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[John Ludden @johnludds]

RIP Webby. The Manchester United world is a lot sadder place without you mate. Condolences and much love to the family. ❤️

[Jeffthered2 @Jeffthered01]

Unless you followed United through the 80s or before, you wont understand. The constant singing of the Munich song and then the minutes applause for George Best being cut short because of them? Sometimes you can’t forgive and forget and sometimes hate isn’t a strong enough word?

[🇾🇪 @ManUtdHeritage]

52 years ago today, United fans invade the Old Trafford pitch and chant “We’ll support you evermore” after being relegated from the 1st Division (1974) #MUFC

[The Extreme Football Enthusiast @ExtremeFootbal4]

One of the most underrated FA Cup final goals. Man United & Chelsea legend Ray Wilkins scores for Utd in the 1983 final v Brighton

[Cantona Collars AKA Larry @Cantona_Collars]

#OTD in 1957:

The Busby Babes beat Burnley 1-3 in Turf Moor with Billy Whelan scoring all 3

What was remarkable about that day wasn't the Babe's convincing win it was that it was the ONLY EVER game of the Babes that was filmed in colour

[The Bobby Moore Stand @thebmstand]

As someone on Spirit of Shankly pointed out, this is just the original concept for the Premier League being delivered. The vision was to move football up a couple of social classes, which to me means price out the less wealthy and encourage a "better" class of clientele with more disposable income.

They focused only on the vast riches the PL would bring and they were right. However that model only works long term with regeneration of new fans. It works if you are never gonna get relegated because the group of die hards whose loyalty and love for the club could not be quantified on a balance sheet, have already left and they are now doing something else with their match days.

Most of them likely realise that it's quite useful getting the time back and similar to when you break up with an ex, there is rarely any going back.

Without the diehards, who indoctrinated the next generation into being obsessed with the team, where does the next generation of fans come from?

Good luck convincing a young person to spend what little they have left after paying their rent and other increasing costs, to allocate a big chunk of what's left for an overpriced season ticket. Not happening, football is not high on the importance scale when you can watch every game on telly.

As for the "better" clientele they attracted, they will abandon ship as quickly as they arrived come any form of hard times.

What the clubs are doing right now with ticket price rises is simply ensuring that they have no loyal die hard fanbase left in 10-15 years. These changes will be forever.

No more capacity crowds for just playing in the PL, owners will be forced to try and actually win stuff. If they don't, goodbye fans. If they do, those fans will demand they do it again.

I'm from an era that did not place expectation on clubs, we just handed over our money and went to football, because that is the way it was. I'm still clinging on but with next year being my 50th watching West Ham and having been banned this season for breaching health and safety, I'm pretty sure it will be my last one.

Unless the owners who fucked my club up completely, finally get the message and fuck off back to their mansions.

The people who own clubs know the square root of fuck all about the generations of fans who helped build that club to be the thing it was before they demolished everything they inherited. They do not comprehend love or loyalty because in their world, those things are cash transactions.

Football as we knew it is on life support, but the owners won't realise until one day they look around that vast stadium and see a handful of fans watching the
latest pile of average they decided to serve up.

#BSOUT

[ET Heisenberg @UtdHeisenberg_]

Something bizarre is going on between @FA_PGMOL and @ManUtd this season....

[🇾🇪 @ManUtdHeritage]

Captain John Terry steps up to win Chelsea their first European Cup, slips, misses, then cries in the rain as United celebrate (2008) #MUFC

[Kara @UTDKarra]

This was Haaland who shouted and confronted the referee on the pitch and even later posted “Wtf” on social media.

The FA looked into it, but he escaped no ban, no suspension because he’s not Maguire

Guess what punishment they later gave to them? 😭

[Cantona Collars AKA Larry @Cantona_Collars]

38 years ago today – Gordon Strachan had a cigar in front of the kop 🤣

Was it the best Manchester United celebration of all time?

[Adam @AdamJoseph]

There is a strong argument that Stuart Attwell's officiating of Manchester United this season has directly cost the club four points, @FA_PGMOL.

- 2 vs Burnley with the disallowed Lisandro Martinez goal & Kyle Walker 'penalty'

- 2 vs Bournemouth with the non-penalty for Amad

[ASM🫧 @asmclips]

Down 3-0 at half-time away at White Hart Lane (Tottenham Hotspur), Fergie's half-time words to the United players"get it fvcking sorted" sparked a 5-3 victory one of the Premier League's wildest comebacks

[TV Football 1968-92 @1968Tv]

ATV Star Soccer
February 1970
FA Cup 5th Round
The great George Best Bags SIX!
Northampton 2-8 Manchester Utd
Commentator Hugh Johns
#ntfc #ShoeArmy #MUFC #FACup #StarSoccer

[Pie Sports Booze 🔞 PARODY @piesportsboooze]

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor uses cunning plan in an attempt to make charges disappear...

[Wayne Barton @WayneSBarton]

On this day in 1958, Duncan Edwards passed away as a result of injuries sustained in the Munich Air Disaster.

He would have been the greatest of all time. Many people feel he already was.

[Max Scott @maxbscott]

It’s been 1,107 days since Manchester City were charged by the Premier League.

It’s been around 5,900 days since the club’s first alleged breach of sponsorship rules.

By comparison, the Premier League took about 835 days in total to charge, punish, and conclude all appeals in the PSR cases involving Everton (both cases) and Nottingham Forest.

[helcol123subbuteo @helcol123subbu1]

Manchester United large Busby Babes subbuteo frame on its way to its new owner. DM @helcol123subbu1 to order yours now. @djejit @Utdwire @belfastboy73 #manu #reddevils @DaveUnited58 @stevomufc74 @ChappoClaire @utdandy #manunited @RoyMBE @SimplyUtd @TrueRedDevils__ #MUFC_FAMILY

[One Norman Whiteside @WhitesideOne]

1985 FA Cup Final #MUFC @NormanWhiteside

[luca🔰 @luca_rapi]

It was an absolute privilege to visit Manchesterplatz in Munich today and pay my respects.

Seeing the sheer number of people who came from all over the world once again reminded me of what makes this club so special.

The Flowers of Manchester. ❤️🌹

[YesterdaysStars @YesterdaysStars]

🇾🇪 On this day in 1958 , just 5 days before the Munich Air Crash , United went to Highbury and beat Arsenal
5-4 🇾🇪