Top 5 unique ways to identify Manchester United fans

Derby v Manchester United - Premier League

Premier League champions Manchester United are believed to be the most widely followed club across the globe. If not for the accurate statistics, there are around 700 million United followers in this world.

A rival fan will bump into many Red Devils supporter and without knowing the person to be the supporter of the English champions, one can easily identify that he supports United after having a regular discussion about the club football. Let us take a look at few of those qualities, which clearly indicates that a football fanatic is the United mad man.

Player wearing No 7 to be a star

United fans keep talking about the players, who have been wearing the famous No 7 jersey. The Red Devils supporters are keen that the player wearing the famous No 7 jersey needs to step up their performance and do justice to the famous No 7, given to them by the club. The same number was given to the legendary players like George Best, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Last Minute Encounters

Manchester City v Manchester United - Carling Cup Semi Final

Only the English champions’ fans will know what it is to win in the stoppage time on a regular basis. A United fan will come across a lot of close encounters or let me say nail biting finishes in his career and the rival club are aware of the fact that the game against United is not over until the final whistle is blown.

1999 Champions League commentary is know by heart

Paul Scholes

“Is This Their Moment? – Beckham. Into Sheringham. and Solskjaer has won it” This commentary in the dying moments of the Champions League final in 1999 will be ever cherished by every United fan and this is one of the best example for the above mentioned point.

Rivals Keep hating United fans

Manchester United v Swansea City - Premier League

Many rival supporters assume or come to a conclusion that United fans are plastic fans and are glory hunters. Their case may be true in occasions but it really does not concern what a rival fan thinks or assumes or what his opinion could be about the Premier League champions.

In SAF they trust

West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United - Premier League

United fans knew no matter what decision their legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson took, they were satisfied as they knew in SAF they could trust. The elder at Old Trafford has transformed United being a top four club in the 80’s to one of the European giants when he stepped down after the end of 2012/13 season. The 71-year-old ended his reign with the English champions after winning the record 20th league title in his final campaign.

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