Why The Dual Football Scarf Angers Me!

“A day-tripper is a person who visits a tourist destination or visitor attraction from his/her home and returns home on the same day.”

This seasons must have fashion accessory for the Old Trafford day-trippers, is an item I find disgusting and utterly offensive. The new must have item to go with other stand out day-tripper wear, like the Megastore bag, official Manchester United tracksuit or official shirt, and long lens camera, ladies and gentleman, I present to you ..

... The Dual Football Scarf.

For anybody who is unsure what a Dual Football Scarf is, let me explain, a Dual Football Scarf is a scarf that is half one football team, complete with team crest, and half another team with team crest.

Dual Scarves have been around for a long time on the continent, and I can fully understand why a supporter travelling away on a Champions League trip would purchase, let's say for arguments sake, a Dual Scarf which is half Manchester United and half Bayern Munich.

The scarf would be a nice keeps sake, a souvenir, something to remind you of your journey and the game. I would have no problem wearing a scarf that was half United, half Bayern Munich as they are not a local rival.

So imagine when to my amazement,  I stumbled across a group of United day-trippers at Old Trafford this year for the Manchester Derby, who were all wearing Dual United/City scarf’s. At first glance I thought it was United fan with a Manchester City scarf on, so you can imagine my confusion.

This was until I noticed that when he turned around the other half of his scarf had the United colours and club crest on it. I was that angered and embarrassed by them, that I took the photograph for this article with my iPhone so that I could show it to other United supporters and get their views on it (see picture above).

I was absolutely staggered that somebody would buy a Dual United/City scarf, it just goes to show that the people purchasing these scarves do not have a clue about the rivalry in football. A high majority of supporters will understand football rivalry, it's common knowledge that if you decided to go and watch a Barcelona v Real Madrid game at the Nou Camp, you would probably avoid buying a dual scarf and wearing it in the home end.

Personally, I would never ever wear a scarf that had the club crest of a Premier League rival on it. You could not imagine your hardcore Mancunian United supporter, who follows his team home and away, turning up at Anfield with a Dual United/Liverpool scarf could you? Now that would be a story.

The people that are purchasing these scarves are people who are attending Old Trafford for the first time, or using Old Trafford as a tourist attraction, a day out. They see the Dual Scarf as a souvenir to bring home with them, they obviously have no idea or clue about United's history, or rivalry with certain clubs, otherwise they would not buy them.

Dual-Scarfs are a sign of how football has changed so dramatically over the years. You definitely could not imagine a Dual Scarf knocking about in the 60s, 70s or 80s. These were days when supporters of football club's were mostly local people who were attached, and supported their club because of where they come from.

Kevin Ashford @KevinAshford7

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Comments

[Jacob]

"The people that are purchasing these scarves are people who are attending Old Trafford for the first time, or using Old Trafford as a tourist attraction, a day out. They see the Dual Scarf as a souvenir to bring home with them, they obviously have no idea or clue about United's history, or rivalry with certain clubs, otherwise they would not buy them."

Give them a break. They are tourists. If they sell the scarves at the megastore, doesn't it mean that the store is at fault for selling them anyway?

"These were days when supporters of football club's were mostly local people who were attached, and supported their club because of where they come from." What's with the xenophobia? Football is the world's premier sport.