United On Fire

I hate penalty shoot outs but I don’t care!!!!!!#

And Van Der SAAR has won it!”!!!!!

hah hah hah terry

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I was offered tickets for the Champions League final today.   In the end, I had to turn them down.  It wasn’t just the cost, which was rather a lot.  It wasn’t just the fact I would have had two days to find out how to get to Moscow and back.  It wasn’t just the likely fact that I would have to sleeep rough on the streets of Moscow (surely we’d be up partying our victory?).

No, sadly, I had to turn them down for another reason.  They were in the Chelsea section.   Some things are just too much to take.  I couldn’t take the thought of either a) being amongst jubilant Chelsea fans if they won, b) keeping silent as United brought home a third Champions League title, or c) (the most likely) option, being beaten to death as I accidentally cheered the Red’s winning goal.

I was at Oxford United for Alex Ferguson’s first game in charge.  I was in the home end (actually side) of the ground.  There wasn’t much to cheer that day.  I was at Reading as they lost 2-0 to United this season, in amongst the Berkshire crowd who just seemed happy that they played well.  But to be in with the fans of a more “aggressive” set of fans is not the sort of thing that should be done.

So, I’ll be watching at home on Wednesday night, with a beer or 4.  Praying and willing the team on.  Knowing that even if they are 1-0 down with minutes to go, they might, just might turn it around.

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