(14-02-2011 15:23 )gazfc Wrote: [ -> ]Think I got frisked at OT, I know I did at bellend road
Yeah, it's standard procedure for all away fans to get frisked upon entering Old Trafford, Gazfc, but on this specific occasion
everyone, not just the scousers got searched as there was some rumour that Al Quaida wanted to target the biggest football fixture in the English calendar to make some sort of political statement against the west; pretty ironic really as United and Liverpool were so far off the Premiership pace that season that even Sky didn't screen it, hence the 3.00pm kick-off.
Cristiano Ronaldo was always disliked, even by United fans, for his petulance as this was always likely to go against him one day when he would be denied a genuine penalty due to his
previous.
I have numerous issues with Ferguson myself, and selling Ronaldo for £80million at the time was indeed the right decision as the player wanted away, but I would argue with Bigguy01 that it's the
only good thing he's done in the Premiership. I'd hazard that even the most biased anti-United fraternity would agree that you can't fluke
eleven Premiership titles,
five FA Cups,
two European Cups and
four League Cups as well as a few other minor trophies, less we'd all be asking him to pick our lottery numbers, wouldn't we?
Oh, and Gazfc, a Tottenham fan at work who went to Old Trafford this season confirmed that he too paid £41 with the higher-priced tickets at £51. I'm amazed away fans are charged so much, although why I'm amazed, I don't know.
Can't wholly agree that lower-league fans are better supporters than those in the Premiership to be honest. That's just a generalisation as there are extremely committed fans of
all clubs, be they big or small, as well as pockets of fairweather fans and Johnny-come-latelies who only bother when the team achieves success (where have the missing thousands gone from Hull City AFC's home matches since relegation? Hmmm
! I supported United when they were pretty shite in the 1980s and have always made 240-mile round trips to home games. Lucky for me that my team is now so successful, but as any true football fan would recognise, I'd still be going if we were in League Two - and yes, probably detesting the Premiership and everything it stands for!