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Building a concept album for Manchester United in November 2026 was easy. It’s not very uplifting.
In Manchester, you won’t find bigger obsessions than football and music. Eric Cantona once said, “There is an insane love of football, of celebration and of music”, having moved to the city in the mid-‘90s following a bargain transfer from Leeds.
A lot of it goes hand in hand. The Stone Roses never shied away from their love for United, while Oasis and The Smiths’ guitarist Johnny Marr are associated with Man City. We even spoke to rising musician John Denton about being a Red and hearing his music played before matches at Old Trafford.
In this feature, I have compiled a United-appropriate album. Keep in mind these are dark times, with the team sitting in the relegation zone and Michael Carrick on the brink.
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🎵 What song title is best to describe Manchester United's situation right now? Let's hear your choices…
stephenjholmes1
Featured commentIf the owners won't change anything, we need to force change. Just like with the on-pitch issues, Do nothing different, See nothing different!
dale.odonnell
Featured comment@stephenjholmes1 Brilliant shout.
epi2media
Featured commentI am a Loser by the Beatles!
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Every club has a soundtrack. Many associate United with This Is The One, by The Stone Roses or John Denver’s Country Roads, as they are played on the PA system before every home match at Old Trafford.
This concept album doesn’t contain either song for good reason. These are bleak times, and you can feel it when you enter Old Trafford on matchday. Form under Carrick has nosedived after an underwhelming summer in the transfer market; the club launched an attack on match-going fans before the season started, and the owners are extremely unpopular.
United are currently sitting 18th in the Premier League. The 20-time champions of England will find themselves in a relegation scrap unless they rediscover how to win football matches consistently.
The songs on this concept album are chosen for mood and meaning. Some picks are self-explanatory (the title gives it away), while others are a wry nod, and a few were undoubtedly played in your mind after a particularly grim match.
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dancoombs
Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
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stephenjholmes1
Down, down deeper and down by Status Quo
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thetruthpersonified
I predict a Riot.
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kfernandes1096
I’m Not Okay (I promise) by My Chemical Romance
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The album starts with misery and ends with the realisation that United are stuck in a cycle of bad decisions. After all, it’s subjective, and each reader will have their own picks.
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