Man United Will Never Die

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25 Years with the Master. The Godfather of Football = Sir Alex Ferguson.

If you need to talk about last weeks result there is a help line number: 0161 616161

i thought of a really tasteless joke to put here but i can't bring myself to

That picture appears to be photoshopped - he's smiling.

Soul brother number one and quite possibly a sex machine too.
a stand-ing ovation for the Govanor

i seriously thought this thread was about how humankind will never become extinct if they just unite together in harmony. i have no idea what this is actually about, but i expect it is something sport-related.

*skulks away*

I don't tend to follow sport either but last week the big sports headline was that Manchester City football club beat Manchester United football club 6 goals to 1. This was a case of a relatively unimportant club thrashing and humiliating a giant in the world of football. Hence my joke about the fans telephone helpline 0161 616161.

sorry, what?

Well, you know the United States ALWAYS wins the World Series of baseball...

It's a "soccer" thing. Nothing to see here. Move along.

I'm sure the Toronto Blue Jays would have something to say about that.

Class.

Except for your peculiar follow-up comment about City being unimportant compared to United. What with City being top of the Premiership and all.

My knowledge of football teams expired around thirty years ago, so I may not be quite up to date with who is the top of which league. Is Nobby Styles still playing for United?

Oh, they were annexed.

We'll never die, we'll never die
We'll never die, we'll never die
Keep the red flag flying high,
cause Man United will never die.

This is one of the chants sung by the fans
It's about the players who were killed in the Munich air crash in 1958.
It's got other verses, but no one sings them.
The club lost 8 players in the crash. The manager Sir Matt Busby and Sir Bobby Charlton were among the survivors,
The team were known as the Busby Babes, because they were all very young players. At the time they were the best team in England,
having won the previous 2 league titles, and were among the best teams in Europe, the crash happened during a European Cup tie.
Busby had to completely rebuild the team from scratch and ten years later his new side conquered Europe by winning the European Cup, which is now renamed the Champions League.

So there you have it folks, come on you reds.

These are the longest spells of clubs in the top-flight of English football. It is well known tat Arsenal have the longest unbroken spell but here are some the other long spells.


Club
Seasons
Number


Arsenal
1919-20 – 2010-11
85


Sunderland
1890-91 – 1957-58
57


Everton
1954-55 – 2010-11
57


Liverpool
1962-63 – 2010-11
49


Aston Villa
1888-89 – 1935-36
44


Blackburn Rovers
1889-89 – 1935-36
44


Everton
1888-89 – 1929-30
38


Liverpool
1905-06 – 1953-54
38


Sheffield United
1893-94 – 1933-34
37


Manchester United
1975-76 – 2010-11
36


Coventry City
1967-68 – 2000-01
34



Still a long way to go before Man ure become as big a club as Sunderland. Arsenal were relegated just before WW II but got voted back in so technicaly Sunderland are the top English club.