CARLISLE PAPER ATTACKS UNITED FANS

Last updated : 19 August 2005 By Editor

Carlisle's rag News & Star has had a pop at United fans. The journo (possibly an inbred) is obviously very clued up and not having a cheap shot in the slightest.

After succeeding in upsetting the Carlisle Referees’ Society after I branded football officials a bunch of incompetent, self-important jobsworths (and I stand by every word), I’m this week dipping my toe into another sea of controversy – those pathetic Manchester United fans who probably can’t even spell principles never mind stick to them.

And, presumably there are plenty of those glory-seekers here in Cumbria since your average Red Devils fan generally doesn’t live within 50 miles of the Manchester Ship Canal.

Remember all that gnashing of teeth and threats to boycott matches, sponsors’ products and club merchandise following Malcolm Glazer’s takover?

If you can, then your memory clearly isn’t as short as those of the fans who were chanting Born in the USA after their side’s 2-0 win over Everton or the ones who clamoured for the autographs of Glazer’s three sons before the Champions League victory over Debrecen.

Miraculously, all the dissenting voices among Manchester United’s pot-hunters have been silenced by just two good results.

Funny that.

A journalist who can’t even spell takeover calling United fans thick. You couldn’t make it up.