As I think City are reflective of Mancunians, I have always linked the Hammers similiarly to the true Cockney.
I respected their style of play from being quite young.
The final link came when they invaded the pitch at our last game of a relegation season at the old Boleyn Ground and cheered and applauded the City fans.
Like City, they get far less media coverage that their more fashionable neighbours and like City their fans have been tested through success turning into catastrophe.
Maybe there is also a 'Typical Hammers' to match our 'Typical Citeh'.
Their fans have always been respectful of City and despite their defeat were happy stay behind to applaud our title winning celebrations. They even applauded the City fans on their way out of the ground.
I hate the old cartel of the rags, dippers, gooners and Chavs and any team that can help break that cartel in the Prem gets my support. Arsenal are already out, the dippers likely to fail too, If the Hammers can displace the Chavs....that would please me immensely. If they can't, then my support will fall behind the Toffees.
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