glitchform
Active Member
A united fan living in India wasn't going to games 100 years ago. He most certainly wasn't mourning the tragic Busby babes. He hasn't grew up with that cultural identity to the club. He probably doesn't even know who Bobby Charlton or George best was. And while sport is for everyone and is inclusive to think that the people of Manchester and surrounding areas don't matter, people who have been going and paying for 50 years to matches, who have raised their kids and grandkids to follow the club because some fans want to watch United v Juve or Real every week is a joke.
Again, you're assuming this is a minority. It is the home fans who are a minority. I agree with you and everything you've said there, but that period is long since over. It was, in all honesty, and its painful to say this, over after hilsborough.
Football had to be rescued from disrepute, and American sports did that admirably enough for many fans for a long while. It's only now that people see that the contradiction does not hold.
But even back in the day this was germinating. Real Madrid supporters all over middle east and north africa, Latin America, etc... Cockney reds. What business does a Londoner have supporting Liverpool and United? Yet many did. My uncle was a scouser in 80s Istanbul.
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