Friday, November 26, 2010

Calling us by our real name

Its United (or) Manchester United (or) MUFC (or) Red Devils (or) Man Utd but never  MANu/MANyoo

ManU - The Usage

Manu is not a term united fans refer themselves to. The name was coined by rival fans after the munich disaster where 8 first team members lost their lives along with 15 others (support staff & journalists)

'Manu' is not a referral! Its an insult to the dead.
The reason why noobs refer to united as manyoo stems from the display name that Espn-Star has in store for us.(the abbreviated name for united = manu) + (their ignorance about the munich incident)

History

After the munich disaster, when united travelled to other clubs the following season, they were subjected to chants of

'manyoo manyoo went on a plane, manyoo manyoo never came back again'

(and) Man U Never Intended Coming Home again. Take the first letter of each word and it amounts to munich.
This was in direct reference to the munich incident.

Rival clubs

WBA fans were the first to taunt united with the chants above. They also came up with

'Who's that lying in the aircraft' and 'Who's that team we call United' .
further, chants of 'duncan duncan rotting on a plane, duncan duncan never came back again' also sprang up when united played against WBA.

The same was heard @ spurs, chelsea,millwall.

Then liverpool picked it up. some of the fans chanted the same but were quickly refuted by the majority of the other liverpool fans who were present in the stadium. An apology was issued by the kop fans to their united counterparts.
However, by the end of the decade (70's) it became universal and the term "man u" became the word nearly every other team's fans used and painted on walls

Everyone knew what it meant.It was laughter at the death of Duncan and the Babes

The Present

Over the years, petitions have been filed against Espn/Star, requests have been sent to change the same, signature campaigns have been launched by different forums. Actions into the same have been promised by media houses.
Its not about a club. I'm not here scripting this article because it concerns Manchester United.
It counts for zilch whether its about arsenal, liverpool, hammers, toffees, spurs, crankfield crackers or manchester united.

The term mocks death and the usage of which is simply unacceptable.

P.S: Informative source from PagalGuy.com

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