Man United Casual Whooligans?
People love to prove how much of a proper United fan they are these days. It’s fucking pathetic. Proclamations to total strangers don’t convince anyone. Only mates who’ve known you as a red from early...
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The hot summers of the 70s were top notch. From the ‘76 heatwave to the Argentinean World Cup in 1978, a ferocious and obscene desire rocketed through the youth of Britain; to hit the road, go abroad,...
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As a youth I would listen. To the elders of the tribe, the late-teens and twenty-somethings; those with the proper Mancunian accents, those who’d shed platforms for sandals and boat-pumps. Those who...
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Ian Hough was born in 1965 in the Langworthy area of Salford and is an avid Manchester United supporter. Among many other things, his writing focuses on Manchester’s underground culture, with regard to...
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