Lest we forget - 6 February 1958
Feb 7th 2008, 3:32 pm
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Re: Lest we forget - 6 February 1958
Not jealous at all, could think of nothing worse than supporting them !! However, in the same way some older football fans who supported other teams, developed a soft spot for West Ham as a result of the World Cup victory (Moore, Peters, and Hurst etc) in 1966, so too did the Munich tragedy "globalise" the name of Manchester United at that time and widen their appeal whether it be in England or around the world and more people became aware of them. I accept this was further enhanced through the likes of George Best and the like, but it must have started somewhere.
I cant imagine there were too many Man Utd fans living outside Manchester
pre Munich 1958..... ?
I cant imagine there were too many Man Utd fans living outside Manchester
pre Munich 1958..... ?
Do you suppose Chelsea fans only live in Chelsea?
Man or the Club??
Ps Professor Ellis Cashmore, is a good read on the impact of Man U on society.
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Feb 7th 2008, 4:33 pm
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Re: Lest we forget - 6 February 1958
Doesn't Cashmore write an opinion column in the Indie?
Feb 7th 2008, 4:49 pm
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Re: Lest we forget - 6 February 1958
Feb 7th 2008, 5:00 pm
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Re: Lest we forget - 6 February 1958
I saw your quiz photo...If I was getting you started it wouldn't be to discuss no football club or flowershow babeh(as an absent friend used to say)
I lived in Benhavis, Costa Del Sol for a few years; then Scotland; then just outside Miami before UAE-the Reds are everywhere in numbers.
Feb 7th 2008, 5:04 pm
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Re: Lest we forget - 6 February 1958
Syb-he did but not sure if he still does.Big in the Journal of Socio....in demand media wise too and still has a chair in Yorkshire(???)...hours in a day 'n all that
Feb 7th 2008, 5:38 pm
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Re: Lest we forget - 6 February 1958
I saw your quiz photo...If I was getting you started it wouldn't be to discuss no football club or flowershow babeh(as an absent friend used to say)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.......what did you have in mind babeeeh ?
I lived in Benhavis, Costa Del Sol for a few years; then Scotland; then just outside Miami before UAE-the Reds are everywhere in numbers.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.......what did you have in mind babeeeh ?
I lived in Benhavis, Costa Del Sol for a few years; then Scotland; then just outside Miami before UAE-the Reds are everywhere in numbers.
Feb 7th 2008, 5:39 pm
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Feb 7th 2008, 5:53 pm
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Re: Lest we forget - 6 February 1958
So I have never been to Rio,can I not love Pele???
Sport? yes caught up in branding.....The Club has to meet the demands of the fans;Have you ever heard of Freuchie Cricket Club?
Tell me where smaller clubs could 'up' their ground spec to the conditions health and safety imposed on them after Ibrox;after Hillborough?
Not every ground has Harrods in the backyard like Craven Cottage or Delia dishing up dozens of millions and the best pies since Jeffrey Archer's Shepherds at the Canaries Club
Feb 7th 2008, 6:12 pm
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