I’d rather watch a TV tuned to a non-transmitting channel, thanks. You might have won the title 19 times but at least our musician fans are better than yours

“We love them
We mourn for them
Unlucky boys of Red

I wish I’d gone down
Gone down with them
To where Mother Nature makes their bed

We miss them
Every night we kiss them
Their faces fixed in our heads

I wish I’d gone down
Gone down with them
To where Mother Nature makes their bed

They can’t hurt you
Their style will never desert you
Because they’re all safely dead

I wish I’d gone down
Gone down with them”

Morrissey wrote the words, not some bloke called Garry. Hardly the sort of thing ‘cpt ice patch’ and his brain-dead ilk would be singing, is it?

“Manchester-born singer Morrissey also released a song called “Munich Air Disaster, 1958″ as a B-side to “Irish Blood, English Heart” in 2004.[74] It later appeared on his live album, Live at Earls Court, in 2005.[75]”

I don’t recall ever hearing this song, but I assume it was a tribute song, not the taunting kind.

I was a punk rocker in my youth, the Smiths were a bit soppy for me, but as I’ve mellowed out, I do like the “Best of ” cd’s, “How soon is now” is my favourite Smith’s song, but give me the ‘Pistols, Clash, Damned, SLF etc..anytime.

Hope that’s cleared that up, and we can get back to the football.

I just re-read one of your first posts –

“oh aye Says:
May 20th, 2011 at 3:44 PM

The pop singer Steven Patrick Morrissey’s dad had trials for Man United. He is very much in the news today because of his open letter criticising the Queens visit to Ireland.
He made a song about the 1958 Munich Air disaster and used to live not far from Old Trafford. It is often debated if he supports Man United or not today.
Grim, or Garry, moved to Edinburgh because he met Lynne through the Morrissey fan wesbite “Morrissey Solo”. Grim is a massive City fan and hates United more than anything.”

What sort of song about the Munich disaster is it you’re on about? And who wrote it?
Was it Morrissey, or this Garry you keep saying is me?
It’s just occurred to me it might be the sort of Munich song which genuinely makes my stomach turn, rather than something the Smith’s might have written as a tribute to the disaster.

Is this why “outing” this Garry would bring shame to his family?

If he did indeed make up a mocking song, I hope he regrets it now, it is a shameful thing.

I hope by now my posts show I’m not a hater, and that I have no time for banter that can lead to violence.

And I’m still not Garry from Edinburgh.

seriously, I am not Garry!!!!

He sounds like a fine fellow, and obviously he’s as big a City fan as me, as I agree with all the points you made – there’s probably thousands of City fans who have the same age, views and background as we obviously do.

I do wish the FA cup could have been played on a free Saturday, and that United hadn’t stolen a teeny, weeny bit of our day.

My missus, whose name is spookily close to your mate Garry’s wife (but I assure you not the same), is a United fan, had a Big Sulk when I made her record the Blackburn game, (it’s been thirty fucking years since we were last in a Cup final, I put my foot down!) whilst I watched the final on ITV on the Big Telly from one o’clock – so my day was mostly spent concentrating on City, not United.

The premier league had been in the bag for United for weeks really, so there was no surprises in store, whereas City could have easily blown the final, which made for a great day for me and fellow Blues.

As a Mancunian, you can’t talk about football without some mention of City and United, so at least we all had something to be pleased about this season.

“now I’m laughing my ass out”, again:)