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Well, Dazz, you're quite right that I said I did used to support United when I was a small lad. Mainly because all my mates did, and any family members who liked football (my extended family are all mostly Gaelic football people) supported them also.
It didn't take much imagination.
The reason I stopped wasn't really like a conscious thing, but because as I got older and started to learn more about the game and understand it, I realised I enjoyed seeing Manchester United lose and everybody cry about it more than seeing them win.
It is for this reason also that despite going to a Catholic school with a bunch of Nationalist and Republican kids who nearly all loved Celtic, that I actually enjoy seeing Celtic lose as well.
I was quite an arguementative young lad, so taking up a position opposite from the prevailing view (i.e. against Man U and Celtic supporters) was more important to me than any pretend loyalty to a club.
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