The Manchester Derby, since 1881
As in most cities or regions where different football teams are located there is a rivalry between the fans and the teams. Derbies bring tension to the competition. In this article we are focusing on the two main football teams in Manchester: United on one hand, City on the other.
I learnt from Amin that similar to the two clubs in Manchester there exists a rivalry in Saudi Arabia between Al Hilal and Alnasr, where Alnasr currently faces a hard time with not winning any important titles. The derby is still full of explosive nature.
In Manchester it all started on November 12, 1881 with the first derby between City then called West Gorton and United then called Newton Heath. This game ended in a victory for United.
Until now we have faced 164 derbies where 50 ended in a draw and 68 in a United victory. The next derby is on December 8, 2012 at Old Trafford. Tickets are soon available on www.manutd.com.
United is located in Trafford which is part of Greater Manchester. The majority of the Red Devils supporters are from the west of Manchester.
City has its stadium just outside the city centre in the east of Manchester. Supporters of the Citizens mainly live in the south and east of Manchester.
United’s nationwide and international support exceeds by far the one of City. However, polls suggest that the majority of people living in Manchester support the Citizens. Also, our school internal survey proves this assumption. The vast majority of questioned students would call themselves United supporters or at least sympathizers.
We tried to find out whether Kaplan students think it is rather positive that wealthy people invest their money in a club or if there are more negative aspects. One student said that investing money “helps the competition, new players will attract more visitors and this makes the sport more popular”. Whereas, another questioned student stated that it “depends on the intention the investor has. Is it for their fame or are they really interested in making the club more popular”.
In the following question, surprisingly everybody agreed that if the investor loses interest in the team or runs out of money it should not be a big effort to find a new financier. There are enough wealthy people around who are willing to invest their money.
In the end, it doesn’t matter if the clubs have investors or not, the only thing matters is that football brings people with the same intention together. All over the world.
By Olivia Ulrich
I learnt from Amin that similar to the two clubs in Manchester there exists a rivalry in Saudi Arabia between Al Hilal and Alnasr, where Alnasr currently faces a hard time with not winning any important titles. The derby is still full of explosive nature.
In Manchester it all started on November 12, 1881 with the first derby between City then called West Gorton and United then called Newton Heath. This game ended in a victory for United.
Until now we have faced 164 derbies where 50 ended in a draw and 68 in a United victory. The next derby is on December 8, 2012 at Old Trafford. Tickets are soon available on www.manutd.com.
United is located in Trafford which is part of Greater Manchester. The majority of the Red Devils supporters are from the west of Manchester.
City has its stadium just outside the city centre in the east of Manchester. Supporters of the Citizens mainly live in the south and east of Manchester.
United’s nationwide and international support exceeds by far the one of City. However, polls suggest that the majority of people living in Manchester support the Citizens. Also, our school internal survey proves this assumption. The vast majority of questioned students would call themselves United supporters or at least sympathizers.
We tried to find out whether Kaplan students think it is rather positive that wealthy people invest their money in a club or if there are more negative aspects. One student said that investing money “helps the competition, new players will attract more visitors and this makes the sport more popular”. Whereas, another questioned student stated that it “depends on the intention the investor has. Is it for their fame or are they really interested in making the club more popular”.
In the following question, surprisingly everybody agreed that if the investor loses interest in the team or runs out of money it should not be a big effort to find a new financier. There are enough wealthy people around who are willing to invest their money.
In the end, it doesn’t matter if the clubs have investors or not, the only thing matters is that football brings people with the same intention together. All over the world.
By Olivia Ulrich