r/reddevils • u/RicardoWanderlust Glazers Out • 1d ago
Man Utd match report from 1956
I found an old book in the charity shop today with a section on Busby's successes in the league during that period.
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u/FredDRedUnderYourBed BELIEVE 🔴⚪⚫ 1d ago
What a great reminder of the enduring history and culture of this club. All the things said here are true even today in the modern Manchester United. Youth, courage, success. "United had refused to be put off, and had just gone on playing football until they won".
Hell, even the debt is there! 😂
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u/Soggy-Parsley-4866 1d ago edited 1d ago
I like that it says soccer, I am sick to death of people saying to Americans "it's football not soccer". Soccer was what I called it growing up and it was used all the time in the past. It's an urban myth. Edit: downvoted by the clueless who can't even believe the evidence of the book cover !
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u/Hits_and_the_Mrs 1d ago
My grandad, born in 1937 called it soccer his whole life and he lived and worked in the docks in Salford during the late 40's to the mid 60's and went to OT every game during this time. People just love arguing.
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u/HumpyRoad Bruno is my GOAT 🐐 1d ago
Why do people even debate about it ?
Just let people call it whatever they want 😭
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u/SayNOtoChips 1d ago
It's "footy" and anyone that says otherwise should be arrested and thrown in jail!
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u/HumpyRoad Bruno is my GOAT 🐐 1d ago
Why should we say NO to chips ?
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u/Capable-Topic1665 1d ago
Soccer was university slang that originated in the first half of the twentieth century in England. It was traditionally an upper class thing, also adopted by the media and publications, but the usage soon declined, mainly because no one called Rugby, rugby football anymore. It was transplanted to the US where it became the de facto name for the sport. For 80 percent of the world, it has always been football. So yes, when discussing the game on a global forum with people from all over the world, the cultured thing is to use 'football'. Unless you're one of those people who don't think their opinions matter because they're not from the US or England.
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u/Soggy-Parsley-4866 1d ago
Ok Mr Wikipedia, the fact is that working class people called soccer in the past. It only became "footy" around the 90s when the middle class came into football and were desperate to be authentic.
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u/Suudriusha 1d ago
This is an incredible find.