{"id":425474,"date":"2011-05-17T11:34:56","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T11:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/17\/old-trafford-banner-is-taken-down\/"},"modified":"2011-05-17T11:34:56","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T11:34:56","slug":"old-trafford-banner-is-taken-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/17\/old-trafford-banner-is-taken-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Trafford banner is taken down"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Manchester The banner was a long-running wind-up by United fans<\/span> <\/p>\n

Manchester United have removed the banner at Old Trafford that showed the number of years since rivals Manchester City last won a trophy.<\/p>\n

Manchester City secured their first trophy since 1976 on Saturday when they defeated Stoke in the FA Cup final.<\/a><\/p>\n

Some Reds fans wanted the banner to mark the last time City won the league.<\/p>\n

But it has now been removed, although it is not known if there will be a replacement for United’s final league game against Blackpool on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Manchester City’s players celebrated the FA Cup triumph at Wembley at the weekend by walking around the pitch on their lap of honour with a banner of their own that read “00 Years”.<\/p>\n

The mocking banner at the Stretford End of Old Trafford was a long-running wind-up by the United fans, who have just celebrated their fourth league title in five years.<\/p>\n

City manager Roberto Mancini was fully aware of the banner’s significance when in January 2010, olny a few weeks into the job after taking over from Mark Hughes, the Italian vowed to “take that banner down”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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