In all honesty, I have never been a football fan. Basketball... yes, about half a lifetime ago when Michael Jordan was still The King of that sport; though, I wasn't even a Chicago Bulls fan either. Tennis... absolutely, since the rest of my lifetime will probably be spent "trying" to play the game. But, football? Not really... but United made me one that memorable New Year's Day just this 2007.
Still a bit tired from the previous night's new year's celebration, I switched from one channel to another that new year's day to find a movie to watch. Nothing good seem to be on during that time of day so I settled to watch football on Star Sports. I figured I was able to watch the 2002 World Cup between Brazil and Germany so maybe English football would be quite bearable. I was wrong. It was absolutely fantastic!
It wasn't even a Live feed from Star Sports. It was a replay of the Manchester United-Reading 2006 year-end game which the Reds won 3-2. I didn't know much about the game or its governing rules or even the players of the two teams I was watching. All I knew was that somebody needs to make a goal as soon as possible and so it was not a long wait before the name Ronaldo came up. I remember wondering how come he was playing with United when I knew he plays for Real Madrid. Little did I know that this is a different, much younger and Portuguese Ronaldo than the one I knew; BUT a Ronaldo, nonetheless. I was just hooked from then on and it seems up to this day, almost 3 months from the day I knew United, I am always hungry for information about football and my new team, ManU. I just hope that come next new year, I can truly boast to be a true football fan. I'm sure United will stay on top for a long while yet so it wouldn't be hard to become one.
