Manchester - Capital of Football

[KRS]

Some great replies gents...one good thing about Birmingham (and Villa support in particular) is the great sense of humour!

As Merv has already said, the media agenda has been set for this season with the Manchester clubs in the spotlight. I've also noticed they've started to turn against their own with Arsenal and Spurs taking a bashing in recent weeks, but I guess thats all part of the media game and playing teams off of each other to maintain some level of interest. Whilst theres nothing much to report on or off the pitch down at the Villa, we'll continue to be patronised along with the rest of the average mid table teams with the occasional mention of "sleeping giant".

[Percy McCarthy]

KRS: who in particular has displayed a great sense of humour on this thread?

[mal]

The sad thing is that Manchester United, on the back of the Premier League, now are the biggest.

Not according to Deloitte. Whilst the PL brings in the cash, Real Madrid and Barca have their own individual broadcasting deals.

1. Real Madrid
2. Barcelona
3. Man United

It's a close run thing on Facebook:

Barcelona - 20,297,560 fans
Real Madrid - 19,569,912 fans

The sad thing is that Manchester United, on the back of the Premier League, now are the biggest.

Not according to Deloitte. Whilst the PL brings in the cash, Real Madrid and Barca have their own individual broadcasting deals.

1. Real Madrid
2. Barcelona
3. Man United

It's a close run thing on Facebook:

Barcelona - 20,297,560 fans
Real Madrid - 19,569,912 fans
Man U - 19,166,353 fans














Aston Villa - 242,754 fans 

that's 1 in 3 of the population of the UK. Almost the same figure as the total Tory/lib Dem vote in the last election. Is this a coincidence or a conspiracy on an epic scale?

[phantom limb]

I've had some time to think about it and I still think Birmingham is fucking ace, there's loads of stuff to do. I'm not the violent sort but I'd be tempted to tear the skin off someone's face who disagrees with me.

I'd probably make it into a doily of some kind, well, until the police come.

[hawkeye]

Sorry but Manchester has far more going for it than Brum, better bars, more culture, frendlier people, better hotels, better food, more nighlife. Mancunians have more pride in thier city.

If i had the choice of living in either city I would choose Manchester

[phantom limb]

Sorry but Manchester has far more going for it than Brum, better bars, more culture, frendlier people, better hotels, better food, more nighlife. Mancunians have more pride in thier city.

If i had the choice of living in either city I would choose Manchester

No, you are wrong and you're a grotesquely ugly freak.

[Jimbo]

better food

Those two words alone tell me you're a wind-up merchant.

[Chris Smith]

Sorry but Manchester has far more going for it than Brum, better bars, more culture, frendlier people, better hotels, better food, more nighlife. Mancunians have more pride in thier city.

If i had the choice of living in either city I would choose Manchester

As usual you're spouting total bollocks. Mancs are gobbler and more precious about their city but that doesn't equate to more pride. Their little scrotes were running round smashing it up and setting fire to shops the other week just like ours. Brummies tend to be more down to earth and less pretentious, we don't need to go around shouting about the place.

As for friendlier, that really is rubbish, I've always found it a very insular city, not welcoming of outsiders.

[Mister E]

So taking you are at present based around the North Western regions, and then me, speaking to people pretty much everyday in the Manchester area, don't you find it strange how just about everybody up that way seem happy to big up anything about local football, Manchester based football players and anything football to do with Manchester, they rate a player even when he's crap, despite everybody else in the country thinking the opposite, and the press eat it up, and yet by comparison the local midland's press do nothing to up the status of our players and clubs when one of the midland's clubs are doing well or we have a real starlet coming through.

I find it that way and I could easily say the same for London clubs.

TBF, there's not been much to big up in the Mids for a while.

[IFWaters]

Do not underestimate the impact that BBC Sport has just moved to Manchester.

So - guess what - Manchester is suddenly the capital of football because their lazy journalists cant be bothered to see it any other way.

On another point it beggars belief that the BBC moved to manchester - a city already awash with government agencies and cash when they could have injected money and jobs into Birmingham.

Birmingham is by far the better city in my opinion , much friendlier people (and btw I was born in Manchester for my sins) but it doesnt get a fair share of government spending unlike other big cities in the north and Scotland etc.

[Brend'Watkins]

Sorry but Manchester has far more going for it than Brum, better bars, more culture, frendlier people, better hotels, better food, more nighlife. Mancunians have more pride in thier city.

If i had the choice of living in either city I would choose Manchester

That has to be a wind up. 

[The Laughing Policeman]

To slightly misquote Ricky Tomlinson.........Manchester capital of football? My arse.

[TopDeck113]

Do not underestimate the impact that BBC Sport has just moved to Manchester.

You're not wrong.  Although I would note that there is a certain irony insofar as when the BBC first announced the proposed move, the London-based press was damning in their criticism.  Granted it was at the time of the unrest at the Glazer take over at United and City, as per usual, were just making up the numbers.  The future of English football, they insisted, was to be found in the shape of Chelsea and Arsenal, and the BBC was proposing to move 200 miles from the seat of power...   

[Ad@m]

Sorry but Manchester has far more going for it than Brum, better bars, more culture, frendlier people, better hotels, better food, more nighlife. Mancunians have more pride in thier city.

If i had the choice of living in either city I would choose Manchester

What a load of shite.

And what's this 'if I had the choice' - last time I checked there were no restrictions on moving to Manchester so why don't you move there?

[The Laughing Policeman]

Sorry but Manchester has far more going for it than Brum, better bars, more culture, frendlier people, better hotels, better food, more nighlife. Mancunians have more pride in thier city.

If i had the choice of living in either city I would choose Manchester

What a load of shite.

And what's this 'if I had the choice' - last time I checked there were no restrictions on moving to Manchester so why don't you move there?

Can we have a collection for his train fare?
I spent most of my working life away from our fair city, and each time I came back I used to be excited as we arrived at New St. Station and I started hearing that accent I knew I was home and among friends.