Glory Glory Man United

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Glory Glory Man United is a football chant sung by the fans of the football (soccer) club Manchester United to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. In the 1980's, Manchester United fans adapted the wording of Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspur, who had been using the chant since the early 1960's.

[edit] History

Manchester United fans have been singing this song since the early 1980s, and in the 1990s it became widely popular among opposition supporters to manipulate the words of the song when playing Manchester United to "Who The Fuck Are Man United". Since this point, Manchester United supporters have generally adopted the manipulated lyrics of the song themselves in preference to the original lyrics, as an ironic gesture, usually after a goal has been scored against a rival team, or at any time while winning.

Glory Glory Leeds United was also written, additionally other songs, such as the also popular 1983 Manchester United FA Cup final song, have shared the name and some of the lyrics but not the underlying tune.

Manchester United fans claim that this song was adapted in the 1960s but with the lines 'In Seventy-Seven it was Docherty, Atkinson will make it Eighty-Three' prove that this song was adapted much later than claimed. It is in fact Tottenham Hotspur that used the song in the Glory Days during the 1960s, as well as Hibernian, who recorded 'glory glory to the hibees', in the 1970s after the famous 7–0 win over Hearts.

[edit] Magazine

"Glory Glory Man United" was also the name of the club's official club poster magazine. The magazine was traditionally targeted at kids (the average age of readers is 13 years 2 months),^[1] as opposed to the official magazine, "Manchester United" (now "Inside United"), which is targeted at adults aged 16 and up. The magazine was launched in 1994,^[1] and released every four weeks, totalling thirteen issues a year.^[1]

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