John Masters
2/4/2013 9:08:00 PM
On 2013-02-04 20:52:36 +0000, Gareth Owen said:
> John Masters <johnmasters@me.com> writes:
>
>> The _real_ North West derby
>> is Liverpool v Manchester United and the rivalry (aka hatred) between
>> the two clubs is intense. All down to cotton and a canal; but that's
>> another story.
>
> Only if you subscribe to Sky TV's alternate history in which football
> was invented in 1994. United v Liverpool is a big deal now as
> Ferguson's side have taken so many of Liverpool's records, but that's a
> comparatively recent phenomenon.
>
> Liverpool's traditional rivalry was always with Everton, although as you
> say it was always a relatively friendly affair.
>
> United's traditional rivalry was always with City; that's the game with
> a real history -- Burt Trautmann's testimonial, Denis Law's backheel,
> Best breaking Pardoe's leg, the "35 years" banner, the two biggest
> attendances in league football history, the Munich anniversary match --
> even if City being terrible in the 1990s de-emphasised it just as Rupert
> Murdoch was rebranding reality to his own commercial interests.
>
> Gareth (used to live in Rusholme, just behind Maine Road) Owen
Never having subscribed to Sky, purchased one of Murdoch's rags or
knowingly given Murdoch a single penny, I can only refer to my previous
comment re: cotton and canal. Just ask Stephen Gerrard what is _the_
match.
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John Masters
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.
- Ambrose Bierce