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bye bye mike :(

to the end of screaming/shouting/squealing over skype during dotas and cackling in glee when getting away by the skint of your teeth or when youre owning and the blurting out of substitute vulgarities when you do something stupid (which happens to me a lot) or when you get horrendously slaughtered. HEHEHE.

AH GOOD (not so) OLD DAYS. I MISS YOU MIKE.

YES YOU TOO FATTY YONGS COME BACK SOON

I was looking up on the city ticker banner (033/4 years) because we'll be playing city tomorrow when I came across the F.E.A.R (For Every manc A Religion) banner and I learnt that it was a reference to Ian Brown's song F.E.A.R.

Ian Brown was the leading front man of the Manchester band The Stone Roses whom were a major influence in the Madchester movement, a style of alternative rock that mixed acid house rhythms with guitar pop sounds in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Bands from Manchester have been my thing, I love Oasis (even though they support city) and I like a few songs from the Smiths, so I decided to check F.E.A.R out.

"The song incorporates a creative lyric scheme where each verse forms the acrostic "F.E.A.R." (For example, "For each a road" and "Fallen empires are ruling")"

That sounded really interesting and the song is pretty good in my opinion. Though I could just be biased since Brown's an ardent red and I'm sure it's not everyone's kinda thing.



While also looking up on the banners I realised too that Old Trafford plays another song from the Stone Roses "This Is The One" before the game, though arguably not quite as epic as Liverpool's "You'll never Walk Alone" (ugh) or West Ham's "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" it's a pretty good song that has been adopted by United from a band formed in Manchester and something we could very much call our own. I've seen it in a couple of United youtube videos and wondered what the significance was, well now I know.





Must go to Old Trafford one day.



"Even if you only saw it on TV, you don't much like football, and can't even stand Manchester United, it was a two minute miracle you will tell your grandchildren about. The final 120 seconds of the 1999 European Cup Final in Barcelona were simply the most breathtaking in sporting history. The two minutes transcended sport. It was an object lesson in life. What those late goal scorers, Sheringham and Solskjaer and 11 other players achieved in those moments inspired me. Because of those two minutes, I will always know that if you keep trying, you can succeed."
Jonathan Margolis Daily Mail

"Who's to know what's gonna happen in football Gary? It could all blow up in our face at the end of the day, but can you forget moments like these? I suppose they'll be talking about that year after years, the players will talk about that for years, that's what football's about, trying to reach peaks and climaxes to our season till we can do no more"
Sir Alex Ferguson after the FA cup semi final win against Arsenal in 1999.



in whose plan is perfect, no matter how things may seem.

Take the time to make some sense
Of what you want to say
And cast your words away upon the waves
Sail them home with acquiesce
On a ship of hope today
And as they land upon the shore
Tell them not to fear no more
Say it loud and sing it proud
today...

Will dance if they want to dance