Man Utd "is" or "are" In The Prem??

[joggerjayne]

Which is correct?

Man Utd ARE going to be playing in the Premiership again next season.

or

Man Utd IS going to be playing in the Premiership again next season.

[Sqad]

IS.

[rowanwitch]

one team but a 'team' indicates plurality.. where is MR when we need him

[joggerjayne]

That's what I thought.

[Sqad]

Peterborough Utd and Brighton ARE going to play in the Premier League next season..............;-)

[Zhukov]

are

[Traci66]

Are

[mightyWBA]

Are

[anneasquith]

are ( in scottish sccent )

[mightyWBA]

although we say "am" round here

"Am a gooin' to be" :-)

[mayviabelle]

will be ;)

[joggerjayne]

But surely it's only "are" if it refers to the players in the team.

Some of the players might transfer abroad, and therefore NOT play in the Premiership.

[Old_Geezer]

Man Utd is just the one team so it should be 'is going to play'.

I can understand some thinking that the team is the goup of individual players though, but in all honestly they change with time so that can't be right; but there is just the one team, it has a name.

[joggerjayne]

Well, this is jolly.

A proper discussion!

Yaay.

[Zhukov]

I"m still an "are",j/jayne! :o)

[mightyWBA]

How can something that is described as "United" be a single entity though?
:-)

[Davethedog]

Sqad Are not :-)

[joggerjayne]

Who or what "unites" to become the "United" part?

Manchester itself is hardly united.

Maybe "Manchester Divided" would be a better name?

[mightyWBA]

They should have stuck to Newton Heath then :-)

[joggerjayne]

Was that their name?

Golly.

I shall store that away, in case I ever take part in a pub quiz (highly unlikely).