RATCLIFFE'S LOST HIS COMMON TOUCH

SUPPORTING Manchester United used to feel like a privilege to those who chose to do it. But now it feels like a burden to those same people.

- by JEREMY CROSS

A long-suffering faithful who have swapped milestones for millstones due to the long and painful demise of a football institution reduced to its knees both on and off the pitch.

Fans are the lifeblood of all clubs, from the Premier League to non-League.

The one constant in the middle of all the chaos.

But those who stick with United through thick and thin find themselves at risk of being bled dry - by people more concerned with being the most important people in a room than reading it.