Eighth wonder: the pleasure in the pain of being a Manchester United fan these days | Tim de Lisle

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Eighth wonder: the pleasure in the pain of being a Manchester United fan these days | Tim de Lisle
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Winning everything for a couple of decades was fun but since Sir Alex Ferguson departed supporting United has become far more exasperating and yet arguably far more interesting

“And Manchester United,” said Mark Chapman on Match of the Day 2, “are eighth.” To supporters of other clubs, this may be a case of how the mighty are fallen. And yes, it is a crashing come-down from Sir Alex Ferguson’s day, but some of us go back a bit further than that.

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