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My old man took me to OT for the first time when we were in the 2nd division. Thank £#%&! he was a United fan. Cancer took him three days before the millennium |
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United. Adored best, law, and paddy crerand. He's football daft in general. Him and my equally besotted uncle used to travel all over, but they'd often watch city if united were away somewhere unattractive and they were playing someone big. If united werent playing theyd watch whoever was playing Blackburn, Bolton, wherever.
He took us to city v crystal palace once when his mate and his kids from leeds came over. I think i was the only person in the north stand not to jump up when city scored. Sulking i was. |
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Me dad was a season ticket holding blue and probably thought I would follow in his footsteps, but when I was 4 we left Hulme for the garden city and the bigger boys on the estate threatened to batter me if I didn't support united
So I have my cowardice to thank for being a top red |
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Home and away red throughout out the 70's and much of the 80's, when he became a season ticket holder and life meant he gave up aways. Started taking me and throwing me in the paddock in front of his seat when I was about 8, then used to drop me off at the Stretford End with my mate at about 12pm for a 3pm kick off, and £#%&! off to the pub, then we'd meet up at the AEI club on Moss Road afterwards back in the good old days of pay at the gate and first come first served. Used to end up in the OT Paddock or the Stretford End Paddock when it was rammed. Sat at the front with our legs through the fence slowly started taking over his season ticket when I was 11/12 and he became a bit of a big game red because he was always knackered from running out newsagents. Gave up the Season ticket in '97-98 as there were one or two money issues and Dad wasn't going at all at that point and my meagre apprenticeship wages couldn't quite make it
Still get him to a couple of games a season when possible, he's a lazy £#%&!er these days though and would rather have access to the pub instantly Super optimistic red he is |
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United, as did all his brothers which is weird when you consider they probably started supporting them in the late forties in Cornwall. Manchester might as well have been on another planet to them.
My mum told me the only time she saw him cry was when the news broke about Munich. |
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