Source: Gazet Van Antwerpen Metropool Stad (no online content)
Google translation (original can be found below the translation):
Manchester, epicenter of English football. I was there last weekend. But not for celebrities Manchester United or City. Well for a game of misfit FC United of Manchester. This fledgling club was founded in 2005 by (ex-) fans ... Manchester United. So they were tired of marketing at Old Trafford, so displeased about the acquisition by the wealthy American Malcolm Glazer that they started their own club. Today she plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division (the seventh class in England, compared with third provincial with us) and works off its home games in the stadium of neighboring Bury FC for an average of 2,000 noisy supporters. Strange, I hear you thinking? Why start a new team, if you're a supporter of one of the most successful clubs in the world? Taxi driver Chris did not find it strange. "In the '80s and '90s, I went weekly to watch Manu. Until ten years ago I could not pay my subscription. Today, the stands more populated by tourists and foreigners than by football fans from the city itself. My favorite team has become a marketing product. I feel there can not come home and the folks at Manchester United or perfectly understand. "Saturday at home of Manchester United FC won 3-0 against Stocksbridge Park Steels, yanked on it to sixth place. Fifteen miles away the day after Manchester United won 2-0 to West Bromwich. Chris and I cheered on Saturdays.
Original:
Manchester, epicentrum van het Engels voetbal. Ik was er vorig weekend. Maar niet voor grootheden Manchester United of City. Wel voor een wedstrijd van buitenbeentje FC United of Manchester. Deze piepjonge club werd in 2005 opgericht door (ex-) fans van… Manchester United. Zo beu waren ze de commercialisering op Old Trafford, zo misnoegd over de overname door de steenrijke Amerikaan Malcolm Glazer dat ze hun eigen club startten. Vandaag speelt ze in de Northern Premier League Premier Division (de zevende klasse in Engeland, vergelijkbaar met derde provinciale bij ons) en werkt ze haar thuiswedstrijden af in het stadion van buur FC Bury voor gemiddeld 2.000 luidruchtige aanhangers. Vreemd, hoor ik u denken? Waarom een nieuwe ploeg opstarten, als je supporter bent van een van de meest succesvolle clubs ter wereld? Taxichauffeur Chris vond het helemaal niet vreemd. “In de jaren ’80 en ’90 ging ik wekelijks naar Manu kijken. Tot ik tien jaar geleden mijn abonnement niet meer kon betalen. Tegenwoordig worden de tribunes meer bevolkt door toeristen en buitenlanders dan door voetbalfans uit de stad zelf. Mijn favoriete ploeg is een marketingproduct geworden. Ik voel me daar niet meer thuis en kan die lui van United of Manchester dus perfect begrijpen.” Zaterdag won FC United of Manchester thuis met 3-0 van Stockbridge Park Steels, het rukte op naar de zesde plaats. Vijftien kilometer verderop won Manchester United een dag later met 2-0 van West Bromwich. Chris en ik juichten vooral op zaterdag.
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