with an M post code go to United than go to City. As usual with city fans facts don't matter.

Bigmouth, don't forget the fact that when United were playing at Maine Road in the 1940s, they attracted an average 10,000 more supporters than City. This being a a time when a lot of City fans will have you believe that United had gone 37 years without a trophy (neglecting the fact they had won one or two wartime league and cup competitions and official league football had been suspended for 11 of those years). I suppose the crowd there were Asian and American tourists though, eh?

Also, if he want to base his opinion on the number of people commenting on City articles, it's usually the same twenty or thirty people posting over and over, moaning about how poor they have been. Look at the places thay are posting from too; Staffordshire, Geneva, New York, Croatia, Nottingham, Derbyshire, Isle of Man, London, Birmingham, Seattle, Dallas, Wales and places that they would remind you aren't really part of Manchester proper; Droylsden, Middleton, Worsley, Oldham, Stockport, Dukinfield - even Salford and parts of Trafford like Altrincham, Sale or Stretford! Never tell these OOTers they should not be supporting City though, do they?

Tim, i raised the point on the blue side of this website. That almost all the blues bang on about United fans being from London, yet they sign off with Dave from Zurich and John from Sydney!!!! They all say the same thing though, Born and raised in Moston or Chorlton....Yeah yeah!

If you actually live in Manchester then you'd know that wherever you are there are red and blue supporters everywhere. If you want to dispute this then come see me, my family and my mates who are all United fans and say to us that we don't come from Manchester. What a muppet you are!

Bitters!

Manchester United - MANCHESTER! We put it on the map, thank you!
Postcode - M16 ORA - Manchester Postcode no?
Phone Number - 0161 868 8000 - Manchester dialling code no?

We are in Manchester, Greater Manchester if you wish to be picky!

Our Fans are from Blackley, Moston, Newton Heath, Openshaw, Middleton, Salford, The World etc etc!!!

What's your issue??

Something to do with lack of success on the pitch I think?

Red Army!

G

I started getting interested in City after following United on this site for a couple of years. Being from the States, and knowing nothing of world football up until a few years ago, I can tell you... the only teams I ever heard of were Real Madrid, AC Milan, and Manchester United...in no particular order. I didn't even know of Barcelona, or Chelsea. Also, we have had one of our kids in China for the last four years, and have been able to visit there. United and Real Madrid are the highest profile teams there by a wide margin.

United is a huge, huge club, with a very famous home ground that, for everybody but the most anal, IS in Manchester.

None of this has to take away from what City is doing these days. Top Six would be huge step. No?

Good luck to both. Love the EPL.

What's your point? No one is arguing about Man U's 'history', trophies, tourist-attendance etc. My point is that Manchester (i.e. people who live and work here) is Blue. But don't believe me - just take a look, any day of the week, at the responses to articles published on this site. Blue ALWAYS outnumbers red. Argue it any way you like but the 'history' Stretford club NEVER gets anywhere near the number of supporters on these Manchester pages. 28,000 for a week-night televised match? How much LOCAL support could the Stretford Reds drum up if they hadn't won ef all for 34 years?


And that proves what exactlly? That you have got more fans who write emails to the MEN than united have thats all!

What's your point? No one is arguing about Man U's 'history', trophies, tourist-attendance etc. My point is that Manchester (i.e. people who live and work here) is Blue. But don't believe me - just take a look, any day of the week, at the responses to articles published on this site. Blue ALWAYS outnumbers red. Argue it any way you like but the 'history' Stretford club NEVER gets anywhere near the number of supporters on these Manchester pages. 28,000 for a week-night televised match? How much LOCAL support could the Stretford Reds drum up if they hadn't won ef all for 34 years?
The Blue Moon rises as the red sun sets, Manchester, a United-free city for 100 years.
21/02/2010 at 04:05

Sorry I forgot you had to live in Manchester to use the Internet. United managed around 55,000 for earlier rounds of the Carling Cup which is generally local support, prices weren't reduced (unlike yours and still only 28,000!!) and before you start season ticket holders can opt out for carling cup tickets.