As I was enjoying that pint of Beamish Wednesday morning, Manchester United were demolishing Sunderland on Wearside, scoring three in the first half on the way to winning 4-0. The match was featured in the back room of the Globe, and the Red Devil fans filled the room. West Ham had been on back there, but I moved to the front bar a few minutes after the second match began. The first two goals brought polite clapping from the back room. They were rather pedestrian goals for Manchester United. The third goal brought a more lively response, and watching the replay, I could see why, as Cristiano Ronaldo had curled in another perfect free kick from just outside the penalty area. The Man U fans were, relative to the first two goals, going crazy this time. They had twice as many fans back there, but the noise sounded half as loud as we Hammers fans were when Nolberto Solano scored to put the Hammers up 1-0 earlier in the morning. I likened the Man U reactions to a golf clap. Maybe I would feel differently if I supported Manchester United and got used to so much winning, but I hope I'm always moved a lot more than that by a West Ham goal. I hope I'm stirred that way a couple of times on Saturday against the Red Devils themselves as Carlos Tévez marks his return to Upton Park, but I'm not optimistic.
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