Manchester United Research Paper

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This is the story of how I learned to love Manchester United a soccer team that plays in the English premier league in England in which they have won that league a record thirteen times. Equally I feel they are the greatest soccer team to ever have played the beautiful game, I have never followed a team as intensely or had so much passion for a team to the point that I am willing to ignore the fact that we finished fifth last year and continue with the thought that we are the best team to have played the game.

In contrast I did not always love Manchester United I did not grow up around soccer I actually started my interest in soccer with a team named Southampton who I first started watching back in 2012 after trying to find a team I settled
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I even found out my favorite band Oasis are avid fans of are rivals Manchester City but hey I don’t have to agree with their taste in teams to like their music. Furthermore Manchester United would go on to win the league which I would not appreciate since this was my first season of watching soccer but they would also win my undying faith and love for them, we would then go on to lose are longtime manager of 26 years after the 2013 season and go through two bad managers and three bad seasons. However, my faith has never wavered after that fateful game against Southampton I hope to keep the red flag flying high because like the chant says “we love united we do, we love united we do, we love united we do, oh united we love

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