Just like Barca i guess. I hope this never happens.
http://www.theguardian.com/football...r-united-football-league-b-team?commentpage=2
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Man Utd want B team in the football league
- Thread starter algie
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bluenitsuj
Listen to me!!!
They should concentrate on their A team first!!
m20gull
Well-known member
No thank you. What a barrier to ambition.
I give you the bottom five in the football league from 1997/98:
Swansea
Cardiff
Hull
Brighton
Doncaster
I give you the bottom five in the football league from 1997/98:
Swansea
Cardiff
Hull
Brighton
Doncaster
Goldstone Rapper
Rediffusion PlayerofYear
Are they currently trialling this team in this season's Premier League?
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
At the rate their going FCUM will be a league team before too long
Goldstone Rapper
Rediffusion PlayerofYear
How can they just 'have' a place in the Football League? Surely they'd have to work up the pyramid first....
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 28,272
But you forget the " We are Manchester United " arrogant mind set they have had for years.
Eksman
Active member
Lol exactly that
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
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Liverpool did the " This is Anfield " sign over the tunnel on the way to the pitch. Man Utd did the " we don't want to play in the FA cup this year because it does not fit in with our business plan "
Shuggie
Well-known member
Seconded.
I can't see them starting their precious little darlings in the NW Cloggers Sunday League (Division 13) and working their way up. They'll want some sort of concession but surely the global-branded asia-obsessed vainglorious EPL broke away from The Football League and formed a new organisation? So Football League clubs can just tell them where to stick it, no?
I will definitely be finding something else to do with my Saturdays if 10% of league places end up in the hands of the pampered rich. They'll have all the money, all the players, no crowds, no atmosphere and be wanting 19 substitions and contact-free footy. It would be an utter farce and the last nail in the coffin for those of us of a certain generation.
hoveboyslim
Well-known member
Exactly right. It's amazing to think how far all these clubs have pushed on. Should give every club hope.
Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
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That is, word for word, what I was going to type.
Man Utd B could play their home games at other teams grounds, much like England did when Wembley was being rebuilt. This is because they have so many plastics around around the country. I reckon they'd get 20,000 at the Amex! Actually they can **** off and I hope they get stuffed by N'caslte today.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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im not actually against it in principle, as long as they work up through the pyramid. but i dont see the point, why not simply "adopt" an existing league team like Stockport or Oldham and arrange to send them half a dozen youth players each season. or do as Udinese has done and buy a foreign club or two, get a second teir Dutch or Spanish side.
i do have a problem with the motivation, as far as i can see there's nothing to stop them doing this already.
i do have a problem with the motivation, as far as i can see there's nothing to stop them doing this already.
Strange how terminology changes. When I first started following football 60 years ago Manchester United had a "B" team which played (I think) in the Lancashire League Division 2. Players who progressed went to the "A" team, then the Reserves and finally to the First Team.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
Ideally a Man United B team would have to be in London for the fanbase.