Geography Lesson For Sky Sports

[Duncer]

Sky Sports were interviewing ManUre fans in Madrid this morning in the build up to the big game and, unless my ageing ears are playing tricks on me, their correspondent needs a wee European geography lesson.

It was all the usual stuff about who is going to score, what the score will be and that sort of thing, with the assorted Mancunians/people from the south of England giving their opinions. Then the interviewer said "And now to two people from much further afield". The camera panned round to what looked like, in my opinion, two white European guys and I thought, "Must be Americans or Aussies".

They were from Poland! So there you have it; if you are ever in Madrid then Poland is much further afield than assorted English cities.

[Baldric]

Perhaps no-one had told him he was in Madrid!

[bibblebub]

but Madrid to Warsaw at 1422 miles is more than 50% further then Madrid to Manchester at 907 miles

[factor-fiction]

You may need to clarify this Duncer as I'm not sure what your point is

[Duncer]

It is hardly the "much further afield" I was expecting; having fans from other European countries, esepcially when you're a big club like ManUre, is hardly unusual.

When they do FA Cup finals/big games and make an announcement like that it's usually someone from the other side of the world.

[craft1948]

Why do you persist in referring to Man Utd as ManUre.......do you think it's clever?

[Mattk]

Who's your team Duncer? Can't quite make out the badge.

[ABerrant]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linfield_F.C.

[FredPuli43]

What the interviewer meant was that a Man U fan from Poland is from much further afield, relative to Manchester, than one from Greater Manchester or southern England. He was not thinking in terms of distances from Madrid. He might just as well have said that a Man U fan from Biarritz or Lisbon was from much further afield; it would be equally valid

[SirOracle]

Well spotted Craft.
It is just Duncer and his usual way of of being derogatory to certain football teams,eg Celtic as Septic.
You can take the lad out of N. Ireland but not N. Ireland out of the lad!!

[factor-fiction]

That's how I interpreted it, Fred

[ichkeria]

"You can take the lad out of N. Ireland but not N. Ireland out of the lad"

I'd certainly hope not. Why should we be any different from anyone else

[Duncer]

Well spotted Craft.
It is just Duncer and his usual way of of being derogatory to certain football teams,eg Celtic as Septic.
You can take the lad out of N. Ireland but not N. Ireland out of the lad!!

Hardly "well-spotted" as I never attempted to disguise it in any way whatsoever. I don't like them as most of the glory hunters where I grew up supported them, including a certain TV news presenter who originally supported Leeds United.

As for the last line, I'll refer you to ichkeria's rather well-made point. Do you really think that fans in England don't refer to Man Utd in the pejorative, or was the inclusion of Septic in your argument an attempt to draw inferences that aren't there?

"What the interviewer meant was that a Man U fan from Poland is from much further afield, relative to Manchester, than one from Greater Manchester or southern England. He was not thinking in terms of distances from Madrid. He might just as well have said that a Man U fan from Biarritz or Lisbon was from much further afield; it would be equally valid"

Point taken Fred, I hadn't initially thought of it as anything other than perhaps two fans from the far side of the world.

[Duncer]

The location of Clarion St, verified by Google or otherwise, does nothing to support your claim that ManUre are "the most popular supported club in the world."

More than clubs like Barcelona or Corinthians? I'm not so sure.

Anyway, popularity isn't everything, as illustrated by the amount of No1s the Spice Girls had.