We're #10 most hated team in sports history

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Even during a 26-year title drought that ended under Sir Alex Ferguson in 1993, Manchester United was always England's glamour club. As such, the team's ongoing golden age has attracted legions of glory-hunting supporters far beyond the industrial city's limits. And if success breeds contempt, then no team in club history was more reviled than the treble winners of '99, a side featuring Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Roy Keane and David Beckham (pictured, right) that vaulted Ferguson into the pantheon of all-time great managers. After winning the Premier League and the FA Cup, the Red Devils were outplayed by Bayern Munich in the Champions League final -- only to steal the match (and the trophy) on two miracle goals in stoppage time. Before Man Utd pulled it off, the treble had been thought of as the impossible dream. Ferguson was later knighted for his services to football and Beckham eventfully fell out with his manager, embarking on a tabloid-style journey that took him to Madrid, Milan and Los Angeles.
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After reading rough and unsportsman review of team #1 to #9, I was baffled to find United got into #10, and it's because we 'steal' the match with stoppage winner in Camp Nou! :lol:

And we're the only footba.. err soccer team mentioned there :devil:
 
More hated than Madrid? Impossible.
 
Only 10th?

Oh right it's season based.
 
That list looks more like a top 25 teams that non supporters have very bitter feelings towards. We should take it as a compliment that our team's great achievements bring out these feelings in others
 
Boss said:
Indeed, if we wasn't hated then we must be doing something wrong
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A lot of the hatred of us stems from way back before we were even successful, Liverpool fans especially could never stand the fact even during their dominance of every competition back in the 60’s/70’s and 80’s Manchester United were always looked upon as the nations biggest club, we were always the club most reported, most supported, most watched full stop, and the scousers hated it, they couldn’t understand it, why are Manchester United getting all our press kind of thing, its just escalated from there, and when you add to that the last 20 years of utter United domination on all fronts coupled with our more historical rivals and city neighbours continued slide into relative abyss over the same time frame its only natural they became considerably more bitter/jealous/hateful and envious year upon year.

Anyone whos consistently at the top of any sport will be hated, its inevitable, whether your a team or an individual people will always be jealous of your success, its just the way of the world, it should always be taken as a compliment as it means your doing what others wish they were.
 
United at #10, my alma mater at #12. They're both two of the most hated sporting entities in the world. Good times for me!

Also, I hate Barcelona more than I hate Real Madrid. At least Madrid are honest about what they're doing. Barca are all high and mighty about being "different" yet still buy everything that moves and tap up other teams' players.
 
Bit rich coming from a publication in the most hated country in the world ;)
 
Lynk said:
More hated than Madrid? Impossible.
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I actually don't think Madrid have been as big as us these last 15 years. In fact no one has. United as a brand just went through the roof in this period. Anything that becomes that big will be hated.
 
amolbhatia100 said:
I actually don't think Madrid have been as big as us these last 15 years. In fact no one has. United as a brand just went through the roof in this period. Anything that becomes that big will be hated.
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Manchester United as a brand is far bigger than Real Madrid and has been for some time, hence deloittes (or whatever there called) recent figures showing United as the clear number 1 sporting franchise in the world today, or was it forbes, meh one of the two.

Nothing in the footballing world comes even close to the Manchester United brand of today.
 
Allforone said:
Manchester United as a brand is far bigger than Real Madrid and has been for some time, hence deloittes (or whatever there called) recent figures showing United as the clear number 1 sporting franchise in the world today, or was it forbes, meh one of the two.

Nothing in the footballing world comes even close to the Manchester United brand of today.
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Definitely. I live in India and the popularity here is a good indicator of the reach of these teams. And United are just in a different league to the rest. Barcelona, Madrid and Liverpool have nowhere near the same pull that United do.
 
amolbhatia100 said:
I actually don't think Madrid have been as big as us these last 15 years. In fact no one has. United as a brand just went through the roof in this period. Anything that becomes that big will be hated.
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I think Perez wanted to make Madrid have our world wide appeal when he implemented the whole Galactico thing
 
Boss said:
I think Perez wanted to make Madrid have our world wide appeal when he implemented the whole Galactico thing
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I don't think it worked IMO. I mean I'm not suggested my country is THE indicator but taking it into consideration I don't think Real had our reach even during the Galactico period.
 
Theres no way that 99 team were more hated than Mourinhos Chelsea of Robben, Drogba, Mikel, Terry to name a few! They just were not as successful as us 99 thats all!
 
United are the only football club famous enough for a list in a US publication.
 
Does anyone here support Man Utd, Yankees & Lakers?

My head might explode -_-
 
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we are widely claim to be the most supported football club in the world with the fan base of 330 mil people around the world.

if you are a Man United fan you by definition ekhm dislike (hate is such a strong word) both City and Liverpool.

So Liverpool and Shitty share the biggest anti-support fan base in the world. Imo they are the most hated clubs in the world.

followed by RM
 
Sunny Jim said:
we are widely claim to be the most supported football club in the world with the fan base of 330 mil people around the world.

if you are a Man United fan you by definition ekhm dislike (hate is such a strong word) both City and Liverpool.

So Liverpool and Shitty share the biggest anti-support fan base in the world. Imo they are the most hated clubs in the world.

followed by RM
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I like (maybe even love) your reasoning. Irrefutable logic IMO.
 
Boss said:
Indeed, if we wasn't hated then we must be doing something wrong
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Something along these lines.

I remember the Djemba years, when Chelsea dominated and during that period they became slightly more "hated" then us...it felt strange, having "neutrals" support us when we played them. :lol:
 
So technically Red Sox are the most hated Baseball team in the world then....

No, that's not how it works, 90% of the fans of United and Yankees outside of their home nations don't give a crap about rivalries, they just support them because well, yeah they are a brand pretty much. I know people who "support" Yankees and think that the Mets are their main rival.

Man Utd and Yankees are a lot more hated than say Liverpool and Red Sox, the neutrals hate the former more than the latter, I, for one, don't give a rats ass about Red Sox, but I still fecking hate the Yankees.
 
We're also the most supported team in the world, in any sport.

Everyone else is jealous. Simple as that. They want our success and they can't have it, and we often beat their teams in the league and knock them out of competitions.

To use a rather annoying phrase that several others have used - Haters gonna hate
 
What a strange list for Manchester United to appear in - All the other teams are strictly US sports - Baseball, Basketball and American Football - apart from two national Olympic teams (Russia and Germany)

To even make it on to such a list should be something to be proud of :D
 
The 2010-2011 NBA season has not even started and this year's Miami Heat are already on the list. :lol:
 
-- after rallying from a 14-game deficit in mid-July to catch the Red Sox and then break hearts in Boston as Bucky Dent earned an expletive for a middle name for his home run in the one-game playoff that decided the AL East. --

Bucky feckin' Dent :lol:

My #1 tool for pissing off Boston people when they get on my nerves. Just the mention of Bucky Dent unnerves the most steady Boston Sox fans. :cool:
 
Its a Yank poll so doesn't count never heard of most of the teams on it . We would be head and shoulders #1 if one were held over here




















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