(Not so) fuming Red

I was born a Man United fan and have followed them for over half a century, writes Eric Allison.

Going to the Theatre of Dreams and seeing the Reds win, lose or draw was the sort of experience guaranteed to make the pulse quicken as each new season dawned.

It is sad to report, then, that over the last few years, a lot of the gloss has gone out of the game in general - and out of Man U in particular. It isn’t just the Malcolm Glazer takeover - the damage was done once we became a PLC. Saddam Hussein could have bought us, had he been minded to - though it sticks in the throat for a mega-rich resident of Florida to pick us up like some sort of last-minute Christmas present. It’s the way in which, over the years, the game has drifted further and further away from its roots.