a question for all manchester united fans

i just want a truthful ratio.

how many of you were actually born within 10 miles of old trafford and support man utd.

infact are any of you from england?

 

I'm from Northern Ireland and support Man United. Question for you, if Newcastle were playing in the Northern League would you support Sunderland? You can be honest here, you're amongst friends.

You see, I love the way this old chestnut is so often thrown at "out of towners" like me by local fans of clubs who just so happen to be playing at a high level. I mean, I can honestly say, I have NEVER seen this question raised by a Runcoen fan. But Runcorn do, in fact, have fans. It only seems to really be a problem for fans who in fact support a big club and were born on the doorstep of that big club.

I don't know what part of the North East you were spawned in, but would be willing to bet that if you were born in, say, Gateshead, you would not support them. And if you did, you wouldn't be on this forum posting this article. You'd be too concerned with supporting your club and wouldn't give 2 flying ****s about Man United or their supporters.

Fair assessment?

 

We even get it from fans of "big clubs" whom also live nowhere near their chosen club! Hypocrisy at its most laughable!

 

being born in gateshead - not saying i was - and supporting newcastle is fair enough its based on geography. but being born in a different country and adopting a top club as the team i support is farcial and glory hunting. try and dress it up anyway you want with your wannabe what-ifs and whatnots. its glory hunting at its most ignorant.

and in my experience. when a person who is noble enough to support their local team who is of a lower placing in the world of football tries to goad a glory hunter such as found on this particular forum, then that person is constantly shot down with ignorance and short sighted moronic comments which stems from a "my team wins everything! no body else matters!" mentality. so you tend to find that lower placed team fans dont really bother. plus it goes along with the same-league rivalry doesnt it.

it would be ****ing stupid if a gateshead fc fan tried to compare or begin a "my team is better than your team" style debate because there is nothing there to make them teams rivals in any way be it geography or leagues played in.

so no. not fair assessment.

 

My dad was born in Manchester, does that count?

 

Who is this guy?
The supporters police?
Like Caesar I was born in Essex and my dad born n raised in Manchester.
As is the case with alot of familys my dad made me a united fan.
Anyway... Why does it matter?
Football is for everyone to enjoy and there's no rules as to who you should support so I don't see why it's a big deal. As long as you stick by your club why does it matter?

 

I'm sorry but if you want to make the "local club" argument, then that means your local club. So no, someone from Gateshead should be supporting their local club ie Gateshead based on your own criteria, not Newcastle. I think you should do a straw poll of the residents of Gateshead and find out who they support. For any Newcastle fans from Gateshead, I suggest you give them your high and mighty local club diatribe.

Or better yet, you could get on with supporting your local club (who just so happen to be a PL side) and stop crying.

 

Also I love FOOTBALL and follow my local team aswel.
6 leagues apart.
Just enjoy football as a while mate and get on with it. If it bothers you so much
1. Leave the united board.your only here to argue.
2. Take the moral high ground.
You think supporting a local club makes u better than anyone else then keep telling yourself that and it might make u feel abit better from day to day

 

I was born 100 miles away, remember being a fan since 1974.
My local team would be Kidderminster Harriers, who I still go to see, with the old man who is a season ticket holder.
I became a UTD fan as my uncle, season ticket holder for UTD would bring my brother and me back the match program.

But at least I support a team from my own country


Most the kids of my age back in the 70s were Dipper and Villa fans

 

As do I. Proud UK citizen and all that. Again, when using the local club argument, it doesn't matter whether you're born 100 miles or 1000 miles from the ground. You have no right to support United and should stick to supporting Kidderminster.

Of course, the local club argument is a load of nonsense only spouted by hypocrites who happen to have been born in the locality of a big club so i wouldn't let that bother you.

 

I don't understand the problem with supporting a team from a different geographical area from where the team is based. To be honest, if you support a team, why does it matter what other opposition fans say? They are only looking for reasons to beat you with and will dig very deep for it. Just live life not caring what people think and that will make them angry. I support Man Utd and I live in London and always have but this same question comes up but to be honest I don't care. Only ever supported one team and that is Utd and will only ever support Man Utd as I have now for 13 years as I am now 18. Merry if you support Man Utd, you support Man Utd. Don't care what people think as they are jealous. The fact is, if Man Utd never had fans outside Manchester, Man Utd would not be able to compete for the title or win trophies.

 

but you see my "criteria" for local club supporting doesn't follow the picture you painted it in. I said "being born in gateahead and supporting Newcastle is fair enough" surely that is criteria for supporting a fairly local team.

the difference that glory hunters like you can't see is that someone born and raised in gateahead can see st James park from their window. its fair play if they grow up to support that team.

people like you only support man utd because they win a lot of trophies

so actually read my posts before you try to make yourself seem high and mighty when infact you make yourself look as ignorant as most glory hunters do.

its funny to see all the glory hunters rising to me. trying to convince yourself that your support is a honorably justified one when infact it isn't.

 

Steele1610

Oh well, what do you want to do, put us on the naughty step . Yes when I was 5 and probably the same goes to Merry, we enjoyed watching a team which played great football and was entertaining, this is generally how teams get popular. If you call me a glory hunter, I will simply say glory hunter and proud, now move on . What are you looking for? Compliments of your superiority as a fan?

 

WA14 4QA

That's the postcode, you do the maths

Ok, if you were born in Japan, for example, and wanted to follow top class football what should you do? You can either follow the A-League which is pretty dire, or you can choose a well known international club to follow and thus be able to watch top level footy with the interest that comes from supporting a club. Utd are hardly alone in this - Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Real, Barca, Milan, Inter and any number of other top European clubs have overseas supporters' clubs and networks.

So what's your point?

 

Ok u live close to st James park but u live I Gateshead.
That means u can support Newcastle n not Gateshead cos your 'close'
you support Newcastle cos they are bigger than Gateshead. Maybe u supported them
for the brief period when they wer good n now your just bitter that your **** now?
Your a hypocrite mate. You can see st James?
I can see old Trafford... On google eath.
Another pointless thread.
What do u plan to do?
Get only people from Manchester to support united?
U sound like a 8 year old in the playground.

 

If that's your criteria for supporting your local team, then frankly you are moving the goalposts to suit yourself. Local should mean just that. If you want to play this silly game, then at least play it properly. I don't care if they can see St James's. If they live closer to Gateshead FC, that's who they should support, for the local club logic to stand to any reason. If they support Newcastle, in spite of having a smaller club at closer proximity, that makes them a glory hunter in terms of following a local club. They have picked and chosen.

 

you are just as stupid. i didnt say i was from gateshead. i was saying for example. im a newcastle lad born and bred.

i really love how visceral you all are getting! i asked a simple question. how many of you are actually from manchester. i never said it was a bad thing in the original post and yet i see most of you jumping like you had a rod up your arse!

 

this is the first respectable post i have read on this thread. this guy says he is a glory hunter and proud. at least this guy has the guts to admit his reasons for supporting a team are weak ones. the rest of you are just spouting bullshit

 

So why ask the question in the first place, as you would have known the outcome.

UTD is the biggest supported club in the WORLD, so will have fans from all over the place, unlike Newcastle