Ricky1985 wrote:
It's definitely a weird part of being a passionate supporter.
My hate, literal hate, for United is not healthy!
I'm not sure what to think when I meet other football fans who love a particular club but are able to cheer on other English teams in Europe. If I'm honest, I think to myself "proper fan, my arse!", but they're probably just better mentally adjusted than I am. 🙂
You are mentally stable don't worry. Your analysis of United is a bit weird but you're not abnormal. This is fan culture.
In all honestly I don't hate fans of other clubs in and of themselves (unless I don't know them at all). I don't know any Chelsea fans but I really detest their story and arrogance. Off the top of my head my mate is a United season ticket holder and he's invited me to his wedding. I am definitely going as he's a good mate. We talk about football sometimes but not in a hate filled way. Just conversation and opinion. We did get nasty a couple of times in 2005 because we actually competed with them. The FA Cup final that year did not make for good viewing between me and him when Vieira scored.
I was laughed at for ages when I said I wanted United to lose the 2011 CL Final because their plastic fans (none of them were from Manchester in this bar in Nottingham that I watched it in) laughed at Arsenal in 2006. There were tons of them jeering and cheering, "Barca Barca Barca". It was ridiculous.
My friends thought I was bitter and found it hilarious I was thinking about a final from 5 years ago. One of them is a Toon fan who wanted the English sides to do well in the CL. Fair enough but not for me.
2009 and 2011 has happened and I enjoyed both finals. Fantastic. Have some of that.
