Yes. Not as intensely as the Kopites do, but the general feeling I've gotten from the Evertonians I have spoken to is that they don't particularly like Man Utd.
For what it's worth, their "firms" are apparently fierce enemies, but that usually doesn't reflect how the average fan feels.
There is a regional rivalry between the cities of Liverpool and Manchester that pre-dates football.
I really have no problem with Liverpool, easy to take the piss out of with their recent signings but I really have no true problem with them. I love it when they beat United, always a great matchup to watch... Cant stand Everton, get this cocky vibe from their fans like they expect some sort of credit for something i am not too sure of. Plus we always have a tough time with them, they seem to hate City for some reason. To top it off they are Rooneys former club, nuff said.
Cant stand Everton, get this cocky vibe from their fans like they expect some sort of credit for something i am not too sure of.
They preen themselves for being the "people's club" and in touch with their working-class roots.
(Then they scream at Bill Kenright for failing to sell them to the Crown Prince of Sylvania so that he can plough £14 trillion into their working-class, rootsy club).
There is a hatred between Liverpudlians and Mancs and yes that does extend to the clubs. But I'd say the Liverpool Man Utd rivalry is more intense, mainly becuase its happened every season for god knows how long and the games are usualy high tempo affairs.
They preen themselves for being the "people's club" and in touch with their working-class roots.
(Then they scream at Bill Kenright for failing to sell them to the Crown Prince of Sylvania so that he can plough £14 trillion into their working-class, rootsy club).
Put it this way, in my neck of the woods a lot of people called Everton "the Scouse Mackems". Until The Sheikh (may his sellotape forever be sticky) came along, City were known as "the Manc Mackems".
Put it this way, in my neck of the woods a lot of people called Everton "the Scouse Mackems". Until The Sheikh (may his sellotape forever be sticky) came along, City were known as "the Manc Mackems".
Someone from Sunderland, traditionally someone who worked in the dockyards making ships.
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Put it this way, in my neck of the woods a lot of people called Everton "the Scouse Mackems". Until The Sheikh (may his sellotape forever be sticky) came along, City were known as "the Manc Mackems".
One of my personal bugbears is the morons who celebrate a goal by singing "Shearer Is A ******'. Not that I disagree that Shearer is a ******, but there's a time and a place for that and the time was about 10 years ago now.
One of my personal bugbears is the morons who celebrate a goal by singing "Shearer Is A ******'. Not that I disagree that Shearer is a ******, but there's a time and a place for that and the time was about 10 years ago now.
If it's any consolation, the Man U fans were singing about him in January.
But you should count your blessings that you weren't in NE1 last Thursday for the reserve game. Legions of swaggering teenage gorillas in black and white shirts bussing in from holes like Stanley. You'd have thought that the streets of Newcastle were hosting Deliverance-The Musical.
Stanley, where they don't realise Beamish is a museum. Also, coldest wind in the North East. Still there are plenty of places in Wigan that make it seem almost 20th century by comparison.
Stanley, where they don't realise Beamish is a museum. Also, coldest wind in the North East. Still there are plenty of places in Wigan that make it seem almost 20th century by comparison.
Although at the risk of stoking up that Lilliputian rivalry, I think Consett is colder.
