That's often how it is. After Munich a lot of people all over the world starting rooting for United and this support was handed down from generation to generation.
Sure, there a few glory hunting idiots who embarass the club but it's United's massive global fanbase that makes Manchester United such a great club.
Anyway, you were born in greater Manchester so supporting a Manchester club hardly makes you a Surrey part-timer
The Munich plane crash certainly got me interested in Manchester United at age 6. It's certainly a global team .... since I was born and raised in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The soccer teams in that region of Africa sucked. I used to watch Man United every Sunday on a black & white TV at that age. They weren't winning much then .... it was all Liverpool back then with Sounness and Keegan! But then everything changed for United when Alex Ferguson came over from Aberdeen.
I remember the days of Remi Moses, Ray Wilkins and Team Captain Brian Robson. Gary Bailey was the keeper back then and I met him a few times in South Africa. Grobelaar was also the keeper at that time for Liverpool and he was from my tiny home city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. My mother taught him in high school. Small world, huh?
I watched every United game through college too ... with the likes of Olsen from Denmark and a young kid called Ryan Giggs .....and Gorden Strathem from Scotland! Good times! Then we got Paul Ince from West Ham and we became a force in England!
And Schmeichel became my favorite 'Keeper of all time ....he certainly was "The Terminator"! He even looked like Gunter!
Thanks for the memories!
