football to the n-th degree

reading this was weird because it made total sense... i could see george or johny, some of the ardent united fans in my class reading it and agreeing wholeheartedly.

for a couple of years i studied in a high school with a uniform. for grades 7-9 the sweaters were red, bright red. there was always the unconfirmed suspicion that it was because the head (read principal in north america) was a crazy united fan. this may have made it all the more difficult for the man city fans at our school, but it really didn’t matter... i reckon the reds outnumbered the sorry blues anyway. and during the years i was there, united was on a continuous winning streak. premiership title after premiership title. and the fa cup. and the european championship. the days when cantona captained the team, gigs was a young lad, and beckham was not yet a sensation (media or otherwise).

so during those heady days the team seemed kind of magical.

but then, something happened. cantona retired. they won too many games. they got too rich. and the team for a while became a collection of the biggest price tags. furgeson refused to retire. eventually beckham left, and the ol’ boys of man united have literally become old boys. in short, i slowly lost interest.

i'm sure the upcoming world cup will work wonders in making me interested once again. all the schools here will finish before the world cup starts (10 days before the usual end of the school year)... football obviously takes precedent over education.