"Dad?i want to support man utd."

[mick the click]

Just say united fans get no Christmas or birthday presents. Problem solved.

[DannyMan2006]

I bullied my boys until they were completely convinced they would have to move out to the garage if they didnt love Liverpool.

To be honest at the age mine are, 9 & 5 I fail to see why any child would support another team, I mean just dont feed them until they give in.

Its the ******* early teens I fear especially if the mancs or chavs keep winning and we dont, then it will be a real test between peer pressure & dad pressure.

Id back Me.

Now that's what I'm talking about!

[Buzzo]

Excellent read Our Boy...

The brother of a mate of mine had the same problem. His family are all Leeds, all off them, have been for generations. They don't live in Leeds however. He had the same issue one day when his son, came and said to him the dreaded words you mention above 'Dad, I want to support Man Utd' (same reason all his mates at school supported Man U). Only he wasn't able to convince him not to, as Leeds were in League 1.

Apparently the worst day of his life was the day he had to decorate his sons room with Man U wallpaper

It makes you wonder how bad things could have got if we hadn't brought Kenny in as Manager this season.

[barnes10]

in 86 my cousin, a lifelong red as all our family are, decides that he's going to be different. he's going to support everton. like some of his mates at school i expect.

but then it comes to fa cup final day. all the family are gathered around the tv and of course everton score first. naturally only one out of 20 is happy. or so we thought. quite bizarrely seeing lineker score that goal against the team he truly loved was enough for him to jack in his daft idea. 'i'm not an everton fan any more' he announces. never wavered since.

similarly my bro actually had a man u shirt. that dodgy blue patterns on white one from early-mid 90s. no idea why. i had to play early sega mega drive versions of fifa with him for hours - both of us as lfc - to bring him back on side. also gave him an education as to why man u might be currently the best in the country but lfc is more than just a club. the history, the socialism in tune with the whole city, the players we'd had and the football we'd bossed the continent with etc etc. he too soon dropped the daft notion that it could be anything other than liverpool. never wavered.

my son's 15months old and my brother in law of course decides to get him a Man U kit to wind me up. I haven't burned it yet as my deal with him was that if they get to the all ireland final at croke park then my boy will wear it for the day. anything short of that and it gets burned. i did however immediately buy the full lfc kit, lfc toddler drinking bottle, lfc 'kit' sleepsuit. to top that off, i got my bro in law a lfc mug with his name on it. takes pride of place in their cupboard... revenge best served hot - as a cup of tea ;-). my boy no doubt will waver unless we can get back to the very top through the next decade which im optimistic we will.

once a red, always a red.

[JudgeRed]

Ive decided that im gonna let my little lad (who is only one at the mo) choose who he wants to support. My old man is a utd fan and when i was younger asked if i wanted to support them- however Liverpool were cleaning up at the time and utd were **** so i started to follow Liverpool (like a lot on here of a certain age i suspect). The reason Ive gone this way is, as a young lad I enjoyed supporting a winning team and me and my dad have enjoyed a healthy banter about football over the years. I also think that if the new owners turn us into real competitors again, ive nothing to worry about.

[Cormack74]

Only my middle one is into football and he picked up the Liverpool habit fairly fast.

Happily he even managed to develop a dislike for Utd with very little help from me, and aside from a slight wobble when FT left he's been very loyal.

I don't always tell him when we lose though if I can get away with it, today being a case in point.

[el matador]

forgot about this one...

my mum went on holiday to america and said ive bought back a football top for your son. anyway, she handed over a bag and out popped a utd shirt. i gave her a dirty look and told her about it being from the wrong team.

she was obviously annoyed that he wasnt going to wear it but my son who was only 7 at the time just blurts out "dont worry grandma we can use it to clean the toilet".

i looked like a right ****** but i will never forget my mothers face. and my son who was approached by utd scouts already understands the liverpool way.

[Colonel Angus]

To the OP, put your kids up for adoption, it's what i would do in your situation.

[Icon]

I sang FOAR and YNWA to my daughter when she was a baby and she used to sing along.

Also dressed her in the home shirt as pyjamas for every Euro night.

My wife rolled her eyes, shook her head but smiled. No idea how important it really was.

[Shaggy]

As a red living in south Manchester only a couple of miles from OT, this is a scenario I am absolutely dreading. Unfortunately I have no plans to be as accepting as some of you. If he comes home one day and says he want to support them..........well, God help him

[SB]

As a red living in south Manchester only a couple of miles from OT, this is a scenario I am absolutely dreading. Unfortunately I have no plans to be as accepting as some of you. If he comes home one day and says he want to support them..........well, God help him

That's easy Shaggy, just move. Why do you want to live so close to the sewer system

[Shaggy]

It's lovely where we are and have no plans to move. Which makes a similar scenario quite possible. Hopefully he'll enjoy being the different one at school, the odd one out

[kev776]

Tell them what I told my boys, you dont choose to support Liverpool, you are chosen, the rest follow the Mancs.

[Shaggy]

Haha I like that

[Red_Polo]

Ive decided that im gonna let my little lad (who is only one at the mo) choose who he wants to support. My old man is a utd fan and when i was younger asked if i wanted to support them- however Liverpool were cleaning up at the time and utd were **** so i started to follow Liverpool (like a lot on here of a certain age i suspect). The reason Ive gone this way is, as a young lad I enjoyed supporting a winning team and me and my dad have enjoyed a healthy banter about football over the years. I also think that if the new owners turn us into real competitors again, ive nothing to worry about.

Hope you don't take any offence because I don't intend any, but I find that a really depressing and superficial outlook; it makes it all seem very meaningless, as though choosing a club is nothing more than picking a name.