The National's Sport cover for the Sunday, December 27 issue, featuring Stoke City as they delivered a Boxing Day humbling to Manchester United.
Andy Mitten writes about the dispiriting performance by Man United, belied by the support they received in the away section:
“The 2,500 diehards who had travelled an hour south from a rainswept Manchester produced a show of defiance after watching their team lose 2-0 against Stoke City on Saturday.
“As the management and players left the field and walked by the away end, the fans sang ‘United! United! United!’ The players and management looked up and applauded back.
“Louis van Gaal is failing, but match going fans are refusing to hound him out.”
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