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.
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.
Just 12 months ago Sir Jim Ratcliffe sat in his INEOS boardroom spouting his views on the north-south divide. He did so from plush surroundings in Mayfair, London's millionaire playground, having hot footed it across town from his mansion in Chelsea.
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