Why does everyone hate Man United?

But you are a United fan.

No I'm not

Because United started the Disneyfication which has wrecked our national game. I know others would have done it eventually but they started it.

For this I will always hate them.

"Because United started the Disneyfication "

Could you explain what you mean?

they're a proper club with proper history. they've produced some of the greatest footballing moments for me in the last 20 years and are by far the most successful club of last 20 years and are fast catching up with liverpool for the title of best english club of all time.

i agree the commercialisation of the game is a bit w.anky, and I don't like it. SKY tv and the premiership itself are as responsible for this as anyone.

united greater than england
argentina songs
ronaldo makes england look s....
the managers whinging
fan base

pretty much says it all really

Because they call themselves United as if Sheffield United, Newcastle United , Leeds United etc didn't exist

jonathan.case 10 Jan 08:32


united greater than england
argentina songs
ronaldo makes england look s....
the managers whinging
fan base

pretty much says it all really


Well it might do if it made any sense ffs

manoleeds.

good on them. I always refer to them as united - was in a pub up north yorkshire once and asked how "United" got on. Thy asked me which "United". suddenly realised i looked like a right ar.sehole - was closer to newcastle and leeds at the time.

but anyway fk sheffield, leeds and newcastle. they're sh.te

they stand forall that is wrong in football, greed, win at all costs, arragonce, hatred of all others, self delusion, unsporting

need i say more???

Louis Edwards started it all with his aim of making the same/more money for Man U off the pitch than they got in receipts.

Man U started it all and now look at where they are going to end up.

sorry, got in gate receipts

^is he your dad dave?

Liverpool = chip on their shoulder
Arsenal = foreign p.oofs (wenger the worst of all managers for blaming everyone else whenever anything goes wrong for them)
Chelsea = little history, living off dirty money
Man City = little history, living of oil money

plastic fans
**ing
hassling refs
fergie time
inbred songs
cantona
twisted obsession with liverpool
commercial s1uts

plastic fans - some are some aren't. I know some real w.anky plastic spurs and gooner fans down here. And i knw a lot of liverpool fans down south - wtf would they support liverpool when they've never been north of watford.

**ing - I hate this, but they all do it.

hassling refs - I hate this, but they all do it.

fergie time - The ref decides how much injury time there is. Are yo moaning about the ref? see above.

inbred songs - what?

cantona - Great player, what's your problem?

twisted obsession with liverpool - you're taking the p.ss ain't you. it is the other way round from my experience. lol at that sign saying come back cantona when you've won 18 titles. pmsl.

commercial s1uts - I hate tis, but they all do it

positively4thsteet
dont ask if you dont want to know the truth........
its pretty obvious, we as football fans hate everything your club stands for.

They're not my club ffs. I'm a Luton Town fan ffs.

Most of my mates are spurs and arsenal fans, and apart from hating each other they generally hate Chelsea. They don't specifically hate United or Liverpool.

Maybe it's a northern thing.

not as good as they like to think they are/have been - including the manager.
good at winning yes.

the 18 titles were lucky then? and the 3 european cups?

In terms of trophies they are, just, the second best english team ever. And they were more exciting than Liverpool. I grew up with Liverpool winning everything and they were boring as fek, and everyone hated them.

People have short memories.

All genuine fans who support teams from the area they grew up in, have a healthy dislike for other teams, especially the local rivals.

However the 2nd greatest dislike is for the team that is regarded as the best, I'm old enough to remember this same vehemence targetted at Leeds in the 70s,

liverpool were not boring

Or was it 60s. I really am getting old :(

And liverpool got us banned from Europe. So I grew up missing out on european football. Thanks a lot liverpool.

people have short memories.

I've never really hated watford though Hoss.

I'm not necessarily a genuine fan, just follow lutons results but don't really know too much about the players and that and haven't seen them for 1 years. Was a mega fanatic when i was young, but started living in different places, couldn't watch them,and lost contact with the people i used to go with unfortunately. A shame I admit.

As someone who has watched football for 40 years, am not English, don´t support a team and no longer live in the UK I find it a bit surprising too. As a football purist I just like to see good entertaining attacking football. None of this score one and shut up shop shiite.

To my eyes Man Utd, along with the likes of Barcelona and Wenger´s Arsenal, are one of the few teams nowadays who always try to score goals and entertain. They might not always achieve it but at least they try.

Unlike Madrid, Chelsea and now Man City, Utd have - especially under Fergie - always given young players a chance and even though they have had in the past a lot of money available, haven´t always spent it to try to buy success.

I think the reason other teams´fans hate them so much can only be explained in one word: jealousy.

Success per chance?

For a brief time, when Chelsea were going for their third title in a row, I remember the hate for Man United subsiding greatly.

Don't hate Man Utd or their active support. Just hate the superstore merchandise remote buyers who have never been to a game at Old Trafford, nor would go to see them if they were playing locally.They are quick to be smug when they beat your side but havent got the wit, knowledge, argument or take it on the chin humour that people who know and have experienced the proper ups and downs of supporting a team.

Not just Man Utd either, but goes for a number of teams.

I don't hate them although I can't stand the media when they refer to them as "united" irrespective of who they are playing.So I guess it's the @rse licking media who put them up on a pedestal half a century ago (and the ones who carried it on) that I can't stand

I dont hate man utd, just the supporters.

Because United started the Disneyfication

I think the Bosman ruling created the Disneyfication.

When I was a kid I wrote off to all the (then) first Division clubs asking for their autographs. All sent me back but UTD sent me back the autographs along with a large package on the history of Man UTD and other goodies with a catalogue, they even sent me my stamp back.

I don't support anyone in England (soft spot for Burnley perhaps) but it isn't a wonder they are the biggest club in the world.

Genetic

ITS COZ THEY WIN EVERYTHING - DUHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

As a Man City supporter, local rivallry dictates I'm not a great fan of Man Utd. Would say hatred is a bit strong, but there are a few things which leave a sour taste.

1. The treatment some of the Busby Babes received after the disaster was very poor. One of them, Albert Scanlon (RIP) ended up working on Salford Docks FFS.

2. Lads who I grew up having no interest in football, suddenly becoming armchair experts and referring to Utd as "we". One clown recently tried educating me that "Liverpool have never won the league".

3. Utds indifference to fans who followed them home and away during the barren years, being priced out from watching a game.

4. Despite having an amazing record in terms of trophies, the ramblings and whining of SAF every time they drop points is becoming tiresome.

I have several friends who are Utd fans who'd generally agree with most of the above.

As for City having no history, in recent times there's been a lack of success. However they've still won 8 domestic trophies (lost 5 finals) and a European club competition.

They still hold the record attendance for an Englsh game played outside Wembley, 84,569

The reason I started 'hating' Man U growing up in the 70's was the unbearably superior attitude of the supporters about a club who, at the time, were pretty much a laughing stock in terms of on-field performances, even managing to get relegated at one stage.
With this ineptness (in title terms) carrying on through the 80's, coupled with the appointment of an absolute clown like Atkinson then the obnoxious khunt that is Ferguson, it was pretty easy to maintain and justify this level of contempt, accompanied as it still was by the 'biggest club in the world' b0ll0x from the MU fans.
All of these feelings had, or indeed have, nothing to do with any on field success, because these feelings were generated despite any such success. It baffles me why anyone could dislike a team purely because they are successful.
Nowadays, as a bitter, twisted cynic, my contempt for MU extends way past them to the dubiously funded Chelski & beyond to the whole no-morals game we have today.

I grew up being a United hater big time , being an Oldham fan.

But as an adult I have read stacks of books on the babes & the 1960's teams , a fascinating era of football.

Most of all though I feel pretty confident on being able to make money on here in their games :)

a handful might cite Gary Neville alone as a good reason

grow up you mugs. modern-day football is simply a soulless money-making/embezzling exercise and 'fans' are just deluded muppets with a bizarrely inflated sense of self-importance. why anyone would feel some sort of attachment to a bunch of foreign millionaire football mercenaries is unfathomable.

you are certainly right in your use of the word "hate" in this context .

Fans of lower league teams (such as luton for example) leaning towards them because they're successful and on TV every week. 1.01 the OP cheers when they score.

If your team was in the Premiership you suddenly hate them as well. The refs, fergie time etc. Your team is up against a massive handicap before the game as started. Not to mention the media love-in Giggs winning SPOTY and Player of the Year without actually doing anything is a prime example.

Thankfully this season there has been a turning of the tide, people are beginning to speak out. With 700m of crippling debt and a team full of mediocre players their bubble is about to burst. I can't wait.

I'm not a United fan but embitterred as they have the biggest worldwide support, the biggest stadium in the UK, the widest support in England and Ireland from Devizes to Dublin, are the most glamourous Club, have a fantastic tradition since "The Busby Babes" who were everyones 2nd Club, had "Law,Best and Charlton", had George Best the first "Pop Star" Footballer, have mountains of money, always play attractive Football in the 50 years that I have watched The Beautiful Game, have the most successful Manager of all-time in The UK and have won countless trophies lately and are known all over the world from Stalingrad to Saigon to Singapore to Swaziland.

I ruddy hate them but I'm NOT REPEAT NT "jealous"...

Me? Jealous? I THINK NOT!!!!

JEALOUS INDEED!:(

the short answer is that they are**.

Their**myness is projected in a myriad of different ways in all areas.

It is great to be Man U although my attending home, away, abroad games ended around 84, cameras, married etc. Just done the odd one since but nothing from 99. We had good times especially the pre season tours some stand out moments many of my friends still attend and know from the tales i am still missing fun. The night of the balaclavas, the taking of Glasgow Rangers to mention a couple . Anyone interested in reading a fairly accurate account of some of the escapades try Among the thugs by Bill Buford especially the chapter The day United took Turin.

they are HATED THAT much
that poor Ipswich playing today are wished to get battered purely because an
ex-man united sc** is managing them ..
thats how much ....

And Hoorays were heard when
Ince, Southgate, Robson , etc , all did sh** as Managers and were sacked !! ....

southgate?

anyway, signing in. manure fans are the worst in the world.

strachan

southgates quite a decent fellow - i think maybe because he hasnt been contaminated by man united**myness.

While Fergie´s post match rants have become as tiresome as they are predictable, why are football fans still so naive about it? SAF may not be the world´s greatest tactician but when it comes to manmanagement and the psychological mindgames involved there is nobody wiser.

When Fergie rants it is usually for two reasons: the first is to make officials wary of making decisions against his team and to secure better treatment and therefore better chances for his team; the second is ´distraction´, to avert the spotlight away from a poor team performance/poor tactics/ team selection or whatever, onto the referee, a dodgy decision, lack of time added or whatever.

How many times have you read the headline after a Man Utd defeat about a poor/unfit match official? Or a dodgy decision? Or unfair fixture list? Or terrible tackle? Rarely if ever is the headline about how badly Utd played. All this does is shield the players and SAF from speculation that they might not be good enough. Fergie often takes the heat so that his players don´t have to - not publicly at any rate.

Love him or loathe him this is what a fully committed club manager does and Utd will lose much more than just a team manager when he goes.

Manoleeds 10 Jan 08:38
Because they call themselves United as if Sheffield United, Newcastle United , Leeds United etc didn't exist

there is only one united :)

I think you might find that the proportion of the population that 'hates' Man. Utd. (or any other team, for that matter) is vey small. Most people have little real interest in football apart from watching it as a sport on TV.
I think the game in gebneral does itsself no favours by allowing unruly, ill-disciplined behaviour on the pitch and many of the matches are won or lost on incorrect refereeing decisions. Take control of the game, ref. Managers should take control of their players and punish foul tactics, including things like claimiing it's your throw-in when you know it isn't! Let's see it played in the spirit of a skilled, athletic event and may the best team win.
Obviously I know nothing about Football. :D

big-game-player 10 Jan 14:54


Manoleeds 10 Jan 08:38
Because they call themselves United as if Sheffield United, Newcastle United , Leeds United etc didn't exist

there is only one united

big game player has just given a perfect example of why they are hated so much