Manchester United and Glory Hunters
A recent posting on Man United Devils blog about Glory Hunters has inspired this posting! The blog article discusses Man Utd “fans” who don’t live in Manchester or the surrounding area which are often called glory hunters, because they don’t support their local team. That blog’s stance is they do not agree, you will not be surprised at Hate Man Utd blog supports the idea that the majority of Man Utd fans are glory hunters, read on to hear the evidence.
A quick search of the Internet revealed plenty of details on the definition of Glory Hunter.
A glory hunter is a term used by people who are jealous of another persons team success , or who are suspect to, supporting a particular football club due to its size, quality and/or popularity in the media.
It is the latter point which is particularly relevant to Man United fans; supporting a team due to it’s size and popularity in the media. People with an inferiority complex in normal life feel they need to associate them selves with some thing big and popular, so they feel that “they belong”. As for popularity in the media, how many pages per day in a tabloid national newspaper are dedicated to Man utd; 1,2,3??? Not to mention the amount of TV coverage, not just live matches but on Breakfast TV as well, for example.
The media: responsible for the Glory Hunters.
The article on the Internet goes on to state:
“Glory hunters usually live outside the town or area where a particular team is from, and may, in fact, live in a different country altogether. It is common for a person from a town to support their nearest most successful club as opposed to their actual town’s team. Manchester United have by far the most supporters of any English club, not only within England, but worldwide. This is due in part to their domestic and European success coming simultaneously with the introduction of televised European Cup football in the mid-1950s. Manchester United’s second coming coincided with the huge increase in the amount of televised football due to the introduction of satellite broadcasting in the early 1990s.”
With the availability of replica shirts and other merchandise, the concept of ‘the glory-hunter’ has evolved. And we all know how many Man Utd shirts we see worn on the streets of our Towns and Cities, don’t we?
Availability of merchandise - too wide spread.
The article goes on to describe Second Generation Glory Hunters:
“People who are, or who are suspect to, supporting a successful football club although having no obvious affiliation with the team and giving their reason for supporting such team as it also being their fathers chosen team. Second generation glory hunters usually live outside the town where a particular team is from, and may, in fact, live in a different country altogether.”
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July 26th, 2008 at 03:38 pm
I dont agree with that at all. Some Manchester United fans are glory hunters but you can’t say most. You can’t judge somebody and say that they are a glory hunter because they don’t live in Manchester.
Besides I don’t see what it has to do with anyone else, if you want to support that team then you can support that team it is nobody elses business.
July 28th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Manutddevils, for what is worth your devotion to your team via your blog is admirable and I would suggest your role in “the media” should be more appreciated with more comments on the blog. When time permits I’ll do an article on all Man Utd blogs, but suspect already yours will come out top
August 11th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
thanks for that comment antimanu, it is appreciated.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Just like to mention that all man u “fans” that i know cant name a first team squad. I come from Reading.
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