Why we dont refer to our Awesome Club as ManU

[Lebowski]

---Copiedfrom the manutd.com forum---


ManU is not a term United fans refer to themselves as. The term is only used by other supporters as a complete and utter insult to our club. The "u" is meant to be "you" by the rival fans.

An early example of its usage is this chant by West Brom fans: "Duncan Edwards is manure, rotting in his grave, man you are manure- rotting in your grave". The origin of "ManU" is a song to insult the dead Duncan Edwards.

Liverpool and Leeds fans copied this with their own man you /u versions to insult all of the lads who died at munich.

"ManU ManU went on a plane ManU ManU never came back again"

and..

"Man U Never Intended Coming Home" (if you combine the first letter of each word you get the word "munich").

I hope this makes it clearer that saying ManU is an insult, particularly to the older supporters and to see United fans using it now is shameful. I hope a few might read this, understand and spread the word.

So... Please REFRAIN from using this term ever again!!!!!!!!



I just joined PG yesterday and saw some fans referring to Man Utd as Man*. I hope posting this will make them aware of our history. I myself sometimes referred to United as Man* in the past when I hadn't come across this but haven't done so since then..

 

[Optimus]

Thanks for the share from now on its Man Utd

 

[hotgamerft]

I think someone already posted it sometime back, but still a nice share if someone doesn't know about it.
Its just a disgrace that most of the footy fans in UK forget about the human lives, they just think about the game and their club and nothing else.The life of every human being is important. YOU JUST CANNOT make fun of someone's death.

 

[cobby]

Abhe yaar i think almost 90 percent of us know that its man utd and not Man U
those who didnt know it are new man utd fans or simply dont follow the club

any way nice share

 

[Omyakha]

LOL Nice share
I've been following the club for almost 15 years and I didn't know that
Never really delved into the meaning of the name, busy watching them play football

 

[EnergyDan]

just realized that

 

[cobby]

LOL Nice share
I've been following the club for almost 15 years and I didn't know that
Never really delved into the meaning of the name, busy watching them play football

u disappoint me as a fan

 

[HAMMER of THOR]

LOL Nice share
I've been following the club for almost 15 years and I didn't know that
Never really delved into the meaning of the name, busy watching them play football

dude that is like the first thing i learned... lolz... well it is because you did not learn from anyone outside pakistan... we know nothing here in any department... i learned it on an indian forum on orkut... as you all know they are arrogant pricks and pride themselves as being true fans... i have tried to tell people not to say "man u" as it is an abuse but to no avail.. for them it sounds cooler to say... ofcourse you cannot be a true fan if you do not know what is that the opposition use to abuse us...

 

[NaNoW]

it has been posted before....

 

[NighteySenpai]

MANU suck

 

[mzain90]

but arsenal, i must say, is awesome, its just plain frikking awesome entertainment.

(case in point: arsenal vs newcastle
arsenal vs liverpool to name a few)

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

United FTW...! I always call my club United

Thanks for the share, although I've already read it quite a few times before too.

United we stand (and we don't fall!)

 

[C A T]

Nice Share , although i knew that already