by LimpBiscuit »
21 Feb 2007 23:56
Mad Dog's Ghost Where's your famous, where's your famous, where's your famous cockney reds, where's your famous cockney reds.
Ah, bring back the 80s.
Although I have no allegiance to Manure, I have family connections in Salford. I have been to Old Trafford many times over the last 40 years and can testify to some really f**king noisy times there.
However, these days, rather like the Lowry, its more a tourist attraction for 40,000 or so out of the 75,000, shutting out the many thousands who would love to join in, but can't afford to, having been marginalised by the spending power by which their club have been bewitched.
It is well known that Mancs who follow Manure follow them away. Hence the noise and passion at away games.
They hate the tourists as they call them. On saturday, I was at Salford Quays tram stop, in the pub next door. Some Mancs I talked to told me that they don't go on saturdays, but they do go on weekdays and euro nights. Thats when their real fans turn up. Next time you see them on the tv in midweek, note the vocal support as opposed to a saturday.
My cousin has told me of many a scrap at home games, when the target has been cockney reds. They hate the f**kers.