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Red on red : Liverpool, Manchester United and the fiercest rivalry in world football

McNulty, Phil2022
Books, Manuscripts
Two gloriously independent-minded, eclectic, culturally vibrant places - two cities, both alike in dignity. Yet the inhabitants dislike each other with a passion that is visceral. It is a divide that spans generations, across class and ethnicity. It is a divide that has grown over the years, largely driven by one thing: football. The dark, malignant loathing shared by the followers of Liverpool and Manchester United has seeped into every aspect of life in the two cities. Football is not a barometer of disdain, as it is in places like Glasgow or Istanbul or Moscow. In northwest England, it is the very engine of animosity. How did it come to this? Why did things turn so nasty? And what does it say about the two cities in which the clubs are based?
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