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Speaking to the United We Stand fanzine, the club's co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe described the men's team as the "main issue" and referred to the women's side as "girls" and "an opportunity".

On the day co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe called Manchester United "mediocre" in an interview with popular club fanzine 'United We Stand', the team unfortunately reinforced the assessment with their on-pitch performance.

Within months first single Transmissions On The Teen-C Tip arrived, combining all their interests – pop music, DIY fanzine culture, punk energy and art – into one bundle.

Cross began his career in music journalism in the late 1970s while working on the student newspaper at the University of Washington, according to the Seattle Times; after he graduated in 1980, he founded Backstreets, a well regarded Bruce Springsteen fanzine that continued to publish until 2023.

In the audience both times - and at the Oasis gig - was Eye Sore You fanzine co-editor Fraser McKay, who felt the Manchester act had some way to go before matching the energy and musicality of the Seattle trio.