A question for all British Ex-Pat United Fans....

zippy

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Just interested in what the reaction would be to this;

If you were offered a decent job back in Manchester or England and were also offered a season ticket for united would you go back?

I would have to think long and hard but would probably decline because im very happy here in Vancouver, but i would be extremely tempted thats for sure.
 
Yes.

I've been thinking about going back for years but for one reason or another, I've stayed here (USA). One of my reasons for not returning home is because since I left, in '90, United have dominated. I am a tad superstitious so I'm scared my homecoming could spark a bad run for the boys <img src="graemlins/nervous.gif" border="0" alt="[Nervous]" /> ;)
 
Probably would as we've only been here for a year and are not deeply rooted yet with the wife & nipper still a bit homesick at times.

The idea of a UK civil engineering firm paying anywhere near the same as the ones out here makes the question irrelevant however.
 
definately
but i don't need a season's ticket or a fancy job... manc is my home, it's where belong.
as soon as i'm done uni here in canada, it'll be back to vici park for me then!
utid
 
Possibly but the ordinary wages, high taxes, expensive housing and transport combined with shitty traffic and weather make it very unlikely.
 
What's your idea of a decent job? If I think of what I have now job-wise then add the fact that I'm on the Central Coast of New South Wales, the only job in Manchester that I'd consider leaving for is already taken. By SAF. Sorry but that's the way it is. <img src="graemlins/smirk.gif" border="0" alt="[Smirk]" />
 
Originally posted by Wibble:
<strong>Possibly but the ordinary wages, high taxes, expensive housing and transport combined with shitty traffic and weather make it very unlikely.</strong><hr></blockquote>


I sadly have to agree
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Been gone for 35 years now. Don't miss anything except United. Perhaps I could travel over every week. Is that in the deal too?
Red forever.
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Originally posted by fortyseven:
<strong>I've got two kids here, who mean more to me than United.

But otherwise, yes definitely.</strong><hr></blockquote> Exactly the same situation here mate 2 kids and very happy, by the way where abouts in sale moor are you from? I was born and raised their. went to nocker road, maybe we have met at some time!
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When i left manchester for vancouver Maggie Thatcher had put a big cloud over the uk, the company i worked for, a company that was 110 years old went bust and i had nothing left to lose.

When i go back to manchester these days i notice that that 'cloud' has gone, people are a lot more upbeat and there seems to be a much better ambiance about the place both my brothers have been able to buy themselves homes and i actually think i could live there again. But after 10 years in Canada its almost just as hard to move back as was to start out here in the first place!.

The only thing i find now is that i dont really feel like a belong anywhere, that sence of being on your 'home turf' just doesnt exist for me.
I guess the adventure of travel has its price.
 
God I ask myself this every Saturday evening.. <img src="graemlins/houllier.gif" border="0" alt="[Houllier]" /> I still have my seat at OT but my mates Mrs uses it, I'll never let it go as one day I will go home. At the moment I've no intention though, but as Wibble will testify, things here in the UAE can take a funny turn at any moment, so who knows. We're pretty happy though things get tough when the beggars don't pay-up on time, but that's business the world over.

In conclusion if I keep getting paid, the weather stays good and Wibble keeps leaving his footwear at my house, then why should I consider coming home.. ;) Well if he leaves his underwear behind on Wednesday, I may have to reconsider... :eek:
 
englands turned into a feckin shit hole, no way would i go and live there. ill just wait for Manchester United to come to me. like next tuesday.
 
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