The English Football Thread

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

My main question was that surely football related violence is more common in Glasgow that it is in a city like Manchester where most of the Reds i've ever met seem to have more beef with the scousers than they do City fans for a start.

Because there aren't that many City fans.
Seriously though. United/City rivalry has declined over the years, mainly because of the lack of competition from the blue side of town.

Lets get back to bursting the myth.
It’s funny how this myth goes around that Manchester is a City supporting location. Mancunians opt to support the blues, whilst United's fanbase (if you listen to a blue) comes from the home counties. Admittedly United have a large Irish fanbase, but then again, they always have had.
More City fans in Manchester than United? Of course, this is perfect logic, isn’t it? One of the most widely supported clubs in the World couldn’t possible appeal to people from Manchester, could it? We’d all shun United and support City, obviously.

The same myth doesn’t apply to Liverpool, or any other two-team city though. You’d never catch someone saying ‘proper scousers support Everton, not Liverpool’, yet for some reason, the same moronic statement is applied to Manchester and Mancunians.

^ For the hard of thinking the above is typed with a heavy dose of sarcasm.

Here's a response to City's 'Welcome to Manchester' (feat. Tevez) billboard seen around town lately.