They also happen to absolutely hate each others guts and there has been an unwritten rule over the past 50 odd years that Liverpool do not sell players to Man Utd and vice versa. If you're American I suppose the equivalent would be the Yankees and the Red Sox.
I have an admission to make. I am a raving Liverpool fan - have been for 30 years. I didn't say anything about it to Betty because he was a Man Utd fan and I just couldn't be bothered with the shit from him (how I would dearly love it now).
I have been to matches, bought memorabilia, sought out autographs, cried with joy, frustration, anguish and ecstasy (especially The Miracle of Istanbul). In other words I have been a die hard and I would have given anything - ANYTHING - to have had just five minutes as a player on the hallowed turf of Anfield.
So why have I broken my self-imposed silence on my love of Liverpool?
Because I want to gripe about the absolute, utter, world-class cunt that is Michael Owen.
This little fucker was nurtured and looked after by Liverpool through the late 1990's and early 2000's. He developed in to one of the most feared strikers in the world and he even won the Ballon d'Or as European Footballer of the year in 2001. He was worshipped by us Liverpool fans, especially the youngsters in the post-Ian Rush generation as his goals won us the FA Cup and brought success in Europe.
However, he sustained a number of injuries which knocked a yard off his pace and then he fucked about and ran his £100,000 a week contract down because Liverpool refused to break the bank and pay him £145,000. When Rafa Benitez came in as manager he got rid of him within months for £10 million (a paltry sum for a player of his class, but because he had run his contract down to its final year...) to Real Madrid.
Owne couldn't break in to the Galacticos, had to watch Liverpool win the Champions League in his absence and then pissed about earning a fortune at Newcastle Utd for years. Then came the bombshell...
The mercenary little fuck signed for Manchester United this summer on a free transfer, having again run his contract down at Newcastle and having cost the Magpies roughly £45 million in wages, signing on fees and transfer fees.
My rage has known no bounds as the cunt delights in scoring for those bastards. I am completely honest when I say that £100 million would not pay me to play 1 minute for those wankers, because I would be selling my soul completely.
All of this was bad enough, until I saw this article this morning:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... rpool.html
That is quite possibly the most shocking, bang-out-of-order comment I have ever read from a footballer and he should be charged by the FA for bringing the game in to disrepute.Insisting he will make no apology for joining United this summer, the 29-year-old said: "I am human. I would prefer people to sit down and recognise what you did for them and for the team in years gone past.
"But I am pretty realistic as well and now that I am playing for their arch rivals....I am not holding my breath, put it that way."
Many Liverpool fans simply do not understand how Owen could bring himself to sign for United. And although Owen understands how football can rouse great passions, to him it is just a job.
"People talk about loyalty in football," he added in tan interview with the Mail. "It is easy for a football supporter to preach about that. "As a father, brother and son, there is no-one more loyal than me.
"But when you are a player, you are not a fan. I have got to earn a living, provide for my family. It is a job opportunity, just like anyone else's work."
How dare this cunt who shit on people who adored him and supported him through thick and thin discuss loyalty and then claim he is more loyal than me, you and everyone else. And as for that gut-wrenching line "I have got to earn a living, provide for my family" - poor fucking diddums with his £40 million fortune "forced" to betray his heritage and manhandled in to signing for "Mr Ferguson".
Michael Owen, you are a cocksucker extraordinaire. I hate you and I hope you break your fucking leg at Anfield on Sunday you despicable piece of shit.
